SEMA Show: A Candy Factory for the Auto Enthusiast
Date: 07 November 2013
By JERRY GARRETT
Annual Specialty Equipment Market Association trade show in Las Vegas offers qualified buyers and industry representatives view of latest ideas, products and trends in auto industry.
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Contractor Who Ran Special Education Pre-K Programs Is Charged With Fraud
Date: 07 November 2013
By EMMA G. FITZSIMMONS
Cheon Park, who ran preschool programs for children in New York with developmental disabilities, is arrested on charges that he diverted hundreds of thousands of dollars in government money to himself; Park is charged with mail fraud and conspiracy to commit mail fraud; faces maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.
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Cyprus in Plan to Develop a Natural Gas Industry
Date: 07 November 2013
By STANLEY REED
Cyprus, seeking to rebuild its economy after collapse of its banking industry, will announce agreement with French oil company Total to develop plant to liquefy natural gas; questions remain, given that Cyprus's own offshore natural gas reserves have yet to be developed.
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Reports of Military Sexual Assault Rise Sharply
Date: 07 November 2013
By JENNIFER STEINHAUER
New Pentagon figures show that reports of sexual assault in the military increased sharply during the last fiscal year; report comes just weeks before a defense bill with provisions to tackle the problem is expected to reach the Senate floor.
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Billionaires Received U.S. Farm Subsidies, Report Finds
Date: 07 November 2013
By RON NIXON
Report released by research organization Environmental Working Group finds that from 1995 to 2012, federal government paid $11.3 million in taxpayer-funded farm subsidies to 50 billionaires or businesses in which they have some form of ownership.
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Red Bulls Extend Playoff Frustration
Date: 07 November 2013
By JACK BELL
Soccer Roundup; Houston Dynamo defeats New York Red Bulls, 2-1, in overtime to win Eastern Conference semifinals; other soccer news noted.
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Coalition Seeks Public’s Advice on New York City’s Goals
Date: 07 November 2013
By THOMAS KAPLAN
Coalition of leading foundations, including Ford Foundation and Rockefeller Brothers Fund, is erecting tentlike complex in Manhattan's Hudson Square neighborhood, called Talking Transition, that will gather New Yorker’s views about city’s future; effort is intended to keep energy and engagement typically seen in election campaigns alive and active long after voting is done.
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Strong Mix of Art Propels a Fine Night at Sotheby’s
Date: 07 November 2013
By CAROL VOGEL
Sotheby's has strong night at auction, with sales totaling $290.2 million, almost reaching high estimate of $308 million; bidders from 36 countries helped set record prices for several artists, but highlight wasGiacometti bronze, which sold for $50 million.
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