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Spanish writedown costs Scandinavia's SAS dear
… up cost-cutting measures in 2012, including a reduction in administration staff, in the hope of saving 5 billion kronor ($750 million) over 2012-13. SAS shares went up 0.2 percent to 8.95 Swedish kronor ($1.33).
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Uganda's anti-gay bill reintroduced in parliament
… recommendation of a parliament committee, though a current reading of the bill hasn't been made public. European countries such as Sweden and Britain have threatened to cut aid to Uganda if the bill is passed. Homosexuality, already illegal under Uganda's penal …
Audio & Video
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Do parents have the right to spank your children?Jen continues the conversation on the ethical ramifications of spanking your children.
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Chump Line Wednesday January 25, 2011 - Newt Troll DollOur favorite message on today's chump line was an idea for a troll doll with Newt's face and Don King's hair.
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Did Tim Thomas do anything wrong skipping out on White House Invite?
Boston Bruins goalie Tim Thomas refused to attend a White House celebration yesterday to honor the Stanley Cup Champions. Now people are up in arms saying he put his politics before his team and should have attended the ceremony. Do you agree with Tim Thomas skipping the celebration or should he have sucked it up and went anyways?
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Police Blotter Fax Friday January 13, 2012 - Faking Death SquaredBoth of our winners from this week's Police Blotter Fax contest involved faking death. In one an old lady faked her death to escape a robber and in the other a teacher faked her daughter's death to get out of work.
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What's Your New Year Resolution?
Avi talks with callers about their New Year resolutions. What's Your New Year Resolution?
Pages & Blogs
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Interpol Looking For Julian Assange
Those militaristic Swedish bastards have issued a warrant for the arrest of WikiLeak's Julian ..... Prosecution Office in Gothenburg. Interpol's involvement comes after the Swedish authorities issued their own international warrants last month. The …
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Small People
… We care about the small people." An unfortunate choice of words, no? Not his fault, but bad PR is bad PR. Svanberg is Swedish , and his comments may have been an unintentional slight. But coastal residents are angry over the oil spill disaster and …
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Climate Compassion
… thirds of the American people. “The reference to the Holocaust is ... absolutely despicable,” said Anders Turesson, Sweden ’s chief negotiator. That means no new spending, cutting budgets and focusing on jobs - something the White House should …
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Obama wins Heisman
… nominations for this year's prize. The laureate - chosen by a five-member committee - wins a gold medal, a diploma and 10m Swedish kronor ($1.4m). The award was already devalued when it was given to Al Gore a couple of years ago, but even though Gore …
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Biden Goes West
… What do you say to the people that are concerned that Barack Obama will want to turn America into a Socialist country like Sweden ?" These questions were so on target that Biden was shocked by them. Biden seems quite taken aback by the anchor's questions …
