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OK, we’ll admit it. Some of us are drawn to dangerous gear like bears to a picnic basket. There’s just something devilishly appealing about mixing a few of our favorite things (tech toys) with one of our least (a ride in the back of a squad car).
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For the holy month of Ramadan, Muslims have long indulged in nights of earthly pleasures after daylong fasts. But as the 2008 holiday draws to a close in Europe,...
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The son of a former French president, an Israeli-Russian billionaire and a tycoon with ties to Arizona’s jet set were among the headliners Monday as 42 defendants...
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French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner has urged Israel not to launch a military strike against Iran’s nuclear program, an Israeli newspaper reported on Sunday
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Italian cyclist Leonardo Piepoli twice tested positive for an advanced blood booster during this year’s Tour de France, officials said Monday, and German cyclist...
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German cyclist Stefan Schumacher tested positive for a banned substance during the Tour de France, his team said Monday.
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French sports daily L’Equipe says German cyclist Stefan Schumacher tested positive for a banned substance during the Tour de France.
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Cyclist Leonardo Piepoli will face a hearing with the Italian Olympic Committee after testing positive for doping twice during the Tour de France, the committee said...
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A French judicial official says the convicted Venezuelan terrorist known as Carlos the Jackal has been ordered back to court over four deadly bombings in 1982 and...
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The exiled leader of Hamas says talks with Israel over the possible release of an Israeli sergeant are “at a standstill.”
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The son of a late French president, an Israeli-Russian billionaire and 40 other people charged with trafficking arms to war-riven Angola or taking kickbacks will face...
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That may seem a strange thing to say for a country who’s well-deserved reputation for financial sluggishness is a secret for no-one, but the plain fact is that France...
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Paris Fashion Week ended on Sunday, capping a season which saw designers play it safe to coax customers into stores despite the global financial crisis.
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Paris designers sought a balance between showmanship and substance in their ready-to-wear displays on Saturday, as the fashion industry seeks new revenue sources to...
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Lance Armstrong says the Tour de France organizer’s new president is being pretentious by claiming that the seven-time champion has “embarrassed”...
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Seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong has “embarrassed” cycling’s premier race, the new head of the Tour’s organizer said in an...
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Leaders of France, Britain, Germany and Italy will seek at a summit in Paris Saturday to reassure investors and markets jittery about a growing financial and economic...
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In the cutthroat world of fashion, a designer can quickly lose rising star status _ a fact that Alessandra Facchinetti knows only too well.
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The global financial crisis is forcing the leaders of France, Germany, Britain and Italy to come together for an emergency summit this weekend, but differences on how...
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy says he wants to clean up the way France sells its weapons abroad. A trial opening in Paris on Monday about alleged arms trafficking to...
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The 468-page French indictment makes seamy reading: secret arms deals feeding bloodshed in an oil-rich African country. Envelopes of cash changing hands in a Paris...
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France’s government has backed away from instituting a tax on common household products _ from plastic forks to disposable diapers _ that aren’t...
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Plastic forks, disposable diapers, drafty houses _ if it hurts the environment, make it cost more. That’s the message France’s government wants to send with...
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An Altoona man has been charged with theft and criminal mischief for allegedly stealing the wood from a state park picnic table to build a shed.Prince Gallitzin State...
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My family is mad for picnics and as soon as the weather gets warm, we prefer to eat outside. So our picnic basket remains out for the whole of the summer. But the...
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Animals rights advocates are squawking at a measure that would make fried chicken Kentucky’s official picnic food.State Rep. Charles Siler is sponsoring...
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Ready for a freak out or for a junket this fall? Must be readying your menu list by now! Would you love to plan a good assortment of breakfast goodies, and that too...
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Hmmm! A delight for the home-maker, isn’t it? Whether you are preparing a chicken sandwich or a cheese, to slightly pepper your taste-buds by throwing some salt...
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A hot air balloon rises above a sand dune Sunday, Sept. 21, 2008, at White Sands National Monument, N.M., as Cristina Landeros, 7, of El Paso, Texas, slides down. Her family drove in for a picnic and where pleasantly surprised when they saw balloons from...
