Sat, 04/12/2010 - 08:55 by harsheeb
Orkney -- British researchers say they've found the remains of at least eight people at an ancient Neolithic tomb site discovered in Scotland in October.
Archaeologists have discovered five chambers at the 5,000-year-old site on the Orkney Islands, two of which have been partially excavated, the BBC reported Thursday.
Bones found carefully placed in gaps in the stones inside the chambers suggest the ancient burial site has never been disturbed, the say.
Orkney contains some of the best-preserved Neolithic remains in Europe and the new find is a "once-in-a-lifetime opportunity" to look at a Neolithic community, Orkney Islands Council's archaeologist Julie Gibson says.
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Sat, 04/12/2010 - 08:50 by harsheeb
Los Angeles -- Beverly Hills, Calif., police say they considered Harold Smith a person of interest, not an official suspect, in the slaying of publicist Ronni Chasen.
Chasen, 64, was gunned down last month as she drove home after a party celebrating the Cher-Christina Aguilera movie "Burlesque." Smith shot himself Wednesday as police attempted to serve a search warrant in the lobby of an apartment building.
Police officials told the Los Angeles Times they received several tips in the Chasen case, including one from the TV show "America's Most Wanted" that involved Smith.
Although some law enforcement sources categorized the man as a suspect to the newspaper, police publicly stated he was only a person of interest wanted for questioning.
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Sat, 04/12/2010 - 08:35 by harsheeb
New York -- New York restaurateur Elaine Kaufman died Friday from complications stemming from emphysema, her publicist said. She was 81.
The owner of Elaine's -- an Upper East Side Manhattan bar and restaurant frequented by writers, police and celebrities -- died at Lenox Hill Hospital, the New York Post reported.
"Elaine was a New York institution," the newspaper quoted Mayor Michael Bloomberg as saying.
A memorial service is being planned for early 2011, but no date has been announced yet, the Post said.
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Thu, 02/12/2010 - 08:21 by harsheeb
Buffalo -- Hall of Fame hockey journalist Jim Kelley has died after a battle with cancer, his former employer, the
Kelley died Tuesday at Buffalo General Hospice, the newspaper said.
He wrote for the News from 1967 until 1999, later covering hockey for Sports Illustrated, Foxsports.com, ESPN.com and Sportsnet.ca. He was enshrined in the Hockey Hall of Fame after winning its Elmer Ferguson Award in 2004.
Kelley began at the News as a 17-year-old copy boy and later graduated to sports writing, covering the Buffalo Sabres starting in 1984. He became renowned for his dry wit and penchant for digging behind the press releases and coaches' statements, News Sports Editor Steve Jones said.
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Thu, 02/12/2010 - 07:21 by harsheeb
Washington -- U.S. Sen. John Kirk, R-Ill., raised his left hand, instead of the traditional right, during his swearing-in on the instructions of Vice President Joe Biden.
Biden, whose duties include serving as president of the Senate, began Kirk's swearing-in Monday by instructing him to "please place your right hand on the Bible," the Chicago Tribune reported Wednesday.
Kirk followed Biden's instructions and placed his right hand on the book, raising his left while repeating his oath.
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Mon, 29/11/2010 - 09:03 by harsheeb
Canberra -- Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Kevin Rudd said he met Sunday with U2 front man Bono to discuss poverty and aid to developing countries.
Tim Costello of Christian organization World Vision and Andrew Hewett from Oxfam also attended the meeting, the Australian Broadcasting Corp. reported.
Bono, who holds no governmental title but frequently meets with heads of state offering his views, discussed Australia's efforts to reduce rates of HIV and malaria in developing countries and congratulated Rudd on the country's pledge of 0.5 percent of its gross national income to foreign aid.
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Sun, 28/11/2010 - 23:20 by harsheeb
Miami -- Despite tickets priced at more than $1,000, a crowd surpassing 10,000 is expected to turn out for televangelist Joel Osteen in Miami, officials said.
Osteen -- pastor of the country's biggest cathedral, the 43,000-member Lakewood Church in Houston -- will speak at AmericanAirlines Arena Friday.
A multimillionaire, Osteen has written 19 books and preaches what is called the prosperity gospel. His book, "Your Best Life Now: 7 Steps to Living at Your Full Potential," was a New York Times bestseller.
Tickets for Friday's non-denominational event cost from $40 to $1,145, The Miami Herald said Sunday. The newspaper said Osteen's gatherings mix gospel-rock, worship and motivational speeches.
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Sat, 27/11/2010 - 06:16 by harsheeb
Norwich -- Bernard Matthews, an English farmer who built what is now the biggest European turkey producer on 20 eggs and an old incubator, has died, his company said.
Noel Bartram, now the CEO of Bernard Matthews Farms, said Matthews, 80, had been battling cancer, the BBC reported.
Matthews became a national celebrity by appearing in commercials for his "bootiful" turkeys, The Daily Telegraph said. His homespun demeanor concealed a talented businessman who was producing 3,000 turkey eggs a year by 1952, two years after he bought the second-hand incubator and 20 eggs.
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Sat, 27/11/2010 - 06:13 by harsheeb
Hudson -- People familiar with a swan treated for a shotgun wound said it managed to reunite with its mate 60 miles from where it was released in Wisconsin.
The male swan was found bleeding in the Fish Lake Wildlife Area south of Grantsburg, Wis., in late October and was taken to the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota in Roseville, where it was treated before being released near Grantsburg Nov. 9, the St. Paul (Minn.) Pioneer-Press reported Friday.
Rescuers said the swan's mate was nowhere to be seen at the time of the release, but Barry Wallace of Hudson, Wis., about 60 miles from the release site, said he saw the swan together with its mate near his home.
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Thu, 11/11/2010 - 08:19 by harsheeb
Uniontown -- A Pennsylvania man celebrated his baby's birth by lighting up a joint in the hospital smoking area, police said.
Uniontown police Sgt. Jonathan Grabiak told the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review a nurse smelled marijuana when she took a cigarette break in Uniontown Hospital's designated smoking area, an enclosed shed, Tuesday.
She saw two men in the shed, but she did not see either smoking marijuana.
Hospital security called police, and Grabiak found the pair walking in front of the hospital.
Grabiak said both men had glassy eyes. One of them admitted smoking marijuana in the shed while awaiting the birth of his child.
"I'm having a baby and wanted to get a buzz," the man told Grabiak.
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Sat, 06/11/2010 - 23:30 by Deepika Garg
President Barack Obama set off on his ten day, four nation Asia trip, starting in India on Saturday. In his first speech in India, Obama raised a tough voice against the terror attacks that had wrecked havoc on Mumbai's iconic Taj Mahal Palace hotel, two years ago.
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Sat, 06/11/2010 - 21:31 by harsheeb
New York -- Editors of the U.S. News & World Report said they had given up plans to continue a print production of the magazine.
After December, regular editions of the magazine would only be published online, The New York Times reported Saturday.
Editors said an occasional special report might be released on paper.
In a note to employees, editors wrote, "Our emphasis on rankings and research content is the right path, making us an essential information source. We can't sit still. We have to keep improving the existing products while selectively creating new ones."
No layoffs were expected, editor Brian Kelly said.
"For us, this is a growth move," he said.
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