Iconic gay couple split

Saturday, July 22, 2006 Julie and Hillary Goodridge, the lesbian couple who were the lead plaintiffs in the breakthrough case, Goodridge v. Department of Public Health, have decided to separate. Mary Breslauer, a local political consultant and spokeswoman for the Goodridges confirmed the separation on July 20. In a telephone interview in to The Boston […]

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Derailments close Australian rail routes

Sunday, February 1, 2009 Two train derailments in two days have closed railway lines in Australia. A Rio Tinto iron ore train derailled at Pilbara, on a spur of the Tom Price to Dampier line on Thursday 29. The following day, a freight train with 40 wagons derailed east of Kalgoorlie, injuring three people. The […]

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Israeli PM Ariel Sharon receives feeding tube

Thursday, February 2, 2006 On Wednesday, doctors inserted a feeding tube into Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon‘s stomach. “Tonight Prime Minister Ariel Sharon underwent a gastrostomy, a process in which a tube is inserted into the stomach for feeding. The procedure was carried out under anesthetic and was successful,” said Ron Krumer, a spokesperson for […]

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