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AUGUSTA — Don't blame earthquakes for the rattles and rolls that shook buildings and shook up people in the middle of the afternoon Friday. The definitive word from the National Earthquake Information Center in Boulder, Colo., is that the three shakes and booms were not caused by earthquakes. Bob Lent, district chief for the U.S. Geological Survey, said, "They did not detect anything above background that could indicate an earthquake." Lent, whose office is on Whitten Road, said, "It sounded like a blast to me." While the rumbling began about 2:45 p.m., more incidents were reported later in the evening....

Pyongyang, February 24 (KCNA) -- The chorus suit "Long trip for army-based leadership" produced by the merited chorus of the Korean People's Army is a revolutionary army song in the era of the army-based policy as it grips the hearts of all the servicemen of the KPA and people, says Rodong Sinmun today in an editorial. It calls for advancing with redoubled courage, singing the song more loudly. It goes on: The vitality of the revolutionary army song representing the idea and politics of Supreme Commander Kim Jong Il was fully demonstrated in the period of the "arduous march," the...

CORNWALL, Ont. (CP) - Two roommates facing eviction for allegedly praying too loudly in their apartment are trying to convince Ontario's rental- dispute agency to allow them to stay put. Born-again Christians Teresa Tafawa and Derrick Mitchell, and the building's management are now waiting for a verdict after the case went before the Ontario Rental Housing Tribunal following repeated complaints by other tenants. "They don't listen to any other authority, except perhaps the authority of God," the building's property manager Richard Pfinder said at the hearing. But Tafawa and Mitchell, who have lived at the apartment for six years, defended...