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Quiet tornado season a year after 14 die in Indiana

Mon, 20 May 2013 04:00:18 +1200

Call said the drought that hit the country last year helped keep the number of tornadoes down, while this year has benefited from strong cold fronts from central Canada that have kept warmth and moisture from the Gulf of Mexico away. "There were still ...
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RBA's Cuts Shrink Yield Gap as Fed Taper Looms: Australia Credit

Mon, 20 May 2013 03:16:48 +1200

Australia's benchmark bond yield is offering the smallest premium over U.S. notes in 11 months as the sharpest predicted growth slowdown in four years spurs bets on further interest rate cuts.
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Canadian prime minister's top aide quits over expenses scandal

Mon, 20 May 2013 02:43:04 +1200

"I regret the impact of this matter on the government, our caucus, and all of my colleagues," added Wright, a businessman who had been on secondment to Harper's office from private equity firm Onex Corp. He started work on Jan 1, 2011. The expenses ...
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1 Energy Policy Everyone Can Support

Mon, 20 May 2013 02:31:26 +1200

Several fossil-fuel advocates are crying foul at the Obama administration, because they claim it's using the oil and gas sector as a piggy bank to finance alternative energy. Conversely, those cheering for alternative ... Let's look at one idea: the ...
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Obama Urged To Make Economy Bigger Topic Amid Controversies

Mon, 20 May 2013 02:15:36 +1200

Quickly approve the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada, delayed by Obama because of environmental concerns, as part of the push for more energy supply.
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Your life decoded: Research might reveal secrets to your future health

Mon, 20 May 2013 01:53:50 +1200

Avera bought the sequencer for about $700,000 from Illumina Inc., a manufacturer in California. At the opposite end of town, Sanford has ION sequencers ... A key period was 1993 to 2003, when lab workers were able for the first time to map human ...
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Green grass of hope (First of two parts)

Mon, 20 May 2013 01:36:59 +1200

Roy C. Alimoane, the director of the Mindanao Baptist Rural Life Center (MBRLC) Foundation Inc. in Kinuskusan, Bansalan, Davao del Sur, agrees.
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Nigel Wright Resigned As Stephen Harper's Chief Of Staff (TWITTER REACTS)

Mon, 20 May 2013 01:18:05 +1200

A Harvard-educated Bay Street lawyer and banker, Wright took a leave of absence from a managing director gig at private equity giant Onex Corp to become Harper's right-hand man in 2010. Wright got into hot water this week after it was revealed that he ...
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So, who do you think owns your genes?

Mon, 20 May 2013 01:02:59 +1200

A: A French research lab has licensed the patent of the JAK2 gene (implicated in some rare blood disorders) to a Montreal-based company. Q: The ACLU, representing the Association for Molecular Pathology, has gone to the U.S. Supreme Court hoping to ...
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Cardin introduces bill to protect the Baltimore Oriole

Mon, 20 May 2013 00:10:10 +1200

The Cardin billaims to sustain healthy populations of migratory birds that are central to the $2.7 billion wildlife-watching industry and also help our farmers by consuming billions of harmful insect pests each year.
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NASA, Google To Open Joint Quantum Supercomputing Facility In California

Sun, 19 May 2013 23:50:54 +1200

The Mountain View, California-based computing company and the US space agency's new Quantum Artificial Intelligence Lab will be hosted at the Ames Research Center in California and will include a quantum supercomputer supplied by British Columbian ...
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EU decision to lift Syrian oil sanctions boosts jihadist groups

Sun, 19 May 2013 23:31:49 +1200

The implementation regulations have yet to be issued so the decision has not taken effect, but regional experts say the announcement intensified the race for oil - a race the western-backed moderates lost. Joshua Landis, an expert on the region at the ...
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NFL Notes: Chargers, Freeney agree to deal

Sun, 19 May 2013 23:25:24 +1200

The questions have been asked: is McNabb Hall of Fame worthy and do the Eagles retire No. 5? ... I will not appeal the discipline and instead will focus my energy on preparing for the season so I can begin earning your trust and respect again. I look ...
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Glencoe row houses demolished

Sun, 19 May 2013 23:19:48 +1200

Eagle Realty, part of Western & Southern Financial Group, owns the property after foreclosing on developer Pauline Van der Haer's Inwood Village Group in 2011. Eagle had made a loan to Inwood in 2002 and waited 10 years - during which the property fell ...
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No Bull Market, Just a Cattle Stampede

Sun, 19 May 2013 23:15:47 +1200

Paul Volcker in the late 1970s and early 80s could and did raised the Federal Reserve's Fed Funds Rate above 20%, taking long term US Treasury's yields to 15%. Three decades ago this was immensely painful, but not fatal to the global economy.
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CA-BUSINESS Summary

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:16:29 +1200

But the small device faces some big competition from the PlayStation 4 by Sony Corp and the Wii U by Nintendo Co Ltd in a shifting market.
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IBM's 'Building Whisperer' on the future of smart buildings

Sun, 19 May 2013 21:38:25 +1200

It is really about providing optimal occupancy services in a reliable and more sustainable manner, he says. "Ultimately, if our buildings aren't maintaining a safer, more secure and productive workplace, then it doesn't matter how much technology you ...
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Congress eyeing munis?

Sun, 19 May 2013 21:17:04 +1200

Decker spoke last week in Phoenix at a muni-bond conference hosted by law-firm Ballard Spahr, Fitch Ratings, RBC Capital Markets and the Bond Buyer, an industry publication. The event attracted about 100 municipal .... Bond mutual funds in general have ...
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IKEA to face land acquisition challenge for stores in India: experts

Sun, 19 May 2013 21:12:55 +1200

New Delhi: Land acquisition will be a major hurdle for Swedish furniture retailer IKEA to set up its stores in India and it may have to even depend on public auction by government, according to real estate consultants. The company, which has received ...
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Adams seeking fourth term

Sun, 19 May 2013 21:08:37 +1200

He pledged to continue working to stabilize the county's fire and emergency medical services system through supplemental staffing and fine-tuning the area's needs with input from service providers as part of a recent assessment.
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Enzymes: You Are What You Digest

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:48:38 +1200

Enzymes are functional proteins essential to all living things that act as catalysts for numerous chemical reactions including digestion.
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TVI Pacific's PHL unit gets nod to operate gold-silver Balabag project

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:12:57 +1200

TVIRD, a unit of the Canadian miner TVI Pacific Inc., said that the province's Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) approved resolution No.
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RBC Cup funds approved amidst debate

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:07:21 +1200

The 2014 Royal Bank Cup tournament, which will bring together two teams from Western Canada, one from Central Canada and one from Eastern Canada, along with the host Vernon Vipers, runs from May 10 to 18, 2014 at Wesbild Centre. TEXT. comment ...
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Paradise Lost! Have We Learned Anything?

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:03:16 +1200

It was all then capped by the borrowing of billions for opulent consumption and real estate speculation along with the offering of a high-interest, low-tax haven by our casino-like banks in the last decade.
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10 to receive Jefferson County Heart of Service award Tuesday

Sun, 19 May 2013 19:43:09 +1200

Jefferson County Heart of Service awardees include Cass and Tom Brotherton, lauded for their work with "Count Me In For Quilcene," Quilcene Village Store, the Quilcene Conversations forum and other south county volunteer activities.
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Massive coal ash fill at Asheville Airport to last years

Sun, 19 May 2013 19:40:49 +1200

Kentucky-based Charah Inc. so far has moved some 2.5 million tons - 5 billion pounds - of coal ash to the airport, where it's placed over soil, a clay liner, a polyethylene liner and a drainage liner, then capped with another layer of heat-sealed ...
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Tax breaks for the angels

Sun, 19 May 2013 19:31:32 +1200

IN an effort to bolster enterprise development and job creation, the South African Revenue Service has taken a leaf out of the UK's book and created a new asset class for investors to consider: venture capital trusts. Venture capital companies can now ...
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Finance ministry questions Air India's plan to trim workforce

Sun, 19 May 2013 19:30:52 +1200

The VRS scheme is “stuck in the Finance Ministry over the payment of Rs 1,200 crore for it. The ministry has pointed out that around 7,000 employees will retire from service over the next three years and another 12,000 will be transferred to the ground ...
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Diamond Prices Seen Rising 6 Percent Annually Through 2016

Sun, 19 May 2013 19:16:57 +1200

The last major mine to come on-stream was the Diavik mine in Canada's NorthWest Territories in 2003 which is 60 percent owned by Rio Tinto, and 40 percent by Dominion Diamond Corp. Sterck added that although output is steadily climbing, he does not ...
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Home calendar

Sun, 19 May 2013 19:12:54 +1200

... Days - Friday-May 26. A Western art show and cowboy gathering. ... Spring Craft Festival - Diverse selection of vendors including Native American crafts, cedar planter boxes, coin jewelry, scarves, bird feeders, designer jeans, beauty products ...
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