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Yahoo! News - Consumers in CD Settlement May Get Money |
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Topic: Miscellaneous |
1:01 pm EST, Mar 13, 2003 |
] PORTLAND, Maine - Music buyers who applied for a share of ] a price-fixing settlement involving major U.S. record ] distributors and retailers will receive about $12.60 ] apiece if a judge signs off on the deal. Yahoo! News - Consumers in CD Settlement May Get Money |
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Chinese try mobile death vans - theage.com.au |
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Topic: Miscellaneous |
12:11 pm EST, Mar 13, 2003 |
] China is equipping its courts with mobile execution vans ] as it shifts away from the communist system's traditional ] bullet in the head, towards a more "civilised" use of ] lethal injection. ] ] Intermediate Courts of the southern province of Yunnan ] were issued with 18 new execution vans on February 28 and ] a court official said some have already been used. ] ] "We cannot tell you how many executions so far, otherwise ] you could work out from the daily rate how many we carry ] out," the official said. ] ] Chinese authorities keep execution numbers a secret, but ] Western human rights monitors believe it is about 15,000 ] a year, more than the rest of the world's judicial ] executions combined. ] ] The death penalty can apply for serious crimes against ] the person, armed robbery, drug trafficking, major cases ] of corruption and political violence. ] ] Many public executions have been held in football ] stadiums so traditional execution methods are no secret. ] The condemned criminal is taken by open truck to the ] execution ground and made to kneel with hands cuffed and ] head bowed, before being shot in the head. Families who ] want to reclaim the body are charged for the bullet. Chinese try mobile death vans - theage.com.au |
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Same Shit Different Asshole |
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Topic: Miscellaneous |
10:38 am EST, Mar 13, 2003 |
This is kinda funny, but at the same time.. #1) Why is it in English? #2) Come now, is Bush really as bad as Hitler? and my favorite.. #3) This poster is illegal in Germany. It's legal in America. Same Shit Different Asshole |
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CNN.com - Monkeys flee research center, keepers trying to lure them with bananas - Mar. 12, 2003 |
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Topic: Miscellaneous |
10:04 am EST, Mar 13, 2003 |
] COVINGTON, Louisiana (AP) -- Two dozen monkeys escaped ] from a research center and holed up in a forest, where ] animal-control workers used bananas and oranges to try to ] lure them out. ] ] The monkeys are classified as disease-free and posed no ] health risk to humans, but workers trying to capture the ] animals wore protective gowns and gloves as a standard ] precaution, said Fran Simon, a spokeswoman for the Tulane ] Regional Primate Center. ] ] By Wednesday, eight of the 24 rhesus macaques remained on ] the loose. Somedays I think about trying to make a run for it too. CNN.com - Monkeys flee research center, keepers trying to lure them with bananas - Mar. 12, 2003 |
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TheBostonChannel.com - News - Woman Suing Costco Over Eyebrow Ring |
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Topic: Miscellaneous |
10:36 am EST, Mar 11, 2003 |
] SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- A lawsuit filed by a West ] Springfield woman against Costco Wholesale Corp, after ] being fired for refusing to remove her eyebrow ring has ] been upheld by a judge. ] ] But the judge also said he has "grave doubts" about the ] viability of the case. ] ] Former Costco cashier Kimberly Cloutier has said she ] belongs to the Church of Body Modification and wore her ] eyebrow ring and other piercings as a sign of her faith. Sign of her faith, give me a break. TheBostonChannel.com - News - Woman Suing Costco Over Eyebrow Ring |
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DETROIT: Man killed after losing a staring competition |
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Topic: Miscellaneous |
10:24 pm EST, Mar 10, 2003 |
] A 22-year-old Detroit man was killed outside a motorcycle ] club on the city's east side after losing a staring ] competition with another man, Detroit police said Sunday. DETROIT: Man killed after losing a staring competition |
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ESPN.com: NHL - Kings allow ticket holder to study their books |
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Topic: Miscellaneous |
5:21 pm EST, Mar 10, 2003 |
] LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles Kings for the last month ] have allowed a season ticket holder to review their books ] on behalf of the team's fans. ] ] Money manager Philip Propper, 42, said the access is part ] of a movement on behalf of sports teams who are being ] pushed to come clean with the fans they charge $8.50 for ] a beer and $4,300 for season tickets ESPN.com: NHL - Kings allow ticket holder to study their books |
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DDN | Miami student held in e-mail prank |
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Topic: Miscellaneous |
9:56 am EST, Mar 10, 2003 |
] OXFORD | Miami University police have arrested a student ] they said created an e-mail announcing the cancellation ] of classes. The message was sent to more than 31,000 ] online addresses Wednesday night. ] ] Benjamin M. Field, 22, a computer science major, was ] charged with a felony count of unauthorized use of a ] computer and cited on charges of drug abuse and drug ] paraphernalia, both misdemeanors. He was released Friday ] on bond from the Butler County Jail. University officials ] said Field could face dismissal. DDN | Miami student held in e-mail prank |
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Yahoo! News - Banking Glitch Gives Student $9.9 Million |
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Topic: Miscellaneous |
3:53 pm EST, Mar 6, 2003 |
] PRINCETON, N.J. - An online banking glitch gave a ] Princeton University student access to university ] accounts totaling $9.9 million when he tried to access a ] student publication's account. Yahoo! News - Banking Glitch Gives Student $9.9 Million |
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