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The Register, 09.01.09 17:10 UTC

Best Buy fails to impress with crucial December sales

US retail giant Best Buy saw sales drop in December, with some wallet-shy customers steering clear of the firmâs stores. The Richfield, Minnesota-based company tried to woo more punters through the ...

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Telegraph, 09.01.09 15:15 UTC

Pen Hadow: Snow Patrol

Explorer Pen Hadow is heading to the North Pole again, this time to answer one of the biggest environmental questions of our time. How long before the Arctic Ocean melts?

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Daily Mail, 09.01.09 14:00 UTC

British woman killed in 'tubing' accident on Belize river

An 'adventurer' has died following a horrific accident while 'tubing' on the River Mopan in Belize. Victoria Harmer, 35, was hit on the head and knocked unconscious after another participant landed ...

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Telegraph, 09.01.09 08:02 UTC

Badly behaved schoolchildren 'more likely to suffer health problems in adulthood'

Badly behaved schoolchildren are twice as likely to suffer from anxiety, depression, teen pregnancy or to experience divorce, as their classmates, a 40-year study has found.

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 09.01.09 05:33 UTC

The travel trends you'll see in 2009

Yesterday, France. Tomorrow, Uzbekistan. Countries rise and fall in a cycle of popularity, just like fashion. "Countries are brands whether they act on them or not," says Rina Plapler of New ...

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Telegraph, 08.01.09 18:02 UTC

First woman to desert US army for Canada ordered to return

The first woman deserter to flee the US military for Canada to avoid returning to the Iraq War has been ordered to leave with her husband and children.

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Economist, 08.01.09 17:47 UTC

Quebec's demography - The cradle's costly revenge

A baby bump courtesy of the taxpayer

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BBC World News, 08.01.09 17:01 UTC

Canada charges two with polygamy

Canadian police have charged the leaders of two rival religious sects in an isolated community with polygamy.

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 08.01.09 07:02 UTC

Film gives a shocking look at killing

The 2001 murder was shocking -- Dr. Andrew Bagby, a medical resident at Latrobe Area Hospital, was gunned down by Dr. Shirley Turner, an obsessed former lover who drove from her home in Iowa and ...

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CNN World News, 08.01.09 04:01 UTC

Alleged polygamists arrested in Canada

(CNN) -- Two leaders of a Canadian polygamist sect were arrested Wednesday and charged with polygamy in what could be a landmark case, said Wally Oppal, attorney general of British Columbia.