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State Parks Closure Has Unlikely Consequences

Wed, 20 Jul 2011 08:33:40 +0000

State Parks Closure Has Unlikely Consequences
Outside 85-year-old Frank Quan’s house, a replica Chinese junk rocks in the waters where generations of Quans once caught shrimp by the ton.

Downtown Lodi’s lifelike statue exhibit bids farewell

Tue, 19 Jul 2011 20:34:36 +0000

Downtown Lodi’s lifelike statue exhibit bids farewell
KATIE NELSON/NEWS-SENTINEL Valerie Pennino and her daughter, Aly, admire “Nice to See You,” one of ten sculptures by Seward Johnson that have lined the streets of Downtown Lodi since April. The statues will be removed today.

Mariana Resources Limited: Option to Acquire 100% of the Gold-Silver Jiguata Project, Northern Chile

Tue, 19 Jul 2011 20:33:25 +0000

Mariana Resources Limited: Option to Acquire 100% of the Gold-Silver Jiguata Project, Northern Chile
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(Marketwire – July 19, 2011) – Mariana Resources Limited (TSX:MRY)(AIM:MARL)(PLUS:MARL) (‘Mariana’ or ‘the Company’) the AIM and TSX quoted exploration and development company focused in Argentina and Chile, announces that Mariana’s 100% owned Chilean subsidiary has entered into an Option-to-Purchase Agreement with Catalina Resources PLC (‘Catalina’), a UK-registered …

Nigeria: ‘Intercepted Dynamites Belong to Construction Firm’

Tue, 19 Jul 2011 08:33:44 +0000

Nigeria: ‘Intercepted Dynamites Belong to Construction Firm’
The over 700 dynamites, thought to be explosives intercepted by the military on Thursday in Abuja belongs to an Abuja based construction Company, SCC, THISDAY gathered in Abuja Friday.

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Tue, 19 Jul 2011 02:34:43 +0000

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Bomb rocks Karzai brother’s ceremony

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 20:33:27 +0000

Bomb rocks Karzai brother’s ceremony
A bomb has ripped through a mosque in the southern city of Kandahar, where a memorial ceremony for the assassinated brother of Afghanistan’s president was underway.

Exhibit Unravels Mysteries of Ancient Chinese Temples Through History, Science

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 08:34:26 +0000

Exhibit Unravels Mysteries of Ancient Chinese Temples Through History, Science
Listen to the Audio JUDY WOODRUFF: Finally tonight, bringing together art, history and science. Jeffrey Brown takes us through a unique museum exhibition. JEFFREY BROWN: Sculptures from sixth century China, the head of a Buddha, a seated bodhisattva, a kneeling winged monster, works of art from museums around the world. They tell a tale that goes back some 1,500 years. This is a story of ancient …

In booming Brazil, crack strikes late but hard

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 08:33:20 +0000

In booming Brazil, crack strikes late but hard
In the dark before dawn, social workers advance slowly down a narrow road dividing two vast slums, entering a landscape of littered streets and broken-down shacks, where an open-air crack cocaine market does business among…

‘Soda bomb’ found in Marin City intended to harm

Sun, 17 Jul 2011 20:33:46 +0000

‘Soda bomb’ found in Marin City intended to harm
Sheriff’s deputies on foot patrol at the Marin City bus stop found a ‘soda bomb’ Wednesday afternoon filled with rocks, apparently to act as shrapnel, according to a report from the Marin County Sheriff’s Office.

NRG Energy inks FedEx Field solar deal with Redskins

Sun, 17 Jul 2011 14:33:36 +0000

NRG Energy inks FedEx Field solar deal with Redskins
Princeton-based NRG Energy struck a multi-year deal with the Washington Redskins to provide solar panels and electric car charging stations at the Redskins’ FedEx Field in Maryland.