Columbus Day

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Seattle Times, 01.12.08 19:00 UTC

Meteorologist Cliff Mass examines Pacific Northwest weather in his new book

No, Seattle isn't the rainiest city. But the Pacific Northwest can lay claim to many other meteorological milestones: • Mount Baker ski area shattered the world snowfall record with 1,140 ...
Seattle  Washington  Olympic  Columbus Day  Massachusetts  Long Island  +8 more

WashingtonPost Top Stories, 27.11.08 21:30 UTC

In Football, Losing a Holiday Is Reason to Celebrate

When Oakton football coach Joe Thompson told his players Saturday after their Virginia AAA Division 6 Northern Region championship win that they would be practicing on Thanksgiving, a hearty whoop ...
Labor Day  Thanksgiving  Columbus Day  Dan Meier  Matt Griffis  Joe Thompson  +2 more

Houston Chronicle - World, 25.10.08 17:31 UTC

Mexican town stands up for illegal immigrants

RAFAEL LARA GRAJALES, Mexico The Sunday afternoon calm was broken by shouts from the small, mission-style house, watched over by a statue of the Virgin Mary. Bloodied hands punched through the ...
Puebla  Columbus Day  food  Mexico  United States  Elizabeth Bautista  +6 more

CNN World News, 21.10.08 04:35 UTC

Colombian Indians push protests

POPAYAN, Colombia (CNN) -- Thousands of Colombian Indians plan to protest government policies on Tuesday in the country's second-largest city, marking more than a week of demonstrations against the nation's free-market economic policies.
Popayan  Cali  Columbus Day  Dia de la Raza  Valle del Cauca  Cauca  +9 more

New York Post, 16.10.08 09:04 UTC

INFLATION SLAMS DOOR ON HOMES

Posted: 4:42 am October 16, 2008 AH, remember the good ol' day! I'm referring, of course, to this past Monday, when Wall Street took advantage of an inattentive market - thanks to the quasi ...
Columbus Day  Dow 30  Federal Reserve System  Wall Street  America 

International Herald Tribune, 15.10.08 17:03 UTC

Where to shop during the financial crisis

Check any big-store Web site and you will find big-time sales. Up to 40 percent at Gap's fall sale; 20 percent to 50 percent and free shipping for Columbus Day at Macy's; two-year, ...
Thanksgiving  Columbus Day  Christmas  Sony  Best Buy  Saks  +11 more

Chigago Tribune, 14.10.08 12:00 UTC

Burst of optimism and a record rally

Plans to stabilize banks delight Wall St.
Columbus Day  Citi Investment Research  Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.  S&P  NASDAQ 100  Dow 30  +12 more

Times Online World News, 14.10.08 10:02 UTC

Silvio Berlusconi breaks White House podium

Silvio Berlusconi, the Italian Prime Minister, used the remnants of a broken podium to toast President Bush at a White House dinner last night. In his haste to honour Mr Bush during a Columbus Day ...
Columbus Day  Bush  Antonin Scalia  Silvio Berlusconi  Samuel A. Alito Jr  Supreme Court  +1 more

New York Daily News, 14.10.08 09:01 UTC

Bloomberg revels in Columbus Day parade, but foes say 3rd-term tide turning

Mayor Bloomberg marched through midtown Monday to cheers of "four more years," but opponents of his third-term plan said momentum was swinging their way. Already, 18 City Council members have come ...
Columbus Day  Bloomberg  Bill de Blasio  Christine Quinn  Joseph Crowley  Jose Rivera  +2 more

San Francisco Chronicle, 14.10.08 08:33 UTC

Stocks soar as world banks act

(10-13) 20:10 PDT -- Wall Street staged the biggest stock rally since the Great Depression on Monday as the Dow rebounded 936 points on news that Europe's central banks were propping up their ...
SAN FRANCISCO  Depression  Columbus Day  Morgan Stanley  JPMorgan Chase & Co.  Bingham, Osborn & Scarborough  +22 more
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