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6.6 Magnitude Quake Hits Myanmar
CNNMYANMAR -- A 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck north-central Myanmar early Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The quake was reported to be only 6.2 miles deep. The agency originally reported the magnitude to be 7.0 but revised that number...Tags: Burma, Natural Disasters, U.S. Geological Survey, Earthquakes
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Willy Loman on the stump
"It is a great advantage to a president, and a major source of safety to the country, for him to know he is not a great man." -- Calvin Coolidge WASHINGTON -- Energetic in body but indolent in mind, Barack Obama in his frenetic campaigning for a...
Tags: Abortion Issue, Health Treatments, Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi, Democratic Party
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Landslide in China buries school
KIAHWhen it rains it pours, and people in southwest China are feeling that first hand. A month after an earthquake shook the southwest region of China to its core a landslide hit the same area. Police say after several days of rain the side of a mountain...Tags: China
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Frederick Seidel's sordid glory
The clearest sign that American poetry is in disarray is that the best poet we have is Frederick Seidel. I say this approvingly, for one effect of reading Seidel closely is to realize just how sodden the rest of the poetic field is.In one row we find...
Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Ethics, Religion and Belief, Poetry, Chicago Tribune
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Earthquakes kill 50 in southwest China
LA TimesAt least 50 people were killed after a pair of earthquakes jolted a mountainous region of southwestern China Friday, damaging thousands of buildings and forcing scores of residents from their homes, the official New China News Agency said. The first...Tags: Natural Disasters, China
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Quake Hits Southern China, Dozens Killed
CNNThe death toll may climb after a series of earthquakes in southwestern China killed at least 80 people and injured 731, a state-run news agency reported Saturday. More than 6,600 homes were destroyed and about 430,000 damaged in Friday's quakes, Xinhua...Tags: Hu Jintao, Natural Disasters, China, News Agency, Wen Jiabao
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Toronto unveils Madness, Vanguard: World preems include Levinson, Zombie chillers
VarietyNew documentaries from Alex Gibney, Dan Setton and Andrew Capper and midnight chillers from Barry Levinson and Pete Travis, plus Genndy Tartakovsky's animated "Hotel Transylvania," will world preem at the Toronto Film Festival, it was announced Tuesday...Tags: Ken Burns, Colin Farrell, Festive Events, Ghouls and Zombies (supernatural entities), Toronto International Film Festival
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40 killed in earthquake in Iran's northwest, news agency reports
World NowAn estimated 40 people in Iran were killed Saturday when two strong earthquakes, one measuring a magnitude 6.2, struck the rural town of Ahar in the country's northwest, the semi-official ISNA news agency reported.... -
Iran earthquakes death toll rises to 300; relief efforts criticized
World NowIranian quakes: The death toll from Saturday's twin earthquakes rose to 300, officials said, as rescue efforts in northwest Iran continued and more bodies were expected to be found.... -
'Song for Marion' to close Toronto: Special Presentations adds new pics from Lee, De Palma, Daniels
VarietyThe Weinstein Co.'s music-based dramedy "A Song for Marion" will world preem in the Toronto Film Festival's closing night Gala slot, it was announced Tuesday along with 146 titles, including 35 world preems, in the Gala, Special Presentations,...Tags: Japan, World War II (1939-1945), Paul Thomas Anderson, Bahman Ghobadi, Tortoise (music group)
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High school athletes spend summer with animals, sailing and more
With high temperatures soaring above 90 degrees across the Baltimore region in recent weeks, it wouldn't be surprising to see high school students relaxing in their air-conditioned homes for the entire summer, playing video games and other indoor...
Tags: Soccer, Students, Science and Technology, Haiti, Teaching and Learning
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Report: Insurers Face $2 Billion In June Weather Claims
Insurers face claims of almost $2 billion from fires, hail and thunderstorms that hit parts of the United States last month, broker Aon Benfield said, though the impact of natural catastrophes so far in 2012 remains well below last year. Hailstorms in...Tags: Japan, Thailand, Insurance, Weather Reports, Weather
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