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Wednesday, April 19th, 2006
7:55 am	Report Slams US Terror Information Sharing Among Agencies Report Slams US Terror Information Sharing Among Agencies Space War - Wed, 19 Apr 2006 04:53:07 GMT by Shaun Waterman UPI Homeland and National Security Editor Washington (UPI) Apr 19, 2006 Government investigators Monday panned the administration's efforts to share vital counter-terrorism information among the large number of federal agencies involved in protecting the U.S. homeland, an endeavor senior intelligence officials say is a litmus test of the success of the nation's new intelligence THE 50-YEAR ECHO: Finding comfort in the revolutionary "Howl" Cleveland Free Times - Wed, 19 Apr 2006 04:48:45 GMT "Howl," the infamous beat-era poem by Allen Ginsberg, turns 50 this year. The anniversary has already led to the inevitable tribute readings and gassy lionizations. Retail concepts of the future that will have consumers spending more Radio Singapore International - Wed, 19 Apr 2006 04:45:14 GMT If you own a retail store or always wanted to do so or if you’re simply a shopaholic, brace yourself... In this edition of Undertones, Lucy Johnson from Global Design Resources, shares with us the future of retail concepts. Ahmadinejad Says Iran Army Will Cut Off Hand Of Aggressor Space War - Wed, 19 Apr 2006 04:44:45 GMT by Pierre Celerier Tehran, Iran (AFP) Apr 19, 2006 Hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad vowed Tuesday that Iran would "cut off the hand of any aggressor", as the Islamic republic's army put on a show of strength in their annual military parade. 'Idol' Singers Raise Their Standards Zap2It - Wed, 19 Apr 2006 04:42:08 GMT The 'American Idol' final seven contestants. It's a weird group of finalists on "Idol" this season -- Just weeks ago, the singers butchered an assortment of contemporary hits, but on Tuesday (April 18), the standards found in the American Songbook highlight some talented performers. Broward judge orders unsealing of hidden case Miami Herald - Wed, 19 Apr 2006 04:39:52 GMT A Broward Circuit Court judge on Monday made public one of the more than 100 cases The Miami Herald has found hidden on a secret docket. Post a Comment TDP leader hacked to death in Andhra Khaleej Times - Wed, 19 Apr 2006 04:39:49 GMT HYDERABAD — A senior leader of the opposition Telugu Desam party and former legislator Suryapratap Reddy was brutally hacked to death by an unidentified group of assailants at Tadipatri railway station in Anantapur district, 400km south of here, early yesterday. New U ballpark is not on deck any time soon Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune - Wed, 19 Apr 2006 04:34:17 GMT When it comes to Gophers athletics, ground breaking for a boat house is not as earth shattering as that of, say, an on-campus football stadium, but don't try to convince Wendy Davis as much. "I'm in heaven," the Gophers women's rowing coach said on Tuesday as she stood on the East bank of the Mississippi River and the site of the team's future, and much-awaited, facility. Coaches ask for -- and Stewart, Zipadelli teleconference, part 2 Motorsport.com - Wed, 19 Apr 2006 04:32:46 GMT Q: When you go back to a racetrack that you've raced at so many times, even back early in your career in IRL, when you sit there alone in your thoughts looking at that racetrack, does it juice you up with confidence? Google Searches Deeper for Enterprise Dollars InternetNews.com - Wed, 19 Apr 2006 04:27:21 GMT The $120 billion gorilla of consumer search pursues more dollars in the enterprise arena. Links: Lexus RX330 Lexus LX450 Lexus Lexus LS 400 Lexus LS460 Lexus GX Lexus SC Lexus ES300 Lexus JX 540 Lexus IS350 Lexus LF Lexus GS450h (Comment on this)
Thursday, April 13th, 2006
9:25 pm	Lee Ryan's BLUE Moon... Lee Ryan's BLUE Moon... ShowBiz Ireland - Thu, 13 Apr 2006 16:38:38 GMT Former BLUE singer Lee Ryan was in Dublin at the weekend promoting his new single and taking-in a spot of the Irish preoccupation with letting it ALL hang out... The Dolls' Revolution: Australian Theatre and Cultural Imagination The Age - Thu, 13 Apr 2006 07:44:15 GMT An indispensable guide to the most important contemporary Australian playwrights. - Music Calendar for April 6, 2006 Duluth News Tribune - Wed, 12 Apr 2006 20:33:57 GMT Your weekly guide to concerts in the Northland. Gossip rags in a world of their own Sydney Morning Herald - Wed, 12 Apr 2006 13:52:51 GMT Diamonds are forever, dummies are for Katie Holmes. - Guinea pig gang facing prison ic Birmingham - Wed, 12 Apr 2006 10:51:15 GMT A gang of animal rights fanatics face lengthy jail terms after admitting charges linked to a terror campaign which culminated in the theft of a pensioner's body from her grave. INVESTMENT PLANS TO HALT IW DECLINE Isle of Wight County Press - Wed, 12 Apr 2006 09:13:33 GMT By Suzanne Pert AN ISLAND investment company is being formed to try to halt the decline in long-term infrastructure and development. Animal rights gang to face years in jail The Vale Advertiser - Wed, 12 Apr 2006 08:42:37 GMT FOUR animal rights activists were last night facing lengthy jail sentences after admitting a terror campaign which culminated in the removal of a pensioner's body from her grave. Vicar's son led fanatics Express and Star - Wed, 12 Apr 2006 07:30:20 GMT The son of a Walsall vicar is today facing 12 years jail after admitting links to a terror campaign which ended in a grandmother's body being stolen from her grave. Four facing jail for role in six-year animal rights terrorism icWales - Wed, 12 Apr 2006 07:02:08 GMT FOUR fanatical animal rights activists are facing lengthy jail sentences after they admitted taking part in a long-running terror campaign which culminated in the theft of a pensioner's body from her grave. WHAT WE LOVE, WHAT WE HATE ABOUT OUR BODIES Daily Mirror - Wed, 12 Apr 2006 07:01:32 GMT ONLY 2% of women are happy with their shape - here six readers point out their good and bad bits... Links: Lexus RX 300 Lexus LX Lexus Lexus GS 400 Lexus LS 600h Lexus GX470 Lexus SC 400 Lexus ES Lexus JX540 Lexus IS350 Lexus LF-A Lexus GS (Comment on this)
Monday, April 10th, 2006
11:30 pm	S.F. earthquake shacks stand test of time S.F. earthquake shacks stand test of time The Monterey County Herald - Mon, 10 Apr 2006 16:31:20 GMT Noreen Farrell always thought her house was something special, but she didn't know it was a slice of San Francisco history until the day she spotted a stranger out front taking photographs. Some Of S.F.'s Former Earthquake Shacks Survive CBS 5 Bay Area - Mon, 10 Apr 2006 13:47:29 GMT As the city prepares to commemorate the centennial of the Great Quake this month and with the misery caused by Hurricane Katrina still fresh in the public's awareness, historic preservationists here are working to identify and save other surviving refugee cottages. At peak occupancy, 16,488 San Franciscans lived in more than 5,600 of the redwood and fir structures. THE PARKINSON'S DISEASE TREATMENT BOOK Kirkus Reviews - Mon, 10 Apr 2006 02:12:14 GMT Ahlskog—a professor of neurology at the Mayo Medical School, a chair holder at the Mayo Clinic and a clinical investigator responsible for treatment protocols—discusses the many faces of Parkinson's disease in this illuminating guide to treatment. Review: 'Phat Girlz' Amateurish, Dismal Muzi - Sun, 09 Apr 2006 20:18:57 GMT Remember when Friday was a day you looked forward to -- the start of the weekend, the day you thanked God it was? These days all Friday means is there's another astonishingly amateurish film arriving in theaters without reviewers having the benefit of seeing it first. CAROLYN HAX: TELL ME ABOUT IT: Prove love by not being so selfish Contra Costa Times - Sun, 09 Apr 2006 10:03:39 GMT Q: I want you to tell me life will be OK, but I'm not sure I deserve it. There's this girl, and I love her, but there's a problem: We've been "talking" on and off for a year and a half, and she's always had feelings for me but I was afraid to take the next step, and managed to foil everything again, again and again by hooking up with other people. More News Scranton Times-Tribune - Sun, 09 Apr 2006 08:17:58 GMT Skin deep "Thank You For Smoking" The Davis Enterprise - Sun, 09 Apr 2006 07:12:24 GMT Published Apr 07, 2006 - 14:31:55 CDT. Four stars. Dark, canny satire highlighted by shrewd script, sharp performances. "Casanova" The Davis Enterprise - Sun, 09 Apr 2006 07:09:44 GMT Published Jan 06, 2006 - 14:50:27 CST. Three stars. Earthy subject too diluted by leaden pacing and a sanitized approach. Annoying The Canton Repository - Sun, 09 Apr 2006 06:49:00 GMT What's the most maddening thing about your work place? Condescending tones at work, cited by 44 percent. Next was public reprimands, which 37 percent called a big pet peeve. Thirty-four percent said ... Are staff meetings really necessary? Deseret Morning News - Sun, 09 Apr 2006 06:24:27 GMT Average length of a weekly staff meeting, according to a survey for GroupSystems Corp.: 50 minutes Links: Lexus RX300 Lexus JX Lexus Lexus SC 430 Lexus LS460 Lexus GX 470 Lexus SC Lexus ES 250 Lexus JX540 Lexus IS 350 Lexus LF-A Lexus GS350 (Comment on this)
Sunday, April 9th, 2006
11:50 am	Where glaciers sing and grizzlies are hungry Where glaciers sing and grizzlies are hungry The Observer - Sun, 09 Apr 2006 00:10:01 GMT So, Solan, as my guide, you'd better tell me what we do if we get capsized by a whale.' Whhhhooooosh! What the..? Yards away was a dark, fathomless eye and a velvet head bejewelled with barnacles. Our two-man kayak - more a skirt than a boat - suddenly felt very small. Giant bluefin tuna invade SA waters News Interactive - Sat, 08 Apr 2006 21:42:02 GMT THEY'RE taller than the average footballer, weigh as much as a fridge and have hundreds of anglers clamouring to catch them. Troopers and tui chubs The Mail Tribune - Sat, 08 Apr 2006 09:11:20 GMT Oregon’s Legislative Emergency Board on Friday approved funds to add 10 new Oregon State Police troopers and to help rid Diamond Lake of a tui chub infestation, officials said. Rowers 'not going to quit' Northwest Herald - Sat, 08 Apr 2006 08:42:20 GMT ELGIN – Sarah Kessans and her rowing mate, Emily Kohl, have faced down many storms together. The most daunting was a 12-foot wave that in January capsized their rowboat in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. It ripped away their lifeboats 46 days into a cross-Atlantic race. Global Warming's Bright Side: Is There One? Discovery Channel - Fri, 07 Apr 2006 21:17:19 GMT A look at the benefits of global warming finds that for every plus, there are many minuses. Fossil Fuels Threatening Sea Life, Researchers Say Newhouse News Service - Fri, 07 Apr 2006 16:21:54 GMT BY MICHAEL MILSTEIN c. 2006 Newhouse News S ervice Scientists just back from a research cruise across the northern Pacific say the ocean has soaked up so much carbon dioxide from human burning of fossil fuels that it's turning more acidic, disrupting growth of coral and the tiny sea creatures salmon and other fish rely on for food. Freshwater Copepod May Be Several Species, Not Just One Science Daily - Fri, 07 Apr 2006 16:13:22 GMT A common and widespread species of freshwater plankton, called a copepod, forms new species at an uncommonly high rate, scientists have discovered. Indeed, a new study has revealed that what was once believed to be a single copepod species is really a collection of many species. Fossil fuels could harm food source for salmon Tacoma News Tribune - Fri, 07 Apr 2006 15:47:08 GMT Burning oil, gas and coal has put so much carbon dioxide into the air that it has changed ocean chemistry, so much so that it could harm a major source of food for Pacific Northwest salmon, two Seattle oceanographers said Thursday. Heading for the beach? Use recyclables, not plastic Malaya - Fri, 07 Apr 2006 14:12:45 GMT Reduce the amount of waste you generate when you or your family head for the beach this summer. Carbon Dioxide is Killing Cold-Water Reefs Spiegel Online English - Fri, 07 Apr 2006 14:02:01 GMT The greenhouse gas carbon dioxide is acidifying the oceans. The first victims could be cold-water coral, which are believed to populate the edges of all continental shelves. Another endangered species is the plankton in the open oceans -- the basic building block of the marine food chain. Links: Lexus RX Lexus LX Lexus Lexus LX 450 Lexus LS Lexus GX 470 Lexus SC 300 (Comment on this)
Friday, April 7th, 2006
1:30 am	CD reviews CD reviews Las Vegas CityLife - Thu, 06 Apr 2006 20:55:03 GMT It's hard to explain the out-of-the-box popularity of Editors, the latest New Music Express darlings from Birmingham, England. Is it born out of genuine respect for the band's craft? A longing for music that hearkens back to early '80s U.K. post-punk? Canadian concert calendar Canadian Press via Yahoo! News - Thu, 06 Apr 2006 18:28:00 GMT (CP) - A look at some concerts scheduled in the days ahead (check local organizers for details): Judge sentences Guy after another probation violation Daily Journal - Thu, 06 Apr 2006 17:13:38 GMT FARMINGTON - A former Arcadia resident had two chances to get out of serving time in prison for drug-related charges. Steven Joseph Guy, 29, was placed on probation, not once but twice, for charges of manufacture of meth and endangering the welfare of a child. Controversial Documentary Film 'Rape of the Soul' Uncovers Pornographic and Satanic Images Embedded in Religious PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Thu, 06 Apr 2006 17:10:00 GMT Rape of the Soul," the controversial new documentary film, which exposes pornographic and satanic images embedded in religious artworks and the Church's subsequent attempts to avoid their detection, continues its run at the AMC Esquire 6 Theater . The Award for Best Satanic Rabbit Goes to ... New York Times - Thu, 06 Apr 2006 16:50:29 GMT Can googly-eyed creatures and shy, nerdy boys restore Japan to its imperial glory? A report from the Tokyo International Anime Fair. Postcolonialism and Development: New Dialogues? RedNova - Thu, 06 Apr 2006 15:55:43 GMT By Sharp, Joanne; Briggs, John At the outset, it needs to be said that the two editors of this special issue, although both geographers, come from very different conceptual and theoretical backgrounds. Multiple Murderer Appeals Death Sentence before Utah Supreme Court Brigham Young NewsNet - Thu, 06 Apr 2006 15:16:05 GMT 'This case as much as any has prompted wide-spread changes on how death penalty cases are handled in the state of Utah,' said Taylor's attorney Richard Mauro. 3 teens accused of massacre plot Philadelphia Daily News - Thu, 06 Apr 2006 10:59:31 GMT Police say they may have prevented a "Columbine-style massacre" at Winslow Township High School in Atco, N.J. Three freshmen, ages 14, 15 and 16, were arrested yesterday and charged with terrorism-related crimes, police said. When did living became a lifestyle choice? Independent - Thu, 06 Apr 2006 10:56:45 GMT There was never any shortage of reasons to dislike the nouveau-riche couple who recently moved in down the street. Hideous new McMansion poised cheek-by-jowl with the demure little Japanese home perched right next to it? Check. Publishing Good News since 1884 Florida Baptist Witness - Thu, 06 Apr 2006 02:42:12 GMT It’s not often that this newspaper becomes part of a story. From time-to-time our reporting or commentary gains the attention of other news outlets, which has resulted in our coverage impacting a story. Links: Lexus RX330 Lexus Lexus GX 470 (Comment on this)