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Mexico sells off foreign currency reserves to boost struggling peso
MEXICO CITY (AP) _ Mexico's central bank has sold off $400 million in foreign reserves to stabilize the peso as it continues to weaken against the U.S. dollar. Mexico's currency has fallen more than 30 percent against the dollar since Aug. 1. The bank... -
Grow it if you got it
Of The Associated PressLindsay Pasley is an eager young man in what used to be an older man's game -- tobacco farming. He recently took 20 tons of his early prepared leaf to Clay's Tobacco Warehouse in Mount Sterling, due east of Lexington in the Appalachian foothills, where...Tags: Reynolds American Incorporated, United Nations, Government, Agricultural Research and Technology, UST Incorporated
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'Eleanor Rigby' mystery solved?
Associated PressLONDON—Eleanor Rigby: fact or fiction? That question, which has bedeviled Beatles' fans for decades, may be answered in part by a 1911 hospital payroll sheet that was auctioned Thursday in London. The document, sent by Paul McCartney in 1990 to...Tags: Paul McCartney, Indiana University, Ringo Starr, George Harrison, Charity
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Northern Indiana's Oz Festival calls it quits
The organizers of an annual Wizard of Oz festival that attracted thousands of fans of the classic 1939 film to watch parades of costumed characters say this year's flood-plagued festival was their last. Brenda Maynard, president of the Indiana Wizard of...Tags: Festive Event, Porter
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Pam Shriver's Tennis Classic Auction
Special to the SunThe Tremont Grand ballroom was bursting with people and bustling with energy as several hundred guests wined, dined and perused all sorts of silent auction items at Pam Shriver's 23rd annual Charity Tennis Classic Grand Kickoff Reception. Not bad for an...Tags: Government, National Government
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Strawberry fields forever
Special to The Baltimore SunThe giant strawberry fields outside the towns of Salinas and Watsonville, Calif., south of San Jose, seem to stretch on forever. In Merced County, east of Santa Cruz, the tomato fields roll on and on for miles. For some old-timers in our area, these...Tags: San Jose, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Farms, World War II, Tomatoes
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Wildlands gala and a charity casino
Special to The Morning CallWILDLANDS CONSERVANCY GREEN GALA ''Carbon footprint is not a new style by Nike,'' joked Wesley Barrett, master of ceremonies at Wildlands Conservancy's Green Gala, held Friday, Nov. 21 at Brookside Country Club, Macungie. Though jokes including the one...Tags: Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Imperial and Royal Matters, Don Cunningham, Macungie, Dining and Drinking
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LI horseowners, businesses feeling economic squeeze
laura.rivera@newsday.comThe slowing economy has pushed Amy Cirincione to the unthinkable: giving up one of her horses. Sluggish sales and mounting debt at her chain of pet supply stores forced her to close two locations in February. She and her husband then decided to sell...Tags: Sales, Farms, Property, Long Island, Animals
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Where paint and money both splatter
Special to NewsdaySEVEN DAYS IN THE ART WORLD, by Sarah Thornton. W.W. Norton, 274 pp., $24.95. In Sarah Thornton's new book, "Seven Days in the Art World," we are introduced briefly to conceptual painter John Baldessari, who explains why "an art fair is no place...Tags: New York Times, Venice, Art Basel
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Meg Ryan Looking To Sell Bel-Air Home
Remember that classic diner scene in "When Harry Met Sally" where Meg Ryan fakes an orgasm and a nearby customer tells the waitress, "I'll have what she's having"? Well, what we'd like to have is actress Ryan's Bel-Air house, which she just listed for...Tags: Nancy Reagan, Meg Ryan, Personal Service, Clark Gable, Edward G Robinson
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Critter Connection In Durham Rescues 11 Abandoned Guinea Pigs
DURHAMSaturdays are always busy at The Critter Connection, but a recent Saturday was busier than usual. Cindy Kuester, President and Head Critter Wrangler of the guinea pig rescue based in Durham, had her hands full literally. There were cages to clean and...Tags: Middletown, Hospitals and Clinics
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Eyes of the beholders
In last month's column, I pointed out some recent short stories that shine a light on their own construction. This month, we begin with David Marusek's clever epistolary yarn, "Yurek Rutz, Yurek Rutz, Yurek Rutz," in which the whole motivation behind...Tags: Alzheimer's Disease, Diseases, Fiction
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