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Di Maria stars as Man United blow off cobwebs

September 15, 2014 in Sports

MANCHESTER, England (AFP) -- Radamel Falcao made his debut as Manchester United belatedly kickstarted their season with a breezy 4-0 win at home to Queens Park Rangers in the Premier League yesterday. The 28-year-old Colombia striker, a loan signing from Monaco, made his entrance as a...

Lester Bird’s Special Treatment Costs Taxpayers

September 15, 2014 in Regional

While the government has been cutting back on costs by making workers redundant, it has approved the hiring of five staff as personal assistants to former Prime Minister Lester Bird, now senior minister and advisor to the Antigua & Barbuda Labour Party administration (ABLP). OBSERVER media...

Miss American crowned

September 15, 2014 in International

ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey (AP) – Miss New York Kira Kazantsev was named the new Miss America last night, marking the third year in a row that a contestant from her state has walked away with the crown in the nationally televised pageant. Kazantsev received the...

Rastas welcome ganja stance

September 15, 2014 in Regional

KINGSTON (AP) - Taking a deep draw on a pipe that glows with burning marijuana, reggae luminary Bunny Wailer gives a satisfied grin through a haze of aromatic smoke in his concrete yard painted in the red, green, gold and black colours identified with his...

More than 1000 with chikungunya in Guyana

September 15, 2014 in Regional

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) – Officials in the South American country of Guyana say they are stepping up efforts to fight the spread of the chikungunya virus amid an increase in cases. Chief Medical Officer Shamdeo Persaud said yesterday that the health ministry is spraying the capital...