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AP News Alert - The Associated Press


AP News Alert
The Associated Press - 56 minutes ago
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Prosecutors say they are dropping all charges against a woman accused of killing her Marine husband with arsenic after new tests showed no ...


Writers Wanted!

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:54:09 PDT
* You can post character stories of your adventures inside your game worlds. * You can post about your likes and dislike about your current game, or the trends you see in video gaming. * You can post about the newest piece of hardware or computer system you’ve just purchased. * If it is related to video gaming, we have the...

Mercedes SL 65 Black Series First Details Emerge (Spy Pics)

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 06:29:43 PDT
After a select group of journalists were given a sneak peek at the New York Auto Show last month with specific embargo restrictions, MotorTrend online edition is one of the first to come forth with these spy photos!

Buy GOOG: Risky Business Is Sometimes a Good Trade

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:27:13 PDT
Trading into any company’s earnings report is always a tricky beast at best. Let’s say you have a good sense of what the company’s going to deliver fundamentally-speaking since you’ve been doing lots of homework and staying on top of its trends and newsflow.

U.S. markets down slightly on mixed news (UPI)

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:27:38 PDT
U.S. markets fell along narrow margins Thursday on mixed news from various economic researchers.

Tories slam raid as publicity stunt - Globe and Mail


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Tories slam raid as publicity stunt
Globe and Mail, Canada - Apr 16, 2008
News of the raid first broke on CBC Newsworld Tuesday and other media quickly arrived on the scene. Liberal staffers from the Liberal research bureau, ...
Motive for Tory office raids a head-scratcher Calgary Herald
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New EMA IT Virtualization Research Outlines Trends, Challenges and Market Leaders (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 07:45:00 PDT
Enterprise Management Associates , a leading IT management research and consulting firm, today announced the release of its latest research report titled, "Virtualization and Management: Trends, Forecasts and Recommendations."

Girly Pink Car Tool Kit

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:15:55 PDT
Great girly pink car tool kit for women drivers, keeps up with the current trend for all things pink,.

CWEB News - Breaking News, Celebrity, Business News and Video Broadcast

Wed, 08 Aug 2007 00:00:01 PDT
Las Vegas, Nev. (PRWEB) August 8, 2007 -- Cwebnews.com has just gone live with the newest news network on the web. Cwebnews.com offers current and breaking news for politics, international news, ...

China demands CNN apology for ''goons'' comment

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:22:34 PDT
BEIJING (Reuters) - China on Tuesday demanded that television news channel CNN apologize after one of its commentators said the Chinese were ''goons'' and that their products were ''junk''. Jack Cafferty made the comments earlier this month on CNN's...

The GDP is rising, Productivity is Increasing—and Still Workers Wages Fall

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:21:17 PDT
Former labor secretary Robert Reich recently blogged about those recent comments of Obama which have been so distorted over the last several days. The point was to take the media to task for their superficial coverage. An interesting read. But what really caught my eye was the way he introduced the topic. I was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, 61 years ago. My father sold $1.98 cotton blouses to blue-collar women and women whose husbands worked in factories. Years later, I was secretary of lab


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7:44 AM

April 17, 2008 News and Trends

Alexa now doesn't rank sites with info from Alexa toolbar

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 02:16:37 PDT
The latest update from Alexa is up and this time they've listened to our long time grievance that Alexa ranked users based only with Alexa toolbar users! They now aggregate data from multiple sources to give you a better indication of website popularity among the entire population of Internet users. Now that's good news for all of us

Bring a little Hollywood glamour into your living room

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 03:33:08 PDT
A while ago I’ve noticed that metallic & shiny fashion trends with colors like silver, gold and bronze became quite popular. Today I’ve discovered that this trend also hit the furniture industry, and a great example is the Hollywood Stardom Sofa, an unique piece of furniture that can bring a little Hollywood glamour into your living room. In spite of its clean cut and modern square look, thanks to the four, oversized, soft silver pillows on its backrest, the Hollywood Stardom is a sofa you

Themesday Wednesday: Warm Colors & Posh Green For Your N82

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:56:27 PDT
With all the news of the Nokia N82 black coming in I missed the normal Wednesday Themesday post I do every week. This week I have fallen in love with a great theme though, so this should make up for it.

CBC’s oft-used source for political experts —the Huffington Post —in new hate du jour

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 02:15:20 PDT
CBC’s oft-used source for political experts —the Huffington Post —in new hate du jour Here’s a bit of a post from the infamous Huffington Post web site, the web site which the state-owned CBC seems to use as a go-to place to secure folks to act as guest political experts for their Newsworld news channel. They ask questions of the Huffington Post experts in order to fully inform Canadians, CBC-style. Canadians, bereft of news otherwise, could, the CBC may well think, benefit from this kind of

Panasonic's New Lumix Camera Packs WiFi And Free T-Mobile Access

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 03:13:40 PDT
Another day, another compact camera announcement. This time it's Panasonic, which is faithfully following the industry-wide tradition of releasing new models with tiny, almost unknowable feature differences. The DMC-TZ50 is not much more than a TZ5 with added WiFi. The twist is that the camera comes with access to T-Mobile's Hotspots, which means there's about to be a whole lotta pictures of coffee shops up on the web. The service sends direct to Google's Picasa photo service, although we'd

Pakistan: Short supply of fruit causes price-hike

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 04:12:44 PDT
The shopkeepers and vendors are taking full advantage of the high demand of vegetables and fruits in view of decreasing supply as the fresh supply of the edibles have not reached the local wholesale markets from various northern parts of the country. However, the rates of flour further rose by Rs 20 per 20-kg, while the similar trend was seen in th

The Movies' Star Relationships: Hollywood’s 10 Most Successf

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:54:09 PDT
Ten Hollywood couples. Ten long-term relationships. These couples buck the current trend for quicky marriages and even quickier divorces.

Themesday Wednesday: Warm Colors & Posh Green For Your N82

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:56:27 PDT
With all the news of the Nokia N82 black coming in I missed the normal Wednesday Themesday post I do every week. This week I have fallen in love with a great theme though, so this should make up for it.

10 Ways Twitter Can Boost Your Social News Profile

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 02:15:49 PDT
Building popularity on Twitter is about gaining followers, and the most fundamental and important concept to learn about building popularity is...

Northeast Ohio is Buzzing with Real-Time Local News at cleveland.com

Thu, 20 Sep 2007 00:00:01 PDT
Cleveland, Ohio (PRWEB) September 20, 2007 -- News has taken on a whole new meaning. Gone are the days of waiting for the traffic or weather report or the latest sports and news. Or waiting days to...

Food labelling not enough to curb EU obesity trends - EurActiv


Food labelling not enough to curb EU obesity trends
EurActiv, Belgium - 44 minutes ago
Both food industry representatives and public health stakeholders are urging EU governments to include nutrition education in their school curricula. ...


NEWS IN BRIEF (New Orleans Times-Picayune)

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:49:28 PDT
Edward P. Roski Jr., a part owner of the Kings and Lakers who has spent several years trying to lure an NFL team to the Los Angeles area, has scheduled a news conference at Staples Center to make a "major announcement" concerning the league and L.A. Roski will unveil his latest concept for a stadium in the City of Industry, near the southern intersection of the 57 and 60 freeways some 20 miles ...

Bud Copies Smiggle

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 03:50:21 PDT
Bud Copies Smiggle April 17th, 2008 by brodiepierce Smiggle have been in Australia for years. (smiggle.com.au). They are known for selling cute office product and have developed a style and range which has taken a long time to do. The hard work has paid off and they are quite successful. Just recently I noticed Bud (budproduct.com) release office product which is a direct copy - not only in style but colours. Already having a bad name for copying (they copied the travel buddies and skull pa

Most Visited Sites:South Africa, Kenya & Nigeria

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 06:35:33 PDT
It seems that Kenyans,South Africans and Nigerians are visiting more international websites than local websites. Is the trend going to change anytime soon? find out more in this post


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5:57 AM

Current News for April 17, 2008

CBC to close Calgary unit of Newsworld (Toronto Star)

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 13:46:56 PDT
CALGARY–CBC News will close the Calgary unit of its Newsworld channel as of next month. The public broadcaster announced Thursday that the two hours of Newsworld programming currently being produced from Calgary will shift to Toronto.

Poynter Online - Marking Your Spot on the Web, Part Two

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:17:17 PDT
With dozens of social bookmarking sites available, which (if any) should news organizations use? More important, what (if anything) could these tools contribute? First, let's look at which sites some news organizations use.

Themesday Wednesday: Warm Colors & Posh Green For Your N82

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:56:27 PDT
With all the news of the Nokia N82 black coming in I missed the normal Wednesday Themesday post I do every week. This week I have fallen in love with a great theme though, so this should make up for it.

Guerrilla veterans march in Zimbabwe in new sign of possible Mugabe clampdown (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 09:05:00 PDT
HARARE, Zimbabwe - Hundreds of veterans of Zimbabwe's guerrilla war for black rule marched through the capital today in another ominous sign that President Robert Mugabe might turn to violence to stave off an electoral threat to his 28-year rule.

Arbaaz and Malaika Divorce Rumor a Publicity Stunt

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 02:43:40 PDT
The say in Showbiz no publicity is bad publicity and our Bollywood gang believes in this mantra with full gusto. Apparently the recent rumors of Arbaaz and Malaika Khan heading for splitsville were just a publicity gimmick! Said a source close to the couple, “It’s a publicity gimmick. The split rumors are from a skin cream advertisement, which Malaika and Arbaaz will be endorsing together.” Describing the concept of the ad, sources add, “The ad will show how the love has gone from their marri

Trend, Sophos and McAfee flunk Vista SP1 anti-virus tests

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 01:34:41 PDT
Products from Symantec, Microsoft, AVG, and Kaspersky Lab all passed...

Local News (Cornwall Standard Freeholder)

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 08:29:52 PDT
CORNWALL – Things were on a roll bright and early this morning with the Bike-A-Thon Plus kick-off breakfast at the civic complex. Hundreds packed the salons to support the Children’s Treatment Centre’s second largest fundraising event, something which greatly pleased its chair, Milton Ellis.

links for 2008-04-17

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 02:37:02 PDT
A social media marketing campaign deconstructed | Internet Marketing News and Blog | E-consultancy.com This whole area continues to fascinate me, especially since we’re spending measurable amounts of money on an admittedly (at times) tenuous proposition (though we do have some empirical research that suggests our efforts are worthwhile). (tags: campaign marketing socialmedia ROI) Is writing this blog killing me? | Newsblog | Guardian Unlimited Gulp. Courtesy Yang-May Ooi at http://www.zengu

UCLA's Love to announce plans at news conference (USA Today)

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:08:24 PDT
UCLA All-American Kevin Love will announce his plans for next season at a campus news conference Thursday. The freshman center led the Bruins in scoring (17.5 points) and rebounds (10.6). They lost in the national semifinals to Memphis and finished the season with a 35-4 record.

Apple's support for legacy applications going down the drain

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 01:55:25 PDT
The terrible news came this morning through Apple’s Kbase RSS feed:Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard does not include support for iPhoto 2.

Wealth Creation and Other Economic Forces Reversing To Mean

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 22:28:05 PDT
The next Democratic government will receive a contracting economy and there may be little they can do to reverse historical trends. Like Carter's administration, the next administration will pay for the excesses of the previous Republican administration and be blame for them.

pronoun] is crazy/an asshole]

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:42:17 PDT
From the page: "First Girlfriend - she had an arrest record at 16, for assault and battery (for those of you who know me, this will set the trend for my dating preferences.) There really isn’t much else I can say about that. Use your imagination to come up with our dates."


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