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Eggs - Food
(photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
A law and a vaccine
The News & Observer
| LOS ANGELES -- The following editorial appeared in the Los Angeles Times on Wednesday: | How did bacteria spread through two Iowa egg farms, leading to the largest Salmonella enteritidis outbreak ever recorded in the United States? Take your pick. Stomach-turning inspection reports released Monday...
Plastic Bags - Grocery Cart
(photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
American Samoa law to ban plastic bags next year
Breitbart
PAGO PAGO, American Samoa (AP) - American Samoa is going to make it illegal for stores to hand out plastic bags once a new law goes into effect early next year. | Gov. Togiola Tulafono, who signed the ban into law last week, said the measure would help preserve the environment for future generations...
When punishments outweigh the gravity of the crime
NZ Herald
By 5:30 AM Saturday Sep 4, 2010 Share Email Print | When Mick Jagger and Keith Richards were facing jail terms on drug charges in July 1967, an editorial in the Times newspaper was headlined, "Who breaks a butterfly on a wheel?" | The point of the pi...
Skiing: Daredevils set to defy laws of gravity
NZ Herald
By 5:30 AM Saturday Sep 4, 2010 Share Email Print | The Whakapapa ski field will become a happy valley for the sport's boundary pushers next week as Mt Ruapehu strives to become a major player in the world of extreme skiing. | The Pinnacles back coun...
'I can't wait to shoot Akermanis and his family' - court told of death threat to footy star
The Daily Telegraph Australia
| A MAN threatened to shoot Brownlow Medal winner Jason Akermanis and his family in a string of terrifying threats, a court was told yesterday. | Alexander Davidson, of South Yarra, rang the Herald Sun last week and told a staff member, "I can't...
Sigma braces for court battle over surprise loss
The Australian
| A CLASS action lawsuit against pharmaceutical major Sigma over its $389 million annual loss has moved a step closer to the courtroom. | Law firm Slater & Gordon has issued the company with formal notice of plans to commence action. | Sigma yest...
Alcoholic Drinks - Alcohol - Liquor
WN / Rubielyn Bunag
Key Notes: Reforming Alcohol Laws
Scoop
Saturday, 28 August 2010, 11:53 am | Press Release: New Zealand National Party | Key Notes: Reforming Alcohol Laws | - or on the image - to watch my policy briefing on our reforms ...
sony
Creative Commons / Steve.M~
Sony Gets Federal Court to Temporarily Block Sale Of PS3 Modchips
Kotaku
| Yesterday, Sony Computer Entertainment Australia was granted a temporary injunction by the nation's Federal Court to block the importation and sale of the new PS3 modchips. | The...
Liquor - Alcohol
WN / Sweet Radoc
Government lacks courage in liquor law reforms
Scoop
Wednesday, 25 August 2010, 2:36 pm | Press Release: New Zealand Nurses Organisation | Government lacks courage in liquor law reforms | The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) be...
A law and a vaccine
The News & Observer
| LOS ANGELES -- The following editorial appeared in the Los Angeles Times on Wednesday: | How did bacteria spread through two Iowa egg farms, leading to the largest Salmonella enteritidis outbreak ever recorded in the United States? Take your pick. ...
French 'Spider-Man' in Sydney court over climb
The Press Democrat
| Alain Robert, known for climbing some of the world's tallest and best-known buildings without ropes or other equipment, was arrested Monday at the top of the Lumiere building. | He was charged with risking the safety of another by climbing a buildi...
French 'Spiderman' in Sydney court over climb
The Star
| SYDNEY (AP): A French skyscraper climber nicknamed "Spiderman" pleaded not guilty Friday to charges related to his bare-handed climb up a 57-story building in downtown Sydney. | Alain Robert, known for climbing some of the world's tallest and best-...
Australia Headlines
The Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, Shri Prithviraj Chavan at the release of NDMA's Guidelines on  Management of Tsunamis, in New Delhi on September 03, 2010.
(photo: PIB of India)
India in talks with Indonesia, Australia on tsunami warning
Deccan Herald
New Delhi, Sep 3 (PTI): Friday, September 03, 2010 --> | Aiming to improve the quality of forecasts, India today said it was in talks with Indonesia and Australia to create a tsunami warning system for the entire Indian Ocean region. | "We are in talks with Indonesia and Australia to integrate our tsunami warning systems," Earth Sciences Minister P...
Business Law
Trader Michael McCabe works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008. Stocks have plunged again to levels not seen in more than five years as hopes fade that lawmakers will soon put together an aid package for U.S. automake
(photo: AP / Richard Drew)
Briefing.com: Hourly In Play (R) - 22:00 ET
Insurance Newsnet
| Aug 09, 2010 (Briefing.com via COMTEX) -- Hourly In Play (R) | Updated: 09-Aug-10 22:00 ET | 19:29 | CWCO Consolidated Water misses by $0.14 (11.19 -0.14) | Reports Q2 (Jun) earnings of $0.07 per share, $0.14 worse than the Thomson Reuters dual-analyst est of $0.21; revenues fell 18% year/year to $12.7 mln vs the $14.5 mln dual-analyst est. | 19:...



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