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  • ‘Barefoot Bandit’ sentenced to 6 1/2 years

    ‘Barefoot Bandit’ sentenced to 6 1/2 years

    A federal judge sentences “Barefoot Bandit” Colton Harris-Moore to 6 1/2 years in prison for his infamous two-year, international crime spree of break-ins, and boat and plane thefts that ended in 2010.

     
  • Fitch cuts Italy, Spain, other euro zone ratings

    Fitch cuts Italy, Spain, other euro zone ratings

    NEW YORK (Reuters) – Fitch downgraded the sovereign credit ratings of Belgium, Cyprus, Italy, Slovenia and Spain on Friday, indicating there was a 1-in-2 chance of further cuts in the next two years. In a statement, the ratings agency said the affected…

     
  • Jobless man builds a house out of $1.82 billion worth of shredded money

    What would you do with $1.82 billion worth of shredded money? In Ireland, people build houses out of it — at least that’s what Dublin-based artist Frank Buckley did. The unemployed artist originally wanted to create a gallery for his series of … …

     
  • Arizona candidate appeals English ability court decision

    PHOENIX (Reuters) – A woman barred from seeking elected office in an Arizona border town by a judge who ruled she did not have a sufficient grasp of English has decided to fight the controversial ruling, and filed an appeal on Friday, her lawyer said. …

     
 
 
 
 
 

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