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Vietnam War veterans map likely burial sites of fallen soldiers in operation to bring home 'wandering souls'

Forty years after the Vietnam War, two Canberra veterans have developed digital maps to help locate some 300,000 Vietnamese war dead still missing in action.




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Canberra brothel operator allegedly had sex workers 'train' by performing sex acts with him

Bradley Lester Grey, 54, pleads not guilty in the ACT Supreme Court to charges of allegedly telling prospective sex workers they would need to perform acts with him to prove they were right for the role.




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Disability royal commission chair's remarks attacked as 'provocative, intemperate and inappropriate'

Disability royal commission chair Ronald Sackville said commentators were discouraging people from telling their stories to the commission, but critics say the real discouragement is the absence of appropriate supports.




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Search for missing family from boat in Torres Strait called off following large-scale operation

Police call off the search for five people missing in the Torres Strait since Wednesday after they set off by boat from Badu Island to Dauan Island, prompting a large-scale operation.



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Opt-out insurance policies eating into superannuation funds without people knowing

This self-employed labourer was doing casual work earning a couple of hundred dollars a week. Then he received a letter from his super fund saying his retirement savings had shrunk.




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Aged care centre operator accused of charging residents the same day they were forced to leave

The operator of a Gold Coast aged care facility is accused of taking money from the bank accounts of residents at the same time they were being evacuated because the centre was closing.




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Soaring temperatures in South East Queensland a 'taste of what's to come' this spring

South East Queensland is expected to experience summer-like weather this week due to predicted hotter-than-average temperatures, with Ipswich set to hit 36C and Brisbane 33C.




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Young Queenslander Samuel Dale Johnson makes his mark on European opera scene

He grew up behind the famously wonky Ettamogah Pub on Queensland's Sunshine Coast. Now at just 31, Samuel Dale Johnson is a principal singer with one of the world's biggest opera houses.





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Celonis puts AI to work with launch of new operational applications

Celonis has launched the next generation of its platform, enabling customers and partners to develop purpose-built Operational Applications.




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Retailers still operating warehouses during Covid-19 can now install fever-detecting CCTV cameras

Retailers still operating online and distributing from warehouses during the coronavirus pandemic can now prevent people who are potentially infected with the virus from entering their premises, with the installation of remote, fever-detecting CCTV equipment.





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Desperate patients turn to black market for medicinal cannabis despite spike in legal prescriptions

A father says the day he watched his infant daughter suffer a violent two-and-a-half-hour seizure was when he decided breaking the law was a small price to pay for her life.




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Severe frosts and plummeting temperatures hit NSW growers during drought

Freezing temperatures across New South Wales bring heavy frosts, sapping moisture from crops as farmers struggle with water shortages, but are good news for some growers




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Pig farmers leave industry in droves, despite desperate plea to buy Australian pork

Pig producers in New South Wales battle a combination of factors that have seen up to 80 per cent of them selling all their pigs and leaving the industry.




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Texas Movie Theaters Reopen With Health, Temperature Checks

A handful of movie theaters in San Antonio and Austin, Texas, are set to reopen in the coming days, providing an early test case for coronavirus protection measures. EVO Entertainment plans to open two theaters on Monday using "airport security-style check-in," says CEO Mitchell Roberts. Guests will enter a cordoned area near the front door, […]





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Elon Musk threatens to pull Tesla operations out of California and into Texas or Nevada

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Saturday the company will file a lawsuit against Alameda County and threatened to move its headquarters and future programs to Texas or Nevada immediately, escalating a fight between the company and health officials over whether its factory in Fremont can reopen. Tesla had planned to bring back about 30% of its factory workers Friday as part of its reopening plan, defying Alameda County's stay-at-home order. TechCrunch has reached out to Elon Musk directly.





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Oriental Financial Group v. Cooperativa de Ahorro y Credit

(United States First Circuit) - In an infringement action to determine whether a Puerto Rico credit union infringed a bank's word mark and trade name ORIENTAL with its competing marks COOP ORIENTAL, COOPERATIVA ORIENTAL, ORIENTAL POP, and CLUB DE ORIENTALITO, the District Court's finding of non-infringement and refusal to enjoin their use is: 1) reversed as to COOP ORIENTAL, COOPERATIVA ORIENTAL, and ORIENTAL POP, where the district court's determination of non-infringement was clearly erroneous; and 2) affirmed where the district court's determination is supportable as to CLUB DE ORIENTALITO.




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Pirelli's Hembery: F1's plan to race in July 'desperate and misguided'




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SOCIETE DES HOTELS MERIDIEN v. LASALLE HOTEL OPERATING P'SHIP

(United States Second Circuit) - Dismissal of plaintiff's suit under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) is reversed where plaintiff's stated claims under the Lanham Act, alleging false advertising and unfair competition, were sufficient for purposes of Rule 12(b)(6).




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Eni US Operating Co., Inc. v. Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling, Inc

(United States Fifth Circuit) - In a contractual dispute between two companies in the oil-drilling business, vacated a bench trial judgment, in part. The contract related to exploratory drilling for offshore oil.




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Glassell Non-Operated Interests Ltd. v. Enerquest Oil and Gas LLC

(United States Fifth Circuit) - Held that an oil company did not breach its contract with several other oil companies. The dispute arose out of a joint agreement to cooperatively develop oil prospects in Texas. Reversed the judgment below.




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Mielo v. Steak 'N Shake Operations, Inc.

(United States Third Circuit) - Reversed the certification of a class in a lawsuit alleging that a restaurant chain violated the Americans with Disabilities Act because its parking lots were difficult to ambulate in a wheelchair. The 500-location restaurant chain contended that the plaintiffs had failed to satisfy some of the requirements for class certification under Fed. R. Civ. P. 23(a). Agreeing, the Third Circuit reversed and remanded to the district court to reconsider if a class should be certified.




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Eni US Operating Co., Inc. v. Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling, Inc

(United States Fifth Circuit) - In a contractual dispute between two companies in the oil-drilling business, vacated a bench trial judgment, in part. The contract related to exploratory drilling for offshore oil.




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Glassell Non-Operated Interests Ltd. v. Enerquest Oil and Gas LLC

(United States Fifth Circuit) - Held that an oil company did not breach its contract with several other oil companies. The dispute arose out of a joint agreement to cooperatively develop oil prospects in Texas. Reversed the judgment below.




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RUBiS Service Stations Phase 1 Operating Hours

RUBiS Energy Bermuda provided information about their operating hours during the Island’s Phase 1 reopening, with select sites offering 24-hour...




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Minister: Public Works Operations During Covid-19

[Ministerial statement by Minister of Public Works Lt/Col David Burch] Mr. Speaker, it was only a few short months ago that the world was hit with a...






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At The Opera, Puccini's Manon Lescaut, March 7, 2020

Tune in at 8pm to hear Puccini's first operatic success Manon Lescaut staring Renata Tebaldi and Mario del Monaco recorded in 1960.




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At The Opera, Cilea's Adriana Lecouvreur, March 14, 2020

Tune in at 8pm to hear Francesco Cilea's Adriana Lecouvreur staring Renata Tebaldi and Mario del Monaco recorded in 1962.




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At The Opera, Opera Potpourri, March 21, 2020

Tune in at 8pm to hear the always popular "All Opera Potpourri". The best of the best of your favorite singers singing the greatest music in the opera world.




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At The Opera, Bizet's Carmen, March 28, 2020

Tune in at 8pm to hear Bizet's Carmen staring Jessye Norman and Mirella Freni.




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At The Opera, Tchaikovsky's Pique Dame - The Queen of Spades, April 4, 2020

Tune in at 8pm to her Tchaikovsky's Pique Dame (The Queen of Spades) staring Mirella Freni and Vladimir Atlantov.




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At The Opera, Donizetti's L' Elisir d'amore, April 11, 2020

Tune in tonight at 8pm to hear a live performance from the MET in 1966 of Donizetti's L' Elisir d' Amore staring Carlo Bergonzi and Roberta Peters.




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At The Opera, Martha, April 18, 2020

Tune in at 8pm to hear the romantic and light hearted opera Martha by Friedrich von Flotow. This 1969 recording stars Anneliese Rothenberger, Brigitte Fassbaender, Nicolai Gedda and Hermann Prey.




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At The Opera, G.F. Handel's Ariodante, April 25, 2020

Tune in 8pm to hear George Frideric Handel's Ariodante staring Anne Sofie von Otter in the title role.




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At The Opera, Verdi's Ernani (Live MET 1962) May 2, 2020

Tune in at 8pm to hear a live broadcast from the MET in 1963 of Verdi's Ernani staring Carlo Bergonzi and Leontyne Price.




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At The Opera, Opera Potpourri Fund Drive, May 9, 2020

Tune in at 8pm to hear our all Opera Potpourri Fund Drive show. You will hear the best of the best of opera and a few surprises as well!




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US Tobacco Cooperative Inc. v. Big South Wholesale of Virginia, LLC

(United States Fourth Circuit) - Held that the United States should be substituted as a party defendant in a lawsuit in which two defendants were tobacco industry businesspeople who had agreed to perform undercover work for the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. The question before the Fourth Circuit was whether the United States should be substituted as a party defendant. The panel held that the answer was yes, and thus reversed the district court's ruling on the matter.




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Tri-State, Delta-Montrose cooperative agree to end contract in $62.5 million deal

The divorce between the Delta-Montrose Electric Association and its wholesale power provide, Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, is nearly final. All that's left is getting the OK from federal regulators. And a $62.5 million exit fee.




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Tri-State’s largest member electric cooperative sues, claiming contract holds it captive

Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association's largest member is suing the wholesale power provider over what it claims is a scheme to hold it hostage to "an expensive and restrictive contract" that could result in millions of dollars of damages. The Colorado-based utility serves 43 members in four states.




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Clarien Bank Resumes Normal Operations Friday

Clarien Bank Limited will resume all business operations post Hurricane Humberto on Friday, September 20. The Hamilton and Paget Plaza locations will open at 8:30am per normal for in-branch services. Clarien Bank Limited CEO Ian Truran commented: “Our priority is always the safety of our clients and employees. We have completed a thorough assessment of […]

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RUBiS Service Stations Operating Hours

RUBiS Service Stations will be temporarily changing their operating hours due to the Covid-19 pandemic. A spokesperson said, “Due to the unprecedented Covid-19 pandemic, RUBiS Service Stations will be temporarily changing their operating hours to better address the Bermuda community’s needs. If you need service after these hours, select sites below offer 24-hour refueling. As the […]

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RUBiS Service Stations Operating Hours

RUBiS Service Stations will be temporarily changing their operating hours due to the Covid-19 pandemic, with select sites offering 24-hour refueling for essential service workers. Please note that only essential workers, with permission, may be out at all hours during the Shelter in Place. As the island and world deals with the Covid-19 pandemic, we […]

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Solar Farm Should Be Operational In 2019

The solar farm at the airport finger is expected to begin construction in the late summer or early fall and it should be operational in the first quarter of 2019, according to Minister of Transport and Regulatory Affairs Walter Roban. Speaking in the House of Assembly today, Minister Roban said, “Monday, June 4 was an […]

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RA Approves Operating Licence For Solar Farm

The Regulatory Authority has approved the operating licence for the new solar farm at the ‘Finger’ at L. F. Wade International Airport. A Government spokesperson said, “The Minister of Home Affairs, the Hon. Walter H. Roban, is pleased to announce the Regulatory Authority’s approval of the operating licence for the new solar farm at the […]

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Ministry Of Finance Operations As Of May 4

The Ministry of Finance is advising the public of the current resumption of services and hours of operation for the Office of the Tax Commissioner, the Accountant General’s Office, the Department of Social Insurance and the Registrar of Companies. A Government spokesperson said, “The Office of the Tax Commissioner will have limited staff, on rotation, […]

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Swizzle South Shore To Cease Operations

The Swizzle South Shore in Warwick will “permanently cease operations,” the owner confirmed today, explaining that “the crippling effects of the Covid-19 virus and the subsequent contraction of the local economy for many months to come, it was clear that to continue on would only bring mounting debt.” Jay Correia said, “It is with great […]

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