Firefighters have battled to contain a blaze at the Royal Marsden Hospital in London, one of the world’s leading cancer treatment centers. More: continued here
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Bloomfield Township, Walled Lake, Royal Oak. More: continued here
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Staten Islanders will have the chance to help the less fortunate on Jan. 19, 20 and 21, when the New York City Coalition Against Hunger holds its fifth annual “Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Anti-Hunger Serve-a-Thon,” throughout the five boroughs. More: continued here
Read More »Va. Tech LB Hall game-time decision for Orange (ESPN)
Virginia Tech starting senior linebacker Vince Hall is questionable for Thursday’s FedEx Orange Bowl against Kansas with a bruised left knee he injured Sunday at the team beach party. More: continued here
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Read More »Revenge on Boss: Sell Her iPod touch on eBay – Gizmodo.com
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Read More »One in, one out at CC post office – Charles City Press
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Shares of less-than-truckload carriers fell Wednesday, as investors frowned on news of YRC Worldwide Inc.’s expected fourth-quarter impairment charges and an analyst’s downgrade of FedEx Corp. More: continued here
Read More »Revealed: The shocking mountain of junk mail delivered to just one home in 12 months (Daily Mail)
This 6ft tower of paper and cardboard is a year’s worth of junk mail delivered to just one house. Anne Cohen decided to collect the stack of bumph to show how companies are bombarding homeowners. Since January 1, 2007, she has jammed every piece shoved through her door on to …
Read More »The collectors (The New Zealand Herald)
An image of Peter Snell lunging across the finish line on a sheet of $2 stamps commemorating the 2004 Olympics garnered a $50,000 windfall for an Auckland woman. More: continued here
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