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San Francisco Chronicle, 17.12.08 15:33 UTC

Apple pulls out of Macworld

(12-16) 14:18 PST CUPERTINO -- Can an Apple event survive without its core? Macworld Conference & Expo, the largest gathering devoted to all things Apple, soon will find out. Apple CEO Steve Jobs, ...
SAN FRANCISCO  pancreatic cancer  May Day  Jobs  American Technology Research  Apple  +12 more

guardian.co.uk, 11.12.08 10:38 UTC

Passing helicopter rescues Solent fisherman

. A fisherman whose boat sank of the south coast of England was plucked to safety overnight by a passing rescue helicopter. The man, in his 20s, was taken to hospital with shock and hypothermia after ...
hypothermia  May Day  Isle of Wight  United Kingdom  Paul Marlow  Solent Coastguard 

BBC Business, 10.12.08 00:08 UTC

Lovely leave

Money Talk By Brendan Barber TUC General Secretary The weather in the UK does not always keep holidaymakers happy Paid holidays are an important part of working life in the UK. Whether we choose to ...
New Year's Day  May Day  bank holidays  United Kingdom  Brendan Barber 

Los Angeles Daily News, 20.11.08 16:09 UTC

City reaches tentative $13 million payout for May Day melee

The city of Los Angeles has tentatively agreed to pay nearly $13 million to immigration protesters and bystanders injured by police officers during a melee at MacArthur Park last year. If the deal is ...
Los Angeles  May Day  City Council  MacArthur Park  USD 

Los Angeles Daily News, 20.11.08 06:30 UTC

$10 million tentative deal reached in LAPD May Day melee

Worked out by the City Attorney's Office with a team of attorneys representing victims from the disturbance, the settlements would end most of the cases from the immigration rights rally, where men, ...
May Day  rubber bullets  Antonio Villaraigosa  Carol Sobel  Paul M. Weber  Dennis Zine  +6 more

Houston Chronicle - World, 09.11.08 07:01 UTC

'Poor but sexy' Berlin yawns at global finance woes

German capital already was mired in hard times
Frankfurt  Berlin  Paris  May Day  Deutsche Bank AG  DAX 30  +6 more

guardian.co.uk, 02.11.08 16:30 UTC

Traditionalist pranksters prepare for mayhem of Mischief Night

. Just as the police and nervous households relax after another Halloween of trick or treat, a diehard group of young traditionalists is preparing a second evening of minor mayhem on Britain's ...
Oxford  Halloween  May Day  Britain  United States  Karen Allen  +3 more

guardian.co.uk, 11.10.08 23:33 UTC

State of Grace: Miranda Sawyer meets Grace Jones

. Grace Jones shot exclusively for OMM at Big Sky Studios in North London. Photograph: Perou I am the ink in the squid.' An interview with Grace Jones is studded with statements like this. At first, ...
New York  Spanish Town  LONDON  A View to a Kill  Conan the Destroyer  May Day  +37 more

Daily Mail, 06.10.08 08:06 UTC

EasyJet terror at 30,000ft as British aircrew wrestle down German trying to open cabin door

The British crew of an EasyJet plane who helped subdue an angry passenger threatening to open the cabin door at 30,000ft have been praised by police after the jet made a safe landing. The flight ...
Leipzig  Naples  Berlin  May Day  Schoenefeld Airline  Italy  +2 more

Los Angeles Times, 16.09.08 23:00 UTC

15 LAPD officers face discipline in May Day melee

Police Chief William Bratton calls for four of the officers to be fired in connection with the debacle.
May Day  Rights  rubber bullets  William J. Bratton  Mark Perez  John Mack  +6 more
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