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News & Media | ca Local MPP Recognizes Officials from Algoma Public Health, Group Health Centre and other Community Groups for their Organization, Professionalism and Compassion --
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News & Media | latimes.com A judge has formally invalidated a 2006 settlement between the city of Los Angeles and two companies, CBS Outdoor and Clear Channel Outdoor, that granted them special rights to convert as many as 840 billboards to a digital format, among other changes. The settlement was negotiated by former City Atty. Rocky Delgadillo after the two companies sued the city over its billboard regulations. --
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News & Media | sfgate.com British authorities say the fossilized skull of a giant sea monster has been found off England's southern coast.

The fossil came from a pliosaur, a ferocious predator that lived in the oceans 150 million years ago. --
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News & Media | sfgate.com Santa Clara County has agreed to pay $800,000 to the father of one of the two bicyclists struck and killed by a sheriff's deputy who fell asleep at the wheel of his cruiser, officials said Thursday.
Deputy James Council's car crossed the center line of Stevens Canyon Road in Cupertino on March 9, 2008, and struck three bicyclists. Matt Peterson, 29, of San Francisco, and Kristy Gough, 30, of San Leandro were killed, and the third bicyclist was badly injured. --
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Technology | cbc.ca Research In Motion Ltd. will pay $1.2 billion to buy back 21 million of its common shares, the wireless device company said Thursday. Three-month stock chart for Research in Motion Ltd. on the TSX. (CBC) The purchase would represent roughly 3.6 per cent of the company's current float of shares. RIM hasn't bought back any of its own shares during the past year --
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News & Media | cbc.ca Preparations for the 2010 Winter Olympics created more than 20,000 jobs in B.C., according to a new report examining the economic impact of the Games during the six-year period between 2003 and 2008. The report — titled The Games Effect by Price Waterhouse Coopers — estimated 5,000 of those jobs were in construction, and concluded overall B.C.'s unemployment rate would have been 0.4 per cent higher were it not for the Games. --
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News & Media | autos.yahoo.com The green automotive movement is taking firmer hold in the minds of consumers. Over the past decade the automotive industry has undergone a major facelift. From gas guzzling SUVs and Hummers that dominated the market in the late 90s and early 2000s to the “green machines” that have taken hold since, the automotive industry is an ever evolving behemoth. Much of this evolution has been spurred on by higher gas prices and calls from the public and experts alike to improve the quality of the environment. --
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News & Media | lifestyle.yahoo.com A former Ralph Lauren model whose image in a roundly criticized advertisement was digitally slenderized said Wednesday that the apparel maker did not renew her contract because she was "too large." --
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Arts & Humanities | cbc.ca Actress Beatrice (Bea) Arthur, who starred in the popular Maude and Golden Girls TV series, died Saturday at age 86, according to her family. The gravelly voiced performer with the deadpan delivery won Emmys for her roles in both series, which were also critically acclaimed. --
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News & Media | cbc.ca Thousands of Chrysler Canada workers voted Sunday in favour of a deal reached between the ailing automaker and their union. The deal was approved by 87 per cent of those Chrysler Canada workers who voted, the Canadian Press reported. --
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