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The woes of Journalism

Today The Gleaner continues its focus on journalists who have had the right to free speech taken from them, journalists who have paid the ultimate price. According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, up to December 1, 136 journalists were sitting in jail cells ...

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Cop faces life for robbery - Convicted with cronies in returning-residents case

PROSECUTORS yesterday secured the conviction of a policeman and two of his accomplices who held up and robbed returning residents at gunpoint. Constable Horace Roberts, Robert Hurd and Richard Ewart were convicted on multiple counts of robbery with aggravation ...

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Blue moon to ring in New Year

AP:Once in a blue moon there is one on New Year's Eve. Revellers ringing in 2010 will be treated to a so-called blue moon. According to popular definition, a blue moon is the second full moon in a month. But don't expect it to be blue...

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Thursdaytalk - The hottest topics on the cocktail circuit

Sweeping changes. 1 Political insiders and private-sector power players are asking for sweeping changes in the political status quo to start the new year as, they say, to continue as if it's business as usual...