Archive for September, 2008

Evacuation following fire in town

Dozens of people are forced to leave their homes after a fire in Herefordshire.
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Armed gang steal cash from bank

Three men armed with axes, hammers and baseball bats stole cash being delivered to a Lancashire bank.
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Obama, McCain urge revival of bailout (Reuters)

Republican presidential nominee Senator John McCain (R-AZ) (C) participates in a small business economic roundtable discussion at EFCO Forms in Des Moines, Iowa September 30,2008. (Brian Snyder/Reuters)Reuters - White House contenders Barack Obama and John McCain sought to persuade skeptical Americans on Tuesday to back a $700 billion Wall Street bailout package and planned to be in Washington on Wednesday to vote on the measure.



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Blackstone, JPMorgan in $1bn cinema deal

Blackstone and JPMorgan will brave shrinking credit markets by attempting to raise more than $1bn to fund the conversion of up to 20,000 US cinema screens to digital projection systems
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Appeal from Disappeared searchers

Investigators given a map in connection with the search for one of the Disappeared appeal for more information.
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Police continue to hunt absconder

A convicted prisoner, who absconded from a west London psychiatric hospital, is still being sought.
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Silence of Scotland’s hill lambs

An overview of the pressures on the sustainability of Scotland's sheep industry.
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Director picked to pilot Lucasfilm’s “Red Tails” (Reuters)

Reuters - George Lucas' "Red Tails" project is on the runway, ready for takeoff.
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Fourteen residents escape blaze

Fourteen people escape after fire breaks out in a bedroom of a three-storey house in Newcastle.
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Large illegal net found off coast

A massive illegal net is discovered off Plymouth Hoe, having caught salmon, mackerel and lobster.
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