Like the bouillabaisse pot calling the kettle black: France-based Airbus says that it believes the United States owes the European Union $45 billion in a trade dispute, claiming illegal subsidies were provided to Boeing, which has made similar complaints about Airbus.
And the U.S. better shell out quickly; Airbus is counting on that money.
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It’s all happening at the zoo: A wild bald eagle has taken up residence outside the enclosure of the Orange County Zoo’s bald eagle exhibit in Irvine, Calif., paying particular attention to a female bald eagle named Olivia.
Zookeepers may have to discourage the ill-fated love affair, however. Not because the eagles pose much of a problem, but they don’t want lovesick lions, crocodiles and hippos hanging outside the gates.
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Mystery solved: House Speaker John Boehner, R-No More Tears, told “Fox News Sunday,” that while he admits smoking is a bad habit, it’s something he chooses to do and he won’t apologize for.
This finally explains Boehner’s dark, nearly orange, complexion. He doesn’t tan, as some have suspected; it’s a full-body nicotine stain.
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