White House considers sending Guantanamo Bay prisoners to Illinois

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Monday, November 16, 2009 The White House has announced that it is considering sending Guantanamo Bay detainees to a state prison in northwestern Illinois. Governor Pat Quinn and President Barack Obama discussed a federal purchase of the Thomson Correctional Center in Thomson during Quinn’s visit to Washington on November 4. The purchase would bring a […]

Cars big winner as 34th Annual Annie Awards handed out

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Monday, February 12, 2007 Cars drove home the big prize last night, from the 34th Annual Annie Awards. The animation industry’s highest honor, ASIFA-Hollywood’s Annies recognise contributions to animation, writing, directing, storyboarding, voice acting, composing, and much more. As mentioned, Pixar took home the big prize last night, after facing stiff competition from four other […]

Cleveland, Ohio clinic performs US’s first face transplant

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Thursday, December 18, 2008 A team of eight transplant surgeons in Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, USA, led by reconstructive surgeon Dr. Maria Siemionow, age 58, have successfully performed the first almost total face transplant in the US, and the fourth globally, on a woman so horribly disfigured due to trauma, that cost her an eye. […]

Turner Broadcasting apologizes for Boston scare

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Friday, February 2, 2007 An advertising campaign for shows on Adult Swim, a programming block on Cartoon Network, which is owned by Turner Broadcasting, gave local and federal law-enforcement a scare when devices were discovered on eight different bridges and roads. The U.S. city of Boston was snarled in traffic jams January 31 as police […]

Start Talking To A Divorce Attorney In Thiensville, Wi Early

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Read An Opinion On: Free Financial Advisor Software Coin Financial Planning Software byAlma Abell If you suspect that your spouse wants a divorce, it can put you into a very difficult situation. On one hand, you may want to do everything possible to save your marriage and to stay together. Talking to a lawyer can […]

CN Health & Safety Plan planned to be cancelled

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Monday, August 29, 2005 On July 18, 2005 CN Rail notified the CAW that they intend to cancel the CN-CAW previously Negotiated Health & Safety Plan. The CAW will be going to arbitration this fall to address the issue. The CAW has asked that employees notify their Health and Safety Rep about any safety concerns […]

Why A Private Dive Is The Best Scuba Diving In Maui

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Read An Opinion On: Business Energy byphineasgray Are you looking for the very best scuba diving in Maui? Are you wondering where you should start your experience? If you are like many other people, you do not get to go scuba diving very often. And, unless you live on Maui or one of the nearby […]

Spelbound declared winner of Britain’s Got Talent 2010

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Monday, June 7, 2010 An acrobatic group known by the name of Spelbound has been declared as the winner of Britain’s Got Talent 2010, a televised variety talent show competition broadcast on ITV in the United Kingdom. As the winning act of the show, Spelbound have won £100,000 (US$144,580, €120,313, A$175,079) and a place at […]

Train collision kills at least eighteen near Brussels, Belgium

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Monday, February 15, 2010 Belgian authorities have confirmed that at least eighteen people died in a head-on collision between two passenger trains in the suburbs of Brussels. Other reports suggest that the death toll could be as high as 25. More than 125 passengers are reported injured, 11 of them “very seriously”. Rescuers were still […]