Archive | November, 2011

2012 London Olympic and Paralympic posters unveiled

November 5, 2011

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London 2012: Olympic and Paralympic posters unveiled BBC News A series of 12 Olympic and Paralympic posters, designed by leading UK artists including Tracey Emin and Chris Ofili, has been unveiled in London. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-15593109

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Chicago alderman proposes decriminalizing marijuana

November 4, 2011

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Chicago alderman proposes decriminalizing marijuana   Reuters – A Chicago alderman proposed an ordinance on Wednesday to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana in a move supporters say would help raise city revenue and free up police to pursue more serious crimes.   But Chicago’s Democratic Mayor Rahm Emanuel said he could not support […]

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College Football Game Of The Week- SEC: LSU vs. Alabama

November 3, 2011

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NCAA College football No. 1 LSU at No. 2 Alabama By Jordan Schultz Huffington Post With the Bowl Championship Series system as convoluted as it is, this season’s real national championship could very well be this weekend. Both Alabama, the country’s top ranked team, and LSU, ranked second, feature hard-hitting and extremely fast defenses that will surely turn […]

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280 biggest publicly traded American companies paid little US taxes, study finds

November 3, 2011

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Biggest Public Firms Paid Little U.S. Tax, Study Says By DAVID KOCIENIEWSKI The New York Times  A comprehensive study released on Thursday found that 280 of the biggest publicly traded American companies faced federal income tax bills equal to 18.5 percent of their profits during the last three years — little more than half the […]

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Video: LOT Polish Airlines makes emergency landing in Poland

November 3, 2011

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A Boeing 767 on a flight from Newark, New Jersey, made a dramatic emergency landing at Warsaw, Poland’s Frederic Chopin International airport Tuesday, November 1, 2011 after problems with its landing gear.

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China completes nation’s first space docking, becoming 3rd country to do such

November 3, 2011

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The Shenzhou VIII spacecraft joined onto the Tiangong-1 experimental module just after 1.36 am (1736 GMT Wednesday), silently coupling more than 213 miles above the Earth. BEIJING – Two Chinese spacecraft accomplished the country’s first space docking procedure early Thursday, silently coupling in space more than 343 km above Earth’s surface. The success of the […]

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Remember this 1992 CBS “60 Minutes” interview with Bill Clinton?

November 2, 2011

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Bill Clinton won the election to become president of the United States regardless of what he was accused of. How might Herman Cain be impacted by the women who accused him of sexual harassment in the 1990s?

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Video: Herman Cain does not know China has had nuclear weapons since the 1960s

November 2, 2011

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  Nations that are known or believed to possess nuclear weapons Year of first nuclear weapons test United States  1945 (“Trinity”) Russia (former USSR) 1949 (“RDS-1”) United Kingdom 1952 (“Hurricane”) France 1960 (“Gerboise Bleue”) China 1964 (“596”) India 1974 (“Smiling Buddha”) Pakistan 1998 (“Chagai-I”) Countries that are thought to have nuclear weapons North Korea (2006) Israel 1979 (Vela […]

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Brazil to overtake United Kingdom as 6th-largest economy

November 2, 2011

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Brazil will overtake the UK to become the world’s sixth biggest economy this year, according to new projections By Robin Yapp, in Sao Paulo The Telegraph Oct. 31, 2011 The Latin American giant’s GDP for 2011 is expected to hit $2.44 trillion (£1.51 trillion) compared with $2.43 trillion for the UK, the latest monthly forecasts from […]

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What US states are actually Southern states?

November 2, 2011

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Many people are confused about what US states are Southern states. Well, according to the United States Census Bureau the Southern United States is defined by the following states listed below.

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