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BBC News - Public sector strike hits services and schools
Schools, courts and jobcentres are among the services affected across the UK as public sector workers strike against proposed pension changes.
06-30-2011 by samspruell Tags hits, public, sector, services, strike

BBC News - Charles Saatchi gallery deal hits setback
Charles Saatchi's plan to donate his gallery to the British public hits a stumbling block after talks with Arts Council England break down.
09-08-2010 by billyfisher Tags charles, deal, hits, saatchi, setback

BBC News - Seven die in southern Israel as train hits minibus
Seven people die and 20 are injured in a collision between a minibus and a train near Kiryat Gat in southern Israel.
08-05-2010 by nellkellty Tags hits, minibus, news, seven, southern

Aged 9
Dogfish Head brewery is known for making exotic beer with ingredients like crystallized ginger or water from Antarctica, so it might not sound surprising that one of its recent creations is a brew flavored simply by grapes and flowers. But it's not the r
07-19-2010 by jeantatlock Tags aged, beer, finally, hits, stores

Deadly Iraq car bomb hits Najaf
A car bomb in Iraq's holy city of Najaf kills at least three people on the eve of tense parliamentary elections, officials say.
03-07-2010 by fionahavisham Tags bomb, deadly, hits, iraq, najaf

Jobless rate hits 5-month low but payrolls fall (Reuters)
Reuters - The U.S. unemployment rate surprisingly fell to a five-month low of 9.7 percent in January and factory payrolls grew for the first time since 2007, hinting at a labor market recovery even though the economy lost 20,000 jobs.
02-08-2010 by toddpeterson Tags fall, hits, jobless, payrolls, rate, reuters

7.0 quake hits in Haiti; 'serious loss of life' expected
A major earthquake struck southern Haiti, toppling buildings and inflicting misery on the hemisphere's poorest nation.
01-13-2010 by paulaolsen Tags hits, loss, quake, serious

AAPL hits record high on tablet rumors
12-27-2009 by mikeibarra Tags aapl, high, hits, record, rumors, tablet

'Sherlock Holmes' world premiere hits London
12-16-2009 by samspruell Tags hits, holmes, london, premiere

Magnitude 6.0 quake hits off Samoa: USGS (Reuters)
Reuters - A strong magnitude 6.0 quake struck in the ocean off Western Samoa, the U.S. Geological Survey reported on Wednesday, less than two weeks after the Pacific islands were hit by a series of tsunamis sparked by a powerful 8.0 earthquake.
10-14-2009 by donfontana Tags hits, magnitude, reuters, samoa

Newsweek: The top 5 hits of the fall TV season
10-02-2009 by bryanmills Tags fall, hits, newsweek, season

Oil price hits ten-month peak at 75 dollars (AFP)
AFP - World oil prices briefly struck 75 dollars per barrel on Tuesday for the first time in ten months, as traders reacted to rebounding consumer confidence in key energy consumer the United States.
08-25-2009 by bryanmills Tags dollars, hits, month, peak

Pelosi Hits Throttle on Health Care Bill Despite Democrats' Concerns
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has set the legislative throttle at full-speed-ahead as she plans to bring health care reform to a floor vote by the August recess, a move that could inflame tensions in the party and imperil the bill's passage since fiscally
07-24-2009 by fionahavisham Tags bill, care, concerns, despite, health, hits, pelosi

Arquette Hits Shot From Top Of L.A. Live
Actor David Arquette, Lakers G Derek Fisher and Ronald McDonald attempt to make a shot from the top of SportsCenter's new L.A. Live studio
07-22-2009 by stevenicolson Tags arquette, from, hits, live, shot

Facebook hits a quarter billion users
Least surprising news of the day: Facebook has officially grown to 250 million active users across the world, according to a post on the company blog. by CEO Mark Zuckerberg. "For us, growing to 250 million users isn't just an impressive number; it is a
07-18-2009 by victoriamasterson Tags facebook, hits, quarter, users

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