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Wednesday, September 24, 2008 So far, the news on the U.S. presidential election has been dominated by Republican Party and Democratic Party nominees John McCain and Barack Obama. However, recently, some “third party” candidates have begun to gain notoriety, namely Libertarian Party nominee Bob Barr and independent Ralph Nader. Unbeknownst to many, there are several
Wikinews interviews Frank McEnulty, New American Independent Party nominee for President of the United States
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Tuesday, October 14, 2008 The San Diego, California suburb of Chula Vista has responded to the recent housing crisis with an aggressive blight control ordinance that compels lenders to maintain the appearance of vacant homes. As foreclosures increase both locally and throughout the United States, the one year old ordinance has become a model for
Chula Vista, California becomes model for blight control laws in the US
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Tuesday, August 15, 2006 Solar Systems Pty Ltd, Hawthorn, Victoria, have announced an agreement with Boeing Australia Ltd for supply of Spectrolab solar cells. The agreement will result in the supply of 500,000 cells, capable of generating 11MW of electricity. Spectrolab produces multi-junction solar cells, originally designed for powering satellites. The solar cells are three
Australian company to make solar power with space technology
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Thursday, September 20, 2007File:CAN Loonie.jpg The rising value of the Canadian dollar briefly matched the falling United States dollar for the first time since 1976, before closing at 0.9987 US dollars on Thursday. The Canadian dollar has risen 62% since bottoming out at 0.6179 US dollars in 2002, following a steady decline since the 1976
Canadian dollar reaches parity with US dollar
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Saturday, May 29, 2010 The Pacaya Volcano erupted on Friday. It is located 50 kilometers south of the capital of Guatemala, Guatemala City. Throughout the evening and night, volcanic ash fell in the municipalities of Amatitlán, Villa Nueva, and Guatemala City. President Álvaro Colom’s government has decreed a State of Public Calamity in the Escuintla,
Pacaya volcano erupts; “state of public calamity” declared
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Friday, October 2, 2009 Companies in the United States are shedding more jobs, pushing the country’s unemployment rate to a 26-year high of 9.8%. The US Labor Department said on Friday that employers cut 263,000 jobs in September, with companies in the service industries — including banks, restaurants and retailers — hit especially hard. This
US unemployment rate reaches 9.8%
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See More About: Farm Sheds Emerald Blue Print Sheds By Chris Johansen Nature has provided man with a variety of plants that can improve overall well being. They are incorporated in many products such as medicines and supplements. One of the plants that can offer just that is sea buckthorn, also called seaberry or sandthorn.
Monday, April 11, 2005 Anna Ayala, the Las Vegas woman who claims to have found the notorious “chili finger” at a Wendy’s outlet in San Jose, California, has filed lawsuits against other businesses, according to researchers at the Associated Press. Her previous court battles included the national El Pollo Loco chicken-chain, a previous employer, and
Las Vegas ‘chili finger’ woman has history of lawsuits
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Thursday, January 4, 2018 A fire on Sunday night in the seven-storey carpark for the Echo Arena in Liverpool, England destroyed almost all the vehicles parked inside and led to cancellation of the final evening of the Liverpool International Horse Show and evacuation of nearby blocks of flats. The blaze reportedly started with a parked
England: Multi-storey carpark in Liverpool gutted by fire, 1,300 vehicles destroyed
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