GASTONIA, N.C. – A speeding car ran out of control and plowed into lines of customers waiting outside a Dairy Queen (search), throwing people as far as 20 feet and knocking some out of their shoes, witnesses said. Five people were injured. Witnesses said the car appeared to have been …
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Want Greta’s blog delivered directly to your e-mail box? Click here to sign up! Very early on Tuesday morning we flew to Illinois to see firsthand the community where the murders of Laura Hobbs (search) and Krystal Tobias (search) occurred. We decided late on Monday to go because we often …
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ATLANTA – UPS Inc.’s (UPS) pilots have voted to give their union leaders authority to call a strike as the union and the world’s largest shipping carrier continue federal mediated talks aimed at reaching a new contract. The Independent Pilots Association (search), which represents Atlanta-based UPS’ 2,483 pilots, said Thursday …
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This is a partial transcript from “Your World with Neil Cavuto,” May 30, 2005, that was edited for clarity. STUART VARNEY, GUEST HOST: How’s this sound for an investment, mom and dad? Send your kid to summer camp (search) and the kid comes back the next Bill Gates (search). Do …
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MEXICO CITY – Mexican President Vicente Fox (search) and the Rev. Jesse Jackson (search) agreed Wednesday to work together to unite blacks and Hispanics in the United States after Fox said Mexicans were working U.S. jobs that not even blacks would take. In a news conference following their meeting, Jackson …
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CHICAGO – Allegations of corruption at City Hall have sent Chicago Mayor Richard Daley’s (search) job approval rating to its lowest level since he became mayor in 1989, according to a new poll. Only 53 percent of the registered voters polled said they approved of the job Daley was doing …
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When pet allergies trigger asthma, removing pets from the home and taking asthma medication bring maximum relief, say Japanese doctors. Toshihiro Shirai, MD, and colleagues report their findings in the May issue of Chest. They studied 20 adults (average age: 36) with pet-allergic asthma at Japan’s Fujinomiya City General Hospital. …
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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – International donors pledged an additional $200 million Thursday to fund the African Union (search) peacekeeping operation in Sudan’s western Darfur (search) region during a conference to discuss the ongoing violence. Canada made the largest new pledge, promising $134 million. The State Department’s senior representative on Sudan …
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NEW YORK – The bidding for MCI Inc. (MCIP) turned more suspenseful this weekend without a peep from Verizon (VZ) as one deadline passed and another fast approached to counter a higher-priced offer from Qwest (search). Qwest Communications International Inc. (Q) has said its nearly $10 billion offer will be …
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WASHINGTON – John R. Bolton (search), nominated to be U.N. ambassador, vastly overrated the military might of Syria and Cuba and had to be talked into toning down his assessments, a former senior intelligence official told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee staff Friday. Robert L. Hutchings (search), who was responsible …
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