There's the airport _ inviting, but heavily secured. There's the U.S. Embassy, perimeter guarded by crack local forces and Marines. And there's the plush international hotel, open to anyone with a decent outfit and money for a cup of coffee.
Across the world, the finest hotels draw foreign businessmen, droves of tourists, and local movers and shakers who crowd the restaurants and bars ...
Combined with a 4-3 victory Thursday night in Vancouver, Calgary swept the home-and-home series and climbed within one point of the Canucks atop the Northwest Division.
Langkow's sixth goal of the season came on a power play with 38 seconds left in the second period.
David Moss made it 2-0 for Calgary at 6:11 of the third period.
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In this Nov. 28, 2006 file photo, Chairman and CEO of General Motors Rick Wagoner, left, and PGA golfer Tiger Woods introduce the 2008 Buick Enclave at the Los Angeles Auto Show in Pasadena, Calif. General Motors Corp. says it will end its endorsement deal with Tiger Woods at the end of the year. GM said in a statement Monday Nov. 24, 2008 that it is looking to reduce costs, and that the star g...
London, Nov 28 (ANI): The Vatican has warned that people obsessed with modern technology, such internet and mobile phones risked, are risking losing their souls.
The spokesperson for Pope Benedict XVI, Father Federico Lombardi revealed that the obsession is taking people away from spirituality.
In the age of the cell phone and the internet it is probably more difficult than before t...
Thu. November 27, 2008; Posted: 01:06 PM Stocks most likely to rise today. Click here Nov 27, 2008 (Datamonitor via COMTEX) -- VZ PowerRating -- Verizon Wireless has activated two new cell sites in Hampden County, Massachusetts. The new site is expected to increases wireless voice and data coverage and capacity along Route 32.
According to the company, regionally it has invested over $2....
Representatives of the England and Wales Cricket Board and the Board of Control for Cricket in India were meeting Thursday when New Delhi Television (NDTV) reported that the English squad had refused to continue its seven-week tour following the deadly overnight attacks.
It was not clear if the reports related only to the limited-overs series, which India leads 5-0 with two matches remain...
Falk calls the blowback 'unfair' and 'one-sided.'
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Kathleen Falk thinks she knows what's wrong with Dane County's 911 Center and how to fix it. What's needed, says the county executive, is new, uniform police dispatch software.
"The most significant challenge is that we ...
He was admitted "as a precautionary measure," press secretary Adam Benson said in an e-mail to reporters Tuesday afternoon.
"The congressman is fully conscious and was joking with his staff from his cell phone while en route to the hospital," Benson said. "The congressman expects to be back to work for the people of Michigan in about a day or so."
Dingell was in the Capitol performi...
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) — A Kentucky widow who sued the U.S. government over surgical care she says killed her husband at a southern Illinois Veterans Affairs hospital has agreed to settle her case for $975,000, her attorney said.
Katrina Shank had sought $12 million in her federal wrongful-death lawsuit. Her husband, 50-year-old Robert Shank III of Murray, Ky., bled to death in August 20...The Southaven Chapter No. 5371 AARP annual Christmas potluck luncheon will be Dec. 3 at the M.R. Davis Public Library in Southaven, starting at 11 a.m. Guest speaker is Mississippi congressman Travis Childers. Everyone must RSVP with Kelly at (662) 429-4412. No walk-ins.
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