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Reuters – China has lifted its bans on imports of pork products from the United States, Canada and Mexico, its quarantine bureau said on Tuesday, but analysts said the move would not likely lead to a surge of new imports.
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China lifts import ban on U.S., Canada, Mexico pork (Reuters)
Posted by Yahoo! News: Top Stories on November 30th, 2009
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Goodwill Workers Find Marijuana In Donated Jug
Posted by Global Grind Top Stories on November 30th, 2009
Posted by: forbezdvd.com
A Goodwill center in Ohio received a donation valued at $1,500, but the charity had to turn over the donation to police.
Employees in Marietta, Ohio opened a two gallon metal water jug and found about a pound of marijuana.
Because it was an anonymous donation, there’s really no way of telling who or where the pot came from.
Police say the marijuana appears to be more than a year old and was probably donated by accident.
Cops: Woman makes threat to help boss make flight (AP)
Posted by Yahoo! News: Top Stories on November 30th, 2009
AP – A South Florida woman has been charged with calling in a bomb threat to keep her boss from missing a flight. An arrest report said a 31-year-old woman was charged Thursday with making a false report of planting a bomb. Miami International Airport officials received a call and an e-mail Wednesday claiming that a bomb was on an American Airlines plane. Police searched the specified aircraft but didn’t find a bomb.
SMH: Former Miss Argentina Dies From Butt Surgery
Posted by Global Grind Top Stories on November 30th, 2009
Posted by: www.huffingtonpost.com
A 38-year-old former Miss Argentina has died from complications after undergoing cosmetic surgery on her buttocks.
Solange Magnano, a mother of twins who won the crown in 1994, died of a pulmonary embolism Sunday after three days in critical condition following a gluteoplasty in Buenos Aires.
Close friend Roberto Piazza said the procedure involved injections and the liquid “went to her lungs and brain.”
“A woman who had everything lost her life to have a slightly firmer behind,” he said.
Magnano’s burial Monday was shown on Argentine television.
Dr. Gonzalo Cortes y Tristan said she arrived at his hospital with an acute respiratory deficiency. Her condition deteriorated until she suffered the embolism.
Solange Magnano: Former Miss Argentina Dies From Butt Surgery
Posted by Global Grind Top Stories on November 30th, 2009
Posted by: www.huffingtonpost.com
A 38-year-old former Miss Argentina has died from complications after undergoing cosmetic surgery on her buttocks.
Solange Magnano, a mother of twins who won the crown in 1994, died of a pulmonary embolism Sunday after three days in critical condition following a gluteoplasty in Buenos Aires.
Close friend Roberto Piazza said the procedure involved injections and the liquid “went to her lungs and brain.”
“A woman who had everything lost her life to have a slightly firmer behind,” he said.
Magnano’s burial Monday was shown on Argentine television.
Dr. Gonzalo Cortes y Tristan said she arrived at his hospital with an acute respiratory deficiency. Her condition deteriorated until she suffered the embolism.
Cutting jobless will take time: Summers (Reuters)
Posted by Yahoo! News: Top Stories on November 30th, 2009
Reuters – President Barack Obama’s top economic adviser said on Monday that tackling high U.S. unemployment was vital but the problem would take time to fix.
Notre Dame fires Weis after another dismal season (AP)
Posted by Yahoo! News: Top Stories on November 30th, 2009
AP – Charlie Weis arrived at Notre Dame flashing Super Bowls rings and talking about outscheming opponents. He leaves one of college football’s most prestigious programs without even matching the records of the two men who were fired before him.
Australian opposition change jolts climate debate (AFP)
Posted by Yahoo! News: Top Stories on November 30th, 2009
AFP – A leading climate-change sceptic seized control of Australia’s opposition on Tuesday, vowing to kill carbon trading legislation ahead of key UN talks.
Serena Williams Fined $82K For US Open Spazz Out
Posted by Global Grind Top Stories on November 30th, 2009
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Serena Williams was fined a record $82,500 and given two years probation for her U.S. Open tirade where she threatened to kill a lineswoman.
**VIDEO** Investigation Over Brutal Attack At Jay-Z’s Club
Posted by Global Grind Top Stories on November 30th, 2009
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Police plan to file charges against several bouncers who were videotaped beating two men outside a nightclub co-owned by hip-hop star Jay Z.
A video was shot by a disc jockey who had just finished performing early Saturday inside the 40/40 Club and shows about nine security guards kicking and punching two men in a parking lot.
“Stop! Stop! Stop!” one of them yells. “I didn’t do nothing!”
The video shows one of the two men being kicked while he was lying on the ground, and also shows as many as six bouncers swarming and punching the other man, Tyrell Durant, 26, of Neptune.
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