Many of you have been known to call me a Pollyanna — way too optimistic and more inclined to believe the good than buy the bad. I say, guilty as charged. That’s why I’m not prepared to dump on NASA over this Columbia tragedy. To be sure, it is a …
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BERLIN – German prosecutors say they have filed terror charges against two men they say are members of the Islamic State group who traveled to Syria via Turkey in May 2014. Federal prosecutors said Thursday that 27-year-old Ayoub B. and 26-year-old Ebrahim H. B. — whose surnames were withheld under …
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BAYPORT, N.Y. – Math teacher Carol Pitkewicz sees a common thread running through prom fashion over her decades at a Long Island high school. And she has that thread in her purse. For years, the soon-to-retire Pitkewicz has brought a travel-sized sewing kit to the Bayport-Blue Point High School prom …
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BEIJING – A court in eastern China has fined a pesticide manufacturer 75 million yuan ($12 million) and imprisoned employees of the company and its contractors for discharging wastewater that severely polluted local streams. State media reports Tuesday said the Longyou county court levied the fine on Jinfanda Biochemical Co. …
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WASHINGTON – Transit officials in Washington have temporarily suspended all issue-oriented advertisements on the region’s rail and bus system. The move comes as the agency was asked to consider an ad with a provocative cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad. The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s board of directors voted Thursday …
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BUCHAREST, Romania – Britain’s Prince Charles is visiting Transylvania, the wooded region in northwest Romania where he owns several properties. Charles met President Klaus Iohannis in Bucharest in Bucharest on Sunday before traveling to the remote village of Valea Zalanului where he owns a country retreat. Iohannis and Charles discussed …
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UNITED NATIONS – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon used the 65th anniversary of the United Nations agency that helps Palestinian refugees to appeal for an immediate resumption of Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations and an end to unilateral actions “that erode trust.” Ban told a U.N. conference Tuesday marking the anniversary of the U.N. …
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LOS ANGELES – Pop Tarts spotted Holly Madison at several shows at L.A.’s Fashion Week, but now that the 28-year-old has severed ties with her longtime lover Hugh Hefner she isn’t getting too much attention. Following Lauren Conrad’s show last Tuesday, Madison was forced to be like all the other …
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A prolonged recession. Maybe years. Maybe worse. Could be a depression. Maybe years. Maybe worse. Unemployment likely hitting 10 percent, maybe worse. The market down another 40 percent, maybe worse. Sounds a lot like the talk now, doesn’t it? It’s not. It was the talk 21 Octobers ago. After another …
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