Pin Itemailprint Here are your top stories for this Sunday, January 15, 2012: – Cruise ship runs aground off coast of Italy – Social conservatives support Rick Santorum – Deadly attack in Iraq – Pandas ready to go to France Incoming search terms:top news stories january 15
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It’s long been threatened, and now it’s happened. The eurozone debt crisis took a drastic turn yesterday as Standard & Poor‘s downgraded France and Austria as well as seven other nations, including Italy and Spain. S&P gave 14 of 16 countries – including France, Italy, and Spain – a negative outlook, which it said meant [...]
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Aw, isn’t that cute. Four kids frolicking on the beach. Wait, what’s that in the background? Is that..could it be…a naked man?? Yes, La Redoute, a popular French clothing company, released a promotional ad for their children’s clothing line the other day. The ad, posted on the mail-order chain’s official website, showed four kids in [...]
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Yesterday, it was McDonald’s new Big America burger. Today, it’s the Darth Vader burger! The “Star Wars” franchise has never been one to shy away from a new marketing campaign, and a restaurant in France is taking things to a whole new level. A French fast food chain is launching the Darth Vader Burger on [...]
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Salma Hayek has gotten quite an honor in France. Over the New Year’s weekend, the 45-year-old actress was one of the recipients named by the country’s President Nicolas Sarkozy to the Legion of Honor. She’ll enter the honor academy as a Chevalier, or Knight. The “Puss in Boots” star, who is married to French businessman [...]
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Check the New Hot 5, an American-based jazz band plays, as the guys play for a herd of cows in Autrans, France. Yes, I said they played for a bunch of cows. Talk about a captive audience! Look how attentive they are. Not ONE listener left in the middle of the performance, made noise with [...]
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Things are heating up in the Middle East. The U.S. Navy says that threats made by Iran to block the strategically and economically critical Strait of Hormuz are unacceptable. “The free flow of goods and services through the Strait of Hormuz is vital to regional and global prosperity,” Navy 5th Fleet in Bahrain spokeswoman Cmdr. [...]
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Credit rating agency Fitch Ratings has affirmed France’s top Triple-A rating but warned that it may downgrade six other eurozone countries due to the fact that they think a feasible solution to the debt crisis in that region is “technically and politically beyond reach.” Fitch said today that France’s credit grade is able to be [...]
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Here are your top stories for this Friday, December 16, 2011: – Poll shows tax reduction gets support of Americans – Arizona sheriff accused of discrimination – Warm winter heats up East Coast – Ice skating rink opens at Eiffel tower
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Here are your top stories for this Tuesday, December 6, 2011: – Barack Obama seeking payroll tax cut extension – U.S. Postal Service says mail delivery slowing down – France and Germany want euro changes – Elderly passenger says she was strip searched by TSA
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A French technology company is raising eyebrows with its plan to ban email. Calling the volume of its e-mail “unsustainable,” IT services firm Atos Origin plans to prohibit internal email from company communications within two years. As an alternative, employees will communicate via instant-messaging tools or documents that can be edited by multiple users. “We [...]
11/11/11, or 11-11-11 if you prefer. November 11, 2011. It’s a date that comes along once every 100 years. What does it mean? Does it mean anything? What will happen at 11:11:11 on 11/11/11? As with many things in life, it depends on who you ask. Among other things, 11/11/11 will be: Veterans Day (formerly [...]
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