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Missing iPhone led to employee’s suicide
July 23, 2009A 25-year-old employee of a leading Taiwanese electronics manufacturer allegedly committed suicide after he was blamed for the disappearance of a sample iPhone mobile phone. Sun Danyong was suspected of stealing a model of the popular...
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Police catch underwear thief
July 23, 2009German police uncovered over 1,000 pairs of underpants and more than 100 pairs of swimming trunks after catching a thief nabbing another three pairs for his collection.
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Zoo animals baffled by solar eclipse
July 23, 2009When thousands of people thronged outdoors for the longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century, animals at the zoo in east China's Hangzhou City also reacted, quickly and confusedly. Two Indian elephants, each weighing five...
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Higher minimum wage equals best economic stimulus package
July 23, 2009Scheduled to bump up to $7.25 per hour this Friday, July 24, a higher federal minimum wage is the best kind of economic stimulus for working families, said workers’ rights advocates and even some business owners...
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COMMENTARY Immigration reform: Castaneda and Jacoby are wrong
July 23, 2009In a guest column in the Washington Post on Tuesday, July 21, former Mexican foreign minister Jorge Castañeda and US commentator Tamar Jacoby criticize projected comprehensive immigration reform on the grounds that it does not provide...
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