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Wednesday, April 19th, 2006
3:30 am	Peugeot to close Midlands plant Peugeot to close Midlands plant Tiscali - Wed, 19 Apr 2006 00:23:06 GMT PARIS/LONDON (Reuters) - French carmaker PSA Peugeot Citroen plans to close its plant in the west Midlands and eliminate 2,300 jobs, it said on Tuesday, dealing another blow to Britain’s fading glory as a carmaking centre. Adex forecast to rise 6%-7% The Star Online - Wed, 19 Apr 2006 00:21:12 GMT PETALING JAYA: Advertising expenditure (adex) in the country is expected to pick up again after a sluggish growth last year. AFX UK Focus - Wed, 19 Apr 2006 00:08:52 GMT TOKYO (AFX) - Share prices are expected to open higher following sharp gains on Wall Street overnight as investors looked past the surge in oil prices and cheered minutes from the latest US Federal Reserve meeting which showed most members agreed the central bank's chapter of steady rate hikes was coming to a close, dealers said. Wal-Mart Goes Upscale to Increase Sales KiplingerForecasts.com - Wed, 19 Apr 2006 00:05:29 GMT (AP) ROGERS, Ark. Under pressure to boost growth, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is retooling its strategy to pry money from the hands of wealthier, more style-conscious customers by offering a broader array of more fashionable goods. Wal-Mart Goes Upscale to Increase Sales AP via Yahoo! Finance - Tue, 18 Apr 2006 23:57:28 GMT Under pressure to boost growth, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is retooling its strategy to pry money from the hands of wealthier, more style-conscious customers by offering a broader array of more fashionable goods. IBM 1Q Earnings Up 22 Percent to $1.71B North County Times - Tue, 18 Apr 2006 23:55:45 GMT BOSTON - The residual effects of sweeping cost cuts helped boost International Business Machines Corp.'s first-quarter earnings by 22 percent as the technology company beat analysts' expectations Tuesday despite minor revenue growth. LSE sheds 100 pts Daily Times - Tue, 18 Apr 2006 23:34:11 GMT LAHORE: Oil sector fell like ninepins at the Lahore Stock Exchange (LSE) resulting into heavy losses to investors amid lower locks on many cement scrips besides a sluggish movement in banking sector. The LSE 25-share index closed lower Tuesday by 100.14 points, or 1.77 percent, at 5,635.18 points. Market Key averages firm, broader market sluggish at midday WAVY 10 - Tue, 18 Apr 2006 22:51:51 GMT NEW YORK Stock prices are narrowly mixed on Wall Street, despite a move higher for the blue chips. IBM earnings rise 22% on strong cost-cutting USA Today - Tue, 18 Apr 2006 22:41:19 GMT The residual effects of sweeping cost cuts helped boost IBM's first-quarter earnings by 22% as the technology company beat analysts' expectations Tuesday despite minor revenue growth. Eye cells that don't see, but regulate Philly.com - Tue, 18 Apr 2006 22:35:26 GMT As any good high school biology student can tell you, the human eye sees light with special cells called rods and cones. But when George C. Brainard experimented with shining various colors of light into people's eyes, something odd happened: Links: Lexus RX300 Lexus LX Lexus Lexus LS 430 Lexus LS 430 Lexus GX 470 Lexus SC 430 Lexus ES330 Lexus JX 470 Lexus IS200 Lexus LF-C Lexus GS 430 (Comment on this)
Thursday, April 13th, 2006
5:00 pm	Action 100: News Action 100: News Action Medical Research - Thu, 13 Apr 2006 13:39:26 GMT Action Medical Research would like to thank all the cyclists who make Action 100 the success it is. Since the ride started in 1982, you have raised over £790,000 for the charity and our work funding medical breakthroughs. Plugging away The Charlotte Observer - Thu, 13 Apr 2006 12:57:29 GMT Ernie Els gets back to the business of golf today in the first round of the Verizon Heritage at Harbour Town Golf Links, but that is only part of the reason he and his family routinely make a post-Masters stop amid the live oaks and Spanish moss. 'Laramie Project' re-creates aftermath of Shepard slaying The Fort Collins Coloradoan - Thu, 13 Apr 2006 11:41:30 GMT At one point in "The Laramie Project," Reggie Fluty recounts finding a blood-soaked, barely alive Matthew Shepard, severely beaten in the head, burned and tied like a scarecrow to a wooden ranch fence. South Bay and Peninsula San Jose Mercury News - Thu, 13 Apr 2006 11:17:39 GMT American-Californian A.P. Stump's Chop House. 163 W. Santa Clara St., near San Pedro, San Jose. (408) 292-9928. Beautiful, comfortable and soothing, A.P. Stump's satisfies the local craving for upscale American classics. $$$-$$$$. Full bar. Private rooms. Patio. Lunch weekdays, dinner nightly. 1/2 (SH) Cable movie listings April 9-15 Fort Worth Star-Telegram - Thu, 13 Apr 2006 09:22:40 GMT About Last Night... – ’86 ‘R’ Rob Lowe, Demi Moore. Two Chicago singles try to build a more meaningful relationship with each other following a one-night stand. (L, S, N) 113m ENCORE Fri. 10:35 p.m.; TMC Sun. 12:15 a.m. Children's colourful posters will aid floral bid Yorkshire Post Today - Thu, 13 Apr 2006 08:51:13 GMT Lizzie Murphy YOUNGSTERS in Bradford are set to create colourful posters to promote the city's entry in the annual Yorkshire in Bloom competition. (13/04/2006 09:50:03) Rock tames racial riffs on series The Canton Repository - Thu, 13 Apr 2006 08:50:44 GMT Chris Rock is a master of dealing with the serious via humor. From 'Bring the Pain' to his current UPN sitcom, 'Everybody Hates Chris,' he uses laughs to illuminate the ways Americans mistreat others ... Obermuellers leaving mark on UW golf The Badger Herald - Thu, 13 Apr 2006 07:53:27 GMT By now, most Badger fans have heard of the UW hockey brother-sister combination of Adam and Nikki Burish. Earlier this month, the Madison natives became the first sibling tandem to win the national championship in their respective sports. While the Burish’s have been the talk of the town lately, they only represent one of the brother-sister combinations UW athletics has... Learning to Dance: Elizabeth Jolley - Her Life and Work The Age - Thu, 13 Apr 2006 07:44:35 GMT A selection of Elizabeth Jolley's work traversing the career of a great Australian voice. - The thieves weren't kosher: A family story of bumbling robbers inspires a Fair Lawn author The Star-Ledger - Thu, 13 Apr 2006 07:20:17 GMT "Shlemiel Crooks" tells the story of two thieves -- their teeth should fall out except one, then they could have a toothache -- who try to steal special Passover wine from a snoozing saloon owner and Talmud scholar in 1919 St. Louis. Links: Lexus RX300 Lexus JX Lexus Lexus JX 470 Lexus LS 400 Lexus GX Lexus SC400 Lexus ES250 Lexus JX470 Lexus IS Lexus LF-A Lexus GS 300 (Comment on this)
Monday, April 10th, 2006
7:05 pm	Italian voters oust Berlusconi: exit polls Italian voters oust Berlusconi: exit polls TurkishPress.com - Mon, 10 Apr 2006 15:59:15 GMT ROME - Italy's centre-left opposition Monday ousted Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi after an acrimonious election campaign, exit polls showed, ending the tycoon's flamboyant five-year hold on power. Students sacrifice spring break to make a difference MLive.com - Mon, 10 Apr 2006 15:46:04 GMT A weeklong trip to a Mississippi town still struggling to rebuild from Hurricane Katrina was a lesson in humanity for 15 Kalamazoo Valley Community College students and two faculty members. WESTERN PRAIRIES FACE IMPENDING WATER CRISIS Earth Observatory - Mon, 10 Apr 2006 15:23:28 GMT The Canadian prairies are facing an unprecedented water crisis due to a combination of climate warming, increase in human activity and historic drought, says new research by the University of Alberta’s Dr. David Schindler, one of the world’s leading environmental scientists. Letter to the editor, April 7, 2006 The Ashland Daily Press - Mon, 10 Apr 2006 15:19:45 GMT I usually ignore attacks whose calculated maliciousness is obvious enough to be self-indicting, like Barb Linton’s latest attack in the pages of your newspaper. However, there are a couple of factual errors that require specific rebuttal. UN warns of impact of Palestinian aid freeze Middle East Online - Mon, 10 Apr 2006 15:19:16 GMT Senior UN officials warn EU suspension of direct aid to Palestinian Authority will have dire consequences. Exit Polls Say Italy Has Ousted Berlusconi Deutsche Welle - Mon, 10 Apr 2006 15:09:37 GMT Italian voters Monday ousted Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi after an acrimonious election campaign, exit polls showed. The victory of Romano Prodi's center-left coalition spells the end the right's five-year reign. Ghana: The Supply Side Constraints of Ghana's Water Sector AllAfrica.com - Mon, 10 Apr 2006 15:08:41 GMT Ghana faces serious constraints to meeting the challenge of providing adequate water for all rural and urban residents. Bay Area Lab At Forefront Of Bird Fight Effort CBS 5 Bay Area - Mon, 10 Apr 2006 15:03:00 GMT The fight against the avian flu has found an ally in a Bay Area scientist. Kenya: Receding Lake Should Alarm Us AllAfrica.com - Mon, 10 Apr 2006 15:00:10 GMT A startling news story broke a couple of months ago that, unfortunately, was swamped by all the thunder and lightning about mercenaries, newspaper raids and presidential hospital bills. Calif. lab helping to lead bird flu fight Kansas City Star - Mon, 10 Apr 2006 14:59:26 GMT The middle-age man with fever, cough and shallow breath told his doctor he had just returned to Northern California from a chicken farm in Vietnam. Links: Lexus RX 300 Lexus LX 450 Lexus Lexus LF Lexus LS Lexus GX 470 Lexus SC Lexus ES330 Lexus JX 470 Lexus IS 300 Lexus LF-A Lexus GS400 (Comment on this)
Sunday, April 9th, 2006
7:25 am	Frisky Business Frisky Business Potentials Magazine - Sun, 09 Apr 2006 03:11:40 GMT FEBRUARY 01, 2003 - -- Clad in a gray fitted pantsuit, hair perfectly coiffed, Linda LoRe, the 56-year-old CEO of the beleaguered lingerie retailer Frederick's of Hollywood, shakes her head anxiously and paces her office, fiddling with a pen, before stopping and finally looking up. Of ninjas and secret love The Star Online - Sun, 09 Apr 2006 00:34:14 GMT FOUR hundred years ago, the Kagemori clan of ninjas was assigned to protect the Konyakku clan. Years later that responsibility is still carried out by Mamoru Kagemori and his family. This time, they are to protect Yuna Konyakku and her family. Puzzling affair The Star Online - Sun, 09 Apr 2006 00:34:04 GMT ANGEL/DUST is all about a chance encounter between a normal teenage girl and an angelic combat android. In exchange for information to hunt down another of her kind, Seraph, the android, makes a contract with Yuina, enabling the girl to integrate with her and use her powers. Boyd Edges Out Motherwell Soccer365 - Sat, 08 Apr 2006 23:48:48 GMT Rangers kept the pressure on Hearts for second place in the Bank of Scotland Premier League by taking all three points from Motherwell. Kris Boyd grabbed the only goal in what ultimately proved to be a flat and uninspiring affair. Paul Frank founder issues monkey writ Independent - Sat, 08 Apr 2006 23:11:31 GMT Julius has been caught up in a tug-of-war between his founder and the company that made him famous. Hotel Babylon Sydney Morning Herald - Sat, 08 Apr 2006 16:07:36 GMT The hit show that has all England talking! Oh, Channel Nine, you wish. - Chihak: Citizen wasn't broke, but it wasn't fixed, either Tucson Citizen - Sat, 08 Apr 2006 14:38:15 GMT "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." "If it ain't broke … break it." Some readers telling us that they don't like one or another or all aspects of the new Tucson Citizen have cited the first quotation above. Auckland book NZFC playoff berth Stuff - Sat, 08 Apr 2006 09:49:23 GMT Auckland City booked a place in the national soccer league final with a comprehensive 3-0 defeat of Canterbury United at Kiwitea Street in Auckland today. False Consciousness: Double Our Pleasure, Please BrandWeek - Sat, 08 Apr 2006 06:06:53 GMT T he THING about being hopelessly jaded is, while I disbelieve most everything uttered by institutional voices, I can savor rare bursts of creativity as if a rare, immaculately spiced dinner special at a snooty restaurant I can't afford. From Craig Ferguson, a Novel Born of Literary Rambles New York Times - Sat, 08 Apr 2006 04:56:32 GMT The host of "The Late Late Show" on CBS has written a work of literary fiction, with allusions to Bulgakov, Vonnegut, Melville and others. Links: Lexus RX300 Lexus LX Lexus Lexus ES 330 Lexus LS 460L Lexus GX470 Lexus SC 430 (Comment on this)
Thursday, April 6th, 2006
12:30 pm	'The Meltdown' moves slower than a wooly mammoth 'The Meltdown' moves slower than a wooly mammoth Waterloo Cedar-Falls Courier - Thu, 06 Apr 2006 09:17:08 GMT The good news about "Ice Age: The Meltdown," is that the nut-nutty saber-toothed squirrel of the first "Ice Age" --- the best, funniest thing in the movie --- is back for the sequel. Monkeys get the message News 24 South Africa - Thu, 06 Apr 2006 08:53:16 GMT A troop of monkeys at London Zoo has had to be retrained after showing too much interest in visitors' phones. Springtime for critters Daily Record - Thu, 06 Apr 2006 08:11:46 GMT With the onset of spring, nature's little creatures come alive. Then they apparently leap onto the pages of children's picture books. GET OUT: AN ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT CALENDAR Duluth News Tribune - Thu, 06 Apr 2006 08:11:27 GMT ART 'Ice Age' sequel a tepid effort Lexington Herald-Leader - Thu, 06 Apr 2006 07:40:34 GMT As compelling as the original story of a sloth, a woolly mammoth and a saber-tooth lion saving a human child was, this follow-up seems utterly pointless. Ice to see you again The Battalion - Thu, 06 Apr 2006 07:29:30 GMT Long ago, much of the earth was covered in huge sheets of ice called glaciers. When they eventually receded and the general temperature of the Earth increased, many of the animals that adapted to the colder climate migrated or went extinct. This was not a pleasant event. Movie Guide The Times of Northwest Indiana - Thu, 06 Apr 2006 06:05:41 GMT A classic example of a music video director making the leap to feature films and emphasizing style over substance. Chris Robinson looks like he could have been onto something with his Atlanta-based coming-of-age story, as he approaches complex issues of race, class, money and identity. 'Ice Age 2' thaws with flaws: kids will love it, but adults will find it lacking Cavalier Daily Online - Thu, 06 Apr 2006 05:58:57 GMT What do Ray Romano, Queen Latifah, Denis Leary and Will Arnett all have in common? They are all actors struggling to find work. PORTER COUNTY EDITION The Times of Northwest Indiana - Thu, 06 Apr 2006 05:52:56 GMT PORTAGE | Police said they tried to stop a motorist who ran the stop sign at Central Avenue and McCool Road at 3:30 a.m. Wednesday, but the driver fled. Pussy willows The Star-Ledger - Thu, 06 Apr 2006 05:50:11 GMT Pussy willows are one of those plants that seem designed for a child's pleasure -- those soft and fuzzy little catkins just beg to be petted. Every spring at some point, branches of pussy willows would show up at my childhood home. Links: Lexus GX 470 (Comment on this)