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November 21, 2009
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Cuba-Bound Caravan Stops in Columbia
Columbia, MO
(2009-07-13)
A busload of people determined to bring aid to Cuba is stopping in Columbia Tuesday night. Pastors for Peace has organized 60 caravans to Latin American countries over the last 20 years, to places such as Nicaragua, Guatemala, and El Salvador.
Swine flu may have hit one peak; more to come
(2009-11-20)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The pandemic of swine flu may be hitting a peak in the Northern Hemisphere, global health officials said on Friday, but they cautioned it was far from over.
"Yard sale" brings U.S. empire to bargain-bin ending
(2009-11-20)
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Three years after a billionaire divorce gone terribly wrong, this is what is left: unfinished plans for America's largest home, several bankruptcies and an auction featuring a talking moose head.
Los Angeles gets tough on medical marijuana shops
(2009-11-20)
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Past the security man and his pit bull and through a haze of eye-watering smoke, two youths load up a pipe next to a row of shiny glass jars with two dozen varieties of marijuana bud displayed like candy.
Accused Ponzi schemer: I learned of fraud late
(2009-11-20)
ST. PAUL, Minnesota (Reuters) - Minnesota businessman Tom Petters made a final push on Friday to convince a federal jury he was not responsible for a $3.65 billion Ponzi scheme that bankrupted his company.
Lesbian U.S. deserter to get new Canada hearing
(2009-11-20)
OTTAWA (Reuters) - A Canadian court ordered a new refugee hearing on Friday for a U.S. Army deserter who claimed she would face persecution because of her homosexuality if returned to the United States.
U.S. to audit 1,000 firms in illegal worker probe
(2009-11-20)
PHOENIX (Reuters) - The U.S. government will audit hiring records of 1,000 firms in agriculture, healthcare and other areas to determine if they have illegal immigrants working for them, authorities said on Friday.