China's $20 Bln Loan To Venezuela To Be Paid With Oil: - Venezuela will send resource-hungry China 100,000 barrels a day of crude oil for the next 10 years to pay for a $20 billion loan agreed to over the weekend, Venezuela Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez said Thursday.
The ash cloud that never was: How volcanic plume over UK was only a twentieth of safe-flying limit and blunders led to ban
People Walk By Hero Bleeding To Death: Tale-Yax had reportedly protected a woman from an attack, and was stabbed several time in the chest. Dozens walked by the dying man on the sidewalk. One ever stopped to snap a picture of the man on his cameraphone.
Police beating of Maryland student caught on video: McKenna, 21, sustained head injuries resulting in a concussion. He required eight stitches and was badly bruised all over his body
U.S. Shuts 7 Banks; Year’s Failures Rise to 57: Regulators shut down seven banks in Illinois on Friday, putting the number of bank bankruptcies this year at 57.
Districts Warn of Deeper Teacher Cuts: Districts in California have given pink slips to 22,000 teachers. Illinois authorities are predicting 17,000 job cuts in the public schools. And New York has warned nearly 15,000 teachers that their jobs could disappear in Jun
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