Shah Rukh Pleads Guilty to Smoking in Jaipur Stadium

Source: DaijiWorld.com

Jaipur, May 27 (IANS): Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan Saturday pleaded guilty through his lawyers to the charges of smoking publicly at the Sawai Man Singh Stadium here during an Indian Premier League match last month an ...
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Customs officer assaults agent

Source: DNA India

In a seeming case of gross violation of human rights, a 51-year-old clearing agent was assaulted by a senior Custom officer when the former visited his office in pursuance of his bail pre-condition. Complainant Sanjit Gupte was allegedly assaulte ...
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Fighting fire with fire

Source: Herald Scotland

ALLURE, sophistication, kick-ass empowerment: cigarettes have been used to symbolise all these things. Back in 1928, American psychoanalyst AA Brill dubbed them "torches for freedom", adding that smoking in public signified women's e ...
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My (twisted) life with the kennedys

Source: New York Post

Robert Kennedy Jr., who has spent the last week and a half publicly absolving himself of any responsibility for the suicide of his estranged wife, Mary, has been a coarse, entitled womanizer for decades, according to a former family intimate wh ...
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Corrections officials granting more medical reprieves

Source: Athens Banner-Herald

ATLANTA — Faced with rising prison costs, Georgia corrections officials are releasing a growing number of sick and elderly inmates to save millions of dollars in medical spending. The use of medical reprieves has ...
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Taxes soar over last decade for Montgomery residents

Source: Washington Examiner

Taxpayers in Montgomery County will shell out 40 percent more in taxes than they did a decade ago, almost twice the increase that residents in Fairfax County, across the Potomac, will pay next year. Resident ...
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Duo arrested over illegal 4D bets

Source: The Borneo Post

KOTA KINABALU: Two suspects were arrested for taking illegal four-digit (4D) bets from the public. Deputy city police chief Superintendent M. Chandra, said the first arrest was that of a 44-year-old woman at the Lido area on May 19 ...
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A Look at the 'Son of CIRM' Proposal on the June California Ballot

Source: California Stem Cell Report

In the last couple of weeks, two well-respected Los Angeles Times columnists have visited what might be called the "Son of CIRM" initiative on the June ballot in California. It is aimed at fighting cancer by spending $ ...
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Quotes of the day

Source: Hot Air

A forthcoming biography on President Obama is making headlines, with new details about the president smoking marijuana with his teenage friends in Hawaii… While Obama’s term began with great promise for drug policy reformers, ...
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