Members of Congress charged with crimes |
| | | Senators who have been indicted in the last three decades: -- July 29, 2008: Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, indicted on seven counts of failing to disclose thousands of dollars in services he received from a company that helped renovate his home. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Software maker SAP 2Q net profit falls 9 percent |
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Mass. House votes to let out-of-state gays marry |
| | | The Massachusetts House has voted to allow gay marriages involving out-of-state couples. The lawmakers voted 118-35 Tuesday to repeal a 1913 law that bans couples from marrying in Massachusetts if their own states would not allow the unions. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Mass. Mid-Day Numbers |
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6.1 quake shakes eastern Solomon Islands |
| | | A sharp, magnitude 6.1 earthquake shook the eastern Solomon Islands on Tuesday morning, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injury, emergency officials said. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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US beef shipment arrives in SKorea |
| | | The first shipment of U.S. beef under a controversial import deal arrived in South Korea on Tuesday, officials said, amid lingering public concerns over mad cow disease. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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China 'Broke Olympic Promises' |
| | | China has failed to improve human rights ahead of the Beijing Olympics and is at risk of "permanently sullying" the legacy of the Games, a charity has warned. | | From Sky News | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Safety Fears Over Pier Fire Probe |
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Mortgage Market 'Log Jam' Report |
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Dutch consumer confidence drops sharply in July |
| | | Dutch consumer confidence dropped sharply in July, the Central Bureau for Statistics said Tuesday, with optimism over economic prospects at its lowest level since records began 25 years ago. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Sikh teen wins UK discrimination claim |
| | | A Sikh teenager who was excluded from class for refusing to remove a religious bracelet at school won her discrimination claim Tuesday in Britain's High Court. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Petition calls for Rove to be held in contempt |
| | | Bush administration critics hand-delivered a petition to a Democratic lawmaker Tuesday containing more than 127,000 signatures calling for former White House adviser Karl Rove to be held in contempt of Congress and jailed. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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McCain promotes drilling for oil off US coast |
| | | Republican John McCain said Monday that drilling for oil off the U.S. coast is an essential part of any plan to lower gas prices and reduce dependence on foreign sources, and he criticized Democrat Barack Obama for opposing it. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Symphony Hall windows open for 1st time in decades |
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Woman sentenced for killing boyfriend |
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'Six held' over honeymoon killing |
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Calif. mother pleads not guilty to escape charge |
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FTC: Kids target of $1.6 billion in food ads |
| | | The nation's largest food and beverage companies spent about $1.6 billion in 2006 marketing their products -- especially carbonated drinks -- to children, according to a Federal Trade Commission report obtained by the Associated Press. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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UN council split over Darfur approach |
| | | The United States said Monday it would be "premature" for the United Nations Security Council to suspend efforts to prosecute Sudan's president on allegations of war crimes in the Darfur region. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Mexico dig fails to find 1970s victims |
| | | Prosecutors say excavations at a former military base in southern Mexico have concluded without finding any trace of leftist activists who disappeared in the 1970s. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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