Inside, outside look at Madrid

Source: Canoe

Car-free streets in Madrid, such as the Calle del Carmen, helped turn worn-out areas into trendy zones. RICK STEVES/Special to QMI Agency Madrid is the hub of Spain. This modern capital -- Europe's highest, at more tha ...
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GDP growth in FY 12 likely to disappoint

Source: Rediff

Even as memories are fresh of the recent Index of Industrial Production goof-up, the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation is yet to receive all the required data for issue of gross domestic product for 2011-12, though barely four d ...
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Carousel dream is realized

Source: Adirondack Daily Enterprise

SARANAC LAKE - It was a picture-perfect day - a day Karen Loffler had dreamed of for 12 years. Clear blue skies, summer-like weather and a huge crowd greeted the opening of the Adirondack Carousel on Saturday in William Morris Pa ...
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Anthony Lane: Wes Anderson’s “Moonrise Kingdom” review.

Source: The New Yorker

ABSTRACT: THE CURRENT CINEMA review of “Moonrise Kingdom.” The new Wes Anderson film, “Moonrise Kingdom,” is set in 1965, off the coast of New England, on the island of New Penzance. Twelve-year-old Suzy Bishop (Kara Hayward) lives on a tip of the island ...
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Source: The New Yorker

Musicians and night-club proprietors live complicated lives; it’s advisable to check in advance to confirm engagements. 237 W. 42nd St. (212-997-4144)—June 1: Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, who rode the Boss’s coattails out ...
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Bus mishap in Maharashtra, at least 27 killed

Source: Zee News

Zeenews Bureau Mumbai: At least 27 people were killed and 26 others injured when a stationery private mini-bus was rammed from the rear by a tempo on the Mumbai-Pune highway near Khalapur in the wee hours on Monday. According to reports, el ...
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Letter: Sachs has no match in District 106 primary

Source: The Forecaster, Southern Maine

I believe that Melanie Sachs is the best Democratic candidate for House District 106. Melanie was raised and educated in Maine and has worked throughout the state to make life better for many of us. Melanie has a degree i ...
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Africa: Kenya Ranked 8th Most Valuable Brand on Continent

Source: AllAfrica.com

Nairobi, Kenya — Kenya has been ranked the eighth most valuable country brand in Africa, growing 41 percent from last year's ninth position. Brand Kenya CEO Mary Kimonye said much more financing needs to be pumped into branding the country th ...
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No Surprise When Cory Booker Defends Capitalism

Source: Town Hall

Winston Churchill captured what this presidential election is about when he observed “the inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.” It ...
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