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LONDON (Reuters) – British retail sales volumes rose nearly three times faster than expected in July, and a surge in corporate tax receipts cut public borrowing sharply, data showed yesterday, suggesting the recovery remains strong.
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DATE: Aug 20, 2010
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Dear Annie: Our 19-year-old son, "Todd," left home a year ago with only a backpack. He left a voicemail saying he was with a friend and not to look for him. My husband finally got a mailing address when he called Todd's cell phone and said perhaps in...
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Obesity is top threat to children's health - poll
NEW YORK, Aug 18 (Reuters Life!) - Adults consider obesity the number one threat to children's health in the United States and many believe the problem is getting worse, according to a new poll.
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DATE: Aug 20, 2010
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Students aboard the Spirit of Bermuda are among the lucky few to have ever set foot on Sable Island a crescent-shaped sandbar located 180 km southeast of Nova Scotia.
Currently nine people and 400 wild ponies live on the island, though throughout the...
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PARIS — It may seem backward to travel to one of the most beautiful cities in the world to sit in the dark.
In Paris, there are seemingly endless rues and quais and museums and cafes to explore, which means visitors often hurry past one of the city's...
DATE: Aug 20, 2010
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Bermuda, as you are reading this I am travelling with the Bermuda Under-13s heading to St. Kitt's to play in the St. Kitt's & Nevis U13 Invitational Tournament.
This year the tournament will be played between seven Caribbean islands – Barbados, Angui...
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BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany's economy will bounce back quickly this year, its central bank said yesterday, as a union for the steel industry that has played a key role in the country's recovery pressed to share the spoils via a hefty pay rise.
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DATE: Aug 20, 2010
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Today is Friday, August 20, the 232nd day of 2010. There are 133 days left in the year.
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In 1866, President Andrew Johnson formally declared the Civil War over, months after fighting had stopped.
In 1910, a series of forest fires swept th...
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BHP bets on crop boom with hostile Potash bid
AP Photo TDF104, TDF106, TDF105, TDF101, TDF103
SYDNEY (AP) -- BHP Billiton's hostile $38.5 billion takeover offer for one of the world's bigges...
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LONDON (AP) — Female managers in Britain earn £10,000 ($15,600) a year less than their male counterparts, and at current rates will wait 57 years to achieve parity, according to a study released yesterday.
The research by the Chartered Management Ins...
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