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'Fiddler On the Roof' composer Jerry Bock dies

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 21:07:00 +0000

NEW YORK – Jerry Bock, who composed some of the most memorable shows in Broadway history, including "Fiddler on the Roof" and "Fiorello!" has died. He was 81. Richard M. Ticktin, Bock's attorney...

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Oregon tourist town considers dumping 'Detroit'

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:00 +0000

DETROIT – A tourist town in Oregon says Detroit is giving it a bad name. Voters in the 300-resident village of Detroit, Ore., will decide Tuesday whether to dump the moniker it shares with the...

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Body found under Memphis hotel bed

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:40:00 +0000

CHICAGO — The body of a missing mother was discovered under a Memphis hotel bed which had been rented out five times since she was last seen in the room six weeks earlier, police said...

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Obama aides defend handling of Christmas plot

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:39:00 +0000

WASHINGTON — The White House struck back Wednesday at angry Republican charges that it leaked details of the Christmas bomb plotter's interrogation for short-term political gain at the expense of...

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Chavez vows clampdown on post-devaluation speculators

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 04:31:00 +0000

CARACAS — President Hugo Chavez warned that any price speculation by shopkeepers will trigger business seizures, and called on the National Guard to help people fight price gouging. "To those...

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Israel PM in Cairo for talks on peace process

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 04:39:00 +0000

CAIRO — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu travels to Cairo on Tuesday for talks with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak amid US efforts to revive stalled Middle East peace talks. The...

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Australian nun may become nation's first saint

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 05:06:00 +0000

SYDNEY — An Australian nun who died 100 years ago looks set to become the nation's first saint, after the Pope recognised a miracle in which she apparently cured a woman of cancer, officials said...

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Three believed dead after cyclone hits Fiji: police

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 05:38:00 +0000

SUVA — At least three people were believed dead after Cyclone Mick swept over Fiji's main island of Viti Levu, causing widespread flooding and damage, police said Tuesday. The cyclone was still...

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Surge to break Taliban momentum in a year: US general

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 04:56:00 +0000

WASHINGTON — The NATO commander in Afghanistan on Tuesday predicted a surge of US troops will reverse the momentum of Taliban insurgents within a year and ensure their ultimate defeat. The additional...

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Pakistanis kill 15 militants in northwest clashes

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 04:53:00 +0000

KHAR, Pakistan — Pakistani security forces killed 15 militants in separate clashes in northwestern Pakistan, officials said Thursday. A captured commander who led troops to a militant hide-out also...

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Britain, France back global fund for climate ills

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:34:00 +0000

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad — The leaders of Britain and France gave their backing Friday to a global fund that would provide billions of dollars to poor countries to help them reduce the output of...

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China coal mine blast death toll jumps to 87

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:48:00 +0000

HEGANG, China — Rescuers worked in frigid cold to reach 21 miners trapped underground Sunday as the death toll from a huge gas explosion in a northern Chinese mine jumped to 87 — the deadliest blast...

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Archaeology of knowledge By Michel Foucault

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:04:00 +0000

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New Brunswick girl who died in London during WW1 finally buried in Canada

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:48:00 +0000

HAMMONDVALE, N.B. — More than 90 years after she died and her remains were inexplicably forgotten in storage in a London catacomb, Gladys Fowler is finally home in Canada. On Sunday, during a service...

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Gene found that seems key in evolution of speech

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:34:00 +0000

WASHINGTON — Chimps, our nearest relative, don't talk. We do. Now scientists have pinpointed a mutation in a gene that might help explain the difference. The mutation seems to have helped humans...

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White House: Obama weighs 4 options in Afghanistan

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:43:00 +0000

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is considering four options for realigning U.S. strategy in Afghanistan, his spokesman said Tuesday, while military officials said the choices involve several ways...

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Crowds gather for Dalai Lama visit

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:41:00 +0000

Thousands of devout Buddhists poured into a remote Indian mountain town, arriving in packed trucks or on foot after trekking for miles along narrow paths for a rare chance to glimpse the Dalai...

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Kabul's British Cemetery honours war dead

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:33:00 +0000

KABUL — Wreaths of red paper poppies -- the symbol of remembrance -- lie against the high southern wall of the British Cemetery in Kabul, a layer of fine dust covering their curled-up leaves in the...

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Charles, Camilla begin Canadian tour Monday

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:49:00 +0000

Prince Charles and his wife Camilla begin an 11-day royal tour of Canada on Monday. The visit, their first as a married couple, includes stops in Ontario, British Columbia and Quebec. They are...

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Motorola's shares surge with unexpected profit

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:44:00 +0000

NEW YORK — The turnaround effort long sought at Motorola Inc. finally could be on track. The maker of communications equipment reported an unexpected quarterly profit Thursday as losses in its mobile...

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Homeless, rooming house residents at risk for early death: study

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 06:23:00 +0000

TORONTO - Canadians living in homeless shelters and rooming houses have a much shorter life expectancy than the general population - and poverty is not the only factor contributing to their premature...

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Vancouver bridge reopens after climate rally

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 03:52:00 +0000

Vancouver's Cambie Street Bridge reopened Saturday afternoon after its three northbound lanes were closed to vehicle traffic for a climate change demonstration. More than 1,000 people turned out for...

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Gates says all eyes on Afghan runoff election

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:56:00 +0000

SEOUL, South Korea — U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday that NATO officials will be closely watching how Afghanistan prepares for upcoming runoff presidential elections to prevent...

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Whishaw unaware of Keats love story

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:16:00 +0000

Ben Whishaw has admitted he wasn't familiar with the story of John Keats before playing the poet in Bright Star. The actor confessed at the movie's premiere at the London Film Festival that he was...

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Daryl Lorette 1.0 Feed.I was hoping this would happen.Google has let me move all my feeds over at one time.A big time saver.

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NY deal reached over Monroe's last nude photos - Yahoo! News
NY deal reached over Monroe's last nude photos

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Patrick Swayze in hospital, The Beast will have to wait
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