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Budget woes will hamper wildfire prevention: officials
Reuters - Mon, 13 May, 2013
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Shrinking budgets mean fewer firefighters will be available this summer even as unusually dry weather has increased the risk of fire in much of the U.S. West, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack warned on Monday. "As a result of sequester and across-the-board cuts we will have about 500 fewer firefighters at the Forest Service than we would otherwise have," said Vilsack. Cuts known as sequestration are forcing government agencies to reduce spending. ... More »Budget woes will hamper wildfire prevention: officials
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Guay and Osborne-Paradis headline Canada's ski team for next season
The Canadian Press - Thu, 16 May, 2013
VANCOUVER - World downhill champion Erik Guay and three-time World Cup winner Manuel Osborne-Paradis headline Canada's 23-member alpine ski team for the Sochi Olympic season. More »Guay and Osborne-Paradis headline Canada's ski team for next season
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Halifax makes $60K a year selling old landfill methane
CBC - Tue, 14 May, 2013
The smell and rodents are gone from the old Sackville landfill and the facility is now generating an income for HRM. More »Halifax makes $60K a year selling old landfill methane
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U.S. TV journalist Barbara Walters announces retirement
Reuters - Mon, 13 May, 2013
(Reuters) - Trailblazing broadcast journalist Barbara Walters, known for her interviews with world leaders and celebrities and the first woman to co-anchor a U.S. evening news program, said on Monday she will retire in the summer of 2014. With tears in her eyes, Walters, 83, announced her upcoming resignation on "The View," the all-woman show she created in 1997. "I have been on television for over 50 years," she said as her co-hosts watched. "In the summer of 2014 I plan to retire from appearing on television." Walters described her career as amazing, fascinating, and sometimes bumpy. ... More »U.S. TV journalist Barbara Walters announces retirement
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Wiggins still optimistic after tough Giro first week
Reuters - Mon, 13 May, 2013
(Reuters) - Battered and bruised after a tough opening week of the Giro d'Italia, Tour de France champion Bradley Wiggins still believes he can clinch his second Grand Tour title this month. The Briton lies fourth overall, 1:16 adrift of leader Vincenzo Nibali of Italy who took the pink jersey after Saturday's individual time trial. Team Sky rider Wiggins was expected to claw back the time on his rivals in the individual effort against the clock but finished second to compatriot Alex Dowsett with a display he labelled as "disappointing". ... More »Wiggins still optimistic after tough Giro first week
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Hill Times crowns Trudeau Canada's sexiest MP
Canada Politics - Mon, 13 May, 2013
There seems to be a changing of the guard, so to speak, happening on Parliament Hill. On Monday, The Hill Times released their annual Political Savvy Survey. In addition to questions like the best and hardest working MPs, the newspaper … Continue reading → More »Hill Times crowns Trudeau Canada's sexiest MP
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China deal ends distraction, but not questions, for Caterpillar
Reuters - Fri, 17 May, 2013
By James B. Kelleher CHICAGO (Reuters) - Caterpillar Inc's (CAT.N) deal to cut the purchase price of a Chinese mining-equipment maker it bought last year ends an embarrassing episode that overshadowed ... More »China deal ends distraction, but not questions, for Caterpillar
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How 23-year-old Candice Glover of South Carolina won the 12th season of 'American Idol'
The Canadian Press - Fri, 17 May, 2013
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - With a flawless voice that recalled past "American Idol" finalist Jennifer Hudson and a sense of determination after not making it in previous seasons, Candice Glover did the one thing Hudson wasn't able to do: She won the title of "American Idol." More »How 23-year-old Candice Glover of South Carolina won the 12th season of 'American Idol'
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Analysis: Syria's savagery will thwart reconciliation
Reuters - Tue, 14 May, 2013
By Oliver Holmes BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian soldiers slowly stab a man to death, puncturing his back dozens of times. A rebel commander bites an organ ripped out of an enemy combatant. A young boy hacks the head off a prisoner. A soldier mutilates the genitals of a corpse. These are the images of Syrian conflict, the first war in which the prevalence of camera phones and Internet access has allowed hundreds of gruesome war crimes to be broadcast, spreading hatred and fear. They are defining the war that is spilling across Syria's borders and making reconciliation an ever more distant prospect. ... More »Analysis: Syria's savagery will thwart reconciliation
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Monsoon may arrive late as southwest thirsts
Reuters - Wed, 15 May, 2013
By Ratnajyoti Dutta NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The monsoon rains may arrive on the southern coast around June 3, the weather office forecast on Wednesday, a late debut that will raise fears any revival for ... More »Monsoon may arrive late as southwest thirsts
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Turkey's Gul says global response to Syria just talk
Reuters - Thu, 16 May, 2013
By Jonathon Burch REYHANLI, Turkey (Reuters) - Turkey's President Abdullah Gul criticized the world's response to the Syria conflict on Thursday as limited to "rhetoric", saying his country had received little help in coping with a huge influx of Syrian refugees. Speaking in the border town of Reyhanli where car bombs killed more than 50 people at the weekend, Gul also called for calm after the incident, which has sparked anti-government protests and a backlash against Syrian refugees in the town. ... More »Turkey's Gul says global response to Syria just talk
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Gold slides to four-week low as investors sidestep bullion
Reuters - Thu, 16 May, 2013
By Jan Harvey and Clara Denina LONDON (Reuters) - Gold hit a four-week low on Thursday, declining for a sixth straight day for the first time in more than four years, as investors spooked by recent price ... More »Gold slides to four-week low as investors sidestep bullion
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Sharp forecasts 14.5 pct rise in its LCD panel sales in 2013/14
Reuters - Tue, 14 May, 2013
TOKYO (Reuters) - Sharp Corp, which makes display screens for Apple Inc, said it expects sales of liquid crystal display panels to rise 14.5 percent to 970 billion yen ($9.53 billion) in the year to March 31. Japan's LCD pioneer, which on Tuesday released its latest business results, forecast revenue from televisions to rise 3 percent to 400 billion yen in the current business year. ($1 = 101.7450 Japanese yen) (Reporting by Tim Kelly; Editing by Edmund Klamann) More »Sharp forecasts 14.5 pct rise in its LCD panel sales in 2013/14
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Point Douglas man devastated after blaze destroys home
CBC - Wed, 15 May, 2013
A Winnipeg man says he doesn't know where he'll stay Wednesday night, after his home in the Point Douglas neighbourhood was destroyed by fire. More »Point Douglas man devastated after blaze destroys home
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Napolitano says ATM heist sign of cyber crime scope
Reuters - Tue, 14 May, 2013
By Deborah Charles WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A global network that stole $45 million from two Middle Eastern banks showed how easily financial crimes can be committed and coordinated in cyberspace, and underlined ... More »Napolitano says ATM heist sign of cyber crime scope
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Donations continue to pour in for Cleveland victims
The Upbeat - Fri, 17 May, 2013
The Cleveland Courage Fund, a charity established to help Amanda Berry, Michelle Knight and Gina DeJesus, has raised more than $480,000. The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports that there have been over 5,100 donations from all 50 states and several foreign countries. Berry, Knight and DeJesus were allegedly held captive for roughly a decade inside the [...] More »Donations continue to pour in for Cleveland victims
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Don't let strangers in, even in Paris
Christian Science Monitor - Fri, 17 May, 2013
I let a stranger into our apartment. More »Don't let strangers in, even in Paris
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Israel to authorize four West Bank settler outposts
Reuters - Thu, 16 May, 2013
By Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel plans to declare legal four unauthorized West Bank settler outposts, a court document showed on Thursday, days before U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry returns to the region to try to restart peace talks. Israel has been sending mixed signals on its internationally condemned settlement policy as Kerry pursues efforts to revive negotiations Palestinians quit in 2010 in anger over Israeli settlement building on occupied land they seek for a state. ... More »Israel to authorize four West Bank settler outposts
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Business Highlights
The Canadian Press - Fri, 17 May, 2013
A year after IPO, Facebook aims to be ad colossus More »Business Highlights
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Amplats says S.Africa miners report for morning shift
Reuters - Fri, 17 May, 2013
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Miners at South Africa's Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) reported for work on Friday, a company spokeswoman said, despite earlier calls for a strike by some union leaders. Amplats spokeswoman Mpumi Sithole said all workers had reported for the morning shift at the world's biggest platinum miner and there had been no trouble. "Everything is normal at Amplats this morning. Workers are going underground and there have been no incidents," Sithole said. ... More »Amplats says S.Africa miners report for morning shift

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Budget woes will hamper wildfire prevention: officials

Guay and Osborne-Paradis headline Canada's ski team for next season

Halifax makes $60K a year selling old landfill methane

U.S. TV journalist Barbara Walters announces retirement

Wiggins still optimistic after tough Giro first week

Hill Times crowns Trudeau Canada's sexiest MP

China deal ends distraction, but not questions, for Caterpillar

How 23-year-old Candice Glover of South Carolina won the 12th season of 'American Idol'

Analysis: Syria's savagery will thwart reconciliation

Monsoon may arrive late as southwest thirsts

Turkey's Gul says global response to Syria just talk

Gold slides to four-week low as investors sidestep bullion

Sharp forecasts 14.5 pct rise in its LCD panel sales in 2013/14

Point Douglas man devastated after blaze destroys home

Napolitano says ATM heist sign of cyber crime scope

Donations continue to pour in for Cleveland victims

Don't let strangers in, even in Paris

Israel to authorize four West Bank settler outposts

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Amplats says S.Africa miners report for morning shift

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