Tuesday, April 29, 2008

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CPS: Half of sect's teen girls have been pregnant

wHO: teenage girls



wHaT: More than half the teenage girls taken from a polygamist compound in west Texas have children or are pregnant, state officials said Monday



wHeN: Monday.



wHeRe: SAN ANGELO


hOw: A total of 53 girls between the ages of 14 and 17 are in state custody after a raid 3 1/2 weeks ago at the Yearning For Zion Ranch in Eldorado. Of those girls, 31 either have children or are pregnant, said Child Protective Services spokesman Darrell Azar. He didn't specify how many are pregnant.

Monday, April 28, 2008

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Run on rice makes its way to U.S.

wHo:customers would no longer be allowed to purchase more than four bags of jasmine, basmati or long-grain white rice on each visit.


wHaT:Worried about rising prices worldwide, customers have been stocking up, prompting sales limits.


wHeN:Wednesday


wHeRe:worldwide


hOw: Prices for many foods, including beer, bread, coffee, pizza and rice, are rising rapidly as the nation contends with its worst bout of food inflation since 1990. The cost of groceries is climbing at an annual rate of about 5% this year.

Friday, April 25, 2008

apirl 25 2008

Interpol: 'Real possibility' of attack at Olympics



WHO: CHINISSE PEOPLE


WHAT :The head of Interpol said Friday that there is a "real possibility" that the Beijing Olympics will be targeted by terrorists or that anti-China groups could attack athletes.


WHEN: FRIDAY


WHERE:BEIJING


HOW:China, whose Communist rulers value stability above all else, have come down hard on anyone they fear could upset the Games, from people protesting against the demolition of their houses for venues to the country's sometimes restless ethnic minorities.

apirl 25 2008

Interpol: 'Real possibility' of attack at Olympics



WHO: CHINISSE PEOPLE


WHAT :The head of Interpol said Friday that there is a "real possibility" that the Beijing Olympics will be targeted by terrorists or that anti-China groups could attack athletes.


WHEN: FRIDAY


WHERE:BEIJING


HOW:China, whose Communist rulers value stability above all else, have come down hard on anyone they fear could upset the Games, from people protesting against the demolition of their houses for venues to the country's sometimes restless ethnic minorities.

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

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Guantanamo Bay detainees: We were drugged

Who: people were drugged




What:The Defense Department and the CIA, the two agencies responsible for detaining terrorism suspects, both deny using drugs as an enhancement for interrogations, and suggest that the stories from Nusairi and others like him are either fabrications or mistaken interpretations of routine medical treatment.


When:


Where:WASHINGTON


How:Nusairi, now free in Saudi Arabia, was unable to learn what drugs were injected before his interrogations. He is not alone in wondering: At least two dozen other former and current detainees at Guantanamo Bay and elsewhere say they were given drugs against their will or witnessed other inmates being drugged, based on interviews and court documents

Monday, April 21, 2008

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Baby shot while playing with dad is recovering

WHO: baby shot and father killed



WHAT:A baby was recovering Monday morning after someone shot and wounded him and killed his father as they played across from the baseball field at North Miami's Claude Pepper Park


WHEN:Monday


WHERE: does not say it


HOW:The 1 ½-year-old was shot at least once, possibly in the arm, said North Miami Lt. Neal Cuevas. He was in stable condition early Monday.
The boy was rushed to Ryder Trauma Center at Jackson Memorial Hospital. Television footage showed the boy, wide-eyed, clinging to his mother in a wheeled stretcher as paramedics rushed him into the trauma center.


Friday, April 18, 2008

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Pope to visit New York, address United Nations

WHAT:After a dramatic three days in which he put the country's clergy sexual abuse scandal front and center, Pope Benedict XVI turned his attention Friday to the original purpose of his first U.S. visit as leader of the Roman Catholic Church.



WHO:POPE


WHAT:The pope, after an early morning flight from the nation's capital to New York City, will deliver an address to the General Assembly of the United Nations, taking his first opportunity to truly talk globally.


WHEN:FRIDAY



WHERE:WASHINGTON



HOW: When Benedict addresses diplomats from around the world, he'll likely touch on several broad themes, said Jo Renee Formicola, a Seton Hall University political science professor who has studied the papacy and international affairs.

Thursday, April 17, 2008

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Latin America scores badly in Internet ranking

WHO:Latin America's biggest problem may not be Venezuela's narcissist-Leninist leader Hugo Chávez nor other populists who are grabbing the headlines.


WHAT:Indeed, a new world ranking released by the World Economic Forum shows that Mexico, Brazil


WHEN: dont say it


WHERE:Latin America's


HOW:The report, a massive study of 127 countries, not only measures nations' Internet access but also the government regulations, bureaucracy and the business climate that allow them to be technologically competitive.

Friday, April 11, 2008

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Weapons dealer had minority status

WHO: 22-year-old Miami Beach arms dealer


WHAT: A Miami Beach company under investigation for selling faulty munitions to the U.S. Army erroneously appeared as a minority-owned company on millions of dollars worth of government weapons contracts.


WHEN: It does not say it


WHERE: Miami Beach


HOW: The incident sheds light on what some business advocates contend are efforts to inflate contracting numbers in order to exaggerate the government's commitment to small and minority-owned firms. Since 1995 there have been 13 government investigations and two private studies that have turned up abuse and mismanagement in the federal contracting system

Thursday, April 10, 2008

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Club Mansion bouncers accused of beating patrons

WHO: Sean Sweeney, Trevor Costello and John Merryman



WHAT: Miami Beach police have charged at least eight Club Mansion bouncers with beating three spring breakers over a disputed bar tab.


WHEN: Mon, Apr 7, 2008

WHERE: South Beach's Club Mansion


HOW: Sean Sweeney, Trevor Costello and John Merryman, who were in South Florida on spring break, were ''knocked to the ground and struck upon the head and body with closed fists, kicked via feet and held down,'' according to a police report.other patrons. Then they were told their tab for the vodka was $700.
Surprised by the amount, the students asked twice to see a bill. Twice they were refused.At this point, they were ushered into a back room, which was packed with bouncers. When the young men again refused to pay without seeing a tab, employees of the club turned physical

Tuesday, April 8, 2008

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Pitt wanted 95 percent discount on resort stay


who:Brad pitt

what:Sean Penn and the Jolie-Pitts all living under the same roof? For a brief time, such thing was a possibility.

when:apirl 7 2008

where:Austin, Texas.

how:Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie and kids set up camp in Texas for nearly a month as Pitt filmed “Tree of Life.” Penn, who also stars in the film, arrived on set last week, and if the cost of Pitt’s accommodations hadn't been an issue, Pitt and Penn might have both ended up staying at the same place.

Monday, April 7, 2008

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3-year-old girl finds gun, shoots self in head



WhO: A 3 year old girl shot herself

WhAt: 3-year-old girl found a gun in a bedroom of her home and shot herself in the head Sunday, police said

WhEn: April. 6, 2008

WhErE:DETROIT

HoW:One of the girl's parents apparently owned the gun, and at least one parent was home when she shot herself Sunday afternoon. Police questioned the parents and took the gun, the Detroit Free Press reported.