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14 Dec, 2025
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If you want that tattoo erased, it’s going to hurt and it’s going to cost you
DETROIT (AP): Colin Farrell’s had it done – many times. So have Angelina Jolie and Megan Fox. Heck, even Bart Simpson did. Whether it’s Marilyn Monroe’s face, Billy Bob Thornton’s name, a sultry rose…
14 Dec, 2025
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Church Nativity scenes add zip ties, gas masks and ICE to protest immigration raids
DEDHAM, Mass. (AP): One baby Jesus lays in a manger in the snow, wrapped in a silver emergency blanket with his wrists zip-tied. Mary stands nearby outside the Lake Street Church in Evanston,…
14 Dec, 2025
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Appeals court backs contempt finding against Apple
A federal appeals court on Thursday backed a ruling that held Apple in civil contempt for brazenly defying an order designed to open its iPhone app store to other payment systems besides its own, but…
14 Dec, 2025
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US relieves airlines of covering passenger expenses amid aircraft recalls
The United States Department of Transportation has issued new guidance telling airlines they do not have to cover passenger expenses, such as meals or hotel stays, when flight cancellations or long…
14 Dec, 2025
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Fed unanimously approves reappointment of regional bank presidents
The United States Federal Reserve’s governing board unanimously approved the reappointment of nearly all of the Fed’s 12 regional bank presidents, a group that has come under scrutiny by the Trump…
14 Dec, 2025
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Marcello Estevão | The global economy’s hidden rebalancing
Next year, global growth is expected to be near 3.1 per cent, almost the same as this year. To many observers, such steadiness suggests a world economy drifting sideways, neither slowing nor…
14 Dec, 2025
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Of St John’s Anglican Church and Allison Morris – Part II Way back when
ALLISON MORRIS is mourning the destruction of Black River, Elizabeth, by Category 5 Hurricane Melissa. It is like a loved one has passed. There was substantial damage to her own family house and yard.…
14 Dec, 2025
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Not so merry Christmas
There will be less decking of halls, stringing of lights, trimming of trees, and setting up sound systems this Yuletide season as several party promoters have scaled back, postponed, or cancelled…
14 Dec, 2025
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Cedric Stephens | Closing the insurance gap
Last Sunday, Christopher Burgess, PhD, civil engineer, land developer, climate change scientist, and newspaper columnist, drafted a blueprint of how government should approach rebuilding of the…