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A one-bedroom condo in downtown Nashville, a three-bedroom house in Boise, Idaho, and a four-bedroom house in Pittsburgh.
Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s opinions are marked by diligence, depth and unflashy competence, but they reveal no larger vision.
If confirmed, Judge Sotomayor would probably not change the court’s broad philosophical balance.
Twitter founders Biz Stone and Evan Williams
Twitter Inc. is confronting a slew of challenges — from hiring, to keeping its service up and running, to finding meaningful revenue — as the micro-blogging service deals with sudden stratospheric growth.
Even as Twitter’s users have jumped to an estimated 32.1 million from 1.6 million a [...]
Bharti Airtel of India and MTN Group of South Africa dusted off plans Monday to create the world’s third-largest telecommunications company, an entity that would have $20 billion in annual revenue and 200 million subscribers.
President Obama’s aides say he is seeking a tougher U.S. response than after North Korea’s 2006 nuclear test, but much will depend on the actions of Russia and China.
Since 2004, military personnel killed in Iraq or Afghanistan have been given CT scans, and since 2001, they have had autopsies. In previous wars, this was rare.
Mayor Mark Funkhouser said Monday he would fight an effort to oust him after a group submitted what it says are enough signatures to force a recall election. The city clerk’s office…
(Kyodo) _ Lawmakers in the ruling bloc expressed apprehension Tuesday about North Korea’s declared nuclear test the previous day, with some calling for tougher measures against the…
(Kyodo) _ Tokyo stocks opened mixed Tuesday in directionless trading amid a lack of trading cues, with investors selling to secure the previous day’s gains and buying on hopes of an early
Canadian Auto Workers members voted 86 percent in favor of a cost-cutting deal with General Motors Canada as the automaker bids to qualify for more government loans and assure its future…
President Barack Obama says the United States will work with allies around the world to “stand up to” North Korea in the wake of its latest nuclear tests. Standing in the Rose Garden…
TOKYO, May 25 (Kyodo) _ The Defense Ministry dispatched aircraft Monday night to take air samples from the sky over Japan to see if any radioactive material has been emitted into the air
North Korea announced on Monday that it had successfully conducted its second nuclear test, in defiance of international warnings, but the scale of the test remained unclear.
As job losses rise, the nation’s real estate disaster is shifting from subprime loans to prime loans issued to those with decent financial histories.
The new Susan Boyle video from Britain’s Got Talent is up on YouTube. She sings “Memory” from the musical Cats.
JIM CONRAD’S NATURALIST NEWSLETTERIssued from the Siskiyou Mountains west of GrantsPass, southwestern Oregon, USA
May 24, 2009
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VARMINT CALLERLast Sunday Bob from northern California came up tosee who’d been writing the Newsletters he’d beenreading for several years. He also wanted to give mesome extra planting potatoes he had, and to bring meup to date on “varmint calling.” [...]
Two people were killed and six others _ two of them children _ were wounded in a shooting at a high school graduation party, police said Sunday. A 37-year-old man was taken into…
Bowing deeply and laying white chrysanthemums before his portrait, tens of thousands of mourners journeyed Sunday to the southern village where former President Roh Moo-hyun killed himself…
Republicans in Congress started laying plans even before the inauguration to make the debate a question of local safety instead of one about national principles.
Foreign intelligence services are capturing, interrogating and detaining all but the highest-level suspects seized outside of Iraq and Afghanistan.
Investors are looking at various companies that build or manage highways and tunnels, water and waste systems, parking garages, airports and other properties.
Britain’s unlikely singing sensation Susan Boyle, the frumpy church volunteer who wowed the world with her angelic voice, was on Saturday voted into the next round of a TV talent show that propelled her to global fame.
The 47 year old, who lives alone with her cat Pebbles in one of Scotland’s poorest regions, will [...]
Evgeni Malkin had two goals and an assist, and the Pittsburgh Penguins pushed Carolina to the brink of elimination by routing the Hurricanes 6-2 on Saturday night. Sidney Crosby added…
Former President Roh Moo-hyun, embroiled in a penetrating corruption investigation, leaped to his death _ a shocking end for a man whose rags-to-riches rise took him from rural poverty to…
Somali insurgents said they remained in control Saturday of areas of Mogadishu that government troops had battled to regain. The heavy fighting killed 53 people in the capital in a single…
Two Americans have been killed in separate incidents inside Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone, U.S. and Iraqi officials said Saturday, raising concerns about its security as Iraq’s forces…
The California Public Employees Retirement System, the nation’s largest public pension fund, said on Friday it has voted for all of Target’s board nominees, becoming the second pension fund so far to come out against the candidates put forth by the activist investor William A. Ackman.
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