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NEW YORK (AP)— If you're scarfing down Christmas candy while stuck at your desk, consider the Walkstation, a combination desktop/treadmill that lets you work and work out at the same time.
The idea behind it is that a little movement over long period...
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–NEW YORK (AP) - The desire for greater control over how search engines index and display websites is driving an effort launched tomorrow by leading news organisations and other publishers to revise a 13-year-old technology for restricting access.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) ¿ Of all the bones Evel Knievel broke over the years, the costliest may have been the left arm of a PR man by the name of Shelly Saltman.
Saltman won $12.75 million in damages against Knievel after the motorcycle daredevil attacked h...
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Shadow Environment Minister Cole Simons has attacked Government's pledge to sign the Kyoto Protocol — claiming the Island is not in a position to execute the agreement.
Mr. Simons said the Protocol was executed on behalf of Bermuda and the rest of th...
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This week's series in The Royal Gazette on the 30th anniversary of the 1977 riots has drawn some mixed reactions from the public.
Many people have welcomed the series, especially younger people who were not aware of the details of the events of early...
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NEW YORK (AP) ¿ Christopher Hitchens believes it is time to rid people of several notions.
Mark Twain did not believe in God, Americans are not uncritically devout and an atheist can be elected president of the United States.
In fact, the extent of r...
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XL Insurance, the global insurance operation of XL, has completed the purchase of Global Asset Protection Services from Swiss Re.
GAPS is a provider of unbundled loss prevention consulting services, offering individually tailored risk management solu...
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For 25 years, Bermudian artist Joan Aspinall had artwork sitting around in drawers doing nothing. One day she decided it was time to take it all out and do something with it.
The result is 'Shoo Cat Shoo' — a 40-page, tongue-in-cheek tale of adventur...
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CERRO PRIETO, Mexico (AP) — If you'd rather see butterflies on a mountaintop than slather yourself with sunblock on a tourist-packed beach in Cancun, Mexico is an ideal winter destination.
Ecotourism is drawing fans in the central states of Michoacan...
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The Voters Rights Association has called for a Voters Bill of Rights.
In a press statement yesterday, it listed what it claims are absent rights in Bermuda including "the right to a predictable election date, the right to vote through a fair absentee...
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