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China to make Nigeria regional manufacturing hub   By Ade Ogidan, Business Editor The Guardian (Nigeria)   From China, the world’s second biggest economy, came a pledge to turn around Nigeria’s industrial landscape and make the assessed biggest market in Africa a major manufacturing hub in the continent.   The disclosure was made during a […]

          Smokin’ Joe Frazier, the man who handed Muhammad Ali his first defeat Photograph: AP S.Res. 319: A resolution honoring the life and legacy of Joe Frazier.   This resolution has been passed in the Senate. The resolution now takes effect. This resolution passed in the Senate by Unanimous Consent.   […]

U.S. to Delay Decision on Pipeline Until After Election By JOHN M. BRODER and DAN FROSCH The New York Times   WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is preparing to delay a decision on the contested Keystone XL pipeline while it studies an alternate route, effectively pushing any action past the 2012 election, officials and lobbyists […]

Alabama county files biggest municipal bankruptcy                   By Melinda Dickinson Reuters   BIRMINGHAM, Alabama- Alabama’s Jefferson County filed for bankruptcy court protection on Wednesday in the biggest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history.   Commissioners for the county, which is home to Birmingham, the state’s biggest city and […]

Rick Perry’s November 9th Republican Presidential Debate Memory Issue Please excuse Youtube title    

Tests Show Most Store Honey Isn’t Honey Ultra-filtering Removes Pollen, Hides Honey Origins by Andrew Schneider Food Safety News   More than three-fourths of the honey sold in U.S. grocery stores isn’t exactly what the bees produce, according to testing done exclusively for Food Safety News. The results show that the pollen frequently has been […]