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Archives for September, 2010

Contador blames bad meat for positive doping test

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=84471563&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Alberto Contador blamed it all on a bad piece of filet mignon, and promised he would prevail in the end.

Health care law may hamper limited insurance plans

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=84471561&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The new health care law could make it difficult for companies like McDonald's to continue offering limited insurance coverage to their low-wage workers.

NC Patrol: 4 people killed in wreck on wet road

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=84471546&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Four people, including two children, were killed Thursday when the sport utility vehicle they were traveling in skidded off a rain-slicked highway and tumbled into a ditch filled with water, troopers said.

NJ student’s suicide illustrates Internet dangers

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=84471545&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The shocking suicide of a college student whose sex life was broadcast over the Web illustrates yet again the Internet's alarming potential as a means of tormenting others and raises questions whether young people in the age of Twitter and Facebook can even distinguish public from private.

Senate votes to turn down volume on TV commercials

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=84471544&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Legislation to turn down the volume on those loud TV commercials that send couch potatoes diving for their remote controls looks like it'll soon become law.

Fisher-Price recalls more than 11M kid products

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=84471543&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Fisher-Price is recalling more than 11 million tricycles, toys and high chairs over safety concerns.

Protesting police throw Ecuador into chaos

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=84471542&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Hundreds of police angry over a law to cut their benefits plunged this small South American nation into chaos Thursday, roughing up and tear-gassing the president, shutting down airports and blocking highways in a nationwide strike.

Postal service denied rate increases for mail

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=84471531&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK WASHINGTON — The Postal Service's bid to raise the cost of mailing a letter by 2 cents was rejected Thursday, denying the agency immediate relief from a worsening financial crisis.

AP sources: Emanuel leaving White House on Friday

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=84471530&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel is set to give up his influential national post Friday to begin a run for Chicago mayor, a job he has long coveted but won't win unless he persuades voters he's still one of them.

Husband possibly saw letter on Whitman maid glitch

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=84471529&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman says her husband might have seen a 2003 letter warning that their housekeeper's government records weren't in order.