Darling announces UK budget for 2009

Thursday, April 23, 2009 The United Kingdom Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling, yesterday announced the 2009 budget. The budget is an annual audit of the nation’s finances, and decides what should be done with taxpayers’ money. The chancellor fell under scorn for his GDP growth forecasts, which are considered…

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Lakota activists declare secession from US

Friday, December 21, 2007 We are no longer citizens of the United States of America and all those who live in the five-state area that encompasses our country are free to join us. A delegation claiming to represent the Lakota Indian Tribe, an Indian nation within United States borders, have…

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“Metric tonne” of date rape drug was bound for US

Friday, June 2, 2006 Scottish police have arrested a man and a woman after finding Britain’s largest ever stash of Gamma-butyrolactone. The man in charge of the operation, Graeme Pearson, director of the Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency, called the find “the most significant discovery of the drug in…

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NYC students attempt to revive stoop culture

Saturday, February 17, 2007 A trio of freshmen at a New York design school say that residents aren’t taking advantage of a valuable and countless resource found all around the world: stoops. In Sit Here, a campaign inspired by a recent class project, Sarah Feldman, Chelsea Briganti and Essence Rodriguez…

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