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U.S. Congress reaches deal on payroll tax cut extension
Posted by . Published on 30 October 2019,
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Friday, December 23, 2011 Speaker of the U.S. House John Boehner announced yesterday that he would agree to a two-month extension of the payroll tax cut. In an effort to end the impasse between the House and Senate, Boehner told Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid that he would schedule a House vote on the Senate […]
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Ozzy Osbourne’s personal possessions fetch $800,000 for charity
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Sunday, December 2, 2007 American heavy metal performer Ozzy Osbourne, who became famous as the lead vocalist for Black Sabbath and later as a solo act, has raised more than US$800,000 for The Sharon Osbourne Colon Cancer Program, founded by his spouse Sharon Osbourne at the Cedars Sinai Hospital, by auctioning off personal items. A […]
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Eric Bogosian on writing and the creative urge
Posted by . Published on 25 October 2019,
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Thursday, April 17, 2008 Eric Bogosian is one of America’s great multi-dimensional talents. “There’s sort of three different careers, and any one of them could exist by itself, on its own two feet. There was that solo stuff, and then I started writing plays in the late seventies.” Although his work has spanned genres, most […]
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Brazil women’s national wheelchair basketball team loses first game in its 2012 Paralympic campaign
Posted by . Published on 25 October 2019,
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Friday, August 31, 2012 London, England — Last night at London’s Paralympic Basketball Arena, the Brazil women’s national wheelchair basketball team kept it close in a game with the Australia women’s national wheelchair basketball team before losing 52–50 to Australia. Brazil trailed by four with 32.3 seconds left in the game, narrowed the gap to […]
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Somali pirates attack US-flagged ship, vessel evades capture
Posted by . Published on 25 October 2019,
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Thursday, November 19, 2009 The Maersk Alabama, a US-flagged container ship that was hijacked by Somali pirates seven months ago, was attacked off the coast of Somalia. The pirates, however, could not capture the vessel. The US Navy’s 5th Fleet, based in Bahrain, reported that four pirates riding in a fast skiff came within 270 […]
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