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(Photo: AP / Chris Morrison)Gabrielle Giffords shooting: judge rules Jared Loughner must be forcibly medicated
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama greet onlookers at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2010, in Tucson, Ariz. The Obamas are in Tucson to pay tribute to the six people killed in the weekend shootings and to the fighting spirit of wounded lawmaker Gabrielle Giffords, the target of the first assassination attempt on a member of Congress in decades....Full Story

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(Photo: Public Domain / Skorpion87)Jellyfish still the same - it's interaction that's different
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India, Russia to hold 'Exercise INDRA'
New Delhi: Indian Army troops will proceed to Russia later this year for participating in the annual INDRA series of exercise between the two armies. | Moscow had called off the exercise scheduled to be held in June last year in Russia. An exercise between the navies of...Full Story
Kicking down the world's door
|      Feb 8, 2012 | DISPATCHES FROM AMERICA | Kicking down the world's door | By Tom Engelhardt | Make no mistake: we're entering a new world of military planning. Admittedly, the latest proposed Pentagon budget manages to preserve just about every ...Full Story
Gulf crisis ripples across the globe
|      Feb 8, 2012 | Gulf crisis ripples across the globe | By Brian M Downing | The United States has shifted its attention away from Iraq, Afghanistan and other parts of the world and firmly fixed it on Iran. Along with this has come a buildup of n...Full Story
Pass notes No 3,121: the Belgrano
| The Argentinian government has rechristened its top football league after the cruiser that was sunk by the British during the Falklands war. What are they playing at? The Argentinian cruiser General Belgrano sinking after being torpedoed by the Royal Navy on 1 May 198...Full Story
Maldives president resigns after police and army mutiny
The Maldives' first democratically-elected president resigned on Tuesday following a coup attempt by police officers and army troops to plunge the tropical island paradise into turmoil. | Pressure on Mr Nasheed has been building since mid January Photo: AP tag --> ...Full Story
Vigor Industrial to Acquire Alaska Ship & Drydock
Combination to Further Strengthen Maritime Industry and Jobs in Alaska and Across the Pacific Northwest | Shipbuilding, ship repair and maritime jobs in Alaska have an even brighter future as Alaska Ship and Drydock Inc. (ASD) and Vigor Industrial today jointly announce...Full Story
US court declares California gay marriage ban unconstitutional
An appeal court has declared California's ban on same-sex marriage to be unconstitutional, meaning the issue will probably have to be decided by a showdown in the US Supreme Court. | Opponents of Proposition 8, California's anti-gay marriage bill, celebrate outside of t...Full Story
No Appetite for War: Israel’s View on the Iranian Problem
| The Iranian problem is no longer confined to its nuclear program due to broader developments in the region. Saudi Arabia, Iran and Turkey are vying for regional leadership. Egypt is becoming increasingly destabilized, and the role of the United States in the region is...Full Story
India mediates in Maldivian political crisis
NEW DELHI: India said on Tuesday it was "closely" monitoring the situation in the Maldives, where president Mohamed Nasheed quit after four years in office after overnight protests and a police mutiny, even as Indian diplomats in Male played mediators in resolving the "...Full Story
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Kicking down the world's door
Gulf crisis ripples across the globe
Pass notes No 3,121: the Belgrano
Maldives president resigns after police and army mutiny
Vigor Industrial to Acquire Alaska Ship & Drydock
US court declares California gay marriage ban unconstitutional
No Appetite for War: Israel’s View on the Iranian Problem
India mediates in Maldivian political crisis
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Tue 7 Feb 2012
Sweet Mullets brewpub coming to Oconomowoc
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel An Oconomowoc brewpub is making a splash, and it hasn't even opened yet: was voted "best of the fest" at the Isthmus Beer and Cheese Fest last month in Madison for its Wild Buckwheat Red, made from Wisconson buckwheat and hops.  | Mark...
Court overturns conviction of man who confessed to armored car robbery
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel The state Court of Appeals has thrown out a man's confession to an armed robbery because it occurred after he had asked for a lawyer and invoked his right to remain silent during a police interrogation. | Five years after a 2003 armed robbery of an a...
Former Thomas Industries site in Sheboygan sold
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel American Orthodontics Corp. has bought the former Thomas Industries factory in Sheboygan and will move its headquarters there. | The company, founded 44 years ago by Dan Merkel, will consolidate its operations, now housed at multiple locations, into ...
Capitals center Brooks Laich back on ice for morning skate, 2 days after hurting left knee
Daily Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Brooks Laich is skating again with the Washington Capitals, just two days hurting his left knee. | Laich took part in the morning skate ahead of Tuesday night's game against the Florida Panthers. | Laich was on crutches and we...
Falkland Islands: Argentina's president to raise stakes in address to nation
The Guardian | President Fernández summons political elite for announcement expected to intensify diplomatic standoff with Britain The Falkland Islands are the subject of a renewed tug of war by the Argentinian and British governments. Photograph: David Parker/A...
Costa Concordia: cruise captain 'dined on crab and oysters’ with dancer
The Daily Telegraph The captain of the Costa Concordia shared oysters and crab with a Moldovan dancer in a restaurant in the south of France a month before the cruise ship rammed into rocks off the Italian coast. | Domnica Cemortan has denied claims that she was in a re...
Gabrielle Giffords shooting: judge rules Jared Loughner must be forcibly medicated
The Daily Telegraph A judge has ruled that the man accused of shooting former US congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords should be forcibly medicated for another four months as he is not yet mentally competent to stand trial. | Loughner (right) has pleaded not guilty to 49 cha...
Alcoholic drinks to get weaker, says minister
The Daily Telegraph Alcoholic drinks should be made weaker under in Britain under Government plans to tackle the "deadly problem” of binge-drinking, a health minister has said. | Studies show people struggle when trying to work out what a 'unit' of alcohol is ...
Teacher who slept with 16 year-old spared jail
The Daily Telegraph A teacher has been spared jail for sleeping with a 16-year-old pupil after judge accepted that she wore short skirts and low tops and "threw herself at him". | Chelmsford Crown Court had been told that Chesney, who taught literature at a school in Bu...
Elections panel to use sampling to check for duplicate signatures
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Madison - State election officials are taking a new path on building databases of people who have signed recall petitions, and they are considering using statistical sampling to determine how frequently duplicate names have appeared on the petitions....
Suspect recall petitions being investigated in Racine
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel A Racine man is in hot water after several people whose names appear on the recall petitions - including his brother and mother - said they never signed the forms, the Racine is reporting. | The Racine County Sheriff's Department is investigating sig...
Walmart will close Northridge area store
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel The Walmart discount store near Milwaukee's former Northridge Mall will close by fall 2012, after a new, larger store on the city's far northwest side opens. | The store, near the southwest corner of W. Brown Deer Road and N. 76th St.,...
More misery for Heathrow passengers as train drivers threaten strike
The Daily Telegraph Heathrow passengers are facing the threat of fresh disruption with train drivers on the airport’s express service voting in favour of a strike. | Should the stoppage take place, passengers will have a choice of using slower train and tube servi...
CoE synod: Cost of weddings and funerals to rise dramatically
The Daily Telegraph Fees for weddings and the cost of a funeral service are to rise dramatically under plans backed by the Church of England. | The new fees include the costs of lighting and administration for the first time but do not take into account other charges su...
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