June, 2010 | My Gripe An Thing

British department store Harrods to offer degree in ‘art of selling’

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FORGET boasting about Oxford or Cambridge. Luxury department store Harrods is offering a degree to be proud of as it becomes the first British retailer to offer sales staff the chance to earn a bachelor’s […] […]

Michael Jackson’s mother supports fan tribute

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NEW YORK—Michael Jackson’s mother has given her blessing to a tribute concert that will mark the anniversary of the pop singer’s death. VoicePlate Productions is staging the “Forever Michael” fan event Saturday at the Beverly […] […]

Brazil floods kill 41 as 1000 missing

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RAGING floods in northeastern Brazil have killed at least 41 people and left as many as 1000 missing, while firefighters described entire towns being wiped off the map. Dramatic television pictures showed survivors scrambling to […] […]

US general’s career under threat

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General Stanley McChrystal was put in charge of a drifting war in Afghanistan in part because he wasn’t afraid to speak up. That quality may prove to be his downfall as President Barack Obama decides […] […]

Well 66, is certainly too old

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By Sandrea: – MY GRIPE Children are sometimes a blessing and a curse, but which ever way we make look at it there should come a time when we decide that having children is not […] […]

How old is too old to have a baby?

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Hisar, India (CNN) — Barely able to sit up due to intense pain, first-time mother Bhateri Devi steadies herself with the help of a family member. She has had a Cesarean section, an experience many […] […]

Update: ‘Dudus’ being held in secure facility, says Jamaican police

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Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke is now being held in a secure facility according to the police. Coke was held earlier this afternoon in a police spot check at Ferry on Mandela Highway, in St. Catherine. The […] […]

Tivoli residents surprised and relieved at ‘Dudus’ capture

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Residents of Tivoli Gardens expressed both surprise and relief upon hearing that their one time benefactor Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke was captured by the police in the vicinity of Ferry on the Mandela Highway, on the […] […]

UK health system ‘most efficient

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The UK’s health system is the most efficient, a study of seven industrialised countries has said. Britain also scored highly on quality of care and access to care, the Commonwealth Fund report found, but came […] […]

Sex, lies and a murder suspect with a story to sell

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His cell is full of rats. His confession was faked. And journalists beating a path to the Peruvian jail where Joran van der Sloot is being held on suspicion of two eerily-similar high-profile murders are […] […]