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| Sunday, June 11th, 2006 | | 12:59 pm |
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The Firing Line The Firing LineThe Daily Texan - Wed, 26 Apr 2006 07:18:28 GMTIt was with great sadness yesterday that I read that the Texas State Employees Union, the union that represents staff here at the University, has endorsed Carole Keeton Strayhorn for Governor. Mourners share despair after double murderIndependent Online - Wed, 26 Apr 2006 06:01:59 GMTFamily, friends and members of Cape Town's Jewish community have packed the Albow Centre to pay tribute to actor Brett Goldin and his friend Richard Bloom at a special memorial service. 'Desperation' a sure sign of May TV sweepsSan Antonio Express News - Wed, 26 Apr 2006 05:41:21 GMTStephen King horror film joins other disaster fare and series' finales as networks seek viewers during crucial ratings period. "United 93"Salon.com - Wed, 26 Apr 2006 01:19:38 GMTWatching this expertly made film about the events of 9/11 was the most excruciating moviegoing experience of my life. Norma Sherry: GenocideScoop.co.nz - Wed, 26 Apr 2006 00:51:37 GMTAs a people who praise humanity; as a human race we have a despicable history. Since the beginning of time we, as a people, have abolished those with whom we didn’t like or agree with, or those who had what we wanted: like land or rich resources. We haven’t changed much. Maia Szalavitz: Anti-Boot Camp Movement StartsHuffingtonPost - Wed, 26 Apr 2006 00:28:03 GMT Last week, I had the alternatively terrifying, exhilarating and moving experience of back-to-back speaking engagements at Washington's libertarian Cato Foundation and at a rally in Tallahassee for justice for teen boot camp victim Martin Lee Anderson, headlined by Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton. About 40-50 people attended the Cato event on Thursday, which was held at the well-appointed Holocaust: So we 'never forget'The Clarion-Ledger - Tue, 25 Apr 2006 10:16:39 GMTToday is Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. Mercy missionSouth London Press - Tue, 25 Apr 2006 08:38:47 GMTMORE than 80 Yorkshire terriers found in conditions described as "hell on earth" have found sanctuary. And animal saviour Celia Hammond is appealing to South London Press readers to offer them homes in South London so her charity can continue to check on their welfare. Sept. 11 terror, heroism hit the screen in 'United 93'Macon Telegraph - Tue, 25 Apr 2006 08:02:07 GMTIt's the first blush of light on the morning that changes everything, and al-Qaida suicide pilot Ziad Jarrah is sitting quietly in his hotel room reciting from the Koran. 4.25.06 The Firing LineThe Daily Texan - Tue, 25 Apr 2006 07:16:19 GMTI find that the general American media organizations - although with some very notable exceptions - currently operate in a very idiosyncratic fashion. Most fail to report important news impartially, if they even report it at all. Perhaps this is due to political or economical pressures. Links:Lexus RX 300Lexus LX470LexusLexus SC 430Lexus LS 460Lexus GX 470Lexus SC 300Lexus ESLexus JX540Lexus IS 350Lexus LF-CLexus GS350 | | Tuesday, April 18th, 2006 | | 11:45 am |
Apartheid Wall, Revisited Apartheid Wall, RevisitedThe Palestine Chronicle - Tue, 18 Apr 2006 08:43:01 GMTWhen a wall, three times the size of the Berlin Wall is erected by Israel, then, business is never as usual for ordinary Palestinians. Nixon's return double troubleWorcester Telegram & Gazette - Tue, 18 Apr 2006 08:16:15 GMTBOSTON - Trot Nixon has dealt with injury problems frequently over the last few seasons, so he has had many returns from the infirmary. Adrian Searle enters the weird world of LA artGuardian Unlimited - Tue, 18 Apr 2006 08:05:31 GMTArt: Dancing sugar plums, talking plants and a diner serving fossils ... Adrian Searle enters the weird world of LA art. Four Enter Eddie Murphy's NorbitComing Soon - Tue, 18 Apr 2006 05:43:03 GMTThandie Newton, Cuba Gooding Jr., Eddie Griffin and Terry Crews have joined Eddie Murphy in DreamWorks Pictures' Norbit , reports Variety . Evacuees Go the Distance to Vote in New OrleansThe NewStandard - Tue, 18 Apr 2006 05:27:51 GMTCommunity organizations bussed in voters for early voting in city elections amid lingering concerns that many will be unable to vote due to ballot obstacles. Baseball blasts 23 runs against Morehead, drops conference seriesThe Pacer - Tue, 18 Apr 2006 03:54:00 GMTThe UTM baseball team picked up a single victory against OVC-member Morehead State in this past weekend’s three-game series. The Skyhawks dropped Saturday’s games 10-7 and 2-0. Sunday’s game was a complete opposite with the Skyhawks picking up the monstrous victory over the Eagles, 23-7. ... Atiku: It's an Impending CalamityThis Day - Tue, 18 Apr 2006 01:20:30 GMTVice President Atiku Abubakar has warned against what he described as "the impending calamity that stands to befall the people of this country and the generations yet unborn" if the third term agenda scales through. The 'American Inquisition'USA Today - Tue, 18 Apr 2006 00:56:18 GMTThrough the mist of time, the Spanish Inquisition has come down to us as one of the most barbarous periods in all of history. Its viciousness peaked in the late 15th century, during the reign of the messianic "Catholic kings," Ferdinand and Isabella. Stephen King: Fed's faltering connection with economic realitiesIndependent - Mon, 17 Apr 2006 23:28:10 GMTI've been trying to sort out my broadband internet connection for the past three weeks. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. The whole thing is extremely frustrating. High court sidesteps dutyPetoskey News-Register - Mon, 17 Apr 2006 21:23:02 GMTWe are disappointed in the United States Supreme Court, which recently let the Bush administration trample the rights of a United States citizen. The high court turned away - mostly on a technicality - an appeal from terrorism suspect Jose Padilla testing the president's detention powers. Links:Lexus RX 300Lexus LX 470LexusLexus SC 300Lexus LS 460LLexus GX 470Lexus SC 430Lexus ES 250Lexus JXLexus IS350Lexus LF-ALexus GS300 | | Thursday, April 13th, 2006 | | 1:15 am |
The 2006 School Bond Issue, who's for it, who's against it and why The 2006 School Bond Issue, who's for it, who's against it and whyWashington Evening Journal - Wed, 12 Apr 2006 22:12:40 GMTBy Sheri Mohler The JOURNAL Voters in the Washington Community School District will cast their ballots on Tuesday, April 18 to determine whether or not the district will be able to bond for $17 million. Prodi Doesn't Fear Reversal of Italy Votephillyburbs.com - Wed, 12 Apr 2006 22:12:14 GMTROME - A confident Romano Prodi insisted Wednesday that his center-left coalition's Italian election victory was on solid ground, even as Premier Silvio Berlusconi called the vote fraudulent and demanded the result be overturned. Mayor takes on traffic policeThe Budapest Sun - Wed, 12 Apr 2006 22:09:40 GMTALTHOUGH Hungarian laws and traffic regulations state that police cars with speed traps are subject to the same traffic regulations as regular cars, many of them violate these laws, as according to the police, "it is very unclear what the regulations say." Botswana: Secretary of the Year Helps SchoolAllAfrica.com - Wed, 12 Apr 2006 22:08:58 GMTThe 2005 Botswana Confederation of Commerce Industry and Manpower (BOCCIM) award winner Ms keletso Ndebele,on Monday 3 April 2006 donated Braille machines to Linchwe Primary School in Mochudi which enrolled students who have visual impairment. These students come from all over Botswana. AFX UK Focus - Wed, 12 Apr 2006 22:08:30 GMTPhazar quarterly earnings, revenue fall (5:22 PM ET) SAN FRANCISCO (AFX) -- Phazar Corp. after Wednesday's closing bell reported third-quarter net earnings of $41,185, or 2 cents a share, compared with $239,792, or 11 cents a share, during the year-ago period. Ex-Enron CEO Skilling testifies that he and founder Ken Lay never broke lawCanadian Business - Wed, 12 Apr 2006 22:08:12 GMTHOUSTON (AP) - Former Enron Corp. chief executive Jeffrey Skilling spoke up Wednesday for company founder Kenneth Lay in his third day on the witness stand in the pair's fraud and conspiracy trial, saying they were a "good team" that committed no crimes. Botswana: Rollers Star Gives an In-Depth Interview to Dubani wa DubaniAllAfrica.com - Wed, 12 Apr 2006 22:08:08 GMTRollers utility player Mogogi Gabonamong was the star of the show as his club turned the tables against visiting Zambian Club Zesco in their CAF Confederations Cup return leg last Saturday. MSzP wins first round of electionThe Budapest Sun - Wed, 12 Apr 2006 22:07:38 GMTALTHOUGH the governing Socialist MSzP party just won Sunday's first round of the parliamentary elections with 43.21% of the vote, ahead of right-of-center Fidesz with 42.03%, only 66 out of 176 individual constituencies were decided and experts predict a "tough second round" on Apr 23, on which the two smaller parties, SzDSz and MDF will decide the election outcome. Code-Share Deal Could Be Bad For WellingtonScoop.co.nz - Wed, 12 Apr 2006 22:07:20 GMTNews that Qantas and Air New Zealand are proposing a code share deal on trans-Tasman flights could be bad news for Wellington. Let there be light, says Lalu Kharagpur:The Telegraph - Wed, 12 Apr 2006 22:04:48 GMTAn MP is a transformer — not social, but electric — and an MLA, a bulb. One cannot perform minus the other. Links:Lexus RX 300Lexus LX 450LexusLexus LX 470Lexus LS400Lexus GXLexus SC 400Lexus ES 350Lexus JXLexus IS 350Lexus LF-CLexus GS450h | | Monday, April 10th, 2006 | | 3:20 am |
Ginger McCain: Mr Aintree Ginger McCain: Mr AintreeIndependent - Fri, 07 Apr 2006 23:28:57 GMTPeople have never been able to work out whether Ginger McCain is an institution, or whether he should be locked up in one. And that suits him just fine. The day they know when to take him seriously, and when they are merely being provoked, is the day he will give up. As it happens, that day is today. A drive in the woods in a Land RoverSan Jose Mercury News - Fri, 07 Apr 2006 14:39:37 GMTTravis Martin leaps from the vehicle to assess the situation. Thanks to relentless rain and the subsequent muddy trails, the Land Rover Range Rover just won't go uphill. MarockHour.ca - Fri, 07 Apr 2006 14:36:12 GMTIf there isn't a name for it there ought to be - the kind of film that mythologizes the last great days of heedless teendom. They're not quite coming-of-age, not quite endless summer, but some species in between. BrickThe Phoenix - Wed, 05 Apr 2006 18:20:44 GMT Noir goes Orange County The new definition of military valour - saying no to politiciansGuardian Unlimited - Wed, 05 Apr 2006 02:16:16 GMTFrancis Fukuyama's Iraq recantation has received keen attention on both sides of the Atlantic. Like many US conservatives, he now distances himself from what has been done in the neocons' name by the Bush administration. The Ass End of HistoryTheater - Tue, 04 Apr 2006 21:19:56 GMT Venus Hottentot and the anatomy of racism. SUV Haters Vent In GM's Make-Your-Own Ad ContestInternetWeek - Mon, 03 Apr 2006 22:34:34 GMTWhen GM asked for ideas for advertising some of its larger vehicles, it got some contributions that it may not have bargained for. Mad hatters of the highwayBrisbane Courier Mail - Mon, 03 Apr 2006 08:51:22 GMTEASTER holidays are looming fast. Now, therefore, would be an excellent time for this column to fulfil its public service obligations and devote a few sober words to the issue of road safety. Max Hastings: The new definition of military valour - saying no to politiciansGuardian Unlimited - Mon, 03 Apr 2006 01:16:02 GMTMax Hastings: The lesson of Iraq is that allied top brass have a duty to dig their heels in when they recognise a fiasco in the making. Review: Catherine the Great by Virginia RoundingGuardian Unlimited - Fri, 31 Mar 2006 23:07:00 GMTVirginia Rounding avoids much politics or culture in her intimate history of Catherine the Great, says Catriona Kelly. Links:Lexus RX400hLexus LX470LexusLexus GS 300Lexus LS600hLexus GXLexus SC400Lexus ES 330Lexus JX 540Lexus IS350Lexus LF-ALexus GS300 | | Saturday, April 8th, 2006 | | 6:15 am |
Questions about quality of Thai democracy Questions about quality of Thai democracyBangkok Post - Sat, 08 Apr 2006 02:03:38 GMTThaksin's decision to step down from office will surely ease the political turmoil, but at the same time will raise new questions about the quality of democracy in the country. By christine imbsSt Louis Commerce Magazine - Fri, 07 Apr 2006 23:47:36 GMT“If you build it, they will come.” In the movie, “Field of Dreams,” these words inspired Ray Kinsella to carve a baseball diamond out of a cornfield. In the end, his effort not only brought back legendary baseball great Shoeless Joe Jackson, but Kinsella’s late father, as well. Foreclosure Auctions: Bidder BewareNew York Times - Fri, 07 Apr 2006 23:02:58 GMTThe process is complicated, and for the novice, the pitfalls are numerous. National Civil Rights Leader Marks 38th Anniversary of Assassination of Dr.Martin Luther King, Jr.U.S. Newswire via Yahoo! News - Fri, 07 Apr 2006 22:02:50 GMT National Civil Rights Leader Marks 38th Anniversary of Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and 5th Anniversary of Timothy Thomas Killing in Cincinnati EDITORIAL: Daring 'Eco-Capitalists' Actually Playing It SafeRedNova - Fri, 07 Apr 2006 21:55:18 GMTBy Valley Morning Star, Harlingen, Texas Apr. 7--They are being hailed in some circles as "capitalists with a conscience" -- as bold, visionary, see-beyond-the-horizon risk-takers helping to finance a clean energy revolution that will wean the country from fossil fuel dependency. "Thank You For Smoking"The Davis Enterprise - Fri, 07 Apr 2006 21:27:53 GMTPublished Apr 07, 2006 - 14:31:55 CDT. Four stars. Dark, canny satire highlighted by shrewd script, sharp performances. To Shine, Stars Must Be Aligned ProperlyWashington Post - Fri, 07 Apr 2006 21:23:38 GMTLouis B. Mayer used to brag that MGM, the studio he led through its golden age, boasted all the stars in Heaven. DeLay's decision to leave the right one, Brady saysConroe Courier - Fri, 07 Apr 2006 20:22:38 GMTTom DeLay, the embattled former House Majority Leader who announced Tuesday he will step down from his congressional seat and not seek re-election, made the right decision, a colleague from Montgomery County said Tuesday. Tom Delay — a man of consequenceJewish World Review - Fri, 07 Apr 2006 17:28:05 GMThttp://www.JewishWorldReview.com | A couple of days ago, Tom Delay announced he would resign his Texas seat in Congress by June. His announced departure from office has induced the normal Washington hypocrisies. Automechanika Gulf grows in line with re-exports at 40%Mena Report - Fri, 07 Apr 2006 16:50:06 GMTNew information released recently by Dubai Ports confirmed that growth in re-exports of automotive parts and accessories has increased by over 40% in 2005. No wonder therefore that the Middle East’s leading trade fair dedicated to the auto aftermarket sector has grown in line with this statistic (30%), with more and more suppliers keen to access the region’s flourishing markets. Links:Lexus RX330LexusLexus RX 400h | | Tuesday, April 4th, 2006 | | 1:20 am |
U.N. Protests Sudan Decision to Bar Visit U.N. Protests Sudan Decision to Bar VisitABC News - Mon, 03 Apr 2006 22:18:42 GMTU.N. Protests What It Says Was Sudan's Decision to Bar Humanitarian Official From Darfur Relieved Union Members Happy To Return To SikorskyNBC 30 Connecticut - Mon, 03 Apr 2006 22:18:32 GMTWhen Teamsters voted Sunday to end their six-week strike at Sikorsky Aircraft, Michael McCarthy said his wife broke down crying in relief. Martin McDonagh Finds His Inner Thug as Film DirectorNew York Times - Mon, 03 Apr 2006 22:17:48 GMTMartin McDonagh has made it clear that he is a child of the movies, despite his brilliant career as a playwright. After winning an Oscar, it turns out that he's right. A La CarteNorthJersey.com - Mon, 03 Apr 2006 22:17:43 GMTIn commemoration of National Tartan Day, the VisitScotland organization will transform Vanderbilt Hall of New York's Grand Central Terminal into a lively Scottish village from Saturday through April 8. Poisoned trees replaced at English BayCBC British Columbia - Mon, 03 Apr 2006 22:17:41 GMTThe four trees along Vancouver's English Bay that were poisoned two years ago, provoking widespread outrage, have now been replaced. Vancouver interior designer June Matheson admitted she hired someone to kill the trees to improve the view from her oceanfront condo near Stanley Park. ADEM begins annual ozone checksWPMI 15 - Mon, 03 Apr 2006 22:17:25 GMTMONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - The Alabama Department of Environmental Management has begun its annual air quality monitoring for ozone, using a statewide network of air monitors. PRO BASEBALL: Baseball opens under a dark cloudGrand Forks Herald - Mon, 03 Apr 2006 22:17:22 GMTBaseball relies on numbers the way the Earth relies on gravity. So the conundrum facing the game at the start of its new season is awkward at best, devastating at worst: Arguably its most hallowed statistical record is under assault by a man who is - unarguably, at the moment - its most vilified player. PLUS NOTEBOOK: GF sends eight to YMCA NationalsGrand Forks Herald - Mon, 03 Apr 2006 22:17:02 GMTEast Grand Forks' Hannah Whitehead, who swims for a Grand Forks team, is one of the top qualifiers for the YMCA Short Course Nationals this week in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. Biographical information on Charley BakerWPMI 15 - Mon, 03 Apr 2006 22:16:43 GMTHometown: Born in DeKalb County; grew up in Gadsden; now lives in Anniston. Charley Baker returning for another auditor's raceWPMI 15 - Mon, 03 Apr 2006 22:16:32 GMTMONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Anniston businessman Charley Baker narrowly lost a race for state auditor in 1994. Now, after being out of politics for years, he wants to have another run at the auditor's job. Links:Lexus IS 220d |
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