July, 2010 | My Gripe An Thing

Teen death puts focus on LA’s mega-raves

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LOS ANGELES – More than 180,000 people packed into the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum over two days for a rave party that featured spectacular light shows, pulsating techno music on stages the size of small […] […]

1970 vs 2010: Forty years when we got older, richer and fatter

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You smoked heavily. You missed out on university. You didn’t take foreign holidays. You didn’t have a car. You had a job in a factory. And you were likely to die at 68. It sounds […] […]

Aussie Archbishop says sorry to abuse victims

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MELBOURNE – Catholic Archbishop Denis Hart has issued an unreserved apology to victims of sexual abuse by Catholic priests in a pastoral letter to be read out in every Mass in Melbourne this weekend. Archbishop […] […]

‘Spy kids’ face identity crisis

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NEW YORK – Children often ask the question “Who am I?” as they come of age, but that’s nothing like the identity crisis now confronting the sons and daughters of four couples accused of spying […] […]

Diplomatic niceties disappear with suspect

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LOS ANGELES: The United States Ambassador to Cyprus held tense discussions with the country’s President yesterday, after authorities managed to lose track of Christopher Metsos, the alleged paymaster of a Russian spy ring who was […] […]

Paris Hilton arrested at World Cup; pot charges later dropped

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PORT ELIZABETH, SOUTH AFRICA— Hollywood socialite Paris Hilton was arrested after a World Cup match in South Africa on Friday but subsequently released without charge. She appeared late Friday in a FIFA World Cup courtroom […] […]

Uruguay beats Ghana in penalty shootout to reach World Cup semifinals

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JOHANNESBURG—In a Soweto township that has seen more than its share of history, Uruguay wrote itself a new and most improbable chapter Friday night – and denied the Black Stars of Ghana and their continental […] […]

Chicago approves new handgun restrictions

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Grumbling about a U.S. Supreme Court they say is out of touch with America’s cities, Chicago aldermen voted 45-0 today to approve a rushed-through compromise gun ban. The law, weaker than the gun ban tossed […] […]

‘Virginity test’ helps free 3 in Vietnam rape case

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HANOI, Vietnam — An acupuncturist who claims she can detect a man’s virginity based on a small dot on the ear has become a minor celebrity in Vietnam, where she is credited with helping to […] […]

Morning-after pill still in doubt

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A possible reduction in abortions when the emergency contraceptive pill was widely made free has failed to convince health planners that the scheme should be made permanent. In a $300,000 trial, the Auckland District Health […] […]