10/12/2008 -
War-weary Saddam victims miss his iron rule
Saddam Hussein was hanged for killing 148 Shi'ite men and boys in Dujail in 1982. But today, some people in this town on the Tigris say they miss life under the Iraqi dictator because they felt more secure.
Source:
Reuters via Yahoo! News
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081012/lf_nm_life/us_iraq_dujail_1
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10/11/2008 -
Credit crunch felt in central Illinois
The credit crunch may have started on Wall Street but its effects can be felt all the way to central Illinois.
Source:
Peoria Journal Star
http://www.pjstar.com/business/x21170298/Credit-crunch-felt-in-central-Illinois
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10/12/2008 -
Pair of Jacks is winning hand as Emma Lavelle takes Chepstow pot
For many, the lure and charm of jump racing lies in the longevity of its stars, but there is no denying the frisson felt when that established order is challenged.
Source:
Times Online
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/racing/article4931172.ece
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10/13/2008 -
Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Cancer survivor shares her story
Maria Chapa knew something ailed her body. She felt pain in her breasts. One of her aunt?s died in February from breast cancer. Another aunt, in her 60s now, has battled it on and off for more than a dozen years. ?I?m scared,? Chapa says sitting on a beige leather sofa dressed in a pink sweater and a white eyelet skirt. She?s headed to church with her husband, Isaac Hernandez, also dressed in a ...
Source:
Naples Daily News
http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/oct/12/breast-cancer-awareness-month-survivor-sh
ares-stor/?partner=yahoo_headlines
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10/12/2008 -
Deans all Black for Maitland juniors
Wallabies coach Robbie Deans would have felt right at home last night at Marcellin Park inside a Maitland Blacks clubhouse adorned with black white.
Source:
The Maitland Mercury
http://maitland.yourguide.com.au/news/local/sport/rugby-union/deans-all-black-fo
r-maitland-juniors/1331650.aspx
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10/12/2008 -
Congratulations, world champion Dad
FOR the final 10km of one of the most brutal Hawaii Ironman races in memory Craig Alexander felt numb with pain - until his three-year-old daughter Lucy threw her soft arms round the neck of Australia's newest world champion, unleashing his tears.
Source:
Daily Telegraph
http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,24486764-5001023,00.html?fro
m=public_rss
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10/12/2008 -
Pioneers up in last-over cliffhanger
THE Pioneers may have felt hard done when their season-opening Webb Shield game was relocated to Boonah yesterday. However fortune shone upon them when it mattered, as the defending champions escaped with a one-wicket win over Gold Coast.
Source:
Queensland Times
http://www.qt.com.au/storydisplay.cfm?storyid=3787579
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10/12/2008 -
Perfect memories
When Dr. Andrew Finlay Jr. was inducted into the inaugural class of the Sewanee Athletics Hall of Fame in 2004, he felt his teammates deserved the honor as much as him.
Source:
The Sand Mountain Reporter
http://sandmountainreporter.com/story.lasso?ewcd=32232c7b5a0c0487
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10/12/2008 -
Best of the Venice Film Festival
Most of us haven't thought about the Hollywood writers' strike since it ended in time for the Academy Awards ceremony in February. But its effects were felt in September at the big international film festivals. The Venice Film Festival, which usually...
Source:
San Francisco Chronicle
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/12/PK0U139MBT.DTL&f
eed=rss.entertainment
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10/12/2008 -
State failures allowed abuse by Ark. foster parent
BENTONVILLE, Ark. (AP) - Three times, the foster boys told state case workers their host father gave them alcohol and wanted them to sleep in his bed. However, case workers initially only removed one child from the home of Brian Bergthold, who had told the state he felt a call from God to the work.
Source:
KFSM Ft. Smith-Fayetteville
http://www.kfsm.com/Global/story.asp?S=9166573
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10/12/2008 -
Schwartzel gets third tour win
Charl Schwartzel fired a second consecutive, five-under 66 on Sunday to cruise to a three-stroke victory at the inaugural Madrid Masters. Schwartzel finished at 19-under 265 at Club de Campo Villa de Madrid for his third European Tour title. He won last year's Spanish Open in Madrid and took home the 2005 dunhill championship. "I felt like I played really well out there today," said ...
Source:
Lexington Herald-Leader
http://www.kentucky.com/549/story/553621.html
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10/12/2008 -
Wait 'til next year: Great pumpkin springs leak
WARREN, R.I. - The 200 or so people who gathered yesterday afternoon at Frerichs Farm must have felt a bit like Linus Van Pelt, waiting all day for the Great Pumpkin that wasn't.
Source:
Boston Globe
http://www.boston.com/news/local/rhode_island/articles/2008/10/12/wait_til_next_
year_great_pumpkin_springs_leak
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10/12/2008 -
Congress is a Rotten, Stinking Corpse
On November 4, vote the bums out! At the end of August, Rasmussen Reports released data from a poll it conducted on the approval rating of Congress. The poll found that an incredibly anemic 9 percent of Americans surveyed felt that Congress was doing an excellent or fair job. You heard right ? only 9 percent of Americans approve of the way Congress is doing its job! This...
Source:
Blogcritics.org
http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/10/12/162448.php
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10/12/2008 -
Screenshots of Firefox Mobile for Windows Mobile Finally Surface
In early April we reported on an early prototype of Firefox Mobile . Code-named "Fennec", it was only recommended for use on Nokia N810 devices. At the time, we felt that Firefox Mobile showed a lot of promise. Today screenshots have surfaced showing Firefox Mobile running on the Windows Mobile OS. We can't deny that we still think it shows promise and we're eagerly anticipating its ...
Source:
ReadWriteWeb
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/screenshots_of_firefox_mobile_for_windows_m
obile_finally_surface.php
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10/12/2008 -
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Tiscali
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