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Tuesday, April 18th, 2006
9:40 pm	San Francisco: The city that fell to earth San Francisco: The city that fell to earth Stuff - Tue, 18 Apr 2006 17:17:39 GMT A century after the earthquake San Francisco keeps on rising. Michael Shmith reports from the city of eternal optimism. Badds keeps faith for breakthrough Sunday Mail - Tue, 18 Apr 2006 14:06:53 GMT AARON Baddeley was reciting a bible verse to himself as he stepped up to the seven foot putt that gave him his breakthrough victory on the U.S. PGA Tour. Fancy footwork The Columbus Dispatch - Tue, 18 Apr 2006 13:25:37 GMT In fashionable stores and magazines, shoes look more like art. They come in gloriously printed fabrics. They are lace-trimmed, handpainted and glitter-drenched. They rest on platforms as if posed in a museum. How San Francisco Was Destroyed American Heritage - Tue, 18 Apr 2006 11:14:25 GMT It began a hundred years ago this morning. At precisely 5:12 a.m. on Wednesday, April 18, 1906, the San Francisco Bay Area was hit with a massive 7.9 earthquake, followed by three days of fires. The destruction unleashed is difficult to comprehend. Pop Rocks Still Rock Hartford Courant - Tue, 18 Apr 2006 07:32:05 GMT Effort To Create Instant Soft Drink Mix Became Candy Sensation Despite bad publicity and several health-food crazes, Pop Rocks soldier on. Crocs Wants to Take Its Odd Shoe to New Heights Los Angeles Times - Tue, 18 Apr 2006 07:02:26 GMT As the new sponsor of the AVP Pro Beach Volleyball tour, the shoemaker, known for its rubbery footwear, hopes to gain a foothold in California. MySpace Is Unprofessional, but That's the Point New York Times - Tue, 18 Apr 2006 04:21:40 GMT The most popular social networking site on the planet is simply "a place for friends," and aesthetes and code-snobs need not apply. DVD review: Corpse Bride Stuff - Tue, 18 Apr 2006 03:53:03 GMT **** Tim Burton's return to stop motion animation is the wickedly funny story of a bumbling groom who stumbles into marrying a girl from the other side of life. Feature: 'Redefining 'Cartoony' Game Art' Gamasutra - Mon, 17 Apr 2006 22:08:05 GMT In today's main feature, citing the game industry's fixation with "realistic" graphics, Marque Sondergaard considers alternatives and the limiting term "cartoony", as he attempts to better define the use of stylized art in video games. Sondergaard references recent games such as Psychonauts and explains how he sees them fitting in to the 'stylized' game paradigm, but in the following excerpt, Bad guys are looking good Yahoo! India News - Mon, 17 Apr 2006 20:48:43 GMT Sarees teamed with skimpy blouses, garish eye make-up to accentuate the look of blistering scorn - these are no longer helping vamps on television. As chauvinistic as it may sound, men are definitely the winners on soaps nowadays when it comes to being bad. Swayam (Kahiin To Hoga), Prem (Kasautii Zindagi Kay), Sasha (Kahaani Ghar Ghar Ki) and Vishu (Bhabhi), are giving Mandira and Pallavi a run Links: Lexus RX330 Lexus LX 450 Lexus Lexus IS 300 Lexus LS400 Lexus GX Lexus SC Lexus ES350 Lexus JX470 Lexus IS 300 Lexus LF-A Lexus GS 300 (Comment on this)
Thursday, April 13th, 2006
11:10 am	Mixed grill's meat and veggies pair well with cabernet Mixed grill's meat and veggies pair well with cabernet Duluth News Tribune - Thu, 13 Apr 2006 08:09:34 GMT Mike Keuhn can use a stove. He can fire up the grill to feed the family. But sometimes, he'd like to try something beyond pasta, brats and burgers. Skilling denies breaking the law The Biloxi Sun Herald - Thu, 13 Apr 2006 08:09:24 GMT Former Enron Corp. Chief Executive Jeffrey Skilling spoke up Wednesday for company founder Kenneth Lay in his third day on the witness stand in their fraud and conspiracy trial, saying they were a "good team" that committed no crimes. Fitchburg officials are clearing Aug. 2 visit from Warped Tour Worcester Telegram & Gazette - Thu, 13 Apr 2006 08:09:23 GMT FITCHBURG - The Vans Warped Tour, which features dozens of punk and alternative-rock acts, has a history of tying up traffic for more than eight hours. Wolves shake jinx Pioneer Press - Thu, 13 Apr 2006 08:09:18 GMT HOUSTON — With three games left in the season, at least one need is becoming clear for the Timberwolves: They need a point guard. A consistently effective one, anyway. EGYPT: New paternity law stipulating DNA testing proposed IRIN - Thu, 13 Apr 2006 08:09:17 GMT CAIRO, 13 Apr 2006 (IRIN) - Hind al-Hinnawy is a slight, 29-year-old Egyptian mother. She’s also a household name in Egypt, thanks to a high-profile paternity case she brought in 2004 against a famous actor, Ahmed al-Fishawy, who she says is the father of her 16-month old daughter, Lina. Modified foods hit EU snag The News Journal - Thu, 13 Apr 2006 08:08:54 GMT European Union regulators demanded that producers of genetically modified food provide more safety information, a step that may rekindle a trans-Atlantic trade dispute. Airport leading tug of war over land Peoria Journal Star - Thu, 13 Apr 2006 08:08:50 GMT Complete local and regional news, local business directory including restaurants, local classifieds and Central Illinois information. Italian official refuses to request arrest, extradition of CIA agents Duluth News Tribune - Thu, 13 Apr 2006 08:08:43 GMT ROME -- Italy's justice minister on Thursday said he had decided not to seek the extradition from the U.S. of 22 CIA agents accused of abducting an Egyptian cleric from a street in Milan, Italy, in a blow to prosecutors investigating the case. Track work under way The Daily Item - Thu, 13 Apr 2006 08:08:18 GMT LEWISBURG — The SEDA-Council of Goverments' Joint Rail Authority has 10 projects in full swing throughout its multi-county region. Jeff Stover, chief of transportation and public safety for SEDA-COG, gave an overview Wednesday of the projects to the rail authority board during its monthly meeting. Trade deficit with China dips The News Journal - Thu, 13 Apr 2006 08:08:13 GMT WASHINGTON -- The Chinese are engaged in a multibillion-dollar buying spree of all things American, from soybeans to Boeing jetliners, and the huge U.S. trade deficit with China dropped unexpectedly in February. Links: Lexus RX Lexus LX Lexus Lexus GS 300 Lexus LS600hL Lexus GX Lexus SC430 Lexus ES 350 Lexus JX540 Lexus IS 300 Lexus LF-C Lexus GS 400 (Comment on this)
Monday, April 10th, 2006
1:15 pm	Soothing Swedish 'Sounds' Soothing Swedish 'Sounds' The Daily Gamecock - Mon, 10 Apr 2006 05:00:05 GMT dasdsad anti MUSIC .com antiMUSIC - Mon, 10 Apr 2006 03:19:27 GMT Happy Birthday to US. Our sister site Rocknworld.com turned 8 this past weekend. This was the site that started it all for us and since this just may our last anniversary look for some celebration specials later this month. And thank you for making it possible! Pink Vs Paris antiMUSIC - Mon, 10 Apr 2006 03:04:26 GMT (Contact Music) Pop star PINK is outraged teenage girls are so fixated with PARIS HILTON they think it's "cool to have a sex tape". Stones Unfazed By Chinese Censorship Soundbuzz via Yahoo! Launch News - Mon, 10 Apr 2006 03:00:03 GMT Stones Unfazed By Chinese Censorship Weirdos and fishnets unite! Scarlet & Black - Mon, 10 Apr 2006 02:48:21 GMT Almost every year since 2000, a committed cadre of Grinnellians has donned wigs and corsets to stage an annual live performance of The Rocky Horror Picture Show to accompany a midnight showing of the film. Pink Appalled By Sex Tape Mentality Soundbuzz via Yahoo! Launch News - Mon, 10 Apr 2006 02:00:02 GMT Pink Appalled By Sex Tape Mentality Godfather of Chinese rock gives Stones a political edge Independent - Sun, 09 Apr 2006 23:28:20 GMT The Rolling Stones made a suitably noisy debut in Shanghai with their trademark songs of sex, Satan and bad-boy living but it was the appearance on stage of a real rock 'n' roll renegade, China's rock godfather Cui Jian, that gave the show its emotional edge. Rolling Stones Rock China ContactMusic - Sun, 09 Apr 2006 14:18:44 GMT THE ROLLING STONES wowed thousands of Chinese and expatriate fans last night (08APR06) when they performed a "milestone" gig in Shanghai. Unfazed by Paging Gretchen New York Daily News - Sun, 09 Apr 2006 08:23:25 GMT Bettie Page, the 1950s pinup model and fetish style icon, has inspired everything from a hairstyle (the signature brunette bangs-and-bob 'do) to a 1980s comic book character in "The Rocketeer" (played by Page look-alike Jennifer Connelly in a 1991 movie), to numerous magazines, books and Bettie-worshiping Web sites. Now a new biopic, "The Notorious Bettie Page," uncovers her career before the This week on DVD Fort Worth Star-Telegram - Sun, 09 Apr 2006 08:12:10 GMT WATCH THIS FIRST! Links: Lexus RX 300 Lexus JX Lexus Lexus IS 300 Lexus LS 460L Lexus GX 470 Lexus SC430 Lexus ES 300 Lexus JX540 Lexus IS 300 Lexus LF-A Lexus GS350 (Comment on this)
Sunday, April 9th, 2006
1:35 am	Nostalgic Notes Nostalgic Notes Deccan Herald - Sat, 08 Apr 2006 21:19:25 GMT "During lunch, I sat with my head lowered. I was afraid somebody would ask me, a shudra, to get up." Ajji is finally beginning to feel her age. Sitting on a battered wooden bed, her body resting against two pillows, she strains every nerve to open her eyes. Hard, Shadowy Game of Gossip Rewards Ruthless and Unctuous New York Times - Sat, 08 Apr 2006 21:18:03 GMT The relentless operation of the gossip game has landed The New York Post squarely in the harsh glare it usually directs on others. The Rajpal Abeynayake Column: Sunday Observer - Sat, 08 Apr 2006 19:37:59 GMT 'Munich' is a Stephen Spielberg movie. That's a realization which dawns very much after a viewer is bowled over by the movies' gimmicks, the glamour, and the gory scenes of a Dutch temptress being done-in with a silencer enabled gun. Amazon's Weekend Electronics Deals Gizmodo - Sat, 08 Apr 2006 17:52:31 GMT Amazon has a raft of deals this weekend on electronics, ranging up to 55% off on some items. Most of it amounts to mundane computer peripherals, but there are some distractions, such as the earlier... Feds bugged bedroom, phones of FIU pair Miami Herald - Sat, 08 Apr 2006 14:54:04 GMT Federal agents planted a bug in the bedroom of a Florida International University a couple of years ago, netting evidence to charge them as unregistered agents for the Cuban government, according to court records. God of all things The Age - Sat, 08 Apr 2006 14:33:34 GMT FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE, the German philosopher, proclaimed in 1882 that God was dead. Mike 4 Ever: Despite his muscles and his power tools, Mike Holmes is competent, clean and reassuringly sexless Canada.com - Sat, 08 Apr 2006 14:00:43 GMT Holmes on Homes is a hit HGTV reality show featuring contractor extraordinaire Mike Holmes. He's a regular-looking guy, at least if you spend your time in the aisles of Home Depot. He's big and he wears overalls with a sleeveless undershirt, a gold chain, bracelets and an earring. Plans for Gay Games rowing event cause hot dispute in Chicago suburb Belleville News-Democrat - Sat, 08 Apr 2006 13:59:17 GMT It would seem a simple question: Whether to give rowers a permit to have a boat race this summer on a small man-made lake about 50 miles northwest of Chicago. 'Pepper' looks hot but leaves us cold Fort Worth Star-Telegram - Sat, 08 Apr 2006 13:51:42 GMT It probably sounded like a good idea on paper. But the show strains so hard to be likable that it's almost sadistic to say unkind things about it. Designing the perfect pool The News Journal - Sat, 08 Apr 2006 12:40:58 GMT You're ready to transform your mundane backyard into the summer pleasure spa of your dreams. Fueled by glossy magazine photos of water tumbling over rocks into a pool framed by a natural stone terrace and accented with exotically beautiful plants, you start making calls to swimming pool installers. And that, according to Bill Duncan, landscape designer and owner of White Oak Landscape Management, Links: Lexus RX Lexus LX 470 Lexus Lexus SC 400 Lexus LS600h Lexus GX 470 Lexus SC300 (Comment on this)
Wednesday, April 5th, 2006
5:20 pm	Hamas will always be a terrorist group Hamas will always be a terrorist group Daily Aztec - Wed, 05 Apr 2006 06:21:34 GMT As the nation was transfixed on student walkouts and public protests against proposed immigration laws last week, a small ceremony took place that went almost unnoticed by much of the world. Hamas was sworn in as the democratically elected leader of the Palestinian Authority. Only a constitution can save us from this abuse of power Guardian Unlimited - Wed, 05 Apr 2006 02:18:46 GMT New Labour presented itself as a modernising force in 1997. Modernising? Bond oversight panel losing members North County Times - Wed, 05 Apr 2006 00:25:29 GMT Three of seven members of a committee overseeing a $46 million bond sponsored by the Perris Union High School District have either resigned or plan to soon, district officials said Monday. Analysis: U.N. reforms moving forward World Peace Herald - Tue, 04 Apr 2006 20:52:30 GMT UNITED NATIONS -- United Nations member states are queuing for seats on the revamped Human Rights Council, as the new deputy secretary-general lobbies for funding needed to reform management of the world organization. Botswana: Reflections On the Electoral Reform Conference - Part II AllAfrica.com - Tue, 04 Apr 2006 20:24:16 GMT In the previous article, we outlined the misconception about women empowerment in politics as expressed through the President's opening speech. We must repeat that it is wrong to view women political empowerment as a concert for women alone or as tied precariously to presidential patronage. In Khartoum, the Refrain of Arab Failure YaleGlobal Online - Tue, 04 Apr 2006 19:06:20 GMT Somebody should remind the few Arab heads of state who attended the Arab League summit in Khartoum on Tuesday that we have just had our first modern slave revolt in the Arab region. Food companies 'failing to tackle diet crisis' Belfast Telegraph - Tue, 04 Apr 2006 10:04:22 GMT The world's 25 biggest food companies are failing to take the global crisis in diet seriously and often only change their practices when faced with adverse publicity that could damage their sales, a new study claims. Who's pulling strings of illegal alien activists? WorldNet Daily - Tue, 04 Apr 2006 05:04:04 GMT America was stunned by massive rallies of half a million in support of illegal aliens in both Chicago and L.A. But two reports in the latest issue of Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin suggest no one should be surprised because these movements are well-organized, well-funded and directed by the hidden hands of globalist foundations with a one-world agenda. SE should win stay of execution as Welsh coup looks to have backfired The Scotsman via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance - Tue, 04 Apr 2006 02:00:16 GMT WHY not abolish Scottish Enterprise and bring its functions directly under the control of the Executive and the parliament? Experimental Search Engine Puts Amazon to Shame The Village Voice - Mon, 03 Apr 2006 22:57:02 GMT Mapping taste: Between individual and aggregate choice (By Julian Dibbell) Links: Lexus RX 330 (Comment on this)