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Greece publishes tax dodger list to name and shame (Reuters)

elegant — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 23:03:51 +0000

Reuters – A famous singer and a retired basketball star were on a list of 4,000 top tax dodgers released by the Greek government as part of a name-and-shame policy to get evaders to pay up.

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Greece publishes tax dodger list to name and shame
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When pigs fly…well their frozen knuckles anyway (Reuters)

admin — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 02:07:55 +0000

Reuters – The police joked he’d caught lunch and the autobody repairman will be glad of the business, but a German driver was shaken up when a frozen pig’s knuckle collided with his car on the high speed autobahn.

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When pigs fly…well their frozen knuckles anyway
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Threats keep Arizona eatery’s lion tacos off menu (AP)

publisher — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 12:15:06 +0000

AP – An Arizona restaurant has decided to scrap plans to offer African lion meat in its tacos.

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Threats keep Arizona eatery’s lion tacos off menu
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Suspect in ’87 baby snatching held without bail (AP)

publisher — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 05:47:01 +0000

AP – A North Carolina woman accused of snatching an infant from a New York hospital more than two decades ago after failing in her own attempts to have children was ordered held without bail on kidnapping charges Monday in federal court in Manhattan.

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Suspect in ’87 baby snatching held without bail
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China says it will tighten monetary policy in 2011 (AP)

publisher — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 20:34:15 +0000

AP – China’s leadership ordered a shift from easy credit to a “prudent monetary policy” on Friday as Beijing steps up its fight against inflation and tries to guide rapid growth to a sustainable level.

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China says it will tighten monetary policy in 2011
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Australia to restrict internet tobacco advertising (Reuters)

admin — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 01:09:18 +0000

Reuters – Australia will move on Wednesday to restrict internet tobacco advertising, preventing retailers from promoting cheap or tax free cigarettes, as part of a campaign to cut smoking rates by 10 percent by 2018.

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Australia to restrict internet tobacco advertising
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Give me Venti brew: Seattle Starbucks serves beer (AP)

publisher — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 01:02:23 +0000

AP – Something new is on the menu at a renovated Starbucks in Seattle: beer and wine.

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Give me Venti brew: Seattle Starbucks serves beer
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German restaurant in hot water over giant schnitzels (Reuters)

admin — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 16:02:41 +0000

Reuters – A German restaurant operator has run into trouble with local tax authorities because he makes larger-than-average schnitzels — or veal cutlets — for his customers in a working class section of Saxony.

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German restaurant in hot water over giant schnitzels
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Feds fine Oregon company $30K over 3-letter word (AP)

publisher — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 16:35:09 +0000

AP – A three-letter word may cost one of the nation’s oldest air ambulance operators a $30,000 fine.

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Feds fine Oregon company $30K over 3-letter word
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Settlement in suit alleging condom found in soup (AP)

publisher — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 04:03:46 +0000

AP – A California man who says he ordered French onion soup and bit into a condom instead of melted cheese has settled his lawsuit against the Claim Jumper restaurant chain.

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