May, 2010 | My Gripe An Thing

Man, woman found slain at Mountain View dry cleaning shop ID’d as owners

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Mountain View police confirmed Monday that the two people found shot to death at an Escuela Avenue dry cleaning shop Friday were the business’ owners, 70-year-old Chang Yong Cho and his ex-wife, 62-year-old In Ku […] […]

Bryan Adams jams with Stephen Harper

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OTTAWA—Jamming with Bryan Adams, hosting Chad Kroeger at 24 Sussex and getting an authentic Gene Simmons’ bass guitar shaped like a battle axe. Has Stephen Harper, the buttoned-down economist cum politician, become a closet rock […] […]

Bangkok street clashes enter ‘end-game’ as crackdown unfolds Soldiers breach barricades, enter Red Shirts camp

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BANGKOK—Clouds of thick black smoke shrouded central Bangkok on Wednesday morning, and the sound of live gunfire echoed from the main anti-government protest site, as the government’s final assault began. Thai troops broke down barriers […] […]

Canadian doctor charged with unlawfully providing HGH to NFL players

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Toronto sports physician Anthony Galea routinely travelled to the United States to illegally administer drugs to professional golfers, football and baseball players, says a dramatic criminal complaint filed in U.S. federal court. Eight months after […] […]

Coroner warns on sharing hospital beds after baby dies

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A coroner wants medical authorities to change their attitudes about newborn babies sharing a hospital bed with their mothers after the death of a Nelson baby. Sophie Linda Parker died within a day of her […] […]

Officer sobs in court over shot colleagues

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A seasoned police officer broke down sobbing as he told a courtroom of the moment he found his colleagues gunned down in a driveway during a secret police operation. A jury in the High Court […] […]

Guilty pleas over illegal workers

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An immigration trial that was expected to last six weeks has ended on its third day after the four accused changed their pleas to guilty. Michael Porter, 53, Miles Elliott, 45, Surjit “Uncle” Singh, 62, […] […]

Hospital struggles with surge in births

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Pregnant mothers have had appointments for induced births delayed at Wellington Hospital, which is struggling with an “exceptional” number of babies. Some mothers booked in to have births induced have been put off, delivery suites […] […]

Police hunt for missing ‘vampire’ suspect

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Police are looking for James Phillip Brooks, one of three people charged over an alleged vampire-type attack on Wellington’s Mt Victoria. Senior Sergeant Hamish Milne said the 21-year-old was failing to comply with living conditions […] […]

British woman beaten to death on Greek holiday island

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A BRITISH man was arrested on the Greek holiday isle of Crete on suspicion of beating his 21-year-old girlfriend to death. Greek police said the 22-year-old man was being held after the victim died of […] […]