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The Top 40 Picks of the Tribeca Film Festival The Top 40 Picks of the Tribeca Film FestivalThe Village Voice - Tue, 18 Apr 2006 15:57:42 GMTThe Top 40 Picks of the Tribeca Film Festival (By J. Hoberman) BULGARIA: Bulgaria's Former PM Ivan Kostov Nominated for Presidentseeurope.net - Tue, 18 Apr 2006 11:55:12 GMTBulgaria's former Prime Minister Ivan Kostov has been nominated for right-wing candidate in the upcoming elections for president. Hansen: Friend accepted complicated FlaggThe Des Moines Register - Tue, 18 Apr 2006 09:08:15 GMTAn unlikely campaign manager, Cornell Fowler, says George Flagg put Des Moines on better financial ground and defended the former city councilor... Mirren mirrors Elizabeth I in melodrama on monarchSeattle Times - Tue, 18 Apr 2006 07:24:09 GMTHBO's "Elizabeth I" opens with a scene Bette Davis never had to endure as the queen: a gynecological exam to determine whether the English... Featured Movies on Premium ChannelsArizona Daily Star - Tue, 18 Apr 2006 07:09:30 GMTThree- and four-star movie listings run in Accent each Tuesday, Friday and Sunday. Creep factor on the rise for prime-time vice presidentsContra Costa Times - Tue, 18 Apr 2006 03:06:00 GMTWith "Prison Break" and "24," Fox's Monday has become the night of the creepy veep. As a recent "Prison Break" ended, we saw Vice President Caroline Reynolds (Patricia Wettig, "thirtysomething") chatting nervously with her brother. Nothing wrong with that, except that he's supposed to be dead and buried, and that patsy Lincoln Scofield (Dominic Purcell) is slated to go to the chair for his murder. Ravelo's moment the gifted oneStawell Times-News - Tue, 18 Apr 2006 01:23:01 GMTMadagascan runner Jean-Louis Ravelomanantsoa has topped the Stawell Gift's top 125 greatest moments of all time. Dark Horse June/July BooksAnime News Network - Mon, 17 Apr 2006 10:29:34 GMT“Penny Arcade is a scathing send-up of geek culture with jokes sharp enough to injure an eye.” — Booklist ***1/2 (of four stars) “Tycho and Gabe are two of the great webcomic icons of the last decade.” TV Gal Gets 'Lost' in ThoughtZap2It - Mon, 17 Apr 2006 07:12:08 GMTIt occurred to me this week that Kellie Pickler is like President Logan. Stay with me here ... this analogy is going to work. Stevenson's 'Treasure Island': Still Avast DelightWashington Post - Mon, 17 Apr 2006 04:18:51 GMTAn occasional series in which The Post's book critic reconsiders notable and/or neglected books from the past. Links:Lexus RXLexus LX470LexusLexus IS 220dLexus LS 600hLexus GXLexus SC 400Lexus ES 330Lexus JX 470Lexus IS 300Lexus LF-ALexus GS | | Thursday, April 13th, 2006 | | 10:25 pm |
Camden man arraigned in fire death Camden man arraigned in fire deathCourier-Post - Thu, 13 Apr 2006 18:46:14 GMTAlmost a year after a Camden woman died in a fire, allegedly caused when a candle was dropped into debris and bedding in an abandoned home, a South Camden man was arraigned Wednesday on a manslaughter charge connected to her death. Hope may grow from complex's rubbleAlbuquerque Tribune - Thu, 13 Apr 2006 18:11:22 GMTThe Albuquerque tennis community probably hasn't realized it yet, but it's time to rejoice. You have it better than you think. I recognized a sense of disappointment when talking with local tennis leaders, coaches and aficionados this week. Death of Jesus mourned todayManila Bulletin - Thu, 13 Apr 2006 16:46:16 GMTChristians will observe Good Friday today, the most holy day of Holy Week, when Jesus was nailed to the Cross on the Golgotha in Mount Calvary in Jerusalem 20 centuries ago. EDC backs developmentIronwood Daily Globe - Thu, 13 Apr 2006 16:28:30 GMTONTONAGON -- The Ontonagon County Economic Development Corporation, Wednesday, unanimously supported the residential development of 960 acres of Upper Peninsula Power Company Lands at the Bond Flowage which was sold to Naterra Land for that development. Mr. MTV Grows UPFortune via Yahoo! Finance - Thu, 13 Apr 2006 16:01:00 GMT Say something in Farsi, Tom. "Dasterast is 'to the right,'" replies Tom Freston, the new chief executive of Viacom. "And dastechap is 'to the left.' Ruberu is 'straight ahead,'" he goes on. Howell Theater maintains some vintage touches after renovationMLive.com - Thu, 13 Apr 2006 14:50:28 GMTTim Keo, a Howell High School junior who is a part-time projectionist at the Howell Theater, finishes winding all eight reels of a romantic comedy onto the platter, a large disk that holds the spliced reels and feeds the film to the projector. What's happeningPort Clinton News Herald - Thu, 13 Apr 2006 14:40:58 GMTBINGO , dinner at 5 p.m., games start at 6:30 p.m., Immaculate Conception School, 414 Madison St., Port Clinton. Progressive $1,000 jackpot at 56 numbers. Weekly game offers door prizes and end-of-the-month drawings. Vigil memorializes slain coedThe Pueblo Chieftain - Thu, 13 Apr 2006 13:57:28 GMT It was no coincidence that Colorado State University-Pueblo student Jennifer Behling chose to go into nursing. The 25-year-old Evergreen resident was kind and compassionate. She was intelligent, friendly and was very good with patients, according to her nursing instructor Carla Farnworth. "She had a very bright future ahead of her. Unfortunately, her future was cut short," Farnworth said Investigator's report on fatal crash conflicts with driver's statementRolla Daily News - Thu, 13 Apr 2006 13:46:13 GMTAn official report by the Missouri State Highway Patrol into the investigation of a fatality accident near Edgar Springs conflicts with statements made by Penny Basham--the driver of the other vehicle involved in the crash--that she stopped her truck before the crash occurred. Terror Repellents Displayed At Homeland Security FairHartford Courant - Thu, 13 Apr 2006 13:27:39 GMT"Any Tom, Dick or Harry can open a manhole cover," Edward Christie warns in very solemn tones, "and then go ahead and put something under it." Links:Lexus RX 400hLexus JXLexusLexus LX 450Lexus LS600hLexus GXLexus SCLexus ESLexus JX 540Lexus IS350Lexus LF-ALexus GS 450h | | Sunday, April 9th, 2006 | | 12:50 pm |
Eating contest, food fight fun at pancake breakfast Eating contest, food fight fun at pancake breakfastPress-Citizen - Sun, 09 Apr 2006 08:00:58 GMTThe day-long pancake breakfast -- its 42nd edition held Saturday -- is the main fundraiser for the Iowa City Booster Club, which helps purchase equipment and other necessities for the Iowa City School District’s athletic programs. AARP Food Questionnaire Pitted Against Italian Cancer Institute Aspartame StudyPR Web - Sun, 09 Apr 2006 07:09:46 GMTMedia blitz by the artificial sweetener industry denies aspartame (Equal, NutraSweet) link to cancer. Researcher, Unhee Lin of the National Cancer Institute says: AARP questionnaire was an "unscientific survey." [PRWEB Apr 9, 2006] Trackback URI: http://www.prweb.com/zingpr.php/RW1wdC1JbnNlLVNpbmctWmV0YS1IYWxmLVplcm8=Study debunks aspartame link to cancer riskContra Costa Times - Sun, 09 Apr 2006 06:32:59 GMTA huge federal study in people -- not rats -- takes the fizz out of arguments that the diet soda sweetener aspartame might raise the risk of cancer. No increased risk was seen even among people who gulped down many artificially sweetened drinks a day, said researchers who studied the diets of more than half a million older Americans. Yeahs' wild child unleashes tamer beastBoston Herald - Sun, 09 Apr 2006 03:24:43 GMTKaren O, the hyperactive frontwoman of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, has calmed down. But barely. She no longer spits beer at fans moshing in front - that would ruin some expensive Abercrombie & Fitch duds - but... New studies on diet serve up good newsSan Jose Mercury News - Sat, 08 Apr 2006 17:53:51 GMTMore American children are getting fat, with more than one-third now overweight. More of their dads are getting heavy, too. But the percentage of women who are overweight seems to have peaked, leading some experts to wonder if the U.S. obesity epidemic may soon be leveling off. Study: No cancer risk from aspartameThe Charlotte Observer - Sat, 08 Apr 2006 15:55:24 GMTA huge federal study in people, not rats, takes the fizz out of arguments that the diet soda sweetener aspartame might raise the risk of cancer. In the world of yurts, welcome mat is outRocky Mountain News - Sat, 08 Apr 2006 07:58:44 GMTThe drive across North Park, from Walden toward Gould, seemed like traveling across a snow-dusted moonscape: Vast stretches of unspoiled land creased into low-lying humps and swales (cold-climate sand dunes, we later learned). It was not a setting that spoke of backcountry skiing. Large mammals once dined on dinosaursNew Scientist - Fri, 07 Apr 2006 11:47:20 GMTAmazing fossil finds reveal that dinosaurs were not the only fearsome predators living on prehistoric Earth Fossil dung reveals dinosaurs did graze grassNew Scientist - Fri, 07 Apr 2006 11:43:33 GMTOne of the most common "mistakes" in the prehistoric book is not wrong after all – dinosaurs did eat grass, and a surprisingly wide range of it Sweetener not linked to cancer, Fed study saysThe Monterey County Herald - Fri, 07 Apr 2006 10:08:31 GMTA huge federal study in people -- not rats -- takes the fizz out of arguments that the diet soda sweetener aspartame might raise the risk of cancer. Links:Lexus RX 400hLexus LXLexusLexus SC 300Lexus LS 430Lexus GX 470Lexus SC400 | | Friday, April 7th, 2006 | | 4:30 am |
Guest Article: Rohit Malkani: The Emperor’s New Fountain Guest Article: Rohit Malkani: The Emperor’s New FountainAgencyfaqs! - Fri, 07 Apr 2006 01:19:10 GMTThe debate on whether the big idea is dead continues with this article. Using a fictional incident to illustrate the point, the creative director of Ambience Publicis, Rohit Malkani, garners support for the Big I. Ava Gardner: Fallen goddessIndependent - Thu, 06 Apr 2006 23:17:51 GMTWho is the loveliest star of all? In her heyday, Ava Gardner (1922-1990) could ask her mirror that question, confident that it would not answer with another's name. In 1948, when Universal made One Touch of Venus, there was only one plausible choice for the title role. Gardner's face was her fame and fortune, but satisfaction in life and work eluded her - Hollywood, she said, "gave me everything WHY ARSENAL WONThe Electric New Paper - Thu, 06 Apr 2006 22:19:17 GMTArsenal made it to the Champions League semi-finals for the first time after their 0-0 draw in Turin saw them eliminate Juventus 2-0 on aggregate. The New Paper's football analyst, Tohar Paijan, reveals his thoughts about the Gunners' achievement to WANG MENG MENG The Inside Man heists screens with stellar castNine O'Clock - Thu, 06 Apr 2006 22:03:50 GMT“The Inside Man” is a bank robbery film, and before you run away from it, you should know this is rather e reinvention of the rather tired genre which began in 1976 with Sidney Lumet’s extraordinary film “A Dog Day Afternoon.” May finds joy with reborn QueenSeattle Post-Intelligencer - Thu, 06 Apr 2006 21:06:07 GMTFor guitarist Brian May, the current Queen tour with Paul Rodgers feels a lot like the old days. The U.S. tour, billed as "Queen + Paul Rodgers," includes a show Monday night at KeyArena. Sound CheckAuburn Plainsman - Thu, 06 Apr 2006 19:58:30 GMT Margot and the Nuclear So and Sos is a new band that has a lot of the music scene talking. Long band names are usually a turn-off for me, but when I heard of a band that got part of its name from a Wes Anderson-based character (Margot from The ... Biffle: Master's degree in marketing motor racingNascar - Thu, 06 Apr 2006 19:40:21 GMTDARLINGTON, S.C. -- Greg Biffle had just completed a short lecture to a NASCAR marketing class from the University of South Carolina when he was presented with certificate proclaiming him "Professor of the Day.'' 7 Days and 7 NightsGay City News - Thu, 06 Apr 2006 19:12:16 GMTReel Venus Film Festival Showcase Show up for an hour-long screening of selected shorts from previous Reel Venus Film Festivals! 'Mafia Cops' - Guilty On All ChargesCBS 2 New York - Thu, 06 Apr 2006 19:01:49 GMTTwo retired NYPD detectives have been found guilty of all counts of murder and racketeering while they were on the payroll of a mob underboss. Fleeting fameManila Bulletin - Thu, 06 Apr 2006 16:49:22 GMT"Our real problem is that our political elite is simply too fragmented even to agree on coherent national policies." Links:Lexus RX330LexusLexus Cars |
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