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Preview and Interview: Grandma Hates Technology at Out Of Bounds [Improv]
Grandma Hates Technology Thursday September 2 Salvage Vanguard Theatre ( 2803 Manor Road ) , 8 pm [ info ] | [ tickets ] The Out of Bounds Comedy Festival is bringing down the unique improv duo Grandma Hates Technology. While improv duos are fairly ubiquitous, Grandma Hates Technology, a father and his teenage daughter, is a more unusual combination than most. Grandma Hates Technology will be …
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Japan OKs new financial sanctions against Iran
Japan’s cabinet Friday approved new sanctions against Iran, including an assets freeze on figures linked to its nuclear programme and tighter restrictions on financial transactions, media reported.
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Crime Reports: 9/03/10
SIERRA VISTA   POLICE Wednesday, Sept. 1 6:05 a.m. A vehicle burglary was reported in the 3100 block of Sierra Bermeja Drive. This case may be related to the burglaries reported in the area throughout the evening. 6:43 p.m. A vehicle burglary was reported in the 3100 block of Sierra Bermeja Drive. This case may be related to the burglaries reported in the area throughout the evening. 7:10 a.m. A …
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Larry Sabato Predicts GOP Will Take Back House This Fall
Well-Known Politics Professor Also Predicts GOP Will Take 8 or 9 Senate Seats, Says His Crystal Ball Predictions Are “Conservative”
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Mattel accuses toy rival MGA of hiding assets
Toymaker Mattel Inc. has filed a lawsuit alleging MGA Entertainment fraudulently transferred hundreds of millions of dollars to keep Mattel from collecting on a judgment. The lawsuit filed Wednesday in Los Angeles County Superior Court alleges MGA’s chief… MGA Entertainment – Mattel – Superior Court – United States – Barbie
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No hate crime charges against Seattle detective for ‘stomping’
SEATTLE - The King County Prosecutor’s Office says it will not file felony hate crime charges against Seattle police Detective Shandy Cobane. He’s the detective seen on video stomping on a young Latino man during a robbery investigation back in April. “After reviewing a thorough investigation by the Seattle Police Department, we have determined that Detective Shandy Cobane did not commit the …
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Sports briefs: Fall sports begin for Ponies on Monday
Stillwater fall sports practices begin Monday Practices for the majority of fall sports teams begin on Monday, including cheerleading, boys and girls cross country, boys and girls soccer, girls swimming and diving, girls tennis, volleyball and football. Adapted soccer will begin at a later date.
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News by location
Get local and national news updates via E-mail. Yesterday, I drove by a barren section of Bragg Boulevard near Sycamore Dairy Road where yellow earth movers are turning up orange clay and concrete.
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Free iPad business & finance apps: Pocket MBA, Pocket Manager, more
Below are downloads of several free business and finance iPad applications available for a limited time from Apple’s App Store, with price drops from to . These apps are targeted to work with…
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Earthquake strikes NZ South Island
No word on injuries, disruption after 7.2 temblor
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7.2 magnitude earthquake hits New Zealand
A strong 7.2 magnitude earthquake has hit the South Island of New Zealand, according to the US Geological Survey.
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The Woodlands Financial Group Adds 3 New Texas Locations
The Woodlands Financial Group Inc. (TWFG), a retail and managing general agency specializing in property/casualty and life/health insurance, and financial planning, has opened three new branch …
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DAN THOMASSON: Simpson should leave Social Security panel
In the world of cutesy, sound bite politics danger lurks around every corner, especially for those who built their reputations on quick quips or snappy comebacks. More than one career has been sunk by loose lips, particularly in a day when things that used to be funny aren’t any more.
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News Briefs
A Channel 10 News poll has found that a large majority of Israelis don’t believe that PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas,has serious intentions to reach a peace agreement with Israel. Some 60% thought he was not serious, 23% said he was, and 17% dont know.
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The Politics of Obama’s Iraq Speech
President Barack Obama will give a 15-minute televised address tonight to mark the formal conclusion of U.S. combat operations in Iraq. Though 50,000 troops will remain in a de facto combat role, the U.S. will take a less prominent role in Iraqi security and reconstruction following the 2003 invasion, which Obama famously opposed as a senator. As with everything in Washington, the event is as …
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Grimm Maintains Financial Lead Over Allegretti
The fundraising numbers are in for the Republican primary in New York’s 13th Congressional District, with Michael Grimm maintaining his financial advantage over Michael Allegretti. Grimm reported 5,160 in cash on hand for the stretch run. Allegretti reported having 5,136 on hand. The Republican candidates are competing for the chance to take on incumbent Democrat Michael McMahon, who is …
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Farmers in China’s Zhejiang province are suffering loss of crops and even injury as the area’s wild boar population soars.

The number of wild boars in the eastern province has increased more than 5-fold in the last 10 years, from around 27,000 to an estimated 150,000.

A number of factors are being blamed for the rise in wild boar numbers, includin the effects of Chairman Mao’s attempts during his tenure to conquer nature. This has led to an imbalance of predators to prey in agricultural areas, such as tigers and wild boar in Zhejiang province.

The province has also seen a large migration of its population from the countryside to the cities as people seek work, leaving behind fewer farmers and more untended areas of land. This unused land provides wild boars with a habitat.

A 6-month restriction on guns while the 2010 World Expo takes place in Shanghai has meant a stop to the hunting of wild boars, normally allowed 8 months of the year.

Snakes, an animal eaten by wild boars, have reduced in numbers in the province as their predators multiply. This in turn has led to an increase in the number of mice and rats, the prey of snakes. The rodents are a destructive enemy of the farmers as they feed on grains.

In the face of some farms reporting a loss of a third of their crops, and several reported injuries by wild boars, farmers have been turning to traps and electric fences to try and halt the invasion.

Labor played politics on climate: Bandt
Greens MP says Rudd govt used issue as a ‘wedge’. 2 Sep 2010 11:06 AM
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Football entertaining, but not appealing to all
As a student I’d like to think I do well enough – I strive for good grades, I’m involved around campus and I’m well behaved (or at least pretend to be). But in one area I disappoint everyone around me: sports knowledge. I’ll fail every Trivial Pursuit question about football and soccer, and until last year, I didn’t understand what March Madness was.
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