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Courier Times News
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Man charged with posession of controlled substance (Jan 11 2004 12:59 GMT) - Gary Chiodetti, 23, Philadelphia, pleaded guilty to possession of a controlled substance at 1:55 a.m., Jul 17, at Bristol Pike and Hulmeville Road. Judge Rea Boylan Thomas placed him on county probation for 36 months, fined him $500, ordered drug and alcohol treatment and to remain employed or stay in school and gave him 100 hours of community service. |
Robert Black's news
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Massive (Jan 11 2004 12:59 GMT) - Recently I had occasion to weigh myself for the first time in a long time - basically since just before Gill and I started going out 30 months ago. I've put on a little weight in that time, but I wasn't prepared for what I saw. In that time I've put on 22 kilos! Hmmm. I was too skinny before, but something needs to be done. |
Robert Black's news
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Sims Psychology (Jan 11 2004 12:59 GMT) - MIT weblog: "Psychology Today tells us that a growing number of people are using The Sims to make sense of themselves and the other folks in their lives." |
Robert Black's news
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Some google stats (Jan 11 2004 12:59 GMT) - It's an old sport to put your own name into Google and see if a link to yourself shows up on the first page of links returned. ThereFor, my company, gets the number 1 link for its name worldwide! For Robert Black I get the number 1 link in Australia! And for Robert my link is currently #16 for Australia. Not bad, if you're into that sort of thing. |
Simply American
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Blue Question Marks III (Jan 11 2004 12:59 GMT) - Who wants a piece of the Dodgers? Frank does! Frank McCourt's bid to purchase the Los Angeles Dodgers will not be voted on Thursday, as previously hoped, but a Los Angeles Daily News source said yesterday that there are no major problems with the deal and it is expected to be approved before the Jan. 31 deadline. Keep it up, and soon the MLB will be as phoney as the WWF. |
tagesschau.de - Die Nachrichten der ARD
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Große Sorge um Sicherheit in Afghanistan (Jan 11 2004 12:56 GMT) - "Sicherheit, Sicherheit, Sicherheit" - mit Nachdruck weist der ehemalige UN-Beauftragte für Afghanistan Brahimi darauf hin, was seiner Meinung am wichtigsten für das Krisengebiet ist. Mehr internationale Truppen müssten das gewährleisten, fordert er. Immer wieder neue Gewalttaten geben ihm offensichtlich Recht. |
mousemusings
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Michigan Ballots (Jan 11 2004 12:55 GMT) - I submitted my applytovote form via web on Jan 1st and still have nothing in the mail. I read that 8000 were mailed out this past Wednesday. I feel slighted. Am I the only one? |
Insomnia's Recent Entries
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Iraqi mother presses case - "American soldiers drowned my son." (Jan 11 2004 12:55 GMT) - This post contains the letter that an Iraqi mother wrote to the president, prime minister of Britain, president of the Iraqi Governing Council, Paul Bremer, Kofi Annan of the UN, etc. seeking an investigation for the case of her son, who at midnight on January 3rd of this year near Samarra were stopped and removed from their vehicles by a U.S. patrol, handcuffed, and led to an overhang overlooking the Tigris, where they were pushed into its deep and fast-moving waters. The son died. |
Courier Times News
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Interview methods called into doubt (Jan 11 2004 12:54 GMT) - One township supervisor believes that interviewing advisory board candidates in public would better serve open government, while others say it would be too time consuming and might intimidate some candidates. |
Off Wing Opinion
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Enough! (Jan 11 2004 12:54 GMT) - The Washington Post's Michael Wilbon on conditions at Gillete Stadium in Foxboro during the Patriots-Titans game: Forget the official temperature,... |
Curmudgeonly & Skeptical
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Rotten Apple (Jan 11 2004 12:53 GMT) - What's the difference between Apple's QuickTime and other insidious programs, like Gator, that waltz into your computer uninvited and will not leave? None. If you install QuickTime it will presumptuously crown itself king of all media, making itself the... |
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