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Hornby's second profit warning of 2012

Monday, April 23rd, 2012

Hornby, the model trains and Scalextric group, issued its second profits warning of the year yesterday, as it said a return to profitability in its international business had not been enough to counter continued tough trading in the UK.

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Family working on the railroad store because son has passion for trains

Monday, April 23rd, 2012

One reason to become the owner of a small business is because you can’t bear to see a place y

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Loco for Locomotives: Model trains on display

Monday, April 23rd, 2012

Collectors from all over the west coast showcased their latest model train creations at the 24th annual model train show in Eugene on Sunday.

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Bridgeton artist's plastic model kit illustrations set for display

Sunday, April 22nd, 2012

BRIDGETON — An iconic plastic model kit company is ready to re-assemble its product line.

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LOXX miniature train landscape: a huge model railway in Berlin

Friday, April 20th, 2012

5,800 metres of track, 200,000 lights, 90,000 figures, and 150 trains.

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Small-time model may have been behind Viveka Babajee's suicide

Friday, April 20th, 2012

Cops now have reason to believe that late international model Viveka Babajee, who took her own life in 2010, may have been driven to suicide over Simrin Sud's growing closeness to her then boyfriend, ... Related Stories Relief for Mumbai: Chaos controlled, trains on track Minors missing in Imphal, suspected to have been recruited by militants Three-year-old girl raped and killed in Cuffe Parade ...

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Relief for Mumbai: Chaos controlled, trains on track

Friday, April 20th, 2012

After two days of chaos, normalcy seems to have returned to Mumbai's Central Railway line. The authorities have reportedly worked round the clock to restore the services. A three-member committee will... Related Stories Minors missing in Imphal, suspected to have been recruited by militants Three-year-old girl raped and killed in Cuffe Parade Small-time model may have been behind Viveka Babajee ...

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In retirees' Man Cave, a return to the hobbies of youth

Friday, April 20th, 2012

Outnumbered by the women at an Irvine senior living center, men rediscover the joy of model making that has been dormant since they were young. Along with trains and planes, they build fellowship. The ladies are everywhere at the Atria Woodbridge senior living community in Irvine: It is the ladies who fill the dining hall, the ladies who while away the afternoon chatting and doing crossword ...

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Bo Ouster Undermines Model Crafted to Bridge China’s Wealth Gap

Thursday, April 19th, 2012

Sitting on a stool polishing shoes for 2 yuan (32 cents) a pair in front of her apartment block in Chongqing, central China, Wang Yunqing says she has reason to thank Bo Xilai, the disgraced former leader of the city.

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Victoria's Secret models a rare breed

Tuesday, April 17th, 2012

Victoria's Secret models are "rarer than the world's top-performing" athletes.

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