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ROME -- Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was advised by doctors Monday to spend a second day in the hospital after his attack by a man with mental problems, as debate raged here over whether a new climate of hate was dominating Italy.
The man with the nickname “Dr Flu,” Professor Albert Osterhaus, of the Erasmus University in Rotterdam, Holland, has been named by Dutch media researchers as the person at the center of the worldwide Swine Flu H1N1 Influenza A 2009 pandemic hysteria.
While talking with Mississippi Congressman Gregg Harper by phone Monday afternoon, 84-year old Vernon Gibbs dabbed away tears.
Britain’s Cadbury is fighting Kraft Foods'$16.3 billion hostile takeover offer, urging shareholders not to let the U.S. maker of cheese, cookies and macaroni dinners “steal your company with its derisory offer.” The prospect of 195-year-old Cadbury falling into foreign ownership has caused some consternation in Britain, where it is a much-loved brand.
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CHICAGO -- A Chicago man accused of planning a terrorist attack against a Danish newspaper knew in advance about a plot to attack Mumbai and offered congratulations to the killers afterward, federal prosecutors charged yesterday.
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Video games undoubtedly top the wish lists of many children - and just as many adults - this holiday season, but the usual glut of high-quality fall releases might give parents, significant others, and even Santa Claus pause as they stare at walls of games at the local store, not knowing what to get.
The SCC finalized Virginia’s participation in a global settlement involving the firm. Merrill Lynch was required to confirm that it has repurchased auction-rate securities from its clients as part of the settlement. Officials say that auction-rate securities were marketed and sold to investors as safe, liquid, and cashlike investments. But they say the securities were actually long-term ...
Former Juventus director Antonio Giraudo has been sentenced to three years in prison for his role in Italy's 2006 football match-fixing scandal.
ST. LOUIS -- The North Face Apparel Corp. is suing a small suburban St. Louis-area company called The South Butt and the teenager who started it.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has declined to take another look at Chrysler’s bankruptcy. The justices on Monday turned down an appeal from the state of Indiana pension funds that earlier challenged the automaker’s bankruptcy proceedings.
TARRYTOWN, N.Y.----Regulatory News:
Christmas packages Mail by these dates to ensure delivery by Christmas Parcel post: Wednesday First-class mail: Monday Priority mail: Monday Express Mail: Dec. 23* * Service commitments are based on drop-off times.
The Philadelphia Phillies have a tentative agreement to acquire star pitcher Roy Halladay in a trade with the Toronto Blue Jays , and Halladay, a former Cy Young Award winner, was in Philadelphia yesterday for a physical required to complete the deal.
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