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Turn up volume on hot new tunes
Boston HeraldToo many worthy buzz bands get crushed under the boot-heel of indifference. Not Vampire Weekend. They're better than most, and the New York City band has produced a true album in "Modern Vampires of the City," out Tuesday. More than a batch of melodic...Tags: Jimmy Kimmel Live! (tv program), Morris Day, Music, New York City, Vampires (supernatural entitiess)
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Drug sweep nets seven
Plattsburgh Press-RepublicanSeven arrests resulted from a drug sweep in Clinton County this week. All seven, indicted by grand jury, are facing felony charges and were arraigned in Clinton County court. Here are their names and charges: Jerry L. Dapo, 35, Lapham Mills Road,...Tags: Justice System, Morphine (drug), Punishment, Drug Trafficking, Heroin
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FACTBOX-Key political risks to watch in Peru
ReutersBy Mitra Taj and Terry Wade LIMA, May 10 (Reuters) - President Ollanta Humala wants to lure more foreign investment to Peru while trying to ease tensions over natural resources in rural areas largely left behind by a long economic boom. Since being...Tags: Environmental Issues, PATH, Mining, Natural Resource Industry, Wars and Interventions
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Peru proposes nearly $1 million in cuts
Plattsburgh Press-RepublicanPeru Central School Board has approved a budget for next school year that requires more than $1 million in reductions. The $40,974,046 spending plan was unanimously adopted at a recent meeting and represents an increase of 1.19 percent over the...Tags: Andrew Cuomo, Budgets and Budgeting, Teachers, Teaching and Learning
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Dog likely to be euthanized
Plattsburgh Press-RepublicanJim Duvall said he will likely have to euthanize Frankee, his pitbull-Labrador retriever mix that killed a poodle on April 16. Terri Cioppa of Peru was walking her small dog, named Jean Claude, past the Peru Community Church Fellowship Hall when the... -
Peru tries to close legal loophole for pollution fines
ReutersLIMA, May 8 (Reuters) - Peru is trying to quash the ability of companies to avoid paying environmental fines by lodging judicial appeals that linger for years, part of a push to crack down on polluters in a top exporter of minerals. Many of the appeals...Tags: Metal and Mineral, Environmental Pollution, Environmental Issues, Punishment, Ollanta Humala
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Latin America falls short in saving commodity boom windfall -IMF
ReutersMEXICO CITY, May 6 (Reuters) - Latin American commodity exporters have largely failed to take full advantage of surging raw material prices to boost savings and a recent deterioration in external accounts bears watching, the International Monetary Fund...Tags: Gross Domestic Product, Exports, Colombia, Chile, Economic Indicator
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Peru deputy minister resigns as Humala rolls back indigenous law
ReutersLIMA, May 4 (Reuters) - A key Peruvian official tasked with implementing a law to give indigenous groups more rights has resigned to protest efforts by President Ollanta Humala's cabinet to roll back the law to protect mining investments. Deputy...Tags: Metal and Mineral, Justice System, Judges, Ollanta Humala, Energy Resources
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Peru probes ex-President Garcia's finances in corruption inquiry
ReutersLIMA, May 3 (Reuters) - Peru's attorney general is opening the financial records of two-time former president and likely 2016 presidential candidate Alan Garcia as part of a preliminary corruption inquiry, the government said on Friday. The government...Tags: U.S. Congress, Ollanta Humala, Alan Garcia
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Peru and Ecuador recall ambassadors after supermarket brawl
ReutersLIMA, May 2 (Reuters) - Ecuador has recalled its ambassador to Peru, Rodrigo Riofrio, after diplomatic relations between the two countries soured over a supermarket brawl in Lima involving the envoy and female shoppers. The decision, which could defuse...Tags: Ecuador
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CORRECTED-Peru and Ecuador temporarily recall ambassadors after supermarket brawl
Reuters(Corrects to show ambassadors have been temporarily recalled) LIMA, May 2 (Reuters) - Ecuador and Peru on Thursday temporarily recalled their ambassadors after relations between the neighbors soured following a supermarket brawl in Lima involving...Tags: Ecuador
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Determined seafarers inspire fresh film version of 'Kon-Tiki' ★★★
"Kon-Tiki" is a ripping yarn torn from yesterday's headlines. Though somewhat forgotten now, the 1947 story of six men, an oceangoing raft and a wild and crazy theory was a media sensation that gripped the world's imagination — and launched a...
Tags: Life of Pi (movie), Movies, Kon-Tiki (movie), Science and Technology, 42 (movie)
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