Archive for April 2008

Couple turns hill of dirt into a Monet - Orange County Register

Suzanne McCardle stepped into the backyard, gazed out over nearly an acre of dirt and weeds and got teary eyed. “Oh my God,” she said to her husband. “This is it.” A long pause followed. “Okkaayyy,” her husband said. “Give me a hint.” But where Terry …

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Yesterday in parliament - Guardian Unlimited

‘Parachute’ payments for London assembly members The government stood accused of helping an “old political crony” by ensuring that if Ken Livingstone loses the London mayoral election nearly half his £70,000 golden parachute payment will be tax-free …

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Village Christmas diary - Economist.com

From Economist.com IN THE evening we head to the nearby town of Bethlehem, which really isn’t much: a town hall, a petrol station, a small grocery store and a couple of restaurants. We stop in one of the restaurants for a quick drink. To me it …

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Police, staff guard school from fleeing suspect - Post-Bulletin

Police and staff members guarded the entrance at Sunset Terrace Elementary School early today to keep a fleeing suspect from using it as a place to hide. Capt. Brian Winters said the man officers were chasing was found hiding in a garden shed in the …

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Austrian police say DNA tests back up ‘House of Horrors’ story - RIA Novosti

VIENNA, April 29 (RIA Novosti) - Police in Austria said on Tuesday that DNA evidence backed up a 73-year-old Austrian electrical engineer’s confession that he fathered six children with his daughter while keeping her locked up in a basement for 24 …

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Fury as killers serve half their sentences - Glasgow Evening Times


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Fury as killers serve half their sentences
Glasgow Evening Times, UK - 14 hours ago
An MP said he is “appalled” that three people who killed a man by imprisoning and torturing him in a garden shed would serve just half of their nine and
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Poet of the Month: Ken Babstock - CBC News

Ken Babstock is the author of three books of poetry. His first, Mean , won the Atlantic Poetry Prize and the Milton Acorn People’s Poet Award. His second, Days into Flatspin , won a K.M. Hunter Award. His poems have won Gold at the National Magazine …

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Check out historic homes on Corona tour - Riverside Press Enterprise

CORONA - One of Corona’s newest homes is also its oldest, and it will be one of five historical homes on display Saturday. Built for a small army of grandchildren, it is the size of a small garden shed but huge on charm. The Victorian-style playhouse …

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Postie kept mail in shed - BirminghamMail.net

Postie kept mail in shed
BirminghamMail.net, UK - 1 hour ago
When his house was searched, bags of mail were found in his lounge, kitchen and garden shed. Sarah Brinklow, defending, said the mail which had been

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1900s farmhouse, modern luxuries - Baltimore Sun

In 1996, Mark and Carrie Wilson bought a fixer-upper in Oella from sellers who had lived in it since the 1960s and had made very few improvements during that time. “It had gold shag carpet and red velvet wallpaper,” says Carrie Wilson, remembering …

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