Wednesday, April 1, 2009 According to the payroll services company ADP, United States private sector employers cut 742,000 jobs in in March. The figures were almost 80,000 more than the average analyst prediction of 663,000
Continue ReadingHalloween events banned at Moscow schools
Wednesday, October 31, 2007 Schools in Moscow, Russia have been told by the city’s department of education to not allow any Halloween-related events. Alexander Gavrilov, press secretary of the education department, told Interfax, “The department’s
Continue ReadingControversial development training cited in religious discrimination lawsuits
Friday, May 23, 2008 A controversial development training course called “Landmark Forum” is cited in religious discrimination lawsuits in United States federal courts in New York and Washington, D.C. The seminars are run by a
Continue ReadingEthics debate surrounds surgery to stunt disabled girl’s growth
Friday, January 5, 2007 An ethical controversy has surged in the United States and elsewhere around nine-year-old Ashley X (her family name has not been released). The disabled girl was operated upon at the request
Continue ReadingDeath toll from tsunami in Southeast Asia increases
Correction — May 8, 2018 This headline incorrectly locates the tsunami in Southeast Asia; it was in the South Pacific, as stated in the lede. Thursday, October 1, 2009 A tsunami that was generated in the
Continue ReadingGoogle launches free city wide Wi-Fi in Mountain View, California
Wednesday, August 16, 2006 Google on Wednesday inaugurated a free city-wide Wi-Fi system in its home town of Mountain View, California. Google insisted that it had no plans to offer a similar service nationwide. Most
Continue ReadingDFB-Pokal Final: Bayern wins 4-3 in Der Klassiker final
Monday, May 23, 2016 In the German DFB-Pokal final, on Saturday, Munich-based football club FC Bayern Munich defeated rivals Borussia Dortmund 4–3 in a penalty shoot-out decider as the match ended 0–0 after 120 minutes
Continue ReadingVanity Fair contributing editor Craig Unger on the Bush family feud, neoconservatives and the Christian right
Monday, November 12, 2007 In a recent interview with the Dalai Lama’s Representative to the Americas, Tashi Wangdi, David Shankbone remarked to him that Americans have trouble relating to centuries-long conflicts that exist between peoples
Continue ReadingState Farm Insurance allegedly destroying papers
Tuesday, April 11, 2006 Zach Scruggs, a lawyer for United States Senator Trent Lott, says that State Farm Insurance Company is destroying records related to claims for damage from Hurricane Katrina. The records allegedly contain
Continue ReadingCar bomb kills 15 in Pakistani anti-terror unit
Saturday, September 15, 2007 15 elite commandos in the Pakistan anti-terror unit have been killed in a suicide car bomb attack. The car rammed into the brigade headquarters of the Special Operations Task Force, part
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