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Sep 28, 2011

USA News, Sep 28, 2011


Brother says N.J. Gov. Christie won't seek White House
Tucson Citizen
Christie will speak at 6 pm PT/9 pm ET at the Reagan Library in Simi Valley, Calif. The library has livestream video available on its website. This entry was posted on Tuesday, September 27th, 2011 at 11:20 am and is filed under USA Today News. ...
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FEMA tweaked numbers to avert funding crisis
USA Today
After Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee, the fund had been reduced to what the White House called "dangerously low" levels — and scheduled to run out of funds as early as last week. House Republicans wanted to give FEMA $1 billion more to get it ...
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USA Today
Obama's day: Hispanics, a talk with students
USA Today (blog)
The White House says Obama "will encourage students to study hard so that they can reach their potential and take the country to new heights."USA TODAY's Susan Page suggests three ways to fix government gridlock.
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USA Today (blog)
Proposed airline ticket tax bump has tempers soaring
USA Today
The White House argues that big airlines flying large commercial jetliners pay the government $1300 to $2000 in taxes for a flight from Los Angeles to San Francisco, while a corporate jet flying the same route and using the same Federal Aviation ...
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USA Today
Can this government be fixed? Three steps that might help
USA Today
"No one of them would turn the world upside down," William Galston, a former White House adviser now at the Brookings Institution, says of a laundry list of ideas collected in a joint study by Brookings and the Hoover Institution. ...
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USA Today
Biden: Booing of gay soldier 'reprehensible'
USA Today (blog)
Chris Christie as "a good guy," denigrated the field of GOP candidates and denied a book's assertion that the White House has ignored and patronized many of its female employees. Discussing Ron Suskind's book Confidence Men, Biden said he and the ...
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USA Today (blog)
Obama's holiday message backs Israel
USA Today (blog)
"Beyond our borders, many of our closest allies -- including the state of Israel -- face the uncertainties of an unpredictable age," Obama said in a holiday video posted on the White House website. "That is why my administration is doing everything we ...
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USA Today (blog)
Pakistan turns to China as ties with U.S. suffer
Reuters
The White House on Tuesday reiterated military demands. "The Pakistani government needs to take action to deal with the links that exist there,"White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters aboard Air Force One. Asked if Washington would take action ...
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Reuters
A movement to paint Obama as the Antichrist?
CNN (blog)
(CNN) – On our sister blog The 1600 Report, CNN's Alex Mooney notes a discrepancy in the official White House transcript of a California fundraiser Monday night, during which a person who heckled President Barack Obama was escorted out by security. ...
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Tell us: Who do you have in baseball playoffs?
USA Today (blog)
Dan Hampton doesn't care for a White House visit with the other '85 Bears. To report corrections and clarifications, contact Standards Editor Brent Jones. For publication consideration in the newspaper, send comments to letters@usatoday.com. ...
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USA Today (blog)
Report: Cain says Obama supporters 'play race card'
Tucson Citizen
My Journey to the White House. While I don't believe that Barack Obama used racial issues to get elected, I do believe that many of his supporters selectively use race to cover up some of his failures. Whenever President Obama is criticized over policy ...
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MTV Blows Off White House: No 'Barack the Vote' This Year?
Big Hollywood
The White House could do a "Scaremonger the Vote" effort on SyFy; they could do something with USA Networks and run something like "Eye Gouge the Opposition Voters" to coincide with the Monday night WWE package (don't know how Vince and Linda would ...
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I Love America!
Pak1stanFirst
I am sure there will be an urgent meeting in white house after this statement in which governor Khosa said “if America attacks Pakistan, we will respond rapidly “ Sources told that President Obama has become very tense and upset and he called Leon ...
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UN Annual Debate Wraps Up in New York
Voice of America
Her remarks came as a White House spokesman urged the Pakistani government “to take action” to deal with the Haqqani Network, a Taliban-linked group that Washington says conducts attacks in Afghanistan from its base in Pakistan's North Waziristan ...
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Obama West Coast swing shows fundraising strength
Reuters
His campaign team also said it was close to racking up a million donors, recalling his massive grass-roots fundraising push that helped him win theWhite House in 2008. Tour events have been crammed with guests, who applauded loud and long in response ...
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Reuters
Obama adviser warns of uphill re-election battle
Reuters
This is going to be a titanic struggle," Axelrod said, referring to Obama's bid to win re-election in November 2012 against the eventual Republican White House nominee. Obama's job approval ratings in New Hampshire and elsewhere in the country have ...
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MLS Chivas USA Soccer News plus New Chivas Academy
SoccerNation.com
They perform at all Chivas USA home games from March through November at The Home Depot Center. The ChivaGirls interact with fans of all ages, and represent Chivas USA in the Media and community events. Each week, ABC co-hosts Laila Ali, Ethan Zohn, ...
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SoccerNation.com
Moeller's 5-0 start stirs memories of success
Tucson Citizen
27, 2011, under USA Today Sports Cincinnati's Moeller is 5-0 and, with a tough schedule ahead, could finish the season in USA TODAY's Super 25 football rankings for the first time since We Are the World was a hit single. Thursday, Moeller hosts LaSalle ...
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USA Network Rewrites The Record Books With History-Breaking, Most Watched 3Rd ...
TVbytheNumbers
USA won the total day crown this quarter as well in P25-54 (601000, 15% over #2 TNT) and P18-49 (575000, 9% over #2 Nickelodeon). USA was the house of hits this quarter with seven original series each averaging over 2 million in P25-54, 1.5 million in ...
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US Eagles to fly home from World Cup with commendations from Congress ...
Winnipeg Free Press
The players, all wearing their formal grey suits with red-white-and-blue ties, then filed out of a church in New Plymouth to prepare for a rugby match. "We went there this morning in our No. 1 suits. It meant a lot for the boys, it hit home," captain ...
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Solyndra: Will We Learn From Science?
Huffington Post (blog)
... fed loan program" (Phoenix Business Journal); "GOP hammers Solyndra, ObamaWhite House" (USA Today). In science, however, failure is an essential ingredient of exploration. It's the revelation that clarifies paths to transformational understanding. ...
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Should the Fed take further steps to boost the economy?
Wall Street Journal
There is one video everyone should watch, it is called "The Creature From Jekyll Island". It talks about the FED, how it came into being, and how it operates. It is very enlightening. You can find it at: I'd pay $47000 to get US out of debt if everyone ...
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Where to find the best views in DC - minus the Washington Monument and...
USA Today
... Hotel Washington's stodgy Sky Terrace to the W Hotel's hip POV Roof Terrace, this 11th floor, see-and-be-seen venue dispenses inspiring panoramas of the Washington Monument and the White House (so close you could wave to the snipers on the roof). ...
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USA Today
What The X Factor USA and the Republican party debate have in common
The Guardian
And in both instances, one caught a glimpse of a dark future, one in which the radio stations are filled with Cowell-powered hits and the White Houseoccupied by Murdoch-approved politicians. Sound familiar, Britain? Breaking news from CNN: "Sean Penn ...
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The Guardian
How immigration blew up on Rick Perry
msnbc.com
National Journal: Five days before the new fiscal year began, Congress and the White House fought the last exhausting battle of the 2011 budget. “I would be shocked if Gov. Perry uses this 'heart' line again and I suspect he immediately regretted ...
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The official blog of the USA Science and Engineering Festival
ScienceBlogs (blog)
The 2010 Festival attracted over 500000 people of all ages and had strong support from the White House and Congress. Twitter users: we are in the home stretch but really need your help to reach our goal of getting 1000 tweets so we can raise $10000 to ...
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Did Rove engineer Cain's Florida win?
OpEdNews
By Bob Patterson (about the author) Writing an eloquent and well reasoned column pointing out the logical shortfall when a straw poll has been held by the Party that has stated their game plan is to limit the occupant of the White House to one term ...
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US close to adding Haqqani network to terror list
CNN (blog)
He visited the White House during the presidency of Ronald Reagan. Ronnie Reagan and Ollie North...the gift that just keeps giving. As Malcom X would say "chickens have come home to roost". Amit, get a job and stop living on social security. ...
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It's called politics, regardless of party
Indianapolis Star
Of course, it's the object of the Republican Party to see to it that Obama doesn't serve a second term just as it was the object of the Democratic Party to hound, harass and lie to get George W. Bush out of the White House by any means necessary ...
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Karl Ramonas: Robinson leads the way at SuperPlay USA
Sebastian Sun
Warren Vorreyer captured high game and series for the boys with a 206 and a 562 in the Superplay Majors, while Nychele White rolled a 201 game en route to a 468 series in the Saturday Jr Trios. Shane Sanders topped the men with a 279 high game in the ...
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IT'S THE NUMBERS,STUPID
Ammon News
The Whitehouse Press Secretary, Jay Carney said, ' we took this stand because the PA application for membership of the UN will not bring the parties together and it will not bring Palestinians closer to statehood. This move is counter productive. ...
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Ammon News
Democratic groups re-group to clear up confusion among frustrated donors
iWatch News (blog)
Priorities USA Action was started in April by Burton and ex White House aide Sean Sweeney to focus on the President's re-election. The Senate Majority PAC was also launched this year by a group of former aides and allies of Majority Leader Harry Reid ...
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When the World Outlawed War
Media Monitors Network
On December 10, 1927, Jane Addams led a delegation to the White House and delivered a petition with 30000 names. Coolidge assured her that he would try to achieve the treaty with France. Addams sent the same petition to Briand who thanked her. ...
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Executives Expect Scandal From Undisclosed Campaign Donations
BusinessWeek
Priorities USA and Priorities USA Action, two groups founded by Bill Burton and Sean Sweeney, former aides to President Barack Obama, are trying to raise $100 million to help keep the president in the White House.
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SLJ's 2011 Leadership Summit a Huge Hit
School Library Journal
Check out the videos of what Lee Rainie, director of the Pew Internet & American Life Project, said about the role of reading in this digital revolution, as well as an entertaining presentation by graphic novelists George O'Connor, Jarrett Krosoczka, ...
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Community Announcements
Garner News
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Cherry Adair is offering tips to writers on how to improve their writing through polishing and fine tuning. Ms. Adair will present useful information in a succinct fashion for writers to apply immediately ...
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Mary McLaughlin: The 'mother' of Trees that Feed
Jamaica Observer
Her commissions have included The White House Historical Association, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Northwestern University, governors, senators and mayors. Still, she found the time to set up the Trees that Feed, which her husband said also required that ...
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NU/AA&B Commercial Agency Awards for Excellence Kick Off with Bartlett & Co.
PropertyCasualty360
Completely redesigning the company website, including a new clientvideo-testimonial section. • Creating and launching a suite of branded marketing documents. • Designing and building a video-marketing platform, enabling Bartlett to run targeted and ...
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Community snapshots
Memphis Commercial Appeal
House of Talent was well represented at the recent 2011 Delta Fest's "Star of the Fair" vocal competition. Taylor McManus (left) won Overall in the Junior Division. Her vocal instructor is Noah Shrader. Team USA 02's won the Soccer Elite tournament ...
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White House details plans for more digital learning ... - USA Today
The White House will unveil plans Friday for a research center that aims to bring ...developer of the popular Half-Life and the Portal series of video games. ... and former NBC News president Lawrence Grossman to create an organization that ...
www.usatoday.com/news/washington/story/2011-09.../1
The White House Blasts Fox News For Misleading Viewers On Tax ...
Today, the White House accused Fox News of misleading their viewers about ... Here is the Fox News Sunday video where Chris Wallace misinforms his audience .... The top 1% earn 19% of the U.S. total and pay only 4.1% of payroll tax. ...
www.politicususa.com/en/white-house-fox-tax-cuts
GOP hammers Solyndra, Obama White House
Excerpts of administration e-mails released by the House Energy and Commerce Committee from late August and September 2009 show that White House officials ...
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Job Creation Through Faith-based & Neighborhood Partnerships ...
There's a total of 359 videos news in the "Canal White House" category of USA. You can watch them all from here: < NEXT VIDEO NEWS PREVIOUS VIDEO ...
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White House: US always reviewing aid to ... - Springfield News-Sun
DENVER — White House spokesman Jay Carney says U.S. aid to Pakistan is always under review and cautioned ... National news videos: Editor's picks ...
www.springfieldnewssun.com/.../white-house-us-always-revie...
Obama Proposes $3 Trillion Deficit, Debt Plan | USA ... - VOA News
It also envisions $1.1 trillion in savings from the drawdown of U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, $250 billion in ... The White House says implementing the plan would put the United States in a position by 2017 where ... USA Video Stories ...
www.voanews.com/.../Obama-Proposes-3-Trillion-Deficit-Deb...
Innovation by Movers USA: the Two-Stage Move - Yahoo! News
Movers USA presents a new idea that provides not only a quality move, but ... New Videos Allow Customers to Preview Before PurchasingPhoenix, AZ ( PRWEB) … .....WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Saturday it expects to ...
news.yahoo.com/innovation-movers-usa-two-stage-move-070...
Perry the Favorite in USA Today/Gallup Poll | NBC Dallas-Fort Worth
For the latest on Rick Perry's run for the White House, click here to see our special ...View videos, photos, and stories on the Texas governor's presidential run. ...http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/politics/Perrys-Lead-Shrinking-130164433. html ...
www.nbcdfw.com/.../Perrys-Lead-Shrinking-130164433.html
White House dismisses Ahmadinejad condemnation of U.S. | Reuters
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) - The White House dismissed Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's attack on U.S. policy in his speech at the United ...
www.reuters.com/.../us-un-assembly-iran-usa-idUSTRE78L55...
Christie gives major speech amid White House buzz - Arizona News ...
Christie gives major speech amid White House buzz - Arizona News from USA Today.... by USA Today Feed on Sep. 27, 2011, under USA Today News. New Jersey Gov. ...The library has livestream video available on its website. Copyright ...
tucsoncitizen.com/.../christie-gives-major-speech-amid-white-h...
IMF and Boehner both brace for recession — RT
Go to main page USA News IMF and Boehner both brace for recession ... the White House this morning in which he outlined how the US will afford the $4 trillion ...
rt.com/usa/news/imf-boehner-recession-america-963/

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REUTERS World News, Sep 28, 2011


Gucci houses luxury's history in new museum
Reuters
By Antonella Ciancio FLORENCE (Reuters) - Global luxury brand Gucci opened its first museum in a Florentine palazzo this week, 90 years after its founder started a family leather goods business inspired by English aristocrats. ...
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LATIN AMERICA News, Sep 28, 2011


Calle 13 Premieres Beautiful 'Latinoamerica' Video, Win Tickets To See Them Live!
Terra.com
Calle 13 has premiered a beautiful video for their now iconic song 'Latinoamérica'. Watch it after the jump and find out more about winning tickets to see them live! A bare heart beats for Latin America in the latest video by Calle 13 which pays homage ...
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Terra.com
Disney Signs Brazilian Streaming Deal With Netflix Competitor
Home Media Magazine
NetMovies Entertainment Inc. and Disney Media Distribution, a division of The Walt Disney CompanyLatin America, have signed an agreement allowing NetMovies subscribers to stream major Disneymovies and ABC TV programs. Titles include the first three ...
See all stories on this topic »Macy's and Latin America Reserve Fund (FLAR) Choose tibbr as Their Enterprise ...
MarketWatch (press release)
For more on tibbr 3.0, please visit www.tibbr.com tibCast 1.0 - Generally available in August 2011, tibCast(TM) is an add-on service priced separately that provides voice, video conferencing and desktop sharing that integrates seamlessly with tibbr. ...
See all stories on this topic »AnastasiaDate Introduces Premium Two-Way Video Chat to the World
MarketWatch (press release)
Founded in 1993, Anastasia International is the world's leading Introduction and Romance Tour Company bringing Western men together with women from Russia & CIS, Latin America, Asia and Africa for dating and marriage. Anastasia's Family of sites ...
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Ooh Arr, where's yer bra Rihanna?
The Sun
Rih has been enjoying the scorching sun of South America over recent weeks while on tour in the continent. She's played a series of shows in Brazil, including Rio and the country's capital Brasilia. Brace yourself ... residents watch as scantily-clad ...
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The Sun
MediaPlatform Expands Business Development and Sales Teams
MarketWatch (press release)
... its executive team to help meet the growing demand in the enterprise for online video. Erik Herz will serve as director of business development while Toby Holmes will serve as director of sales for the Northwest, Midwest and Latin American regions. ...
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Steve Lopez: I'm going back to the video store
Los Angeles Times
Videotheque in South Pasadena celebrates film and has anything you want. The owner and his staff seem to love movies and customers. And I don't have to figure out streaming video. Mark Wright's Videotheque store in South Pasadena has picked up business ...
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Los Angeles Times
US presidential candidate says Cuba is sponsoring Hezbollah
The Daily Star
By Dana Khraiche BEIRUT: Republican Party presidential candidate Michele Bachmann warned against the US normalizing trade relations with Cuba, citing reports that the Latin American country is working with Hezbollah. "There are reports that have come ...
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The Daily Star
PST, A to Z: “MEX/LA” at the Museum of Latin American Art
Los Angeles Times
This is her latest report. Responding to my first PST, A to Z post Armando Baeza wrote, “CALL IT 'ART BY CHICANOS' AND IT MAY CLARIFY THINGS.” I assume he was referring to my claim that I was looking forward to learning more about “Los Angeles' role in ...
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Los Angeles Times
JoVE grants developing countries access to experimental videos
FirstScience
... free subscriptions through the HINARI initiative to developing countries in South America, Asia and Africa. Developed to increase productivity in biological research, JoVE is the first and only science video journal indexed in PubMed and MEDLINE. ...
See all stories on this topic »Is Netflix losing its soul?
Fortune
To create a streaming-video service with a global audience, Netflix is showing signs of catering to the lowest-common denominator. Recent moves, lost in the brouhaha over the Qwikster caper, suggest it's abandoning niche titles -- classic films, ...
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Miramax Strikes Deal With Hulu to Offer Its Movies in Japan
Hollywood Reporter
Earlier this month, Miramax also announced a multiyear international agreement with Netflix to stream titles in Latin America, reaching territories including Mexico, Brazil and Argentina. In August, Miramax titles also became available both in the US ...
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Hollywood Reporter
Shadow Government: The return of South America's narco-generals
Foreign Policy (blog)
However, through the 1990s and 2000s, successive Bolivian governments worked with the United States to cripple the drug cartels operating there, so much so that the notion of a South American narco-general seemingly had been dumped into the historical ...
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Foreign Policy (blog)
Sencore Partners With Techex Limited
Broadcast Newsroom
Techex is an industry-leading supplier of IP video solutions with operations in the UK, Spain, the United States, Hong Kong, and South America. Techex's focused IP video competence encompasses value-added distribution, platform design, ...
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FemaleFirst.co.uk
They both dream of going to a Lost Land in South America. 70 years later, Ellie has died. Carl remembers the promise he made to her. Then, when he inadvertently hits a construction worker, he is forced to go to a retirement home. ...
See all stories on this topic »EU mergers and takeovers (Sept 27)
Reuters
PA) gypsum assets in Europe and South America (notified Sept. 27/deadline Nov. 3) -- Vitol Investment Holdings, a unit of oil trader Vital [VITOLV.UL], and US energy company ArcLight to acquire joint control of Luxembourg-based Petro Lux (notified Sept ...
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Bolivan president Evo Morales suspends Amazon road project
The Guardian
The Bolivian road was being funded with a $332m (£211m) loan from Brazil's development bank, the BNDES, and built by OAS, one of several Brazilian construction firms that operates across Latin America. Critics complain that Brazil will be the true...
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The Guardian
Darley Perez: “ I am ready to be a world champion at 130 or 135”
Maxboxing
AW - Many fighters from South America have a tough upbringing. Could you tell us a little about how things were for you in San Pedro de Uraba? DP - In San Pedro de Uraba, we had a great upbringing with my parents and family. I loved playing soccer and ...
See all stories on this topic »Wohler Signs Partnering Agreement With SoundField
Broadcast Newsroom
Wohler will offer SoundField's full product line -- including the acclaimed DSF-2 broadcast microphone system and the UPM-1 stereo-to-5.1 converter -- in all North, Central, and South American countries with the exception of Colombia. ...
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Toshiba announces the Thrive 7" Tablet, coming in December
Droid Matters
TAIS provides sales, marketing and services for its wide range of products in the United States and Latin America. TAIS is an independent operating company owned by Toshiba America, Inc., a subsidiary of Toshiba Corporation. ...
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Droid Matters
St. Paul's Church Youth Group going to the movies this Friday night
King Township Sentinel
Worldwide, there are 41 species of ragweed, all native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere and South America. They are related to sunflowers and like them are members of the aster family. Some, like Gabby's plant common ragweed, ...
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Cut Copy crosses continents, discovers Southern hospitality
Red and Black
South America, Australia — generally the bits of the show that get people up and going tend to happen wherever we are,” he said. “I guess that says something about the universal appeal of music.” He does, however, acknowledge that the Southern US has ...
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Red and Black
Video: $3.2 Million Pump Will Bring Sacramento Water to Rosemont
Patch.com
Rosemont currently gets its water from groundwater sources, according to a video produced by California American Water. The new system will also allow the groundwater sources to rest and refill, giving time for contaminants found near Aerojet and ...
See all stories on this topic »AOL Rejigs Europe Leadership: Burns Out, GoViral Chiefs Up
paidContent.org
—Supported by new Europe and Latin America Noel Penzer (currently AOL Europe media and biz dev VP). —Nimeshh Patel (head of European operations) and Sarah Gavin (VP marketing and communications) continue. Burns will stay aboard until October's end in ...
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VIDEO: Postal Workers Rally In Fargo
KFGO
FARGO - Dozens of postal workers marched with picket signs during a rally in southFargo Tuesday afternoon. The postal workers want Congress to pass a bill that they say would protect their future and the future of postal facilities across the country. ...
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KFGO
Samsung Unveils First Mango Windows Phone
Top Tech Reviews
The company plans to launch the smartphone in Italy late next month and afterwards throughout Europe, Latin America, Southwest and Southeast Asia. The company didn't state when it would roll out the Omnia W in the United States. ...
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