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China bans toddler palm-reading assessments (Reuters)

elegant — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:38:29 +0000

Reuters – China has banned kindergartens in a northern province from offering palm-reading tests that the schools had claimed could predict toddlers’ intelligence level and potential, state news agency Xinhua reported on Wednesday.

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Italian shoemaker pays record rent at London store (Reuters)

elegant — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 02:21:10 +0000

Reuters – Italian luxury shoemaker Salvatore Ferragamo is close to agreeing a deal to pay a record UK rent at its Bond Street store that will break the 1,000 pounds ($1,576) per square foot mark for the first time, a source familiar with the deal told Reuters.

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BP fails to shift $15 billion oil spill costs onto Transocean – Reuters

creative — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 03:18:30 +0000

The Guardian BP fails to shift $15 billion oil spill costs onto Transocean Reuters By Tom Bergin | LONDON (Reuters) – Oil giant BP has lost its attempt to shift over $15 billion of costs related to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill onto contractor Transocean, increasing the possibility BP may have to foot the entire $42 billion clean up … BP loses attempt to share Deepwater Horizon oil spill costs The Guardian Judge calls for BP to indemnify Transocean in 2010 gulf oil spill Oil & Gas Journal BP Can't Collect Part of Gulf Spill Costs From Transocean San Francisco Chronicle Wall Street Journal

Man Found Dead in the Streets of Kerman

publisher — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 00:34:54 +0000

A Kerman man is dead after a night of partying. Lynn Snowden 18 of Kerman was found dead early Saturday morning. Friends who attended the party said, “That tensions were high during the house party and that Snowden was involved in an argument earlier on.” Things got ugly when a brawl broke out on the street. Fresno Sheriff’s were called out to 8 th and Sunset in Kerman to help assist Kerman …

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Warning: Walking on a Florida street may be dangerous (Reuters)

creative — Thu, 26 May 2011 01:13:03 +0000

Reuters – Warning to pedestrians — Walking down the street in Florida could be hazardous to your health.

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Brooding men, smiling women seen as sexy? (Reuters)

admin — Thu, 26 May 2011 01:11:42 +0000

Reuters – Guys, want to look sexy and get the girl? Don’t smile too much. Look brooding or show a bit of shame instead. Women, ignore that advice.

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Suicidal New York man leaps, but saved by garbage pile (Reuters)

admin — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 02:55:30 +0000

Reuters – A would-be suicide jumper in New York was alive on Monday after leaping from a ninth-floor window but landing in a giant heap of garbage uncollected since the city’s massive snowstorm a week ago.

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Police: Costumed girl had role in Halloween holdup (AP)

publisher — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 02:34:07 +0000

AP – Police in Wichita said a little girl in a pink costume played a part in a Halloween holdup. A 19-year-old woman was driving through a neighborhood Sunday night when she saw a girl dressed as a princess or fairy run into the street.

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Man shot in head felt bullet only 4 years later (AP)

admin — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 02:31:52 +0000

AP – A 35-year-old man who walked around for five years with a bullet lodged in the back of his head says he suspected for a while something was there but only went to doctors after he started getting headaches.