
A recently constructed 8 story building has collapsed in the Deira area of Dubai.
The building, located next to the Ramada Continental hotel on Galadari Road, collapsed at around 4pm.
According to an eyewitness , who was in one in of the neighboring buildings, there was a tremor “like an earthquake” around 4pm as the building collapsed.
Early [...]
August 16, 2009 | Posted in
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CHICAGO. August 15, 2009. The only way that there could have been an anticlimax after the run fest of yesterday was if the Cubs lost this afternoon. And I don’t think any of the 40,530 Cub fans that flocked through the gates expected either a loss or a repeat performance of Fridays Pirates defensive collapse [...]
August 16, 2009 | Posted in
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CHICAGO. August 14, 2009. Ok, so the Cubs are having a bad run with a losing streak is 5 games but Cub Fans don’t get discouraged. The current longest win streak by one of the 30 MLB teams is only 5 by Atlanta who are still 5 games behind their NL Eastern Div leaders, the [...]
August 15, 2009 | Posted in
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NEW YORK. August 13, 2009. It is reported that Michael Douglas and his former wife Diandra have got another major family headache. Their son Cameron, aged 30, has been arrested in New York after allegedly violating the terms of his home detention by asking his girlfriend Kelly Sott to smuggle him in seven [...]

CHICAGO. August 13, 2009. It was nice and warm, partly cloudy, just the right sort of day to go to the baseball. Ever the optimist Cub fans were not deterred by the recent form and the Friendly Confines were close to full. Ryan Dempster was taking his turn against the left handed pitcher for the [...]
August 14, 2009 | Posted in
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CHICAGO. August 12, 2009. It was raining again tonight in Wrigley Field… sadly it was raining runs and they were not from the Home team. But never fear the good times are near. Cub fans We Believe. We really do believe. So lets have some PMA here…positive mental attitude. Look on the bright side. You [...]
August 13, 2009 | Posted in
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CHICAGO. August 11, 2009. Who ever said it was going to be easy playing the current World Series Champions, even at home! Certainly, not me. My mental bunions were aching before the game. Was it the weather or was it the Phillies? I was thinking to myself ‘maybe I would prefer to be at the [...]
August 12, 2009 | Posted in
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CHICAGO. August 10, 2009. Mayor Richard Daley called on U.S. President Barack Obama and other federal government officials to take a pay cut and 15 unpaid furlough days for the sake of the country.
At an event to announce the city construction program in Chicago, Daley said “They need to suck it up and feel the [...]
August 10, 2009 | Posted in
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DENVER. August 9, 2009. Randy Wells had the edge on his opposite number this season. He is 8-4 to Jason Hamel’s 6-6 but is the 1st rookie pitcher for the Cubs to win 4 in a row since Kerry Wood. Hamel can be good if he is on song but he also has a tendency [...]
August 10, 2009 | Posted in
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