Posts Tagged ‘davis’

Ga. Inmate Loses Clemency Bid

Tuesday, September 20th, 2011

Troy Davis set to die on Wednesday.

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Ga. Inmate Loses Clemency Bid

Shopping around

Monday, August 29th, 2011

Evan Davis asks if Britain’s high streets are doomed

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Shopping around

War widows form online sisterhood

Thursday, May 26th, 2011

Taryn Davis says she felt lost and isolated after burying her husband, a 22-year-old Army corporal killed in Iraq four years ago.

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Maryland grad a contestant on ‘The Ultimate Fighter’

Tuesday, May 24th, 2011

Zach Davis, 27, is one of eight remaining fighters competing for a six-figure contract with Ultimate Fighting Championship. Read full article > >

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Maryland grad a contestant on ‘The Ultimate Fighter’

Hoping Third Party Is Charm, Industrialist Jolts House Race

Tuesday, May 17th, 2011

Jack Davis, who has sought a Congressional seat from western New York as a Republican and as a Democrat, is trying again as a Tea Party candidate.

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Hoping Third Party Is Charm, Industrialist Jolts House Race

CIA Contractor Freed With $2M Payment

Wednesday, March 16th, 2011

Pakistan has freed Raymond Allen Davis, the CIA contractor who killed two Pakistanis, after the victims’ families pardoned him in exchange for $2.34 million in “blood money” paid according to Sharia law. Sharia blood money, or diyya, is commonly used…

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Apple’s App Store Hits 10B Downloads

Sunday, January 23rd, 2011

As further proof that there’s an app for that-and that and that-Apple’s App Store hit its 10 billionth download on Saturday. The company had promised a $10,000 gift card to the 10 billionth customer, and the prize was awarded to England’s Gail Davis,…

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Colorado Senator Got Death Threats

Monday, January 10th, 2011

Is this what the political environment has come to? Days before the Arizona shooting, John Troy Davis from Colorado threatened gun violence and other attacks on U.S. Senator Michael Bennet’s staff members. The FBI says the 44-year-old suspect was known…

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Stories of 2010 by the BBC News audience

Thursday, December 30th, 2010

It’s been a busy year for news events around the world and you have helped to tell many of the big stories. In this round up of 2010, our reporter Nick Davis looks back at the contribution from our BBC News audience.

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Stories of 2010 by the BBC News audience

Chicago Dem to Clinton: Keep Out

Wednesday, December 29th, 2010

Is this Chicago politics-as-usual? Rep. Danny Davis (D-IL) Tuesday warned Bill Clinton that he should stay out of the mayor’s race-or the former president’s “long and fruitful relationship” with the African-American community could be “broken.”…

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Djokovic win brings Serbia level

Friday, December 3rd, 2010

Novak Djokovic beats Gilles Simon to ensure Serbia end day one of the Davis Cup final in Belgrade level with France at 1-1.

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‘Garfield’ creator sorry for ill-timed strip

Friday, November 12th, 2010

Jim Davis, the creator of the widely-syndicated “Garfield” comic has issued an apology for an ill-timed strip that ran on Veterans Day.

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Davis wants prison vote challenge

Friday, November 5th, 2010

Senior Conservative David Davis urges the government to challenge the ruling that prisoners be given the vote.

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Obama to Meet With "Superman" Director

Sunday, October 10th, 2010

If the goal of the education documentary Waiting for “Superman” was to start a conversation, director Davis Guggenheim has just scored the best audience he could have hoped for. Guggenheim, along with five students featured in the film, will meet with…

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What’s it like at the controls of a Spitfire?

Thursday, August 19th, 2010

Seventy years on from the Battle of Britain, Evan Davis took to the skies to find out what flying in a Spitfire is really like.

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