- Chinese Leaders Threaten To Sell US Debt As Punishment For…
- The doomsday scenario we've feared since World War II has arrived. In response to the United States' latest arms sale to Taiwan, the Chinese military has suggested that China sell off some of the U.S. debt it owns to give the U.S. an…
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The Business Insider- Capt. Phil Harris of TV's 'Deadliest Catch' dies after stroke
- (CNN0 -- Capt. Phil Harris of the Discovery Channel show "The Deadliest Catch" died Tuesday of complications from a stroke suffered late last month. He was 53. Harris, the tattooed and gruff captain of the Cornelia Marie, was a fan favorite…
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- Wireless@SG goes places with new engine
- update SINGAPORE--The country's government-funded free Wi-Fi service, Wireless@SG, has opened a location-based engine to allow developers to build location-aware apps and services over the network. The Infocomm Development Authority of…
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- Pakistani officials: Taliban chief is dead
- In messages to The Associated Press on Wednesday, the officials did not provide details of how or when Hakimullah Mehsud died. But it was the first time Pakistani authorities have categorically said the militant chief is dead. Rumors of…
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- Over 300 from CARICOM participated in Haiti quake response so…
- Health officials and other emergency teams are still providing help for devastated Haitians and since the horrific earthquake hit Port-au-Prince on January 12, more than 300 persons from eleven CARICOM (Caribbean Community) countries and…
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Stabroek News- Blizzard Warning Issued For New York City
- David Paterson said the state was preparing for the storm, sending extra plows to Long Island and helping to prepare emergency crews from New York City into the lower Hudson Valley. New York City schools have been closed in anticipation of…
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- Discovery Channel: 'Deadliest Catch' captain dies
- Paul Island, Alaska. The 53-year-old fisherman was flown to Anchorage for surgery. A Discovery spokesman says the Harris family contacted the network Tuesday evening with word of his death. Discovery Channel spokeswoman Elizabeth Hillman…
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- Public sympathy, donations after NZ teen kidnaps injured puppy…
- The family, which lives on welfare in the North Island city of Wanganui, instead offered to pay the veterinary clinic $3.50 a week, but the clinic declined. The veterinarian then refused to return the pup, saying it was best the little dog…
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- Snow expected to suspend LIRR service at evening rush hour
- The Long Island Rail Road's overhauled snow response plan will be put to the test under extreme circumstances Wednesday, as a foot or more of snow is expected to cause temporary service suspensions throughout the system's 700 miles of track…
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- Qld government collected royalties from 'illegal' sand-miner
- It has been revealed the Queensland Government collected royalties over 16 years for sand mining it now considers to be illegal. Sand miner Unimin Australia has been selling by-product sand from its silica mine on North Stradbroke Island…
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