April, 2010 | My Gripe An Thing

Drug officials arrested on bribery charges

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Beijing — Five officials of the State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) have been arrested for allegedly accepting bribes and another was suspended from duty, the Economic Observer reported on Sunday. The six officials had […] […]

Carrie Underwood, Taylor Swift in ACM spotlight

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Carrie Underwood [right] With all due respect to the leading men of country, this year’s Academy of Country Music Awards (ACM) looks like it’s going to the gals. Carrie Underwood can make history as the […] […]

Weekend rain causes landslides, flooding

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Residents push a bus that was stuck in mud from a landslide along the Guava Ridge to Mavis Bank main road in rural St Andrew. – Ian Allen/Photographer Flooding and road slippages were reported in […] […]

Little-White mugged

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Little-White Frustration now hangs over the head of popular nutritionist and Gleaner columnist Heather Little-White, who was robbed of an undisclosed sum of money while conducting business on the weekend. “Sometimes you feel, ‘Why even […] […]

Six years in jail without trial – Outrageous

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An accused man who has been in custody for almost six years refused to remain silent in court last Friday as he pleaded for his case to be tried. Lance Mathias, 26, of Spanish Town, […] […]

Why Simon Cowell is turning from TV’s Mr Nasty to Mr Mellow

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For years he has been TV’s Mr Nasty – able to reduce pop wannabes to tears with his acid-tongued put-downs and caustic comments. Those devastated contestants might not believe it, but now it seems as […] […]

Brain ‘splits to multi-task’

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An inability to deal with more than two things at a time may be “hard-wired” into our brain, research suggests. When we try to do two things at once, each half of the brain focuses […] […]

Burglar murder charge is dropped

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A man who stabbed a teenage burglar to death during a break-in at his mother’s home has had a murder charge against him dropped by prosecutors. Tyler Juett, 17, and a boy of 14 broke […] […]

Public stopped in Port Dundas murder probe

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Chee Gang Goh was discovered in the close of the block of flats More than 100 people have been stopped and questioned by police investigating the murder of a Malaysian-born man in the north of […] […]

Transport museum makes £1.8m Riverside funding push

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The closure of Glasgow’s Museum of Transport has been marked by the launch of a public appeal to raise £1.8m towards its new home. The exhibition space at Kelvin Hall closes on Sunday prior to […] […]