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Italy "dog and cat tax" muzzled after uproar
 ROME (Reuters) - A proposal to levy a tax on cats and dogs that stunned Italy on Friday turned out to be all bark and no bite after a wave of popular anger saw it withdrawn on the same day it was made public. Italy was abuzz for hours after local media reported that a parliamentary commission had proposed a tax on domestic "animals of affection" to raise revenue for debt-strapped cities and towns. ...
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Man with record-breaking 14-foot mustache has some grooming tips
Ram Singh Chauhan of India has the world's longest mustache, 14 feet, according to the Guinness Book of World Records. Chauhan had received attention long before entering the world record books. According to the London Telegraph, his famous facial hair was featured in the 1983 James Bond film "Octopussy" and he has made cameos in [...] |
Photographer ?blows away? subjects
Click image to see more photos. (Tadas Cerniauskas) An eye-popping photo series shows that perhaps there is no "good side" when your face is getting blasted by powerful gusts of wind. Lithuanian photographer Tadas Cerniauskas from the Tadao Cern studio created the work entitled "Blow Job." He took the photos during a design exhibition in [...] |
Italy "dog and cat tax" muzzled after uproar
ROME (Reuters) - A proposal to levy a tax on cats and dogs that stunned Italy on Friday turned out to be all bark and no bite after a wave of popular anger saw it withdrawn on the same day it was made public. Italy was abuzz for hours after local media reported that a parliamentary commission had proposed a tax on domestic "animals of affection" to raise revenue for debt-strapped cities and towns. ... |
Postal employee on workers? comp caught running Boston Marathon
A U.S. District Court in Florida convicted a former Florida postal worker of health care fraud after she was caught participating in more than 80 long-distance races, including the Boston Marathon, all while taking workers' compensation for a back injury. Jacquelyn V. Myers, 55, was also convicted of making false statements and faces up to [...] |
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Innovative Solutions Media announces Recession Marketing System
Innovative Solutions Media is an Boutique Style Internet Marketing Firm offering small to medium sized businesses recession proof marketing strategies that help generate new leads,business and profits. |
New Full Service Pet Care Service Announced
Pet-care specialist, Matt Miller, has announced the opening of Wet Nose Pet Care, serving Downtown San Francisco and surrounding neighborhoods. Mr Miller has over twenty years of pet care experience for friends and family.
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LUCESCU REALTY Announces Sale of Lake Pleasant Pavilion Shopping Center in Phoenix Metro for $41.75 Million
LUCESCU REALTY negotiated the sale of Lake Pleasant Pavilion Shopping Center in Peoria, Arizona for $41.75 million. LUCESCU REALTY exclusively represented the interests of the seller, Kornwasser Shopping Center Properties, a private development firm, headquartered in Los Angeles, and procured the buyer, Excel Trust in San Diego. This is Excel’s second acquisition in the Valley. Earlier this year the Company acquired Scottsdale Promenade for $166 million in a deal that was also brokered by LUCESCU REALTY. |
KTGY Principal Rohit Anand, AIA to Speak at NAHB Webinar on May 23, "Top 12 Must Haves in Your 2012 Apartment Project"
KTGY Principal Rohit Anand, AIA has been invited to be a featured speaker in an upcoming webinar, "Top 12 Must Haves in Your 2012 Apartment Project," presented by NAHB on May 23, from 2:00-3:00 p.m. EDT. Anand will share innovative products, technology and unit and amenity layouts that are being used in today's smaller apartments. |
FinancialSpreads.com Tightens Forex Market Spreads
Financial Spreads has reduced the spreads on 30 forex markets. |
New Release of Length Nesting Add-In for Excel Generates Less Cutting Layouts and Supports VBA Automation
Optimalon Software enhanced its linear stock cutting optimization add-in 1DCutX for Excel with two long lasting features: the cutting layouts minimization and VBA automation support. |
Psychiatric Mental Manual Scam Of The Century
The “disorders” in the diagnostic manual are invented by psychiatrists and placed in the DSM for the sole purpose of increasing the numbers of diagnosis that can be made.
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Sassy Scrubs Teams with Ripley’s Aquarium to Make a New Dinosaurs Exhibit a Smashing Success
Sassy Scrubs and Ripley’s Aquarium team up to bring you a one-of-a kind experience at the new Dinosaurs – When Giants Ruled exhibit. Sassy Scrubs provided the paleontological lab coats, and Ripley’s provided the dinosaurs. |
Job Prospects For Computer Forensic Science Technicians Expected To Grow By Almost 20% By the End of the Decade
All Computer Forensics and David Harrison, owner, offer a wealth of information and support for those who hold computer forensics jobs. The expectation of solid growth in the industry will benefit the level of computer forensics salary.
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The Boulder Group Arranges Sale of a Single Tenant Net Leased Walgreens Property in Alexandria, Minnesota
Randy Blankstein and Jimmy Goodman of The Boulder Group represented the seller, a Midwest family trust, in the transaction. The buyer was a Chicago based investment firm.
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G8 leaders broadly united on Iran and Syria: U.S. official
 CAMP DAVID, Maryland (Reuters) - Group of Eight leaders agreed in their initial discussions at Camp David on Friday that Iran needs to disclose more about its nuclear ambitions and that it was time to focus on a political transition in Syria, a U.S. official said. The leaders, including newly elected French President Francois Hollande and Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, also stressed North Korea needed to adhere to international norms on nuclear issues and said it would face more isolation if it "continues down the path of provocation," the official said. ...
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Car bomb hits Syria's Deir al-Zor, casualties reported
BEIRUT (Reuters) - A car bomb blew up in the eastern Syrian city of Deir al-Zor on Saturday, state television and an opposition group said, without giving details on casualties. A bulletin on Syrian state television said there were reports of casualties but did not elaborate. An opposition group, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said the blast was near military intelligence offices and was followed by heavy gunfire. The group said the bomb went off on a street where a military hospital and air force intelligence offices are also located. ... |
Bomb at south Italy school kills one, injures six
ROME (Reuters) - A bomb exploded in front of a school in the southern Italian town of Brindisi on Saturday, killing one person and injuring at least six people, an official from the Civil Protection authority said. Few details were available and the official said more than one device may have been involved in the explosion, which occurred as pupils were preparing to enter the school at the start of the school day, which in Italy includes Saturdays. "Given the effect of the explosion, it appears that this was something quite powerful," the official said. ... |
Obama presses ailing Europe to focus on growth
 CAMP DAVID, Maryland (Reuters) - A growing chorus of world leaders on Friday pushed for a shift toward more pro-growth policies to help ease a European crisis that threatens to oust Greece from the euro zone and reverberate throughout the global economy. Setting the tone for a weekend G8 summit, President Barack Obama aligned himself with the new French president's drive for more economic stimulus in recession-plagued Europe, in a swipe at the tough austerity programs that have been spearheaded by German Chancellor Angela Merkel. ...
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Obama, Hollande agree on much - but not Afghanistan
 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New French President Francois Hollande told President Barack Obama on Friday that he will stick by his pledge to withdraw France's troops from Afghanistan at year's end, a note of discord in an otherwise convivial first meeting between the two leaders. "I reminded President Obama that I made a promise to the French people to the effect that our combat troops would be withdrawn from Afghanistan by the end of 2012," Hollande said after Oval Office talks with Obama. "That being said, we will continue to support Afghanistan in a different way," he said. ...
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Activist Chen 'to leave China'
Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng, whose stay at the US embassy sparked a diplomatic crisis, says he is at Beijing airport expecting to go to the US. |
Eurozone set to dominate G8 talks
US President Obama hosts an opening dinner for G8 leaders, discussing North Korea, Syria and Iran, with the eurozone crisis likely to top Saturday's agenda. |
Private spaceship due to launch
California's SpaceX company is preparing to launch to the space station - the first resupply mission to the orbiting outpost by a private company. |
Bomb explosion at Italy school
A bomb explodes in front of a school in the southern Italian city of Brindisi killing at least one girl and injuring six, reports say. |
US baby boomers in Hep C warning
US baby boomers are advised to get tested for the liver-destroying virus hepatitis C, in a move health officials say could save 120,000 lives. |
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Country music legend Loretta Lynn is three years older than she has led people to believe, an age change that undermines the story she told of being married at 13 in "Coal Miner's Daughter," documents obtained by The Associated Press show.
Christian youths in the Philippines are continuing to protest against Lady Gaga's upcoming concerts despite organizers' assurances that her performances will not threaten morality.
Best-selling author Dan Brown made a rare public appearance in New Hampshire on Friday, saying very little about his next novel other than he's well into the writing process.
A man charged with stalking Mila Kunis pleaded not guilty Friday to two felony charges and was denied a request to leave jail without having to post bail.
George Clinton and the Black Eyed Peas have settled a lawsuit in which the funk pioneer accused the pop group of using his music without proper permission.