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LIVE: George W. Bush, misty-eyed, reaffirms faith in U.S. at library dedication
 DALLAS -- Wiping away a tear, former President George W. Bush on Thursday dedicated the library, museum and policy center that bear his name. “Oh, happy day,” Bush told the crowd of about 8,000 in the bright Texas sunshine at the...
Tags: Politics, Barack Obama, Libraries, Museums, Ehud Olmert
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Bird flu outbreak is spreading fear in China
BEIJING — On a subway car in Shanghai, commotion breaks out when someone spots a live chicken poking its head out of a bag tucked under one of the seats. On a highway in Zhejiang province, a motorist is so panicked by bird droppings landing on her...
Tags: United Nations, Bird Flu, Politics, CECO Environmental Corporation, Nanjing (China)
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Global Voices: Filmmakers chronicle Chinese run on French wine
What might have been a grueling, 25-hour flight from Sydney to London two years ago instead brought filmmaker and viticulturist Warwick Ross to a project that blended his passions for storytelling and wine as perfectly as the grapes for a nice Chardonnay-...
Tags: TriBeCa Film Festival, Coca-Cola Co., France, Australia, Wines
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Test food photography post
A Burger King restaurant in Glendale wants its customers to have it their way -- right to their front door. Since April 9, the Burger King on North Central Avenue has been delivering a handful of orders each day -- the first Burger King in the state...Tags: Research, Foods and Beverages, Burger King, Hamburgers, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Tesco to pull out of U.S. and sell Fresh & Easy markets
The British are leaving. Five years after launching the Fresh & Easy grocery chain in the U.S., Tesco of England is abandoning its nearly $2-billion gamble. Once called "foolhardy" by investment guru Warren Buffett, the ambitious experiment joins a...
Tags: Walmart, Supervalu Inc., Research, Consumers, Kroger Company
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European Union to clamp down on pesticides thought to harm bees
The European Commission will tightly restrict for two years the use of pesticides suspected of harming bees, despite opposition from some of the 27 countries that make up the European Union. The European Commission, the EU's governing body, announced...
Tags: Greenpeace, Science and Technology, Politics, Barack Obama, International Organizations
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Horse meat found in nearly 5% of beef products tested in EU
Thousands of tests across the European Union revealed that nearly 5% of foods marketed as beef contained horse meat, according to results released Tuesday. However, European officials said health risks from the mislabeled meat were minor. A much smaller...
Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, France, Politics, Foods and Beverages, International Organizations
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John Galardi dies at 75; founder of Der Wienerschnitzel
When John Galardi saw a man hosing down the parking lot of a modest Mexican restaurant in Pasadena, he asked for work. Galardi was young and broke, a college student freshly arrived from Missouri and looking for anything to help him scrape by. It turned...
Tags: Consumer Goods Industries, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Sears
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John Galardi dies: Wienerschnitzel maverick 'had to be wealthy'
John Galardi has died, placing a period on one of the fast-food industry's greatest rags-to-riches stories. The Wienerschnitzel founder once said, simply: "I had to be wealthy." At age 19, the Midwestern boy of humble origins had never eaten out or...
Tags: Consumer Goods Industries, Russ Parsons, Sears, Tiffany Hsu, Pancreatic Cancer
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California's dairy dilemma
Although the recession drove many businesses into bankruptcy, times have been particularly hard for the state's dairy farmers. Almost 400 California dairies have closed in the last five years — 105 in 2012 alone — plagued by soaring prices for...
Tags: Agriculture, Consumers, Richard Pan, U.S. Congress, Ethanol
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Vernon seeks more tax hikes to avoid cuts
Vernon officials will be asking voters Tuesday to approve three taxes that they said are crucial to closing a large budget gap caused by bad investments. Officials are threatening deep cuts to Vernon’s police and fire departments if the taxes,...
Tags: Owens Illinois Incorporated, Politics, Business, Lobbying, Consumer Goods Industries
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Vernon voters will be asked to approve three tax measures
Vernon officials will be asking voters Tuesday to approve three taxes they said are crucial to closing a large budget gap caused by bad investments. Officials are threatening deep cuts to Vernon's police and fire departments if the taxes, expected to...Tags: Politics, Owens Illinois Incorporated, Lobbying, Electricity Production and Distribution, Consumer Goods Industries
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