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The Rise and Decline of Cicli Turci
The Head Badge Many of us have a soft spot for old head badges; noble and fascinating, anachronistic and decadent. A few years ago, I noticed one that proudly stated Cicli G. Turci Bolzano [pronounced TOOR - chee].

Area businesses adjust strategies amid hard times
Troy Rheaume's custom graphics business has seen hard times. Now in its second recession in less than 10 years, it is feeling the effects.

Whatever happened to &?
Nature looks back on a selection of news stories to find out what happened next.

A not-so wonderful year in the food industry
By Tricia Childress In It's a Wonderful Life, when George Bailey gets his wish to never have been born, he becomes a witness to the dramatic changes in his Bedford Falls community if, indeed, he had never lived. George is humbled to see how many lives he had touched and changed. Ultimately realizing how wonderful his life is, he prays to live again -- warts and all. George Bailey is analogous to ...

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World stocks rally on some rare corporate cheer
World stock markets rose strongly Tuesday ahead of expected gains on Wall Street and amid some relatively positive corporate news, particularly from the struggling British retailing sector.

Pope: Pollution could destroy world's future
Pope Benedict XVI is warning that pollution in the world could destroy our present and our future.

World markets extend gains, Nikkei up 0.4 percent
Asian stock markets were mostly higher Tuesday, shrugging off lackluster trade overnight in the U.S. and Europe amid growing optimism the world economy would start to recover later this year.

US opens world's largest foreign mission in Iraq
Just inside the gateway of the new United States Embassy in Baghdad, a US Army lieutenant colonel acted as the diplomatic equivalent of a Wal-Mart greeter, welcoming guests Monday afternoon to the dedication ceremony for the largest – and most expensive – American mission in the world.

Canada risked and was rewarded in country's fifth straight world junior gold
OTTAWA - Canada's fifth straight gold medal at the world junior hockey championship was won much differently than the previous four.

Golden again: Canada beats Sweden 5-1 to win world junior championship
OTTAWA - Canada's junior hockey team is back on top of the world, and this gold medal might be the sweetest one yet.

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