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  1. EnglishLady

    US wholesale prices pushed up by higher energy costs

    BBC News US wholesale prices saw their biggest increase in 11 months in December, led by higher energy and food costs, official figures have shown. The Producer Price Index rose 1.1% in December, compared with November's 0.8% gain. It was the largest increase since January of last year...
  2. EnglishLady

    US banks to close foreign diplomatic mission accounts

    BBC News Foreign diplomats have complained to the US government about the decision of several US banks to end services for diplomatic missions. The diplomats of several countries said they were actively searching for new banks but were having little success. Federal officials heard...
  3. EnglishLady

    January 2011 Location

    Welcome to the"family" Xiggi :D:D Waiting at TA at Dexter Mi :)
  4. EnglishLady

    Tagging penguins limits survival chances, study shows

    Even one called Hubert! :eek: :D:D
  5. EnglishLady

    Global Nazi investigations rise for a second year

    BBC News Jan 13 The number of ongoing investigations into Nazi war criminals increased last year, says a report by the Simon Wiesenthal Center (SWC). From April 2009 to March 2010 there were 852 investigations being conducted worldwide, compared with 706 during the same period in 2008/09...
  6. EnglishLady

    Arizona shooting: Sarah Palin breaks silence and accuses critics of 'blood libel'

    I didn't either, but maybe it is more well known amongst the Jewish population :confused: From the Guardian link from OP. Her use of the phrase "blood libel" was immediately questioned because, historically, it refers to the false accusation that Jews killed Christian children to use their...
  7. EnglishLady

    Palin e-mail hacker starts prison term

    BBC News Jan 13 A man who broke into Sarah Palin's e-mail has been imprisoned - despite being told he might be spared jail David Kernell, 23, was found guilty last year of illegally accessing Sarah Palin's e-mail during the 2008 presidential campaign. At the time, a judge suggested he...
  8. EnglishLady

    Astronomers reveal 'most distant' galaxy cluster

    BBC News Jan 13 Astronomers have revealed the most distant cluster of galaxies ever observed, caught at a never-before-seen stage of development. Cosmos-Aztec3 has been described as a "metropolis in the making", because such clusters are believed to grow like cities, absorbing outlying...
  9. EnglishLady

    hello

    Good morning and welcome to E.O :)
  10. EnglishLady

    Tagging penguins limits survival chances, study shows

    Too funny, but again great post :D One thing though ....... HUBERT!! :p:p
  11. EnglishLady

    Arizona shooting: Sarah Palin breaks silence and accuses critics of 'blood libel'

    Actually that was my line of thinking too
  12. EnglishLady

    January 2011 Location

    Who's a little star then :p Thank you so much for that info Sat at the Husky somewhere ..... I think in Mississauga :confused: Got a planned load for this afternoon going to Lake Orion MI unless something else comes in before that :D :D
  13. EnglishLady

    Calif. ranchers kill 3 escaped Hearst Ranch zebras

    LOL indeed. About to go into Canada now so I will have to pick this up again tomorrow :D
  14. EnglishLady

    Tagging penguins limits survival chances, study shows

    Funny :p but good points all the same :D
  15. EnglishLady

    Calif. ranchers kill 3 escaped Hearst Ranch zebras

    That it maybe, but sounds to me like he was trying to prove a point, taking them to the taxidermist, when he could have just called the owner to have the carcasses taken away. Not very friendly neighbours :rolleyes:
  16. EnglishLady

    Calif. ranchers kill 3 escaped Hearst Ranch zebras

    Guardian Jan 12 CAMBRIA, Calif. (AP) — Three zebras that escaped from the Hearst Ranch in California were shot to death by neighboring ranchers who claim the exotic animals were threatening their horses and cattle. The animals are descendants of zebras brought to the San Simeon estate of...
  17. EnglishLady

    WikiLeaks: Secret whaling deal plotted by US and Japan

    Guardian Jan 6 American diplomats proposed Japan reduce whaling in exchange for US help cracking down on the anti-whaling activists Sea Shepherd, leaked cables reveal Japan and the US proposed to investigate and act against international anti-whaling activists from the Sea Shepherd...
  18. EnglishLady

    Tagging penguins limits survival chances, study shows

    Guardian Jan 12 Survival rates for king penguins with flipper bands dropped by 16% and the birds produced 39% fewer chicks Tagging the flippers of penguins for long-term scientific studies significantly limits their chances of survival and ability to raise chicks, according to a...
  19. EnglishLady

    Arizona shooting: Sarah Palin breaks silence and accuses critics of 'blood libel'

    Telegraph Jan 12 Sarah Palin accused critics who said she had incitied Arizona shootings of perpetrating 'a blood libel' in a video message hours before President Barack Obama was due to call for unity in mourning for the victims In an eight-minute internet video, she said the gunman alone...
  20. EnglishLady

    January 2011 Location

    Ooops make that one to Oakville ON :D
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