Samantha's great ride! - Albert jumps 10 spaces in rankings
BEIJING, China: Her broad smile at the end of the cross-country run told it all.The way she gently patted her horse indicated that the 14-year-old mare, BEFORE I DO IT, had given first-time Olympian Samantha Albert a great ride in Monday's second stage...

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Missing sand found
Parliamentarians prefer Portia
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OLYMPIC BEAT - Heroic Miller excelled amid the drama of Mexico and Munich
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KSAC's demolition plan devastates shop owners
Tears streamed down the face of one bar operator as she begged for more time while the anger was clear on the face of a jewellery shop operator as she vowed to take legal action to deal with a threat they and several other small business operators face...

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State-of-the-art nursing school opens its doors
'I just a keep the faith' - Vendors tell their tales
Family mourns couple's untimely death
Muirhead's case returns to Court of Appeal

US regulators set up currency fraud unit - Worried about forex bandits
Federal regulators have formed a task force to investigate and prosecute fraud in the retail market that trades foreign currencies outside of commodity exchanges. Regulators believe unscrupulous operators are rife in the field. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission...

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NCB provides $3million to assist athletes in Beijing
Laparkan opens local office
Wall Street makes light of Georgian conflict
... Russian markets rise
US banks more rigid with lending

Jamaica's ace sprinters check into Olympic village
BEIJING (AP): The world's two fastest men, Usain Bolt and Asafa Powell, checked into the Olympic athletes' village yesterday after a three-hour bus ride from the Jamaican training camp, arriving four days ahead of the first heats of the 100 metres...

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Asafa's got the edge
Powell brimming with confidence
Spanish cyclist expelled for doping
India hails first individual champion
Emotional US slump to Cuba
T&T 4x100 men could upset apple cart
World records take a plunge in Water Cube
Clennon nets hat-trick as Boyz hammer Waterhouse
Digicel, Nike to sponsor NPL football
Hoopers' one-point win seals title
Bartley tops RJR charity tourney

EDITORIALS - Shutter them, if you must, Mr McKenzie
Last Wednesday, as Jamaica marked its 46th anniversary of Independence, close to 30,000 people packed into the National Stadium in Kingston to watch a variety show and parade, put on by the Government as part of the celebration. Several thousand more who could not get into the stadium...

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LETTER OF THE DAY - Chicken-price rollback welcome, petrol less so
The Editor, Sir: Mr Levy and Jamaica Broilers must be congratulated on their decision to roll back the prices on chicken meat. It appears that the rolling back is proportional to the kind of decrease that the lowering of corn prices have had on the industry.

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Glad to be alive!
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Reactions to abortion story: Some suggestions for the Church
As God says, to leaders and nation
TAP - turn around project for youth
Doing good - Try it!
Mixed feelings on Independence
Complaints about TV transmission

More than just music - Etana launches album and merchandise
BY NOW, fans would have known that Etana's debut album, The Strong One, is in stores, but what they may not have been privy to is that everyone can now have their own 'piece of the artiste'. On Sunday night, when the singer asked fans and guests...

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Making a statement: Strong reggae debuts
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Rocking to Lord Creator's beat