May, 2010 | My Gripe An Thing

Japanese teenage knuckleballer becomes first woman to play pro baseball in U.S. in a decade

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CHICO, CALIF.—Eri Yoshida bounced off the mound with an ear-to-ear smile, looking every bit like an 18-year-old who had just graduated high school and was enjoying a new country. It was what she did on […] […]

Nova Scotia family mulls next legal step in Facebook bullying case

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HALIFAX—A Nova Scotia Supreme Court judge has approved a court order that would require a Halifax-based Internet provider to reveal the identity of a customer who posted allegedly defamatory comments about a 15-year-old girl on […] […]

Charity warns of asylum legal chaos

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The asylum system is facing chaos because of delays in the payment of legal aid, the Government has been warned. Refugee and Migrant Justice said it was facing a cash crisis because a growing proportion […] […]

‘Tools found’ in prostitutes probe

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Police searching for body parts of two missing prostitutes have revealed that a black suitcase they found underwater contained tools. Forensic tests are being carried out on what could be human remains recovered from the […] […]

The Socialite-Model & Her Prince – Her Strenght of character

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Manohara Odelia Pinot had it all, it seemed. She was a socialite and model who married into royalty. But she says life with her prince was no fairy tale. She claims he abused and raped […] […]

‘Shrek’ better than ‘Sex’ with $43M at box office

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LOS ANGELES—Movie audiences are showing more appetite for Shrek than for sex over Memorial Day weekend. DreamWorks Animation’s sequel “Shrek Forever After” remained the No. 1 movie for a second weekend with $43.3 million from […] […]

Time’s up for Jamaican godfather, Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke

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THE diminutive don was furious. Christopher “Dudus” Coke, known to his Jamaican followers as “Bossy”, or “the President”, had spent more than a decade nurturing the political and criminal contacts who had allegedly helped him […] […]

Mayor’s 3300-year-old ‘lost tomb’ found in Egypt

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ARCHEOLOGISTS have found the 3300-year-old tomb of the ancient Egyptian capital’s mayor, whose resting place had been lost under the desert sand since 19th century treasure hunters first carted off some of its decorative wall […] […]

Humbled: Tivoli loses its bravado

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THE bravado of Tivoli Gardens residents who, dressed in white, vowed two weeks ago to die for Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke — a man indicted by the United States on charges of drug- and gun-running — […] […]

Seaga goes for Golding’s jugular

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APPEARING at his most impassioned since 2005 when he stepped away from the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) he had led for 31 years, Edward Seaga came out swinging last Thursday night, as security forces tightened […] […]