Julian Barnes is one of the most celebrated and most variously rewarding of Britain's younger writers--that is, those who were born in the late 1940s and began publishing in the late 1970s or the 1980...
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The Dole Fresh Fruit Co. recalled several thousand cartons of imported cantaloupes Friday after the fruit tested positive for salmonella.The recall, which covers the eastern United States and the C...
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(EDS: UPDATING TO NOTE ONE HAS BEEN BOOKED FOR SALE, ADDING OTHER
INFO)
A pair of melons from the bankrupt city of Yubari, Hokkaido
Prefecture, fetched a whopping 2 million yen at this seaso...
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A father-son team from this Sabine County town broke the state watermelon record three times in one summer, with melons adding up to a total weight of 677 pounds.
The really big buster, at...
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Mister Donut suspended sales Wednesday of its ''Fruity Milk''
drinks after its owner, major rental cleaning equipment supplier
Duskin Co., revealed that the fast-food chain had made the drink...
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Tim and Karen Dusenbery made nationwide news earlier this month with what they called a "cuculoupe" _ a 3-foot-long somethingorother that sprang up in their garden, about midway between the ca...
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The Dole Fresh Fruit Co. recalled several thousand cartons of imported cantaloupes Friday after the fruit tested positive for salmonella.The recall, which covers the eastern United States and the C...
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G-8 to hold 2-day talks in Germany from Fri., hedge funds top agenda
TOKYO - Group of Eight finance ministers will hold a two-day
meeting beginning Friday in Germany, with ensuri...
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Julian (Patrick) Barnes
Dole recalls salmonella-infected melons
