Puppets Are Rescued After A Seamy Spoof
A dispute over a comedy sketch led to the removal of two puppets and other items from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s museum....
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PM Faces Revolt Over Squeeze On Rural Tax Breaks
Pressure intensifies on Federal Government to revise its decision to allow Tax Office to scrap tax breaks for agricultural managed investment schemes....
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The Saturday Profile: A Pakistani Envoy In Britain Defuses Cultural Land Mines
Maleeha Lodhi, Pakistan’s high commissioner in Britain, works all angles to convince the British government and public that British Pakistanis are normal people, not terrorists....
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Insurer Gives Its Reasons For Severing Merrill Pacts
Security Capital Assurance said Thursday that Merrill had given important rights promised to it under the contracts to at least one other party....
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Home Front: Once Jobless With AIDS, She Now Helps Others
Barbara Cassis, whose AIDS once compelled her to leave her job, found a new job after getting help from Gay Men’s Health Crisis in Manhattan....
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Science News

The Candidates as Cousins Much Removed
2008-03-27 05:31 - Next time you?re considering whether to run for president, don?t forget the value of the fast and free genealogical research that comes with candidacy.

Novy Urengoi Journal: Ivory for the Taking, From Beasts Well Beyond Ca...
2008-03-27 05:31 - The Russian tradition of carving mammoth ivory has been given a lift by global warming, which has melted away the tundra and exposed more frozen remains.

Regulators Stamp Copper as a Germ Killer
2008-03-27 05:31 - Federal regulators approved a group of copper alloys, including brass and bronze, as capable of killing bacteria and microbes effectively enough to protect human health.

A Turn to Alternative Chemicals
2008-03-27 05:31 - With a push from state government and industries, chemical companies are producing more environmentally benign products.

For Carbon Emissions, a Goal of Less Than Zero
2008-03-27 05:30 - At laboratories in the United States and abroad, the search is on to develop fuels from sources that remove more greenhouse gas than they produce.

What a Rodent Can Do With a Rake in Its Paw
2008-03-27 05:30 - For the first time, rodents have been trained to wield tools in the laboratory and other species may soon join them.

Shuttle Heads Home After a Long Mission
2008-03-27 05:30 - The space shuttle Endeavour headed home on Wednesday after a record-breaking 16-day mission to the International Space Station.

Remains of Human Ancestors Found
2008-03-27 05:30 - Excavations in a cave in the mountains of northern Spain have uncovered the oldest known remains of human ancestors in Western Europe, scientists reported.

Essay: A Boy’s Life, Guided by the Voice of Cosmic Wonder
2008-03-26 06:01 - To space fans and perpetual adolescents everywhere Arthur C. Clarke was simply the deceptively dry voice of cosmic wonder.

Far Below the Surface of the World’s Oceans, a Tough Place for Foam Cu...
2008-03-26 06:01 - During a historic dive to the bottom of the Arctic Ocean, the pressure of the surrounding water crushed foam cups to the size of thimbles.


 
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