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Famed Jesuit priest abducted, beaten and executed in Syria
2014-04-07 21:34:17| IT Services - Topix.net
Father Francis Van Der Lugt, 75, a Dutch Jesuit priest, came to Syria in 1966 and eventually founded a home for children and adults with mental disabilities outside Homs, where he lived before the three-year-old civil war started.
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Not Set in Stone: Titans of Design Swap Co-Op in Famed Soho Building
2013-11-08 19:20:22| Agriculture - Topix.net
For many, a 2,100 square-foot Soho apartment in the famed Little Singer building would be the crown jewel of their property holdings.
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Massive Port Projects Threaten Integrity Australia Famed Great Barrier Reef
2013-09-23 18:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Time: A dead cat in the in-tray. That`s what Greenpeace called the newly elected Australian government`s inheritance of a proposal to build the largest coal port in the world at Abbot Point in the northeastern state of Queensland. A decision is required, and the stakes couldn`t be any higher. On one side lies the opportunity to efficiently exploit nine proposed megamines in the Galilee Basin and the thousands of jobs and billions of export dollars that entails. On the other lies the integrity of the...
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Cal Worthington, Car Dealer Famed for TV Ads, Dies
2013-09-11 07:05:12| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
He said he would eat a bug to get you to buy a car. He promised that he would even stand upon his head until his ears were turning red if you would just, "Go see Cal."
Cal Worthington, car dealer famed for TV ads, dies
2013-09-10 01:52:15| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
Cal Worthington, who built a fortune from a series of West Coast auto dealerships and became a TV fixture thanks to folksy car lot commercials urging customers to "Go see Cal," has died.