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 NAVARRE, Ohio/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The busy shop floor at Miller Weldmaster Corp could make a great location for an Obama campaign ad. As workers assemble the family-owned company's hot-air fabric welders, used to manufacture everything from inflatable rafts to truck tarps, it's hard to know the recession of 2007-2009 ever happened. Ten clocks on the wall of the plant in Navarre, Ohio, show local time from Norway to New Zealand and tell Miller Weldmaster's comeback story in a word: exports. Sixty percent of the company's business now comes from outside the United States. ...
 Sri Lanka's president has promised to free jailed former army chief Sarath Fonseka unconditionally and at the earliest opportunity, the ex-general's wife said on Thursday.
 A Malaysian court on Thursday sentenced to death three Mexican brothers and two other people for drug trafficking, rejecting the defense argument that evidence was tampered with.
Chinese state media say a North Korean boat has hijacked 29 Chinese fishermen on three separate boats and demanded 1.2 million yuan ($190,000) for their release.
 In his first interview since December, Syrian President Bashar Assad has insisted his regime is fighting back against foreign mercenaries who want to overthrow him, not innocent Syrians aspiring for democracy in a yearlong uprising.
 A black smoke covered Cairo's Tahrir Square. Around a dozen protesters who had been holding a weekslong sit-in demanding an end to military rule had come to the conclusion their gathering was useless. So over the weekend, they splashed gas on their tents and banners, burned them to ashes and left.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Traumatic brain injury, the signature wound of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, is doubly cruel: it leaves many victims emotionally shattered and cognitively crippled. But because mild and moderate brain injuries do not show up on CT or other imaging, doctors and even family members are often skeptical that any real damage exists. ...
(Reuters) - Toronto Blue Jays third basemen Brett Lawrie was suspended four games and fined an undisclosed amount for his aggressive actions toward an umpire in Tuesday's game, Major League Baseball said on Wednesday.
May 16 (Reuters) - The U.S. Amateur Trophy, created in 1926and retired in 1992, was one of two valuable items stolen fromthe United States Golf Association (USGA) museum on Tuesdaynight, the USGA said. The coveted trophy, presented to winners of the prestigiousU.S. Amateur championship, was taken along with a replica of BenHogan's 1953 Hickok Belt award, acquired by the USGA from theHogan estate in 1998. "This is a deplorable incident, but we are thankful for thesafety of our staff," the USGA said in a statement on Wednesday. ...
 Arbitrator Shyam Das has finished hearing arguments from NFL and players' union lawyers on whether Commissioner Roger Goodell can discipline players for actions that occurred before the league's current labor agreement was signed last August.
(Reuters) - Off-course distractions by his peers and the media were always going to be a challenge for in-demand Matt Kuchar at this week's Byron Nelson Championship in Irving, Texas, but he says he would not have it any other way. Just three days after winning the biggest title of his career at the Players Championship in Florida, the American world number five is ready to launch his bid for a fifth PGA Tour victory at a venue where he tied for sixth last year. "I like it here," Kuchar told reporters while preparing for Thursday's opening round at the TPC Four Seasons Resort Las Colinas. ...
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Mount Palomar Palomar wines are produced under the care of
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