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Obama Sends Greetings To Hajj Pilgrims As Eid-ul-Adha Approaches

Religion Clause (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago

As Muslim pilgrims from around the world, including 20,000 Americans, performed the Hajj, President Barack Obama yesterday issued greetings to them in anticipation of tomorrow's observance of Eid-ul-Adha. His statement read in part: Michelle and I would like to send our best wishes to all those performing Hajj this year, and to Muslims in America and around the world who are celebrating Eid-ul-Adha....

Spike in flu-related ailment.

Denver Post (Free subscription) | yesterday

Federal officials said Wednesday that they have noticed "a worrisome spike in serious pneumococcal disease" linked to infections with pandemic H1N1 influenza.

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Hey, Everyone, It’s MENKSGIVING!

Feministe (Free subscription) | yesterday

Hey, you guys, it is almost Thanksgiving! A holiday when we give THANKS for things! I’m sure you all have things that you will be thanking, this fine holiday season. But I have an addition to your list! Have you considered thanking… MEN'???? Yeah, me neither. But that is just TOO BAD, because there is an [...]

CDC connects H1N1, severe bacteria infections

Washington Post (Free subscription) | yesterday

Federal health officials on Wednesday linked the H1N1 flu epidemic to a sharp rise in the number of severe bacterial infections.

Terrell bids farewell to a fifth local soldier lost in war

Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | yesterday

TERRELL – Angels flew above the American flags that lined State Highway 80 on Wednesday, symbols of joy and sorrow. Photos by SONYA N. HEBERT/DMNLinda Britton of Terrell brought her grandchildren (from left) Chandler Britton, 8, Berkeley Britton, 6, Brooklyn Britton, 12, and Annie Tidwell, 12, to pay their respects. 'I think my grandchildren need to see this. I think they need to know,' she said....

When flu hits, health specialists urge passing up holiday meals

Boston Globe (Free subscription) | yesterday

For today’s Thanksgiving feast, Emilio Ruggeri was planning to serve antipasto and soup and an array of appetizers including coconut shrimp and stuffed mushrooms before the turkey and all the trimmings. The two dozen family members filling his Canton home might be stuffed even before the turkey, he figured.

Cautious hope as H1N1 cases fall statewide

Boston Globe (Free subscription) | yesterday

The swine flu epidemic appears to be waning in Massachusetts, doctors and hospitals said yesterday, though state health officials are not yet ready to declare that the worst is over and specialists warned that the flu often comes in waves.

Fathers 4 Justice: No jail for being a dad

MND/BlogWonks: Your Alternate Daily (Free subscription) | yesterday

Fathers 4 Justice President Donald Tenn has announced the parents’ civil rights group is ramping up their “No Jail For Being A Dad” campaign. See Fathers 4 Justice announce support of CT father on hunger strike. “I left Ohio after my OSU crane protest trial and traveled to Indiana to visit with Fathers 4 Justice [...]

City settles lawsuit over actions of police team in Southeast

Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | yesterday

The city has agreed to pay $225,000 to settle a federal lawsuit brought by a group of residents who say members of a police unit illegally detained them, searched their homes without warrants and unlawfully seized their property.

Thompson Is Said to Mull a Run Against Gillibrand

New York Times (Free subscription) | yesterday

The city comptroller, who came in a close second in the mayoral race, is considering challenging Senator Kirsten E. Gillibrand, running for state comptroller or pursuing the mayor’s office in 2013.

3 candidates file papers for Cumberland council primary

Providence Journal (Free subscription) | yesterday

CUMBERLAND –– Three candidates have filed intentions to run in a special primary for the Town Council seat that opened following the resignation of Antonio J. Albuquerque, who stepped down about a week after he pleaded no contest in District Court to misdemeanor domestic assault.By last Friday’s deadline, Anthony M. Nobrega, Manuel N. DaCosta and Isabel Silvestre Reis all submitted...

Into the fire

Boston Globe (Free subscription) | yesterday

When Whittier Regional Technical High School culinary arts instructor Cathie Baines walked into a classroom at 7:30 a.m. one recent November morning and unceremoniously summoned six students to the hallway, nobody thought the news could be good.

Rain and flu fears dampen start of hajj rites in Mecca

Cape Times (Free subscription) | yesterday

Muslim pilgrims surrounded Islam's holiest site, the Kaaba, in traditional white robes yesterday, but with new additions - umbrellas and face masks - as the heaviest rains in years and fears of Novel Influenza A (H1N1) marked the start of the annual hajj activities.

Wednesday One-Liners Opened the Door...to My Heart.

Overheard in New York (Free subscription) | yesterday

Train conductor : Stand clear of the closing doors please. (man darts down stairs and flings himself between doors, holding it open for wife and 2 kids and then getting into the train himself.). Train conductor : "yeah, great. Are we all onboard the train now? I can see how 'stand clear of the closing doors please' can sound alot like ok come on down and hold the doors for your lady friend and...

Milwaukee day care center faces investigation

JSOnline (Free subscription) | yesterday

Authorities are investigating Bee's Day Care, 3750 N. 49th St., according to a search warrant returned this week in Milwaukee County Circuit Court. Agents from the state Department of Justice on Tuesday seized documents and computers, as well as a marijuana grinder containing suspected marijuana, from the Milwaukee day care center, according to the document. The statement of probable cause attached...

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pastour | 10/22/2009

St Andrew in Scotland is the scene of several horrible murders. All the victims are people from the Middle East and without any legal paper. Hammond Mac Leod, a young and distinguished dean of the University, soon finds the body of his current mistress as well. Has he harbored a secret motive for killing her so atrociously? Why does he spend so much time on this online game? Soon, he realizes that

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