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November 23, 2008 — Updated 0851 GMT (1651 HKT)
1 dead, 1 wounded in mall shooting near Seattle
(CNN) — One man died and another was critically injured Saturday evening after they were shot at a shopping center in Tukwila, Washington.
The men who were shot were taken from the Westfield Southcenter on stretchers and placed […]
GOP convention head resigns over Myanmar ties
Posted: Saturday, May 10, 2008 6:38 PM
by Domenico Montanaro
The McCain-picked Republican National convention head resigned today after a Newsweek report revealed the man’s lobbying ties on behalf of the military Myanmar government.
AP: “Doug Goodyear resigned as convention coordinator and issued a two sentence statement: ‘Today I offered the convention […]
January 6th, 2008
Taser party invitation may be in the mail
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* Woman sells Tasers at parties in homes
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* She says women need to use them before wanting to buy them
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* New, smaller model comes in pink
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GILBERT, Arizona (AP) — Before she lets them shoot her little pink stun gun, Dana Shafman ushers her new friends […]
Children’s gift time is tough
when a parent may wonder
if a liter of absinthe is no worse than
a four ounce can of clay.
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Asbestos turns up in toys, children’s clay
DIYers who use duct tape, spackle, roof sealer also at risk of exposure
By ANDREW SCHNEIDER
P-I SENIOR CORRESPONDENT
Asbestos has been found in a variety of consumer […]
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Image: (crossbow) fingerhut.com; (kid) modeling something else in fingerhut; (room) newaffordableyou.com; (RADIO-CONTROL KID) nymag.com; (tank) wallpaperbase.com
September 16, 2007
In Turnaround, Industries Seek U.S. Regulations
By ERIC LIPTON and GARDINER HARRIS
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 — After years of favoring the hands-off doctrine of the Bush administration, some of the nation’s biggest industries are pushing for something they have long resisted: new federal regulations.
For toys and cars, antifreeze and fireworks, popcorn and produce and cigarettes […]
Londons Harrods hires cobra to guard $120,000 shoes
Mon Sep 10, 11:15 AM ET
A cobra guards a pair of ruby, sapphire and diamond sandals at Harrods department store in central London. Designer Rene Caovilla’s sandals are valued at 62,000 pounds (91,234 euros, 125,872 dollars) and the department store hired to snake to protect the luxury shoes.
(AFP/Shaun […]
Maybe we can use urea formaldehyde as hair gel and men can finally buy that asbestos formalwear which had been off the market too many years. Tris is for kids and the little tykes will finally be able to purchase all the lead Halloween face paint they’ll ever need. Hooray!!!
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Bush Expected to Name Industry Lobbyist […]