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August 11, 2008
Topics children, houston, kids, amber, email, abc, e-mail, fbi, hurricane, face, bank, office, charges, news and woman
FBI agents arrested a Houston woman Thursday who refused to return five children victims of Hurricane Katrina to their mother and recovered the kids she allegedly kidnapped. Rhonda Tavey, 44, was at her mother's home in northwest Houston when authorities arrested her, her attorney, Dick DeGuerin, told Chron. com. She is now detained at the Harris County Jail without bail and will appear in court Friday to face charges of kidnapping.
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August 4, 2008
Topics toronto, jeans, people, fashion, clothing, dress, house, globe, sarah, baseball, signs, image, music, club, black, young, university, office and city
A dress code banning urban wear at the Brunswick House, a popular nightspot for University of Toronto students, is generating controversy. The decades-old establishment has signs which explicitly prohibit baggy pants, do-rags, bandanas, track-suits, jerseys, tank tops and reverse baseball caps. Most of these items are apparel associated with the black community, raising the specter that the ban may spark controversy.
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July 31, 2008
A Gwinnett County teen died after completing two-hours of football conditioning workout Monday night, autopsy showed the player had an enlarged heart. The 13-year-old player identified as Jacheem Xavier was working out with teammates on his Gwinnett Youth Football League team at Shiloh High School Monday night prior to the incident.
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July 23, 2008
A climate change activist stuck his hand smeared with superglue on to the sleeve of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown during their meeting Tuesday to protest the government's expansion of the country's premier airport. Dan Glass, 24, and a member of the campaign group Plane Stupid, committed the stunt inside Brown's office at 10 Downing Street while receiving an award for campaigners from the prime minister.
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July 22, 2008
Topics doctors, hospital, construction, newspapers, indian, india, bar, friends, medical, lost, driver, phone, young, body, office, help, life, people and man
A 23-year-old man from New Delhi who was admitted to an Indian hospital after a five-feet-long iron rod went through his chest has survived the accident. Calling it the "rarest of the rare surgeries," doctors of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) saved the life of a young executive, Supratim Dutta, whose chest, lungs, stomach and liver were pierced by an iron bar.
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