A couple who decided to undertake a gap year in their later years have been inspired by their travels to put together an art exhibition. Anthony and Kate Fagin have returned to Falmouth for the exhibition after putting their lives there on hold to see more of the world, reports This Is Cornwall. Mr Fagin said: To mark my 70th and Kate#39;s 60th birthdays we bought around-the-world tickets, let our home in Falmouth, sold our car, took leave of family, [...]

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TAMPA, Fla., May 1, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ – Dr. James Norman, Dr. Douglas Politz, and Dr. Jose Lopez of the Norman Parathyroid Center have been recognized by multiple groups as the best doctors for 2012. They had already been recognized in the top 1% of surgeons by US News and World Reports. But when each was chosen this past month as “America’s Top Surgeons” by the Consumers Research Council of America, it completed a sweep of the most important [...]

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LAWRENCE, Kan. A crackdown on underage drinking in Lawrence is moving from bars to parties and neighborhoods gatherings where teens may think theyre likely to escape the notice of police. The Lawrence Journal World reports (http://bit.ly/InFf7n ) a task force of city and University of Kansas police, along with state alcohol control officers, patrolled areas around the Oread (OR-ee-ad) neighborhood last Friday night. Lawrence police Sgt. Trent McKinley says they issued eight citations for minors in possession of alcohol and [...]

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“Mad Men” held an unofficial and unsettling Daughters Night Sunday, with Sally, Megan and Peggy as the featured guests.   All three, it seems, are coping with a changing world much better than the people who are supposed to be helping them cope. The way all three had holes punched in their balloons ultimately deflated a night that for a time seemed to be going rather well. For those keeping score in the daughter game: 1. Sally. Henry’s mother, the [...]

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The Kansas Bureau of Investigation says the number of methamphetamine labs in the state increased dramatically between 2010 and 2011. The KBI says the number of meth lab reports increased from 143 in 2010 to 204 last year. Kansas law enforcement reported 24 meth lab incidents in the first three months of this year. The Lawrence Journal-World reports Cherokee and Montgomery counties lead the state in reports this year with six and five incidents, respectively. Experts say the number of [...]

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The KBI says the number of meth lab reports increased from 143 in 2010 to 204 last year. Kansas law enforcement reported 24 meth lab incidents in the first three months of this year. The Lawrence Journal-World reports (http://bit.ly/IGyI5Q ) Cherokee and Montgomery counties lead the state in reports this year with six and five incidents, respectively. Experts say the number of methamphetamine labs has risen across the nation. They attribute the increase to the popularity of methods that require [...]

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ZUG, Switzerland, May 2, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ — Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, AG (NYSE: AWH) today reported net income of $218.2 million, or $5.70 per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2012 compared to net income of $8.6 million, or $0.21 per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2011. #xA0;The company reported operating income of $91.5 million, or $2.39 per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2012, compared to an operating loss of $41.3 million, or [...]

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For starters, earnings season has just begun. The real test is the next two weeks, when more than 300 companies in the Samp;P 500 report. Apple, the most valuable company in the world, reports Tuesday. Topping estimates is no great feat. Publicly traded companies do it almost every quarter. They tell analysts to expect a number the companies know will be low. Then they can enjoy a “pop” in their stock price when — surprise! — they clear the hurdle. [...]

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Police in a Louisiana town rounded up 17 pit bulls that will be euthanized in five days unless their owners comply with a two-year-old pit bull ordinance, The Daily World reports. The ordinance, which many say has only recently been enforced, requires, among other things, that owners of pit bulls have a 6- by 6-foot enclosed area with a covered top and a $100,000 insurance policy. Washington Police Chief Ronelle Broussard said the dogs owners all were in violation of [...]

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