Reuters
By Rhee So-eui SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea on Sunday accepted a rare North Korean proposal for talks over a joint factory park north of their heavily armed border as global powers try to prevent Pyongyang from restarting its nuclear arms plant.
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Aljazeera.net
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San Jose Mercury News, USA
At the Central Branch of Santa Cruz Public Libraries, public computers were in high demand as the library subscribes to Comcast, which was not affected by the outage. Phone service at Capitola City Hall was so intermittent that people opted to walk in …
Washington Post
A fast-moving bill designed to give the state new tools to keep the Preakness Stakes in Maryland cleared its first legislative hurdle yesterday, one day after it was introduced.
Baltimore Sun
The Associated Press
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San Jose Mercury News, USA
City Council on Tuesday night, involves investing millions of dollars from grants and existing city funds into such projects as parks, public utility and street improvements. Some of the projects have been on hold for years and the idea is that …
San Jose Mercury News, USA
The products are made with pepper already being recalled by Union International Food Co., of Union City. The pepper has been associated with a salmonella outbreak that has sickened 48 people in four states, including 39 in Central and Northern …
Sacramento Bee
Tri Valley Herald
KTVU.com
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Bizjournals.com, NC
Root, a medical doctor and managing partner with US Venture Partners in Menlo Park, Calif., had been an Altus board member since 2001. A graduate of Dartmouth College and the University of Florida College of Medicine, Root spent 10 years in clinical …
The Associated Press
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - nato's reluctance to match the US troop buildup in Afghanistan may not undercut President Barack Obama's new war strategy so long as the allies carry through on pledges to contribute more nonmilitary assistance.
Christian Science Monitor
Times Online
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San Jose Mercury News, USA
The Consumer Product Safety Commission reports dozens of so-called "entrapment" injuries, and at least nine deaths, in pools and spas between 1999 and 2007. When such a horrific fate met the 7-year-old granddaughter of former Secretary of State James …
Boston Globe
By Frank Phillips State Senator Marian Walsh abandoned her appointment yesterday to a $120000-a-year position at a state authority, a decision that follows two tumultuous weeks for Governor Deval Patrick and was made amid what Walsh described as a …
WBUR
My Fox Boston
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San Jose Mercury News, USA
Pat Dando, president of the San Jose Silicon Valley Chamber of Commerce and a former city vice mayor, called the firefighters' gesture "a bold step in saving the city a great deal of money this year" that the council and manager should approve and …