NCAA Football: USC banned from bowl games for two seasons, wins vacated

Friday, June 11, 2010 The University of Southern California’s football team was heavily penalized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) yesterday due to several major rules violations involving former player and Heisman Trophy winner Reggie Bush. The team was banned from participating in all NCAA bowl games for the 2010 and 2011 seasons, as

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Sizzler salad bars shut after rat poison found in food

Wednesday, March 1, 2006 The Sizzler Restaurant franchise in Australia has closed the salad bars in all of its 29 restaurants across the country, after rat poison was discovered in food at two of the chain’s outlets in Brisbane. Self-serve salad bars at the restaurants have been closed in response to a sabotage scare. Sizzler

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Commonwealth Bank of Australia CEO apologies for financial planning scandal

Thursday, July 3, 2014 Ian Narev, the CEO of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, this morning “unreservedly” apologised to clients who lost money in a scandal involving the bank’s financial planning services arm. Last week, a Senate enquiry found financial advisers from the Commonwealth Bank had made high-risk investments of clients’ money without the clients’

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Commonwealth Bank of Australia CEO apologies for financial planning scandal

Thursday, July 3, 2014 Ian Narev, the CEO of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, this morning “unreservedly” apologised to clients who lost money in a scandal involving the bank’s financial planning services arm. Last week, a Senate enquiry found financial advisers from the Commonwealth Bank had made high-risk investments of clients’ money without the clients’

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Home of Stonehenge builders found

Tuesday, January 30, 2007 Scientists have uncovered the largest Neolithic settlement in the United Kingdom at the Durrington Walls and believe that the village was inhabited by the people who built the Stonehenge monument. Scientists say that the village was built around 2,600 B.C., roughly when Stonehenge was believed to have been constructed, and housed

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Report says disappearing life threatens biodiversity

Tuesday, October 7, 2008 A global review of threatened species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) indicates drastic decline of animal and plant life. This includes a quarter of all mammals, one out of eight birds, one out of three amphibians and 70 percent of plants. The report, Red List of Threatened

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Prince Philip of UK makes last solo public engagement after 65 years

Saturday, August 5, 2017 The United Kingdom’s Prince Philip, 96, performed his last solo official royal public engagement, before retiring from his official duties as the consort of Queen Elizabeth II after 65 years of service, with a Captain General’s parade of the Royal Marines at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday. As the Captain General, he

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2007 Major League Soccer Playoffs: FC Dallas vs. Houston Dynamo

Friday, November 2, 2007 November 2, 200719:40 (UTC-6) FC Dallas 1–4 Houston Dynamo Robertson Stadium, Houston Attendance: 30,088 Referee: Baldomero Toledo Ruiz 14′ (1)Sala 24’Sala 25’Burse 25’Denilson 39’Gbandi 44’Alvarez  47’Denilson 50’Ricchetti 50’Serioux 78’Serioux 80’Oduro 80’Moor 99’Moor  119’Ricchetti 120′ Match Report 28′ Mulrooney 40′ Robinson 48′ Waibel 48′ Holden 61′ Jaqua 61′ Ngwenya 67′ (1) Holden 72′ (1) Ching

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