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  • Head-scratching prediction for Tiger Woods

    Getty Images While thoughts on the U.S. Open are still wrapping up, we are just a few weeks away from the third major championship of 2013. The British Open kicks off on July 18, and goldodds.com has released the favorites for the Claret Jug. Tiger ...

  • Safeguarding intellectual property rights key to competing globally

    Intellectual property rights such as patents and trademarks relevant to cutting-edge technologies are undoubtedly the source of the international competitiveness of Japan's industries. The need has been increasing for further strengthening joint private-public arrangements to effectively utilise the nation's intellectual properties. The government has drawn up a "vision of ...

  • Westboro state agree on sale price of hospital property

    WESTBORO -; The town has negotiated an undisclosed purchase price for 95 acres of the Westboro State Hospital property, and the purchase would not require a Proposition 2-1/2 override if approved at town meeting this fall. Westboro State Hospital closed in 2010.The town has been negotiating with the state Division of Capital Asset Management to buy the property. Residents urged the town to ...

  • China May home prices rise at fastest pace this year

    BEIJING (Reuters) - China's house prices rose at the fastest pace this year in May from a year earlier, though the pace of gains eased from the previous month, highlighting the dilemma facing the central bank as it balances the need to support the economy against holding down housing ...

  • Hong Kong stocks off as China banks property down

    HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Hong Kong stocks on Tuesday pulled back after a two-day rally amid uncertainty over the pace of the U.S. Federal Reserve's bond purchases, with Chinese property developers dropping after another strong monthly increase in home prices on the mainland. The Hang Seng ...


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The Beach [DVD]

The Beach [DVD]

"The Beach" marks Leonardo DiCaprio's first leading role in more than two years, since the worldwide juggernaut that was "Titanic" (1997), and that alone invests the film with a certain interest value. It is not interesting so much because DiCaprio stars in it (although he is certainly one of the finest young actors working today), but rather because one's curiosity is peaked when a certified "mo ... ...

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  • Lower property taxes but higher fees for city residents

    Baltimore residents will pay less in property taxes but more in stormwater and taxi fees under a $2.4 billion budget approved by the City Council on Monday.The cut will reduce the property tax payments on a home valued at $200,000 by about $140. But the same resident will pay $40 to $120 for stormwater cleanup and a 25-cent fee on each taxi ride — with another water bill hike on the ...

  • Stocks Get Back on Track

    Stocks advanced as traders jockeyed for position ahead of this week's Federal Reserve policy meeting. Investors are looking to the two-day meeting, which begins Tuesday, for clues as to whether the Fed will continue with its course of easing monetary policy or if it will begin to scale back its efforts to pump money into the financial ...

  • Hall of Famer Football will soon be extinct

    Addressing a room full of youth football players at Detroit's Sound Mind Sound Body Camp on Friday, NFL Hall of Famer Lem Barney described football as a "deadly" game in danger of becoming extinct over the next two decades, according ...

  • Kitten finds a very strange way to travel

    3-week-old kitten survived a 1,000-mile trip across two states inside the engine of a Honda Fit and is expected to make a full recovery. "I was concerned about this kitten because it had been in the car engine for two to three ...

  • Auctions back on the agenda real estate experts say

    AUCTIONS are back in vogue in the inner-north, with local real estate experts saying it signals buyers confidence is on the up. RP Data figures show there has been 69 homes sold by auctions in the City North Messenger area since January 1 this year, compared to 29 for the same six-month period in 2012. A recent Nailsworth auction of a three-bedroom house set on 825sq m attracted 16 registered ...

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