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May 27, 2007 at 08:53 AM |
Lindsay Lohan has been arrested in America on suspicion of drunk driving, Beverley hills police have said.
The twenty-year-old was treated in hospital for minor injuries after she lost control of her Mercedes and hitting the kerb.
A small amount of an illegal substance, thought to be cocaine, was also found in the car during a search.
The actress, who left a rehabilitation center in January, was arrested but wasnt held in custody, instead being transferred to hospital.
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Last Updated ( Nov 20, 2007 at 06:24 PM )
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May 24, 2007 at 11:13 PM |
It has been announced that the US congress has voted to implement a $2.10 increase in the country's minimum wage. The minimum wage figure will increase to $7.25 from its existing level of $5.15. This is in accordance the the democrats' promise, upon being elected into control of congress in 2006, to raise the minimum wage. The increase is the first seen in over ten years.
THe bill to increase the minimum wage was voted in as an attachment to another bill, concerned with funding the war in Iraq. It will take 2 years for the raise to be implemented, and in order to lessen the strain on small businesses, a series of tax breaks will be introduced. These breaks will constitute a total of $4.84 billion.
According to Charles Rangel, chairman of the ways and means committee in the house of representatives, the wage increase "will help millions of American workers better cope with the rising cost of living while helping our businesses expand and hire new workers to keep our local economies vibrant". The wage increase is a welcome change in a country whose level of relative poverty in lower socio-economic classes is in dire need of remedy.
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Last Updated ( May 27, 2007 at 09:08 AM )
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Written by Staff Writer
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May 21, 2007 at 11:35 AM |
Early today (monday), a fire sewpt through the hull of the last surviving 19th century tea clipper, the Cutty Sark. It was one of the UK's most inspiring monuments to its mercantile navy heritage. The ship was one of the fastest of its time, and has been a celebrated historical icon for decades.
The ship was undergoing a four year restoration project. The fire has not completely destroyed the ship, as firefighters were able to extinguish the blaze in time - the alarm was raised at about 4.45 AM, and the fire was out in two hours. However, the extensive fire damage has meant that the cost of the restoration will increase by millions. Those in charge of the restoration project, however, have expressed a desire to go forward with it despite the blaze.
Chris Livett, the chairman of Cutty Sark Enterprises, said "We're going to redouble our efforts to ensure that the ship is open, available, back and running in the future. I think when we finish with this project, she will be better than she was ... in a complete state a year ago"
'We are treating this as a suspicious incident. We have no intelligence about suspects. We are aware that there were a number of people in the area at the time. We would urge anyone with information to contact police immediately,' Inspector Bruce Middlemiss said.
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Last Updated ( May 24, 2007 at 11:18 PM )
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