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For Europe's Middle-Class, Stagnant Wages Stunt Lifestyle
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For Europe's Middle-Class, Stagnant Wages Stunt Lifestyle

Money – The European dream is under assault, as the wave of inflation sweeping the globe mixes with this continent's long-stagnant wages.

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What if no one were fat?
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What if no one were fat?

Health & Fitness – In the United States today, 66% of adults are overweight. Almost 33% of adults are obese, and 4.7% are morbidly obese, or more than 100 pounds overweight. But . . . What if nobody in America were fat?

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What's eating Barry Zito? Experts weigh in

Sports – Barry Zito always prided himself on his mental strength and his crafty pitching. Now he's having trouble with both.

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Olympic flame's Everest ascent is grand but so far a secret

News – Chinese mountaineers made final preparations Wednesday to take the Olympic flame up Mount Everest in a grand but contentious feat that is being accorded an unusual mixture of fanfare and secrecy.

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Shark Attack Victim: 'He Knew He Was Going To Die'

News – "Adrian said he knew he was going to die," said one of his friends, Bill Herrmann, his former boss and owner of the Holy Cow nightclub in the South of Market area where Ruiz tended bar until recently.

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Roll over, Rover - human-like names gaining popularity

Pets – As dog and cat ownership has expanded to nearly two out of three American households and spending on pet pampering products has exploded, Bay Area residents have taken to giving their animals more human-sounding names - such as Max, Lucy, Samantha, Charlie or, in the case of one San Francisco papillon spaniel, William III.

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Lawyer faces jail for contempt -- but is free speech at stake?

News – The case is unprecedented in British legal history. It has triggered grave fears among civil-liberty groups that Scotland's judiciary could be about to strike a serious blow against freedom of speech. The case is likely to be ultimately decided in the European courts.

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How Do I Know if My Husband is Bi?

Love & Personals – My husband likes watching the TV show, "Torchwood" all the time because of all of the guys kissing and having sex. Do you think this means he's bi-curious?

View Story Discuss (0) (goodluckandconfess.com) 15 days ago by huckfinn8888

Voted for on May 10, 2008 05:47pm

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The summer deal for Europe

Travel – Summer is almost here and just as we are all pondering what to do, we may not have to look that far except to the nearest British airways office as they re offering some of the most fantastic rates for European destinations.

View Story Discuss (0) (booktor.com) 15 days ago by alok.ynr

Voted for on May 10, 2008 05:47pm

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Chinese slave children 'sold like cabbages'

News – One of the most disturbing findings was that local officials seemed to be complicit. A foreman, who produced officially stamped documents concerning the children, said: "We have the complete right to manage them, by any means. You only need to sign a work agreement with us."

View Story Discuss (0) (telegraph.co.uk) 15 days ago by berkeley

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Victor's justice in Iraq

Politics – Waging a war of aggression is a crime under customary international law. The Nuremberg tribunals called it "the supreme international crime, differing only from other war crimes in that it contains within itself the accumulated evil of the whole."

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U.S. terrorism report finds Al Qaeda attacks rose in Pakistan

News – Al Qaeda used a haven in Pakistan's tribal areas to double the number of attacks in that country and kill four times as many people there in 2007, says a State Department report to Congress released Wednesday.

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Life in the not-so-fast lane

News – Having visited student towns in England such as Oxford and Cambridge, I've been witness to small-scale bicycle culture, but nothing prepared me for the 'two wheels good, four wheels bad' mentality that is so apparent in Uppsala, one of Sweden's university cities.

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'Little Women' is a tale for all ages

News – American operas usually have a relatively short shelf life compared to many from Italy, France or Russia. "Little Women" is different. It's an American opera written by Mark Adamo that has found the key to staying power

View Story Discuss (0) (dailylocal.com) 15 days ago by omerazam

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Oil prices rise as dollar drops after US Fed cuts key rate

News – The U.S. Federal Reserve said Wednesday it would cut the federal funds rate by a quarter percentage point to 2 percent. Early in Asia, the dollar lost ground against both the euro and yen, although it began to stabilize and strengthen later in the day.

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