2009
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Soldier’s death ‘a parent’s worst nightmare’ – CBC.ca
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Soldier's death 'a parent's worst nightmare'
CBC.ca Private Garrett Chidley, three other soldiers and journalist Michelle Lang died when their armoured vehicle hit a powerful improvised explosive device Wednesday on the edge of Kandahar city. (Canadian Press/Sgt. Daren Kraus) The father of a Canadian … Canadians pay tribute to five victims in Afghan blastXinhua Fallen journalist put 'human face' on Afghan warAFP Vancouver journalist Michelle Lang mourned by colleaguesVancouver Sun CTV.ca -The Canadian Press -BBC News all 686 news articles » |
McGinn inaugural week includes concerts, City Hall tours – Seattle Times
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McGinn inaugural week includes concerts, City Hall tours
Seattle Times Besides the usual swearing-in ceremony, incoming Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn has announced plans for a music festival with popular local bands and a City Hall open house to celebrate his inauguration next week. McGinn, along with other newly elected city … Spat Delays McGinn's Move Into Mayor's OfficeKIROtv.com A frank, final conversation with Seattle Mayor Greg NickelsMyNorthwest.com The Stranger, Seattle's Only Newspaper: Slog: City: What It Has Been Like …CHS Capitol Hill Seattle Seattle Post Global -Crosscut (blog) -PubliCola (blog) all 24 news articles » |
2 People Die in Separate Calif. Train Collisions – New York Times
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2 People Die in Separate Calif. Train Collisions
New York Times By AP SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Two people died in separate collisions with Northern California commuter trains Thursday, making 2009 the deadliest year for Caltrain since 1995. Caltrain spokeswoman Christine Dunn said the deaths bring to 19 the number … CalTrain Ending Year With Near-Record Fatality CountNew York Times (blog) Two fatal Caltrain accidents in the South Bayabc7news.com Two killed in South Bay Caltrain crashesSan Francisco Examiner KCBS -1590 KLIV Silicon Valley News -Xinhua all 217 news articles » |
Obama consoles CIA, reviews intelligence, airport safety failures – Kansas City Star
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Obama consoles CIA, reviews intelligence, airport safety failures
Kansas City Star President Barack Obama closed 2009 on a somber note, consoling the CIA over seven officers and contractors killed Wednesday in Afghanistan by a suicide bomber and receiving preliminary findings on intelligence failures that enabled a … US intelligence on plane bomb suspect was 'vague but available'The Guardian Failure to Connect Dots Recalls 9/11 ShortfallsSphere Report to Obama on what went wrong in attempted jet bombing shows intelligence …In-Forum Reuters -New York Times -Wall Street Journal all 220 news articles » |
Wells Fargo Grants Stock Awards to Top Executives – Wall Street Journal
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Wells Fargo Grants Stock Awards to Top Executives
Wall Street Journal Wells Fargo & Co. said Chief Executive John G. Stumpf won't receive an annual cash bonus for 2009, but granted him about $10 million in stock as an incentive to stay at the bank amid what it called heavy recruiting by rivals. … Wells Fargo Pays $25 Million in Stock BonusesNew York Times Wells Fargo Being Generous Towards its Top ExecutivesTopNews United States Wells Fargo Pays Out $25 Million Stock Bonuses to Top ExecsFOXBusiness Philadelphia Inquirer -Reuters -BusinessWeek all 440 news articles » |
Mortgage Q&A: Interest rates likely to stay low – Washington Times
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Mortgage Q&A: Interest rates likely to stay low
Washington Times Today is the first day of the last year of an interesting decade. I thought I'd use today's column to regurgitate what the economic experts are predicting for the economy this year. … Mortgage Rates Snap Six Day Losing StreakMortgageNewsDaily.com Watch What We Do, Not What We SayInternational Business Times Gold, silver to explode with 2010 treasury issuanceCommodity Online all 35 news articles » |
Police Find Body of Missing Wisconsin Mother – FOXNews
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Police Find Body of Missing Wisconsin Mother
FOXNews ALTOONA, Wis. — The body of a missing Altoona woman has been found in a rural part of Adams County in central Wisconsin. Officer Scott Kelley of the Altoona Police Department says the body of 43-year-old Theresa Lynn Still was found Wednesday afternoon … Police news conference on missing woman caseWEAU-TV 13 Woman's body found in Adams CountyWisconsin Rapids Tribune Missing Altoona woman found deadNew Richmond News Wisconsin Radio Network -WMTV -WQOW TV News 18 all 89 news articles » |
Treasury Prices Fall After Jobless Claims – ABC News
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Treasury Prices Fall After Jobless Claims
ABC News AP Treasury prices mostly fell in the final day of 2009 after a surprise drop in weekly jobless claims sent interest rates higher. Investors took the latest government report as further evidence that the economy … Treasurys Fall On Final Trading Day Of 2009Wall Street Journal Treasurys fall on jobless claims dropCNNMoney.com German Bonds Decline as Debt Sales Prompt Losses for Week, YearBloomberg Wall Street Journal -Wall Street Journal all 87 news articles » |
Buffalo mayor ousts police commissioner – WCAX
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Buffalo mayor ousts police commissioner
WCAX AP – December 31, 2009 5:25 PM ET BUFFALO, NY (AP) – Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown says he will replace H. McCarthy Gipson as the city's police commissioner. The mayor says he notified Gipson two weeks ago that he would not be reappointed when the mayor … Gipson, Reilly out of Brown administrationBuffalo News Lombardo Steps Down as Buffalo Fire CommissionerWBFO Fire Commish Lombardo Resigns at Mayor's RequestWNED Buffalo Rising (blog) -WKBW-TV -WGRZ-TV all 24 news articles » |
Gold ends at $1096.20, up 24.8 percent in 2009 – Reuters
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Gold ends at $1096.20, up 24.8 percent in 2009
Reuters NEW YORK (Reuters) – Gold prices sealed their biggest yearly gain in three decades with a small advance on Thursday, rising for an unprecedented ninth consecutive year as dollar-hedging traders and central banks joined the rally even as safe-haven … Gold Climbs, Capping Ninth Annual Gain, on Currency OutlookBloomberg PRECIOUS METALS: NY Gold Closes Higher On Position SquaringWall Street Journal Gold up on weaker dollar to mark 9th yearly gainMarketWatch BusinessWeek -Reuters -Reuters all 218 news articles » |








