Tuesday, August 23, 2005 The French cycling newspaper L’Équipe is reporting that a drugs testing laboratory has discovered that Lance Armstrong, seven times winner of […]
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Read MoreElwood Norris receives 2005 Lemelson-MIT Prize for invention
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Read MoreBush calls for US offshore oil exploration
Thursday, June 19, 2008 United States President George W. Bush delivered a speech Wednesday in which he urged the United States Congress to end a […]
Read MoreRecord number of failed banks reported in US for February
Sunday, March 1, 2009 According to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), a record number of banks for a calendar month have failed in the […]
Read MoreRalph Nader calls out Democrats for financial bailout
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Read MoreAmerican Samoa received eight minutes warning before 2009 tsunami
Friday, September 24, 2010 People in American Samoa were given only eight minutes warning that a tsunami, which killed 32 people in the unincorporated territory, […]
Read MoreCity Planning Board postpones decision on Buffalo, N.Y. hotel proposal
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