The New York Mets will not arrive bearing gifts at Citizens Bank Park tonight, but that doesn't mean they don't appreciate the Phillies' letting them hang around in the National League East race. "They kept us in it," new Mets skipper Jerry Manuel ...
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Bags made by disabled people in Ueda, Nagano Prefecture, have made it to the shelves of the gift shop of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. In March, the workshop Oideyo House shipped 20 of its Kaminari Bags to the museum's gift shop. Kaminari ...
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NEW YORK -- The National Park Service is considering reopening Lady Liberty's crown for the first time since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, according to documents a congressman released on July Fourth. The park service requested bids last month to ...
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Sir Charles Wheeler, one of the BBC's longest-serving and most popular foreign correspondents, has died, the corporation announced. He was 85. The BBC said Sir Charles died at his home on Friday morning from lung cancer. Sir Charles was chief US ...
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Whatever happened to Keith Vaz, you are unlikely to have asked yourself since the member for Leicester East last made the headlines. Mr Vaz is the political equivalent of one of those minor British character actors, whose occasional appearance on the ...
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What counts as a socially acceptable standard of living that no one should fall below? Tough question. In bars, blogs or radio phone-ins, people have strong views. Since the beginning of time fear of moral hazard destroying the work ethic has curbed ...
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WALNUT CREEK — Decked out in her dress uniform and snapping off a crisp salute, Bernice Worley was looking younger than her years Friday. Perhaps 95, at most. Fewer than two weeks shy of her 104th birthday, the Walnut Creek resident was honored on ...
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