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Counseling service that helps
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England could lose Caribbean votes in bid for 2018 World Cup over £135000 debt owed by Jamaican FA.
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As Sean Bean returns for a new series of Sharpe, he tells Michael Deacon about getting old and filming action scenes in 120 degrees.
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Respect the Football Association's campaign takes a battering from managers Paul Ince and Paul Jewell.
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Martin Johnson has never been considered one of life's natural radicals, but the team he selected yesterday for this weekend's potentially hazardous encounter with the Pacific Islands at Twickenham certainly had the shock of the new about it. Four new caps, three of them in a heavily remodelled back division, and a fifth on the bench? Not since Clive Woodward pulled an entire colony of rabbits out of his hat for the match against Australia in 1997 has there been such a bold initial selection. And we all know what Woodward achieved a few years later.
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It was the Jurassic Park novelist's professional achievements that made him such an imposing figure
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Thick brown clouds of soot, particles and chemicals stretching from the Persian Gulf to Asia threaten health and food supplies in the world, the UN reports.
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The costs to the state in the long run will be much greater than the expense of supporting our schools now. With California's budget now facing an $11-billion shortfall, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has proposed billions of dollars in spending cuts, most of them aimed at the state's already beleaguered schools, colleges and universities.
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A reader asked whether the charming ABC Family series "The Middleman" is ever coming back. I thought it was a good question, so I asked an ABC Family rep, who said that no decision has been made yet regarding a second season for "The Middleman." However the show's creator, Javier Grillo-Marxuach, wasn't too optimistic in comments he recently made to the sci-fi Web site io9, which asked him about the show's fate. "I think it's fair to say that they aren't going to order any new episodes in the immediate future," he said. "Right now, we are all focused on...
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Nov. 18: NBC’s Kerry Sanders meets some of the endangered species in Belize. TODAY’s Matt Lauer talks to Losita Lee of the Audubon Society about the state of the wildlife. (Today Show)
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Detroit's Big Three automakers pleaded with Congress on Tuesday for a $25 billion lifeline to save the once-proud titans of U.S. industry, warning of a national economic catastrophe should they collapse.
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GM, Ford, and Chrysler CEOs face tough questions in the US Senate over why the American government should hand them billions.
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Ellen Roseman a business writer at the Toronto Star. A revolution in credit cards is coming to Canada in the next few years. Instead of signing your name when you buy something at a retail store or restaurant, you will type in a personal identification number or PIN, just as you do with a debit card. This change holds both promise and peril. The promise is greater security and protection from fraud, because each credit card will have an embedded computer chip. The peril is greater liability for unauthorized use of your card if you don’t take care of your PIN.
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MANAGUA, Nicaragua -- The U.S. Embassy has been accused of counterrevolutionary subversion. A nervous Catholic Church is appealing for calm. The opposition party is crying electoral fraud, while roaming gangs armed with clubs are attacking marchers. The mayor here has called it anarchy. And everyone...
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Roger Jenkins's social connections helped the bank interest Gulf sheiks.
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Lapses at Psychiatric Solutions Inc., a major hospital chain with high earnings, have put patients at risk, regulators find. Some have even died. Psychiatric Solutions Inc. was on its way to becoming the nation's leading provider of private psychiatric care when it snapped up Sierra Vista Hospital in Sacramento in mid-2005.
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Are the Golden Globes in danger for the second year in a row? It sure looks like it.
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Car parts-makers fear the knock-on effect of recession
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Britain's plan to borrow in order to spend its way out of an economic crisis could drive the pound lower.
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Investors may have jumped out of their tax-exempt bond funds at just the wrong time. They poured a net of $20 billion into municipal funds this year. Then, in late September, they changed their minds. So far this quarter, $7.4 billion has fled the scene, reports Robert Adler, president of AMG Dat...
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Lisa Ling travels to the Niger Delta, where the thirst for oil has created a deadly situation.
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- A $14 billion rescue package for the nation's imperiled auto industry sped to approval in the House Wednesday night, but the emergency bailout was still in jeopardy from Republicans who were setting out roadblocks in the Senate....
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WASHINGTON -- A $14 billion rescue package for the nation's imperiled auto industry sped to approval in the House Wednesday night, but the emergency bailout was still in jeopardy from Republicans who were setting out roadblocks in the Senate.
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A $14 billion rescue package for the nation's imperiled auto industry sped to approval in the House Wednesday night, but the emergency bailout was still in jeopardy from Republicans who were setting out roadblocks in the Senate.
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Doctors blame the fashion for heavy toilet seats for a rise in penis crush injuries among young boys.
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Normally lavish parties are being scaled back or scrapped faster than certain starlets ditching the paparazzi.
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Featured links from the CNET Blog Network Apple and the peril of innovation--Apple has dropped out of the Macworld Expo. And although the reasons Apple gave are many, Don Reisinger thinks the company is having trouble innovating. The trade show has long been dead (in theory)--Trade shows have long existed for reasons that have more to do with politics than quantifiable business value. Factor in expectations, politics, personal interaction--and out-of-office excuses. Yahoo Open Strategy is not open enough --In focusing on opening its walls to outsiders without emphasizing the opening up of its services outside Yahoo.com, the company may not be doing enough to halt its downward spiral. Google censors political-donation transparency ads--Should members of the public be able to pay for Web advertisements detailing which companies have donated to politicians? Google says no.
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The credit crunch could mean more people lose their sight as they avoiding eye checks to save money, warns a charity.
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A former MI6 agent, Alastair Crooke worked in varied trouble spots worldwide. Now he has gone freelance as a go-between for the west and radical Islam's political leaders
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The Condé Nast Media Group took in almost $100 million in 2008 by cutting out advertising agencies for customers like LG Electronics.
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Obama will enter office with huge reservoirs of good will. He faces huge challenges with unusual promise and unusual peril.
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A TOTAL of 80 players were sent off for yellow card offences on the opening weekend of the GAA's latest drive to reduce fouling in Gaelic football and hurling.
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AS doctors employed by the Lagos State Government under the auspices of Medical Guild, planned to commence an indefinite strike action Monday next week, the Lagos State Government yesterday declared the strike illegal, threatening that "any doctor who participated in
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