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3 Kurds killed in Paris; political motive claimed
PARIS (AP) — Three Kurdish activists, including reportedly one of the founding members of a militant separatist group, were shot dead in what authorities called an “execution” in central Paris. The slayings prompted speculation that the long-running conflict between insurgents from the minority group and Turkey was playing out on French shores. Continue reading
John McAfee Wants to Come Home
Tired of blogging from jail, John McAfee would like nothing more than to pack his bags, ditch his young Belize girlfriend and return to the beautiful sandy, not behind bars, shores of Miami beach. Continue reading
Heidi Montag — Still Makin’ an Ass of Herself
With her buxom non-biodegradable body parts spilling out onto the sand, bikini-clad reality star of yore Heidi Montag backed her thang up to a photographer’s camera on the beach in L.A. Continue reading
Unusual Kansas home resembles spaceship
240 Arapaho Cir E, Lake Quivira, KSFor sale: $499,000 This geometric home is unique enough to have Dorothy wondering if she’s still in Kansas. Perched above the shores of Lake Quivira, the home looks like a spaceship that made its landing outside Kansas City. Continue reading
Oracle Announces Pricing Of $5.0 Bln Of Notes
REDWOOD SHORES (dpa-AFX) – Oracle Corp (ORCL) announced that it has priced $5.0 Billion of investment grade notes. The company said that the pricing consists of sale of $2.5 billion of 1.200% Note… Continue reading
Oracle Announces MySQL 5.6 Release Candidate
REDWOOD SHORES (dpa-AFX) – Oracle Corp. (ORCL) at its inaugural MySQL Connect conference on Saturday, announced the availability of the Release Candidate for MySQL 5.6, the world’s most popular op… Continue reading
Rush of asylum-seekers before Australian crackdown
Australia calls it a “closing-down sale” for people smugglers: Asylum-seekers in rickety boats are reaching its shores in record numbers ahead of a tougher deportation policy starting in September. For many migrants, the price of haste may be death Continue reading
Cayman’s imperiled blue iguanas on the rebound
The blue iguana has lived on the rocky shores of Grand Cayman for at least a couple of million years, preening like a miniature turquoise dragon as it soaked in the sun or sheltered inside crevices. Yet having survived everything from tropical hurricanes to ice ages, it was driven to near-extinction by dogs, cats and cars. Continue reading
Oracle Chairman’s $50 Million Gift to UC Santa Barbara Supports Technology Innovation and Advances the Frontiers of Energy Efficiency / Alumni Jeff Henley’s and Judy Henley’s Donation to Fund Collaboration and Scientific Research at UCSB’s Institute…
REDWOOD SHORES, CA and SANTA BARBARA, CA — (Marketwire) — 05/13/12 — Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) News Facts A new philanthropic gift from Jeff Henley, Chairman of the Board of Oracle a… Continue reading
