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• Kennedy seen as model for re-entry women
She raised three children, wrote and edited several books, served on the boards of public service organizations and worked as the unpaid chief of fundraising for the New York City schools. Now that Kennedy's three children are adults or nearly so, she ...
• Poor burn books to stay warm in chilly India, 55 dead
PATNA, India - At least 55 people have died over the past four days in northern and eastern India as a spell of cold weather swept the region, officials said on Monday. In the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, 24 people have died from biting cold in ...
• Satyam Computer head quits, admits doctoring books
NEW DELHI - The chairman of India's Satyam Computer Services Ltd. quit Wednesday after admitting the company's profits had been doctored for several years, shaking faith in the country's corporate giants as shares of the software services provider ...
• 2008 Bay Area Homicide Stats in the Books
Most of the Bay Area's largest cities saw either little or no decline in homicides in 2008, according to police statistics. San Francisco's numbers were unchanged, while homicides in Oakland and San Jose saw small decreases. Oakland continued to have ...
• No credit cards, alcohol ... or urinals
The next, a woman in a bookstore served me cookies while I browsed through the books, admiring one in particular. Then, when I was about to leave without buying anything, she gave me the book for free. While English is the second language on many ...