Smoking ban hits North Carolina restaurants and bars
North Carolina moves to ban indoor smoking in restaurants and bars effective today, a shift driven by health concerns and patron complaints about secondhand smoke. Despite tobacco roots, the state joins at least 29 other states in limiting smoking in public venues, with tobacco still a major economic facet and historical presence in the region.
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Durham
N.C
Gary Richards
Satisfaction
North Carolina
Golden Leaf
Duke
Wake Forest
Richards
Carolina
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co
Lorillard Inc
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
David Bratcher
Finland shooter chose his victims in Espoo mall attack
Five people were killed in a Espoo shopping mall rampage by Ibrahim Shkupolli, a Kosovo-born immigrant. Police say the victims, all Prisma store employees, were chosen and the gunman later killed himself after a citywide manhunt. Authorities note Shkupolli had a restraining order from his former Finnish girlfriend. The investigation questions his intent and victim relationship.
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Espoo
Finland
Esa Gronlund
National Bureau of Investigation
Ibrahim Shkupolli
Shkupolli
Kosovo
Henrik
Niklander
Shkupelli
Helsinki
Prisma
Associated Press
Sello
Shk
Upolli
Interior Ministry
Caribbean murder rates rise to near records in 2009
Caribbean nations including Jamaica Bahamas and Puerto Rico report near record homicide totals amid drug gang violence. Jamaica logged about 1660 homicides, Puerto Rico over 890, Bahamas over 82, and Trinidad and Tobago at least 489 as U.S. homicide numbers fell in early 2009.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
Caribbean
Jamaica
Bahamas
Europe
United States
Tommy Turnquest
U.S
Trinidad and Tobago
FBI
Pat-downs at airports questioned by experts
Aviation experts warn airport pat-downs often miss hidden non metallic threats and are limited by rules on where screeners can touch. After the Christmas incident, calls for more pat-downs face resistance from fear of lawsuits and accusations of molestation.
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Chicago
U.S
Detroit
Michael Boyd
Boyd
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