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Voodoo Music Experience Lands R.E.M., NIN and STP

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 07:59:04 PDT
The number of festivals headlined by alternative heavyweights keeps growing and growing with the announcement of the headliners for the Voodoo Music Experience. Image details: Live 8 London - Stage served by picapp.com R.E.M., Nine Inch Nails and Stone Temple Pilots have been tapped to participate in the 10th annual Voodoo Music Festival down in New Orleans from October 24-26. Tickets go on sale this Friday, May 2, and for all your additional info check out the festival’s official site. Be

Obesity Trends in the U.S.

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 05:00:24 PDT
If you want to look at obesity trends, then the US is the place to visit. Because apart from a few Pacific islands, the US is the world leader in obesity.

Canada - Mortgage Insurance is NOT a sure thing

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:56:10 PST
"MarketPlace" was broadcasted on Feb 6 and re-ran on CBC NewsWorld on Feb 9. It was about claims made and declined by the major banks (and their underwriter Canada Life) regarding mortgage insurance that the borrowers took when they assumed their mortgage.Link: http://www.cbc.ca/marketplace/in_denial/

Building a case for resiliency, Tampa Bay law firms buck national trends (BizJournals)

Sun, 27 Apr 2008 22:51:29 PDT
TAMPA -- Nationally, a slowdown in legal work tied to troubled sectors of the economy has led some law firms to hunker down, cutting costs by dismissing first-year lawyers or shortening summer-associate programs.

Stock futures rise on takeover news (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 04:47:24 PDT
Stock futures rose on Monday, helped by news of a likely $22 billion takeover of chewing gum maker Wm Wrigley Jr Co and record crude oil prices, which could lift shares of energy companies.

Orange Digital Media Index Shows Mobile Web Growth

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 05:44:48 PDT
Orange has unveiled its third Digital Media Index, which examines trends in customer consumption of digital media. The latest findings reveal a sharp increase in mobile Internet access, alongside traditional fixed-line broadband. The Orange Digital Media Index reveals usage patterns across the full range of Orange’s entertainment and communications services, including home broadband, text and picture messaging, and the mobile Internet. The latest report finds the mobile Internet becoming a p

Google at Gilbane Conference: Quality Search is Critical

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 05:39:12 PDT
For those attending the upcoming Gilbane conference who are more on the geeky side of the spectrum, get stoked: Udi Manber, a Google Vice President of Engineering, will start off the annual San Francisco conference on June 18th at 8:30am with a discussion on Google's search quality and continued innovation. While Google's success is generally thought of as being a result of their use of link activity and PageRank to supplement keyword search, this is in fact just one of many signals that help p

Comic Book Store owner shot, and needs your help

Sun, 27 Apr 2008 21:50:47 PDT
Dave Pirkola, my trusty comic book purveyor, was shot Friday night in a robbery attempt in his store. He's a good guy, and needs help. I don't know much more than the news sites, but I do know that he's 'stable' yet 'critical.'

News roundup: The stories leading other papers, websites - USA Today


News roundup: The stories leading other papers, websites
USA Today - 3 hours ago
The top story at Yahoo News says 1000 people fled a wildfire in Sierra Madre, Calif. MSNBC's big headline reports that dozens are dead after a high-speed ...


Schillernde Versuchung: Silber veredelt Sommer-Outfits

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 05:09:13 PDT
Auf ins neue Zeitalter! Um die Jahrtausendwende wusste keiner so genau, wohin es modisch gehen soll. Das Kleid konnte nicht neu erfunden werden, also bezogen die Designer ihre Inspirationen aus vergangenen Jahrzehnten. Nun endlich, im Frühling 2008, geht es weiter Richtung Zukunft. styleranking hat sich für euch umgesehen und einen heißen Trend auf


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Current News for April 28, 2008

Comic Book Store owner shot, and needs your help

Sun, 27 Apr 2008 21:50:47 PDT
Dave Pirkola, my trusty comic book purveyor, was shot Friday night in a robbery attempt in his store. He's a good guy, and needs help. I don't know much more than the news sites, but I do know that he's 'stable' yet 'critical.'

Send your gasoline receipts to PM By Peter Duffy - TheChronicleHerald.ca


Send your gasoline receipts to PM By Peter Duffy
TheChronicleHerald.ca, Canada - Apr 27, 2008
... studying trends in the international energy industry and making price predictions that are sound enough to have the media, including CBC Newsworld, ...


New kind of beetle found! By CBC staff!

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 02:21:19 PDT
New kind of beetle found! By CBC staff! Staff on the state-owned CBC Newsworld, where, suspiciously like Fox News Channel’s O’Reilly Factor, “The Spin Stops Here”! (-- or is that just on their “Politics” program?) apparently discovered the new creature. They called it the “GREENHOUSE BEETLE”. Most other people, like the folks at the National Post, which features the little bugger on their front page today, call it the Mountain Pine Beetle. Labcoats call it Dendroctonus Ponderosae. Bu

Genç ve sağlıklı görünmek, yaşlılığa karşı direnmek..

Sun, 27 Apr 2008 07:01:42 PDT
Genç ve sağlıklı görünmek, yaşlılığa karşı direnmek... Konu üzerine verilen sihirli formülleri bir kenara bırakın. Çünkü genç ve sağlıklı bir cilde sahip olmanın kuralları aslında hepimizin bildiği basit kurallar... Bazı kuralları belki hemen hatırlayacaksınız, bir kısmı da bile bile göz yumduğumuz ya da vazgeçemediğimiz trend'lerin hayatımıza..

urbanFossil | Exploring The Future of Media

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 10:45:21 PDT
Adam Caplan's Blog: Examining and discussing the present state of new media by exploring its journey into the future. From news hot off the 'press' (no dead trees please), we'll look at many of the trends affecting new media including Apple, Google, Microsoft, Yahoo!, the semantic web, DRM, web 2.0, technoculture, net neutrality and yes, gadgets.

Blade takes 1st place in news, sports writer categories (The Toledo Blade)

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 01:42:29 PDT
COLUMBUS - The Blade's staff was named best in the state for reporting breaking news in the coverage of the Bluffton bus tragedy in Atlanta, and Dave Hackenberg was named Ohio's best sports writer in the annual Associated Press Society of Ohio newspaper competition for 2007.

Obama Ends Fox News 'Boycott'

Sun, 27 Apr 2008 23:02:39 PDT
For two years, the Democratic presidential contender had refused invitations from the network. But now, Obama sees Fox as a way to reach socially conservative, blue-collar voters.

All Headline News (AHN) Opens New York and Washington D.C. News Bureaus

Mon, 20 Nov 2006 00:00:01 PST
West Palm Beach, FL (PRWEB) November 20, 2006 -- As part of a planned expansion program, All Headline News (AHN) has announced that it is opening two offices and news bureaus to expand news coverage...

Recent Trends in U.S. Exports: An Industry Approach

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 01:16:16 PDT
Executive Summary U.S. producers of durable goods are exporting more of their output than at any time in memory. Yet, the overall U.S. economy has not become significantly more dependent on durable goods exports. The mix between durable and nondurable exports has not changed much over the past few years, and exports of durable goods are just too small relative to the size of the U.S. economy to have a significant effect on overall GDP. However, stronger exports have had noticeable effects on


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