09/05/2008 -
Congo-Kinshasa: Publication Director Acquitted of Defaming Provincial Governor
JED welcomes the 28 August 2008 ruling by the Kinshasa/Gombe Peace Court acquitting Achille Kadima Mulamba, publication director of the Kinshasa-based weekly "Africa News", who has been facing legal action since 2 July for defamation of the governor of Equateur province, José Makila, a member of the Movement for the Liberation of Congo (MLC) led by Senator Jean-Pierre Bemba.
Source:
AllAfrica.com
http://allafrica.com/stories/200809050111.html
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09/05/2008 -
Dog's owner enters not guilty plea
A Manito woman charged with animal cruelty for allegedly paying a man $25 to kill her cocker spaniel pleaded not guilty Thursday in Mason County court.
Source:
Peoria Journal Star
http://www.pjstar.com/news_county/x690583240/Dogs-owner-enters-not-guilty-plea
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09/05/2008 -
Murdered man 'bewitched' brother's daughter
A KwaZulu-Natal businessman's belief that his brother was bewitching his daughter led him to hire a hitman, the Ramsgate High Court has heard.
Source:
Independent Online
http://www.iol.co.za/widgets/rss_redirect.php?artid=vn20080905105421289C844218&a
mp;setid=1§id=13&url=iol&vne=0&csect=South+Africa
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09/05/2008 -
AIDS activist Kathleen Dee Hall-Holmes dies
There will be a celebration of the life of Kathleen Dee Hall-Holmes on Oct. 4.
Source:
The Olympian
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/573732.html
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09/05/2008 -
Gang Member, 17, Says Sorry To Victims' Families
A teenage gang member who pleaded no contest to murder charges in connection with the execution-style shooting deaths of two young men last summer expresses remorse after being sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Source:
NBC 4 Los Angeles
http://www.knbc.com/news/17396477/detail.html?rss=la&psp=news
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09/05/2008 -
Jordan- Pig farms stir controversy in two neighbouring villages
Jordan- Pig farms stir controversy in two neighbouring villages
Source:
MENAFN
http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093210946
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09/05/2008 -
Did School Committee members link up over golf?
SALEM and mdash; We're not making an allegation here, but there might have been an illegal quorum of the School Committee last weekend in Norton. Three members of the school board and mdash; Janet Crane, Jim Fleming and Kevin Carr and mdash; met on the ninth hole at the TCP of Boston, a golf course down in a dark corner of the state near the Rhode Island border. They claim it was not a secret ...
Source:
The Salem News
http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_248220756.html
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09/05/2008 -
Book details life of alleged Mexican drug queen
MEXICO CITY ? A woman touted by authorities as Mexico's most infamous female drug trafficker says in a new book that she grew up around smugglers, but she doesn't admit to using or trafficking drugs.
Source:
Arizona Daily Star
http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/news/256106.php
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09/05/2008 -
Macon man jailed for dad's gun crime, police say
Macon police now believe 21-year-old Tendrill DeAngelo Griggs, who was charged Thursday with attempted murder, is not the man who shot 21-year-old Brandon Mitchell the night before.
Source:
Macon Telegraph
http://www.macon.com/198/story/454664.html
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09/05/2008 -
Hendrix's 'flaming' guitar sold for £280,000
A collector has paid £280,000 at auction for the first guitar set alight on stage by rock legend Jimi Hendrix.
Source:
Channel 4
http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/arts_entertainment/hendrixs+flaming+guitar
+sold+for+280000/2443552
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09/05/2008 -
Movie capsules
Ratings are based on the opinions of Gannett News Service, Associated Press and Courier-Post reviewers. ****: Excellent; ***: Good; **: Fair; *: Poor.
Source:
Courier-Post
http://www.courierpostonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080905/LIFE05/8090
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09/05/2008 -
Why this Happy Valley (Ore.) family loves Penn State
HAPPY VALLEY, Pa. ? Jon and Carol Willie of Happy Valley, Ore., won?t be at Saturday?s Oregon State-Penn State game at Beaver Stadium, but they?ll be there in spirit. And, no offense Beavers, but they?ll be pulling hard for the Nittany Lions. The Willies, who ...
Source:
Portland Tribune
http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=122055472544216500
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09/05/2008 -
Man tells of murder-suicide horror
When Themba Maswanganye heard three gunshots at his home on Tuesday, nothing could have prepared him for the horror that awaited him.
Source:
Independent Online
http://www.iol.co.za/widgets/rss_redirect.php?artid=vn20080905054852428C854043&a
mp;setid=1§id=13&url=iol&vne=0&csect=South+Africa
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09/05/2008 -
Disaster Movie
Short review: oh dear, oh dear, oh dear, oh dear, oh dear, oh dear, oh dear, oh dear, oh dear, oh dear, oh dear, oh dear, oh dear, oh dear, oh dear, oh dear, oh dear, oh dear, oh dear, oh dear, oh dear, oh dear, oh dear, oh dear, oh dear...
Source:
Mega Star
http://www.megastar.co.uk/movies/news-single-view/article/2/disaster-movie.html
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09/05/2008 -
Wish to be an 'Oscar Mayer Wiener' comes true
The Oscar Mayer Wienermobile, traveling through Crookston today, had people yelling "hot dog!" For three hours today, the Hugo's parking lot was home to a 27 foot, 14,050 pound, massive hot dog on a bun. Oscar Mayer representatives operating the giant hot dog vehicle gave out Wiener Whistles, the only way to prove you've actually seen the vehicle firsthand.
Source:
Crookston Daily Times
http://crookstontimes.com/articles/2008/09/05/news/26news1.txt
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