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Friday, April 28th, 2006
12:00 am	AutoNation CEO Says Luxury Car Sales Up AutoNation CEO Says Luxury Car Sales Up The Times of Northwest Indiana - Thu, 27 Apr 2006 20:58:42 GMT DETROIT - Rising gas prices haven't stalled sales of luxury vehicles, which were up 15 percent at AutoNation Inc. retailers in the first quarter, and the head of the largest U.S. auto retailer doesn't see a slowdown coming any time soon. Rocca driven by flag fear Townsville Bulletin - Thu, 27 Apr 2006 20:58:26 GMT VETERAN Collingwood forward Anthony Rocca says he is terrified at the prospect of never playing in a premiership team. Rocca, out of contract at the end of the season, says he has three years left in the game to taste football's ultimate success. St. Louis events Belleville News-Democrat - Thu, 27 Apr 2006 20:58:15 GMT MUSIC Kenny Barron Trio, 8:30, 10:15 p.m. through Saturday, Jazz at the Bistro, 3536 Washington Ave., St. Louis. $25 today; $30 Friday-Saturday. (314) 534-1111 or (314) 531-1012 or at the door. PGA: Off the slopes for good, Sluman surprises himself San Diego Union-Tribune - Thu, 27 Apr 2006 20:58:15 GMT NEW ORLEANS – Jeff Sluman strapped on snow skis for the first time and injured knee ligaments on his first run down a beginner's slope in Sun Valley. Four weeks later, he was back on the familiar green turf of the PGA Tour and surprised by the results. Uganda: Donors Have No Choice AllAfrica.com - Thu, 27 Apr 2006 20:57:58 GMT In his New Vision article of April 19, 2006, Prof Semakula Kiwanuka asks why donors are in love with the opposition. Sluman Returns From Injury, Takes Lead The Times of Northwest Indiana - Thu, 27 Apr 2006 20:57:15 GMT NEW ORLEANS - Jeff Sluman strapped on snow skis for the first time and tore knee ligaments on his first run down a beginner's slope in Sun Valley. Four weeks later, he was back on the familiar green turf of the PGA Tour and surprised by the results. Emulex Earnings Decline TheStreet.com - Thu, 27 Apr 2006 20:57:10 GMT It beats estimates on an adjusted basis. Louisiana Senate passes abortion ban; bill would take effect if Roe is overturned BPNews.net - Thu, 27 Apr 2006 20:56:28 GMT BATON ROUGE, La. (BP)--The Louisiana Senate passed a bill April 26 that would ban nearly all abortions once Roe v. Wade is overturned or a human life amendment is added to the U.S. Constitution. Philadelphia Flyers won't change their physical approach against Sabres Canada.com - Thu, 27 Apr 2006 20:56:20 GMT VOORHEES, N.J. (AP) - Leave it to the former Broad Street Bullies to stick with a physical style in the new, offence-oriented NHL. Despite losing the first two games of their first-round playoff series against Buffalo, the Philadelphia Flyers didn't change their aggressive philosophy. Flyers Won't Change Physical Approach Terre Haute Tribune Star - Thu, 27 Apr 2006 20:55:35 GMT VOORHEES, N.J. — Leave it to the former Broad Street Bullies to stick with a physical style in the new, offense-oriented NHL. Despite losing the first two games of their first-round playoff series against Buffalo, the Philadelphia Flyers didn't change their aggressive philosophy. Links: Lexus RX 300 Lexus JX Lexus Lexus LX 450 Lexus LS 460 Lexus GX 470 Lexus SC300 Lexus ES250 Lexus JX 470 Lexus IS 300 Lexus LF-A Lexus GS430 (Comment on this)
Tuesday, April 18th, 2006
2:50 pm	Baghdad street battle smacks of open civil war Baghdad street battle smacks of open civil war Reuters.co.uk - Tue, 18 Apr 2006 11:48:29 GMT BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Snipers held rooftop positions as masked Sunni Arab insurgents said they were gearing up for another open street battle with pro-government Shi'ite militiamen in Baghdad's Adhamiya district on Tuesday. Flood mitigation costs are trickling down Contra Costa Times - Tue, 18 Apr 2006 11:45:45 GMT The need for better flood protection is dawning on communities across the region. So is the price tag. People living in various flood-prone zones may soon be facing new hits on their household budgets to cover flood control fixes. / Middle East China Daily - Tue, 18 Apr 2006 11:45:36 GMT A bomb exploded Tuesday at a Baghdad cafe frequented by policemen, killing at least seven people and wounding more than 20, police said. In the southern city of Basra, a policeman was gunned down in a drive-by shooting. Survivors pan Rwanda genocide films Aljazeera - Tue, 18 Apr 2006 11:45:31 GMT Three films in two years about Rwanda's genocide have shocked Western audiences with the scale and savagery of the slaughter, but many survivors in the tiny central African nation are unimpressed. Oil hits record high on Iran IAfrica South African Business News - Tue, 18 Apr 2006 11:45:07 GMT The price of New York's light sweet crude hit a historic peak of 70.88 dollars per barrel on Tuesday as the market fretted over possible military conflict between the United States and Iran. World Islamic Funds & Capital Markets Conference to be held in Bahrain AME Info - Tue, 18 Apr 2006 11:45:04 GMT The World Islamic Funds and Capital Markets conference will be held in Bahrain on 7 - 8 May 2006 under the patronage of the Governor of the Bahrain Monetary Agency, HE Rasheed M. Al-Maraj. U.S. Bancorp Reports Record Net Income for the First Quarter of 2006 Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Tue, 18 Apr 2006 11:45:00 GMT MINNEAPOLIS----April 18, 2006--U.S. Bancorp : EARNINGS SUMMARY Table 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Percent Percent Change Change 1Q 4Q 1Q 1Q06 vs 1Q06 vs 2006 2005 2005 4Q05 1Q05 ------------------------------------- Net income $1,153 $1,143 $1,071 0.9 7.7 Earnings per share 0.63 0.62 0.57 1.6 10.5 Return on average assets 2.23 2.18 2.21 Return on National Penn Bancshares, Inc. to Release 1st Quarter 2006 Earnings on Tuesday, April 18 at 9 a.m. and Hold Webcast at PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Tue, 18 Apr 2006 11:45:00 GMT National Penn Bancshares, Inc. announced today that it plans to release its 1st Quarter 2006 earnings on Tuesday, April 18, 2006 at 9 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time . AmSouth Reports Earnings for First Quarter 2006 Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Tue, 18 Apr 2006 11:45:00 GMT BIRMINGHAM, Ala.----April 18, 2006--AmSouth Bancorporation today reported earnings for the first quarter ended March 31, 2006, of $.52 per diluted share, compared to $.50 per diluted share reported for the first quarter of 2005. Top financial leaders to highlight opportunities in growing US$122 billion Asian market at groundbreaking private AME Info - Tue, 18 Apr 2006 11:44:54 GMT Dubai is to play host to the 2006 Asian Private Equity and Venture Capital Forum, which will be held at the prestigious Shangri-la Hotel in Dubai on April 23-25. Links: Lexus RX 300 Lexus LX470 Lexus Lexus GS 450h Lexus LS460L Lexus GX Lexus SC400 Lexus ES Lexus JX540 Lexus IS350 Lexus LF Lexus GS400 (Comment on this)
Thursday, April 13th, 2006
4:20 am	Arts & Entertainment Arts & Entertainment New Times Broward-Palm Beach - Wed, 12 Apr 2006 17:07:10 GMT Through April 23. Call 954-537-3648. Anne Frank wasn't the only Jewish teenager hiding during World War II and the Holocaust, but she's certainly become the symbol of all of them. 'India has too much to offer the US now' rediff.com - Wed, 12 Apr 2006 10:33:04 GMT 'It won't be an overnight transformation, but being on the right track really matters. Especially if it puts an end to the petty bickering that went on through the Cold War and its immediate aftermath.' The French Connection: Joyeux Noel proves all war movies are not created equal Cleveland Free Times - Wed, 12 Apr 2006 03:34:45 GMT Not all French movies about World War I are created equal. Certainly Joyeux Noel, an inexplicable 2005 Best Foreign Film Oscar nominee, will never be confused with Jean Renoir's Grand Illusion or even Jean-Pierre Jeunet's A Very Long Engagement. Theater Reviews Los Angeles Weekly - Tue, 11 Apr 2006 18:26:13 GMT GO BENEATH RIPPLING WATER In her one-woman play, with stories abounding with perceptiveness and humor, solo performer Sybyl Walker tells three alternately sad and sassy tales of love-tormented women. Purdy: Better mail than jail San Jose Mercury News - Tue, 11 Apr 2006 13:47:49 GMT I agree with your advice about former players advising Barry Bonds to retire. But you say he should do it before he breaks Hank Aaron's record? Why not before Babe Ruth's record? Didn't Ruth earn his place legitimately? Hunt hypocrisy Calgary Sun - Tue, 11 Apr 2006 10:11:28 GMT An avalanche of appeals from American friends, both Republicans and Democrats, are asking how they can help fight the Canadian seal hunt. Well, frankly, I find the hunt abhorrent, just as I found the bear hunting season in Alberta abhorrent. Business can't simply be all talk about traffic chaos ic Birmingham - Tue, 11 Apr 2006 08:37:05 GMT Anyone who has been stranded on the M6 understands the frustration and stress that poor transport provision can create. Phil Hendrie moves from radio to TV Belleville News-Democrat - Tue, 11 Apr 2006 08:25:53 GMT They say that people who talk to themselves are a little bit crazy. But performer Phil Hendrie actually does it for a living. RAVES, RANTS AND ROSES, APRIL 11 Tyler Morning Telegraph - Tue, 11 Apr 2006 03:40:21 GMT ROSES: Wendel Maples passed away Feb. 20. He loved the Tyler Morning Telegraph so much. US Mainstream Churches vs GOP Christian Blitzkrieg Scoop.co.nz - Mon, 10 Apr 2006 00:51:42 GMT Are Mainstream Churches Finally Standing Up To The GOP’s Hateful “Christian” Blitzkrieg? Links: Lexus RX 330 Lexus LX Lexus Lexus ES 300 Lexus LS 460L Lexus GX Lexus SC 430 Lexus ES 350 Lexus JX Lexus IS200 Lexus LF-C Lexus GS430 (Comment on this)
Monday, April 10th, 2006
6:25 am	US Mainstream Churches vs GOP Christian Blitzkrieg US Mainstream Churches vs GOP Christian Blitzkrieg Scoop.co.nz - Mon, 10 Apr 2006 00:51:42 GMT Are Mainstream Churches Finally Standing Up To The GOP’s Hateful “Christian” Blitzkrieg? 30 songs to spill beer on your iPod to The Phoenix - Sun, 09 Apr 2006 08:40:35 GMT The greatest drinking songs of all time You are what you eat -- and where it grew San Francisco Chronicle - Sun, 09 Apr 2006 01:59:39 GMT Organic, Inc. Natural Foods and How They Grew By Samuel Fromartz HARCOURT; 294 PAGES; $25 Blithe Tomato By Mike Madison HEYDAY BOOKS; 216 PAGES; $15 PAPERBACK I.M. Beck quote unquote Times of Malta - Sat, 08 Apr 2006 07:49:27 GMT Last Monday, lacking anything better to do and the DVD-rental shop lacking any boxed set that I hadn't seen before, I picked up Downfall, about which I had heard good things. Detroit Ready for Faith-Filled Youth's Second BattleCry The Christian Post - Fri, 07 Apr 2006 14:00:05 GMT The second BattleCry, what some have called an "act of provocation" and others a "Lollapalooza for the Lord," is set to hit Detroit starting today with a louder presence of 35,000 teens. Coming just two weeks after the stadium-event's launch in San ... Sanctimonious Son of a Bitch Lords of Pain - Thu, 06 Apr 2006 05:20:43 GMT This one is for the The Sign Guy. You know who I’m talking about. The goofy fella in the red hat and blue shirt who is in the front row of every raw with a different sign for every wrestler. How does he do it? Does this guy have a job? How do you fund this hobby? Bush’s high crimes The Phoenix - Thu, 06 Apr 2006 01:05:25 GMT Plus, Romney’s whining and Menino’s grim job Attack of the 50-foot Oprah The Phoenix - Thu, 06 Apr 2006 00:36:51 GMT Why America’s most powerful celebrity should be more feared than loved China Co. Seeks To Stop Internet Phone CBS News - Wed, 05 Apr 2006 18:35:15 GMT Shanghai Telecom reportedly has placed an order with a U.S. to purchase a system that would prevent Internet telephone calls, which bypass the "landline" toll charges. Chinese law allows such blocking. The U.S. does not. Nepalnews Search Nepalnews. com - Wed, 05 Apr 2006 08:15:17 GMT Ad text: all loans (including “cash advances” through automated teller machines). Credit card issuers receive revenue from fees paid by stores that accept their cards and by consumers that use the cards, and from interest charged consumers on unpaid balances. Links: Lexus RX330 Lexus LX470 Lexus Lexus SC 300 Lexus LS 460L Lexus GX470 Lexus SC 400 Lexus ES Lexus JX Lexus IS 350 Lexus LF-C Lexus GS 300 (Comment on this)
Saturday, April 8th, 2006
3:30 pm	Mustangs relay team Profits Mustangs relay team Profits Whittier Daily news - Sat, 08 Apr 2006 11:50:37 GMT ARCADIA - There's a reason why Muir High School hurdler Kiani Profit is on the cover of the program for this year's Arcadia Invitational. Flashy show, but shadow lingers Pioneer Press - Sat, 08 Apr 2006 10:49:57 GMT The tickets may have read "The Road and the Radio Tour," but Kenny Chesney's sold-out gig Friday night at the Xcel Energy Center felt more like the "How Do You Like Me Now, Renee Zellweger? Tour." New wave of products caters to germ worries San Jose Mercury News - Sat, 08 Apr 2006 10:20:10 GMT Domestic life in 2006 is under attack. And the housewares industry is arming us to fight back against the fear factor. Along with knife holders and bathroom scales comes a host of new products to fight germs and other perceived household dangers. Shayne Ward starts driving lessons Digital Spy - Sat, 08 Apr 2006 10:09:15 GMT X Factor winner Shayne Ward has decided to start taking driving lessons. "He says he wants a VW Golf or something practical, rather than a flashy sports car." Review: Freddie Mercury lives on in Queen concert San Jose Mercury News - Sat, 08 Apr 2006 09:17:54 GMT The highlight of Queen's first show in San Jose, and its first U.S. tour in 26 years, was the night's strangest moment, and the solution to its biggest problem. Tailgating getting a little side of culture The State - Sat, 08 Apr 2006 08:50:33 GMT FORT WORTH, Texas — Pork chops with brown sugar and apple cider vinegar, glazed with cherry barbecue sauce. Bananas Foster. The smell of exhaust. API resident held 22 years on insanity plea wants out Anchorage Daily News - Sat, 08 Apr 2006 08:29:00 GMT The only Alaskan found not guilty of murder because of insanity since that defense was all but eliminated still lives at the state mental hospital. And he wants out. Happy times for Huet, Canadiens MSNBC - Sat, 08 Apr 2006 08:27:02 GMT With the playoffs quickly approaching, the Montreal Canadiens could not have picked a better time to win games consistently. The keys for their recent run of success are a stingy defense and outstanding play in net by Cristobal Huet, a French-born goaltender. Would you like a table by the track, sir? Detroit News - Sat, 08 Apr 2006 08:18:16 GMT FORT WORTH, Texas -- Pork chops with brown sugar and apple cider vinegar, glazed with cherry barbecue sauce. Bananas Foster. The smell of exhaust. Carroll wants OHL crown to add to dad's jewelry London Free Press - Sat, 08 Apr 2006 07:42:43 GMT Marcus Carroll has a Stanley Cup ring but he'd rather earn some OHL championship jewelry of his own. Links: Lexus RX 300 Lexus Lexus SC 300 (Comment on this)
Tuesday, April 4th, 2006
1:40 pm	'You Must Set Forth at Dawn: A Memoir' 'You Must Set Forth at Dawn: A Memoir' Calendarlive.com - Tue, 04 Apr 2006 06:51:43 GMT ONE of the few major literary figures who can also be called a genuine hero, the Nobel Prize-winning writer Wole Soyinka has endured prison, exile and other dangers in the cause of human rights. At present, he divides his time among three places: his beloved homeland, Nigeria, where he was born in 1934; Britain, Nigeria's former colonial overseer, where he first ventured as a scholarship student The Anti-Americans - Blame Kirkpatrick First Scoop.co.nz - Fri, 31 Mar 2006 05:21:32 GMT Jean Kirkpatrick's recent intervention in Nicaragua's internal politics is a helpful reminder that US government foreign policy is marked not just by hypocrisy and sadism but also by delusional stupidity. Thank God for rot Daily Courier - Sat, 25 Mar 2006 05:26:45 GMT I am quite certain I once read a poem by John Updike written in praise of rot. God decreed it, said the poem. Links: Lexus GX 470 (Comment on this)