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Wednesday, April 19th, 2006
2:05 am	Political funds fine for Freddie Mac Political funds fine for Freddie Mac Financial Times - Tue, 18 Apr 2006 23:04:08 GMT Freddie Mac, the US mortgage company, has been forced to pay a record $3.8m fine to settle allegations that it violated campaign funding rules by using corporate resources to raise $1.7m for federal candidates. Latin America news in brief San Jose Mercury News - Tue, 18 Apr 2006 23:04:05 GMT Venezuela denied Sunday that it failed to uphold its obligations under international accords to provide protection for foreign diplomats, after the U.S. ambassador was harassed by supporters of President Hugo Chávez. TSA uniform in luggage was just accident, agency insists ABC Action News - Tue, 18 Apr 2006 23:04:02 GMT TAMPA - A woman traveling from Newark to Tampa found an official TSA Homeland Security shirt in her luggage. Now, the mystery appears to be solved, but Debra Sander is not satisfied with the explanation. Honduras to soften stance on street gangs San Jose Mercury News - Tue, 18 Apr 2006 23:03:55 GMT The country that invented the harsh Mano Dura crackdown on notoriously violent street gangs is softening its stance as its new president addresses allegations of police executions and arbitrary arrests of suspected criminals. Protesters Call For Justice For Frank Jude Jr. The Milwaukee Channel - Tue, 18 Apr 2006 23:03:30 GMT Calls for justice and peace fill the streets of downtown Milwaukee on Tuesday morning as thousands of people share their outrage after the verdict in the Frank Jude Jr. beating trial. The ballot, please: Start with Shark who doesn't bite CBS Sportsline - Tue, 18 Apr 2006 23:03:21 GMT Alexander Ovechkin has been one of the season's biggest stories, but the super young Russian is neither the MVP nor the top rookie, Wes Goldstein says in going on the record with his award choices. Dutch Teen Held in Holloway Disappearance ABC News - Tue, 18 Apr 2006 23:03:18 GMT Dutch Man, 19, Held in Aruba on Suspicion of Involvement in 2005 Disappearance of Natalee Holloway Shiite rivals urge premier to step down San Jose Mercury News - Tue, 18 Apr 2006 23:03:11 GMT Rival Shiite leaders agreed Sunday to allow Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari's party to nominate the next prime minister on the condition that Jaafari step down, Iraqi politicians said. Bennett: Risen, Lichtblau, Priest 'Worthy of Jail' as Traitors Editor & Publisher - Tue, 18 Apr 2006 23:03:05 GMT NEW YORK On his national radio program today, William Bennett, the former Reagan and George H.W. Bush administration official and now a CNN commentator, said that three reporters who won Pulitzer Prizes yesterday were not "worthy of an award" but rather "worthy of jail." Pope links Christian identity to the pursuit of world peace San Jose Mercury News - Tue, 18 Apr 2006 23:03:03 GMT In a sea of tulips, lilies and tens of thousands of pilgrims, Pope Benedict XVI celebrated his first Easter as pontiff, marking Christendom's most sacred event with a call for peace in the world's many wars. Links: Lexus RX 330 Lexus LX450 Lexus Lexus JX 470 Lexus LS 460 Lexus GX Lexus SC 300 Lexus ES 250 Lexus JX 540 Lexus IS200 Lexus LF-A Lexus GS 350 (Comment on this)
Thursday, April 13th, 2006
3:35 pm	The Weekly Links The Weekly Links Falls Church News-Press - Thu, 13 Apr 2006 04:35:47 GMT With just a couple of clicks, you can have a web site, complete with your own domain name and e-mail addresses, up and running for free, thanks to Microsoft’s new website services. STAGE REVIEW: ’Sweeney Todd’ cast up to a tough task The Maui News - Wed, 12 Apr 2006 23:15:31 GMT I have to admit that I’d been holding my breath a bit about the new production of "Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street." This is one musical that can be rendered totally unwatchable by weak singers or poor music. PRESS RELEASE: Fearless New Price for Cold Fear Game gamesindustry.biz - Wed, 12 Apr 2006 16:43:13 GMT [heading/]Leading budget software publisher Focus Multimedia and worldwide videogame developer Ubisoft are further strengthening their partnership with the release of another fantastic Ubisoft Exclusive into Focus’ Revival range of super-budget PC CD-ROM software. Dark Horse 'RIPD' for Universal The Book Standard - Wed, 12 Apr 2006 16:00:44 GMT David Dobkin has signed to direct RIPD , an adaptation of a Dark Horse comic book, for Universal Pictures. Neal H. Moritz and Dark Horse's Mike Richardson are producing. "Thank You For Smoking" The Davis Enterprise - Wed, 12 Apr 2006 14:17:02 GMT Published Apr 07, 2006 - 14:31:55 CDT. Four stars. Dark, canny satire highlighted by shrewd script, sharp performances. "Firewall" The Davis Enterprise - Wed, 12 Apr 2006 14:14:00 GMT Published Feb 17, 2006 - 16:13:51 CST. Three-and-a-half stars. Harrison Ford faces overwhelming odds in smart, fast-paced thriller. Rock of ages The Daily Iowan - Wed, 12 Apr 2006 06:10:11 GMT I should like country music. After all, I grew up on a farm outside a town with fewer than 300 people. I partied (and still occasionally do, I must confess) in corn fields, barns, and machine sheds housing John Deere tractors. Country was the only kind of music I knew existed until sixth grade, because it was what every bus driver played. David Dobkin To Direct Comic Adapation 'RIPD' KillerMovies - Wed, 12 Apr 2006 00:53:20 GMT [Tuesday, April 11th, 2006] David Dobkin has signed to direct the adaptation of the Dark Horse comic book RIPD , according to the Hollywood Reporter. Director for Dark Horse pic. FilmForce - Tue, 11 Apr 2006 22:46:13 GMT April 11, 2006 - According to The Hollywood Reporter , David Dobkin ( Wedding Crashers , Shanghai Noon ) will helm RIPD for Universal and producers Neal H. Moritz and Mike Richardson. Reuters: 'Wedding Crashers' Director Shooting Dead Cops Hollywood.com - Tue, 11 Apr 2006 15:53:15 GMT Wedding Crashers director David Dobkin has resurrected a project based on a comic book about dead cops working in the afterlife. Links: Lexus RX330 Lexus LX 450 Lexus Lexus SC 400 Lexus LS Lexus GX470 Lexus SC 300 Lexus ES300 Lexus JX Lexus IS250 Lexus LF Lexus GS430 (Comment on this)
Monday, April 10th, 2006
5:40 pm	Cricket: Aussies stutter against Bangladesh Cricket: Aussies stutter against Bangladesh Channel NewsAsia - Mon, 10 Apr 2006 14:38:42 GMT FATULLAH, Bangladesh : Mighty Australia faced the embarrassing prospect of having to follow on against lowly Bangladesh after another stellar performance by the home side in the first Test here. Uganda: UTL Kobs Sitting Comfortably As League Enters Final Bend AllAfrica.com - Mon, 10 Apr 2006 14:38:27 GMT allAfrica: African news and information for a global audience 'Ice Age' Frozen Atop Box Office News 8 San Diego - Mon, 10 Apr 2006 14:38:16 GMT Score one for the prehistoric animals. The 20th Century Fox family tale "Ice Age: The Meltdown" took in $34.5 million to remain the No. 1 movie for a second straight weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday. Charlie and The Calcium Factory Los Angeles Daily News - Mon, 10 Apr 2006 14:37:02 GMT You're being good and paying attention to your calcium intake. You know that getting enough calcium now means preventing osteoporosis later. So what are you going to eat today to meet your USDA recommended daily dose? Online ads grow, beating outdoor marketing Silicon.com - Mon, 10 Apr 2006 14:36:17 GMT World Cup to boost ad sales... Graduate students elect new leaders for senate BG News - Mon, 10 Apr 2006 14:35:42 GMT As the end of the academic year looms ahead, the University's Graduate Student Senate elected its new leadership Friday afternoon. Positions filled during the election included those of vice-president, secretary, treasurer, and two spots for GSS representative-at-large. Super City seal a final spot The North Wales Chronicle - Mon, 10 Apr 2006 14:33:36 GMT BATTLING Bangor beat the odds and a lenient referee to secure a Welsh Cup final place over the matadors from Llanelli who could not find the coup-de-gras at Aberystwyth. Stars -- Horoscope Philadelphia Daily News - Mon, 10 Apr 2006 14:33:25 GMT ARIES (March 21-April 19). If you end a relationship, you not only lose what you put into it, but you also lose what the other person put into it. Consider whether there's a way to keep someone in your life in a new capacity rather than ending things completely. Ten-man Nomads share derby spoils The Flintshire Leader & Standard - Mon, 10 Apr 2006 14:33:08 GMT BOTH Airbus UK and Connah’s Quay Nomads will feel they have let two points slip after a battling 2-2 draw that had more than a hint of a local derby about it. Fire totally guts Gefni club and bar The North Wales Chronicle - Mon, 10 Apr 2006 14:33:05 GMT A MAJOR blaze at Llangefni Football Club on Sunday destroyed the social club and bar. Club members raised the alarm at 8.15pm after discovering the fire in an electrical cupboard and evacuated the scene as the blaze took hold in the old building. Links: Lexus RX330 Lexus LX 470 Lexus Lexus ES 300 Lexus LS400 Lexus GX Lexus SC 300 Lexus ES250 Lexus JX 470 Lexus IS 300 Lexus LF Lexus GS 400 (Comment on this)
Sunday, April 9th, 2006
6:00 am	Saving Iowa's barns Saving Iowa's barns The Fort Dodge Messenger - Sun, 09 Apr 2006 02:58:45 GMT Last week, Rod Scott coined a term he never thought would catch on among the masses of farm enthusiasts and media following his story of rural survival. Australia Reaches Davis Cup Semifinals AP via Yahoo! News - Sun, 09 Apr 2006 02:56:38 GMT Australia clinched a spot in the Davis Cup semifinals by winning a doubles match Saturday against Belarus, and Argentina took a 2-1 advantage over defending champion Croatia by winning the doubles. SAN FRANCISCO / 2 men shot at Coit Tower lookout; 1 dies / Early-morning incident called unprovoked San Francisco Chronicle - Sun, 09 Apr 2006 02:56:08 GMT San Francisco police say an Oakland resident who went with a friend to visit Coit Tower early Saturday after a night out in the city was shot to death for no apparent reason after simply rolling down his window to talk to a group of men at the landmark. SAN MATEO COUNTY / Hwy. 1 closed indefinitely / Slide area gives road engineers devil of a time San Francisco Chronicle - Sun, 09 Apr 2006 02:55:58 GMT Devil's Slide, the dizzying promontory perched high above the Pacific Ocean between Pacifica and Half Moon Bay, stubbornly refuses to be tamed. Ever since highway engineers opened Highway 1 along the cragged cliffs of the San Mateo coast in 1937, the... Mom Holds Out Hope for Missing Soldier phillyburbs.com - Sun, 09 Apr 2006 02:55:45 GMT BATAVIA, Ohio - Nearly 30,000 pictures of Matt Maupin are circulating around Iraq, a loving effort by his parents to locate the only U.S. soldier still listed as missing since his capture two years ago. Hefner at 80: Playboy Relevant As Ever North County Times - Sun, 09 Apr 2006 02:55:28 GMT LOS ANGELES - Playboy creator Hugh M. Hefner is in the middle of an interview about his 80th birthday when a TV cameraman asks him to move a statue of former girlfriend Barbi Benton from the shelf behind him. Valdosta extends warm welcome to Red Carpet Tour investors The Valdosta Daily Times - Sun, 09 Apr 2006 02:55:05 GMT VALDOSTA — Approximately 43 national and international investors were welcomed with applause and handshakes by hundreds of community members as they made their way into the James H. Rainwater Conference Center for the opening ceremonies of their one-day tour of Valdosta Friday morning for the 2006 Red Carpet Tour. Police turn up the heat The Bradford Era - Sun, 09 Apr 2006 02:54:17 GMT LITTLE VALLEY — A trio of retired investigators has been tapped to form the nucleus of a Cold Case File Unit of the Cattaraugus County Sheriff’s Department. Lawmakers recap 2006 session The Valdosta Daily Times - Sun, 09 Apr 2006 02:54:16 GMT VALDOSTA — Local lawmakers began the 2006 legislative session with education, health care, and energy tax high ranking high on priority lists. China cooking up plans to boost foie gras production Servihoo - Sun, 09 Apr 2006 02:52:46 GMT Thanks to a growing interest in gourmet foods, China is aiming to become one of the world's biggest producers of foie gras made from goose livers in the coming years. Links: Lexus RX 330 Lexus LX Lexus Lexus ES 300 Lexus LS 600hL Lexus GX Lexus SC (Comment on this)
Thursday, April 6th, 2006
8:15 am	I don’t care who you are — that man’s funny I don’t care who you are — that man’s funny The Kentucky Standard - Thu, 06 Apr 2006 05:11:21 GMT “Aw, don’t worry none, Honey, he’s part of the family.” Judge to decide on licence for dangerous driver Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Thu, 06 Apr 2006 05:03:06 GMT A woman who drove onto a footpath on Queensland's Gold Coast and killed a nine-year-old girl will return to court in August to try to get her driver's licence back. Shoah Reparations Plan Draws Criticism Forward - Thu, 06 Apr 2006 04:31:14 GMT A Hungarian government program offering compensation based on the number of family members killed in the Holocaust is coming under fire from survivors whom the initiative is supposed to be helping. Gay U.K. man guilty of HIV transmission Planet Out via Yahoo! News - Thu, 06 Apr 2006 00:41:09 GMT SUMMARY: A 47-year-old London-area gay man becomes the first person in the United Kingdom to be convicted of recklessly transmitting HIV. WB's 'new genre' sure gets old in a hurry Miami Herald - Wed, 05 Apr 2006 20:55:17 GMT Pepper Dennis, 9-10 tonight, WBZL-WB 39 If the news that television has invented a new genre suffuses your body with a warm glow of anticipatory loathing, that seems fair enough, given that the last time this happened we wound up with reality shows. So it's with some relief that I report The WB is lying when it boasts that Pepper Dennis signifies a new television life form, the one-hour comedy. NEWS: Love-Hate Mail Nashville Scene - Wed, 05 Apr 2006 16:33:01 GMT Letters from readers. Jurors told of shotgun stand-off BBC News - Wed, 05 Apr 2006 15:51:11 GMT A man on trial for attempted murder was persuaded by police not to shoot himself, a jury hears. Further attack by freed-early youth who 'destroyed son's life' Burnley Today - Wed, 05 Apr 2006 14:42:02 GMT AN ex-soldier previously jailed for attacking his Clitheroe platoon leader with a pickaxe is back behind bars after admitting a new offence of inflicting grievous bodily harm. (05/04/2006 15:28:02) Man pleads not guilty to murder South London Press - Wed, 05 Apr 2006 14:08:10 GMT A MAN accused of murdering a fitness instructor two years after the victim's brother was stabbed to death has denied murder. April 5 - April 13 City Pulse - Wed, 05 Apr 2006 12:12:55 GMT Drop-In Art Projects. Make a cookie stamp from clay. Ages 4 and up. 4-6 p.m. FREE. Reach Studio Art Center, 1804 S. Washington Ave., Lansing. (517) 862-1443. Links: Lexus GX 470 (Comment on this)