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    Avalanche buries cars in Colorado

    Saturday, January 6, 2007 An avalanche on U.S. Route 40, which was 100 feet wide and 15 feet deep, has buried many cars, caused other cars to be pushed over the edge of an expressway, and injured eight people, just outside of Denver, Colorado. The avalanche started at 10:30 AM, starting about 12 miles off Interstate 70, and taking three different paths down the mountain before coming to a stop. "Our crews said it was the largest they have ever seen. It took three paths," said a spokeswoman for the Colorado Department of Transportation, Stacey Stegman. All eight (7 adults,

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    US Congress passes $787 billion stimulus package

    Monday, February 16, 2009 The United States Congress passed a US$787 billion stimulus package late Friday night, in an effort to curb the recession and boost the faltering US economy. The bill was passed by a vote of 60&ndashp;38, barely reaching the minimum number of 60 votes needed to make the bill a law. Only three Republican senators voted for the measure. Shortly before the Senate vote, the US House of Representatives approved of the stimulus by a margin of 246–183, with all 176 Republicans and seven Democrats voting against the bill. The Senate vote was delayed u

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    State of the health care system in Sierra Leone critical

    Saturday, December 5, 2009 According to Médecins Sans Frontières the health care system in Sierra Leone causes loss of life because the poor cannot afford medical treatment. The maternal death rate and the child mortality rate in Sierra Leone are the highest in the world. Experiences of Médecins Sans Frontières had shown that free care or low fees lead to a dramatic increase in the number of patients. Nonetheless the national health system of Sierra Leone demands payment for all treatment with simple consultations costing as much as 25 days of income. According to Action A

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    US home sales fall at fastest pace on record

    Monday, January 25, 2010 Sales of previously owned homes in the US fell at the fastest rate ever recorded last December, according to data from the National Association of Realtors (NAR). According to the association, existing home sales fell 16.7% last month, to an annual rate of 5.45 million, the largest crash since 1968. The figure was less than the 5.90 million units, or an eleven percent drop, predicted by most analysts. Sales of homes went up for the entire of 2009 to 5.156 million units, or 4.9% for the year, and prices dropped from 2008 by 12.4%. NAR chief economis

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    Iceland nationalises Kaupthing Bank

    Thursday, October 9, 2008 Iceland's Financial Services Authority has nationalised the Kaupthing Bank as a response to the financial crisis which may result in a total collapse of the nation's economy. Kaupthing, together with Glitnir Bank and Landsbanki, owe a total of US$61 billion, which is twelve times the estimated size of the economy of the Nordic country. The Financial Services Authority says Iceland will guarantee all domestic deposits and aims to provide a "functioning domestic banking system" by management of the banks. Iceland has asked for aid to Russia and the

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    Race to save Chilean miners trapped underground from spiralling into depression continues

    Thursday, September 2, 2010 It has emerged that the 33 Chilean miners trapped underground after the mine they were working in collapsed could be brought to the surface in a shorter time than was initially feared. While officials publicly announced that the men would not be brought to the surface until Christmas, sources inside technical meetings have revealed that they could in fact be on the surface by early November. The news comes as families were allowed to speak by radio-telephone to their trapped loved ones on Sunday. Over the weekend, video images filmed by the mine

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    The Impact Of Credit Debt Counseling Services On Credit Rating

    By Sean A. Kelly Being in debt is no fun at all. Sometimes you might just find yourself in a situation that you cannot seem to get out of. When it comes to debts, the more you ignore it, the higher you may have to end up paying. Rather than addressing the issue, you probably would rather just pretend you are not knee deep in debt. It might even get to a point where you won't really know what to do and even if you do, you do not really have an idea of where to start. This may be where the credit debt counseling services could help you. Designed and developed to assist i

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    Wikinews interviews Australian Paralympic skiers Jessica Gallagher and Eric Bickerton

    Tuesday, December 11, 2012 Sunday, Wikinews sat down with Australian blind Paralympic skier Jessica Gallagher and her guide Eric Bickerton who are participating in a national team training camp in Vail, Colorado. ((Wikinews)) This is Jessica Gallagher. She's competing at the IPC NorAm cup this coming week. Jessica Gallagher: I'm not competing at Copper Mountain. ((WN)) You're not competing? Jessica Gallagher: No. ((WN)) You're just here? Jessica Gallagher: We're in training. I've got a race at Winner Park, but we aren't racing at Copper. ((WN)) So. Your guide is Eric Bi

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    Zimbabwe bans crop growing in urban areas

    Thursday, June 23, 2005 Farming in urban areas has been banned in the latest turn in the Zimbabwean government's 'crackdown' on the country's poor. Zimbabwe is in the grip of a chronic drought and with food supplies running low, thousands fear starvation after they were told they could no longer supplement their food supply with crops grown themselves. A police spokesman told a UN news agency that they were under government instruction to prevent urban farming. Police spokesman Wayne Bvudzijena said "a lot of harm is being done to the environment. Why can't those who want

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    Category:Education

    This is the category for Education. See also the Education Portal. Refresh this list to see the latest articles. 20 October 2017: Arrangement of light receptors in the eye may cause dyslexia, scientists say 21 January 2016: Detroit teachers stage sickout to protest working conditions as Obama visits 28 October 2015: Time magazine names Ahmed Mohamed to 'Most Influential Teens of 2015' 23 October 2015: Masked man kills two in sword attack at Swedish school 4 October 2015: Several dead in Oregon college shootings 22 September 2015: Texas student Ahmed Mohamed inspires s

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