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| Saturday, August 20, 2005 5:20 PM PDT | The Observer | UK News | If you buy 'organic produce', can you trust what you get?
The Observer Sat, 20 Aug 2005 4:25 PM PDT
If you buy 'organic produce', can you trust what you get? The countryside had come to the city. There were juicy marrows, sun-kissed tomatoes and succulent plums; there were sumptuous home-made quiches and bulging pasties; there were gallons of olive oil and balsamic vinegar waiting to be decanted. |
76 Miss. counties to buy electronic voting machines
Picayune Item Sat, 20 Aug 2005 4:15 PM PDT
JACKSON (AP) - All but six of Mississippi's 82 counties have agreed to take part in the state's bulk purchase of electronic, touch-screen voting machines, Secretary of State Eric Clark said Friday. |
The chase for China.com
US News & World Report Sat, 20 Aug 2005 3:12 PM PDT
Weeks after two major Chinese enterprises, CNOOC and Haier, withdrew their controversial bids to buy U.S. companies, American firms could be turning the tables. |
Good buy
The Observer Sat, 20 Aug 2005 4:40 PM PDT
I don't remember Willy Wonka musing about social justice and global poverty, but for today's chocolate entrepreneurs - or at least those not in the hands of Nestle, Mars and Cadbury - chocolate is a revolutionary development tool. |
Sales tax OK would reap extra $288 million from state
Atlanta Journal-Constitution Sat, 20 Aug 2005 4:00 PM PDT
How many votes will $288 million buy? That's how much additional money the Georgia Department of Transportation is offering for Cobb road projects if voters approve an additional 1 percent sales tax Sept. 20. |
Haunted homes TV show 'spooks' potential buyers
Telegraph.co.uk Sat, 20 Aug 2005 4:50 PM PDT
Television programmes such as Most Haunted have spooked potential homebuyers so much that half of them now believe in ghosts and say they would not buy a house if they thought that they were sharing it with a spirit. |
Bill encourages victims to buy guns
News 14 Charlotte Sat, 20 Aug 2005 2:45 PM PDT
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Courts in North Carolina might soon be required to give something extra to battered spouses seeking a restraining order -- information on how to apply for a concealed weapon. |
Uncle Sam invades the land of the free
The Observer Sat, 20 Aug 2005 4:37 PM PDT
If you own or are looking to buy property in the United States, take care: you could find yourself caught in a land grab controversy. |
HPD clerk charged with ID theft
Houston Chronicle Sat, 20 Aug 2005 4:06 PM PDT
A 22-year-old Houston police records clerk has been charged with trying to steal someone's identity to buy at least $2,800 in merchandise and gift cards. |
John Eannel, Fighting Lou Gehrig's Disease:
Tampa Bay's 10 Sat, 20 Aug 2005 3:43 PM PDT
NEW PORT RICHEY, Florida -- A New Port Richey man believes his hopes and dreams are in China. On Saturday he raised money for the trip of a lifetime, one that could buy him some precious time. |
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