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Tuesday, April 18th, 2006
11:20 pm	Taib Mahmud Tight-lipped On Sarawak Election Taib Mahmud Tight-lipped On Sarawak Election Bernama - Tue, 18 Apr 2006 13:57:29 GMT KOTA SAMARAHAN, April 18 (Bernama) -- Sarawak Chief Minister Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud is still tight-lipped on the dissolution of the Sarawak Legislative Assembly for the ninth state election. Sarawak BN Must Remain Strong For People To Return Mandate, Says PM Bernama - Mon, 17 Apr 2006 15:27:31 GMT KUCHING, April 17 (Bernama) -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said Monday night the Sarawak Barisan Nasional (BN) has to remain strong and united to give the people confidence to return the mandate in the next state election. Daughter Feels Pain Of Hopkins Neglect ContactMusic - Sun, 16 Apr 2006 14:00:37 GMT SIR ANTHONY HOPKINS's estranged daughter ABIGAIL HOPKINS is haunted by sadness, because the Oscar-winning actor has always failed to give her the supp Wells rallies to split with Carlin Elko Daily - Sat, 15 Apr 2006 00:00:40 GMT WELLS — A tale of two teams may be the only way to describe the Wells softball team’s performance Thursday against rival Carlin. The Lady Leopards were outperformed in every aspect of the game in a 9-0 loss in Game 1, but they rallied to split the series with a 2-0 victory in the nightcap. Behavioral Economics: Human Errors and Market Corrections RedNova - Fri, 14 Apr 2006 11:11:37 GMT By Epstein, Richard A INTRODUCTION: IMPERFECT PEOPLE, STEADY IMPROVEMENTS As a matter of first principles, it seems impossible to deny two facts about human nature. First, people often make serious mistakes in deciding important matters. SUPP installation Borneo Bulletin - Fri, 14 Apr 2006 06:43:29 GMT Sarawak United People's Party (SUPP) Bintulu branch held an installation ceremony recently, witnessed by Deputy Chief Minister of Sarawak George Chan and Minister YB Sim Kin Hui. Photo shows SUPP chairman Hii Tiong Kok (2nd L) signing an oath, with secretary Paul Yong looking on. George Chan Quashes Rumours Sarawak DAP Strongman Has Joined SUPP Bernama - Fri, 14 Apr 2006 05:57:24 GMT KUALA LUMPUR, April 14 (Bernama) -- Sarawak United Peoples' Party (SUPP) president Tan Sri George Chan has quashed talks that former Sarawak DAP chairman and former state assemblyman for Bukit Assek Jason Wong Sing Nang has joined SUPP. Firefox update adds Intel Mac support MacNN - Fri, 14 Apr 2006 01:22:09 GMT Mozilla.org today released Firefox 1.5.02, an update to popular open-source browser that brings supp... Intellectual Property Mondaq - Thu, 13 Apr 2006 20:20:16 GMT While recognizing the enormous public benefit that search engines like Google provide, a California federal court nevertheless granted a plaintiff’s motion for a preliminary injunction against the Internet search giant from creating and displaying thumbnail versions of the plaintiff’s copyrighted photos in Google’s image search results. Unintended Consequences: Seven Years under the DMCA Electronic Frontier Foundations - Thu, 13 Apr 2006 19:05:34 GMT Electronic Frontier Foundation is a nonprofit group working to protect your digital rights. Links: Lexus RX330 Lexus LX470 Lexus Lexus GS 400 Lexus LS600hL Lexus GX470 Lexus SC430 Lexus ES350 Lexus JX540 Lexus IS 250 Lexus LF-A Lexus GS450h (Comment on this)
Thursday, April 13th, 2006
12:50 pm	Feds will review species' status Feds will review species' status Casper Star-Tribune - Thu, 13 Apr 2006 08:26:30 GMT SPOKANE, Wash. -- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will review the status of 70 animals and plants to determine if they still need protection under the federal Endangered Species Act, the agency said Tuesday. 3 dimenstions of port security Bradenton Herald - Wed, 12 Apr 2006 17:23:15 GMT Security at seaports today often means extra lighting, more high-tech cameras and sometimes robotic security guards. Peek over the edge Daily Telegraph - Wed, 12 Apr 2006 11:00:21 GMT Adam Victor fully intended to combine a visit to the Reykjavik Arts Festival with a tour of Iceland, but a thriving cultural scene left him little time to appreciate the country's astonishing natural wonders. 70 Pacific Region Species to Be Reviewed San Francisco Chronicle - Tue, 11 Apr 2006 23:56:08 GMT The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will review the status of 70 animals and plants to determine if they still need protection under the federal Endangered Species Act, the agency said Tuesday. The majority of the species are found in Hawaii, with some... 70 Pacific Region Species to Be Reviewed ABC News - Tue, 11 Apr 2006 23:53:00 GMT Fish and Wildlife to Review Status of 70 Pacific Region Species to See if Need Protection Bush comes to shove Mega Star - Mon, 10 Apr 2006 09:34:33 GMT MegaStar says: 'What a messianic mess.' Scary stuff on the front of the Guardian that's enough to make you choke up your Cheerios. I'm Coming to Take You to Lunch Independent - Sun, 09 Apr 2006 12:20:01 GMT James Wilcox's 1983 debut Modern Baptists is a riotous yet tender comedy of manners and misunderstanding set in small-town Louisiana. Now awarded "modern classic" status by Penguin, it's a part of the Western canon as defined by Harold Bloom and a favourite book of Anne Tyler and Toni Morrison. Nothing fishy in TV Land's Don Knotts tribute Calendarlive.com - Thu, 06 Apr 2006 20:35:30 GMT * With the recent TV Land tribute to Don Knotts, I'm really surprised that the movie "The Incredible Mr. Limpet" wasn't mentioned. Why? Question: With the recent TV Land tribute to Don Knotts, I'm really surprised that the movie "The Incredible Mr. Limpet" wasn't mentioned. Waiting Mail and Guardian - Sat, 01 Apr 2006 22:03:33 GMT Tom Eaton: VIVA GAZANIA! There are irritations. Nursing a cold while babysitting a pair of uncoordinated teenaged girls who are newly infatuated with table-tennis. Men's Short Race - Nine down, one to go. IAAF - Sat, 01 Apr 2006 10:09:50 GMT 1 April 2006 - Fukuoka, Japan - Kenenisa Bekele duly claimed the IAAF World Cross Country Short Race title for the fifth time here on a chilly afternoon at the windswept Seaside Park in Fukuoka, winning a 4km race run at a fearsome pace from the gun. Links: Lexus RX 400h Lexus LX 470 Lexus Lexus IS 300 Lexus LS 600hL Lexus GX 470 Lexus SC430 Lexus ES Lexus JX 470 Lexus IS 250 Lexus LF-A Lexus GS 400 (Comment on this)
Monday, April 10th, 2006
2:55 pm	N.J. native and "View" star visits Somerset N.J. native and "View" star visits Somerset Asbury Park Press - Mon, 10 Apr 2006 11:54:23 GMT SOMERSET: Trenton native Star Jones Reynolds returned to her home state on Sunday, urging members of a Somerset County church to "do some soul-searching." CSC Trimming Workforce KXAN 36 Austin - Mon, 10 Apr 2006 11:51:43 GMT Computer Science Corporation is getting ready to cut thousands of jobs. Six percent of their employees worldwide, or about 5,000 people, could get the axe in this restructuring plan. Britain under snow News 24 South Africa - Mon, 10 Apr 2006 11:50:33 GMT Two weeks after spring has officially started, winter has returned to parts of southern Britain with snowfalls of up to 12cm recorded by weathermen. Early voting for New Orleans election starts with buses of refugees KRIS-TV Corpus Christi - Mon, 10 Apr 2006 11:49:10 GMT NEW ORLEANS Hundreds of Hurricane Katrina evacuees from as far away as Texas and Georgia have signed up to board buses and return to Louisiana in order to vote this week on... Lady Day in Twilight Washington Post - Mon, 10 Apr 2006 11:48:51 GMT Sweet, sour and sultry is how Lynn Sterling plays Billie Holiday in "Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill," a recounting through song and story of the booze- and heroin-plagued life of the jazz-blues legend. Set in a Philadelphia bar on a night in 1959 when the singer is indulging her talent as well... Big Brother inmates released to vote Reuters - Mon, 10 Apr 2006 11:48:40 GMT ROME (Reuters) - Contestants in the Italian version of reality TV show Big Brother were briefly allowed out of their house Sunday to let them vote in the general election. Immigrants unite for one-day boycott News 14 Charlotte - Mon, 10 Apr 2006 11:48:32 GMT Latino groups -- both locally and nationally -- will gather Monday for a one-day strike to protest a Senate bill that would stiffen penalties against illegal immigrants. To Iraq and back: San Anselmo cop back in favorite uniform Marin Independent Journal - Mon, 10 Apr 2006 11:48:02 GMT A computer screen reflects a traffic stop on Sir Francis Drake Boulevard. The chatter of the police radio interrupts the silence. A standard-issue shotgun stands upright at his side as San Anselmo police Officer Dan Widger negotiates another tight turn on his patrol route. Ricky Williams to appeal drug suspension on Monday WPMI 15 - Mon, 10 Apr 2006 11:46:53 GMT NEW YORK (AP) - Ricky Williams will meet with officials from the National Football League today. He's hoping they will overturn a drug suspension that could cost him the entire 2006 season. LA sheriff's deputy arrested in shooting death of friend KESQ - Mon, 10 Apr 2006 11:46:15 GMT UPLAND, Calif. An L-A County sheriff's deputy has been arrested in Upland in connection with yesterday's accidental shooting death of a friend following a night of drinking. Links: Lexus RX 400h Lexus LX450 Lexus Lexus IS 350 Lexus LS460 Lexus GX470 Lexus SC 430 Lexus ES 300 Lexus JX540 Lexus IS 250 Lexus LF Lexus GS 350 (Comment on this)
Sunday, April 9th, 2006
3:15 am	Responsibility in gambling? Responsibility in gambling? EurekAlert! - Sat, 08 Apr 2006 23:50:10 GMT Dr Gerda Reith and colleagues at the University of Glasgow and the Scottish Centre for Social Research, for a sociological study of routes in and out of problem gambling. Stimulant Drug Affects Men More Than Women RedNova - Sat, 08 Apr 2006 19:16:41 GMT By Jane Kirby Amphetamines can have up HIGH-VOLTAGE INTEREST IN ELECTRICIAN'S PROBE Philadelphia Daily News - Sat, 08 Apr 2006 18:00:53 GMT WHEN FEDERAL agents descended on the huge McMansion shoehorned into a rowhouse street in Pennsport one January day, it might have been just a neighborhood curiosity. Only in Hollywood : Best job in the world? INQ7.net - Sat, 08 Apr 2006 16:47:04 GMT LOS ANGELES—TODAY, AS I MARK the first anniversary of this column, I pause to catch my breath from a year of meeting deadlines, interviewing celebrities and covering events. Lions of old hit back at Gabbatoir Herald Sun - Sat, 08 Apr 2006 15:15:39 GMT The Brisbane Lions rediscovered the vigour and hard edge so absent in Round 1 with an 18-point win over an Essendon team, whose only reliable quality was its inconsistency. Lions of old hit back Herald Sun - Sat, 08 Apr 2006 15:13:09 GMT NORMAL service resumed at the Gabbatoir last night. The Brisbane Lions rediscovered the vigour and hard edge so absent in Round 1 with an 18-point win over an Essendon team, whose only reliable quality was its inconsistency. 5 months for graffiti `artist' Miami Herald - Sat, 08 Apr 2006 14:16:30 GMT A psychologist, family and friends of graffiti-tagger Eric Goertz urged Circuit Judge Krista Marx not to incarcerate him when she sentenced him Thursday. 'Fat man' walking into role of international media star San Diego Union-Tribune - Sat, 08 Apr 2006 12:09:21 GMT April 8 (UNION-TRIBUNE): At the moment, Steve Vaught is considering 126 e-mailed requests for interviews. Three-quarters are from media outlets in Europe, South America and Asia. The fat man walking, apparently, has legions of fans around the world. Stimulant drug affects men more than women Belfast Telegraph - Sat, 08 Apr 2006 12:04:04 GMT Amphetamines can have up to three times the effect on men as women, according to research out today. A US study found that men's brains showed far more dopamine than women's when they took the drug. Artists reveal slivers of information in S.F. shows San Francisco Chronicle - Sat, 08 Apr 2006 10:31:47 GMT In his last show at Hosfelt, Marco Maggi turned the gallery into a landscape of stacked and scattered paper. Most of the many reams of paper in his current show stand or hang in Plexiglas boxes, the action in them limited to fine incisions and peelings... Links: Lexus RX 330 Lexus LX 470 Lexus Lexus ES 300 Lexus LS460 Lexus GX Lexus SC400 (Comment on this)
Thursday, April 6th, 2006
12:00 am	No Excuses From Proctor as Yanks Fall in 9th No Excuses From Proctor as Yanks Fall in 9th New York Times - Wed, 05 Apr 2006 12:36:09 GMT Coupled with Scott Proctor's difficulty in throwing strikes was the Yankees' inability to capitalize on scoring opportunities, leaving 10 runners on base. SWEARING STORM AD BANNED Daily Record - Wed, 05 Apr 2006 04:22:35 GMT ADVERTISING watchdogs have rapped car giants Suzuki for running an ad that apparently used the F word. The Advertising Standards Authority launched an investigation into the Suzuki Vitara ad after complaints from outraged viewers. Mishearing Has Produced New Words Hartford Courant - Tue, 04 Apr 2006 04:01:43 GMT A recent conversation between two young boys at our town's indoor swimming pool: Girls team wraps up season and hands out awards Advocate Tribune - Mon, 03 Apr 2006 13:32:24 GMT The girls' basketball team decided to call it a season and held an awards banquet at J.B. Yates last Sunday that filled the back room with parents and players. Man votes in blood as protest Herald Sun - Mon, 03 Apr 2006 04:24:12 GMT A LAW professor pricked his finger with a toothpick to mark his ballot in blood in protest at Thailand's election. Law scholar votes in blood Bangkok Post - Sun, 02 Apr 2006 20:08:11 GMT A law lecturer at Kasem Bunthit University used his own blood to mark his ballot papers in protest against the Election Commission. Yossak Kosayanon punctured his finger with a toothpick and cast his vote with the blood that oozed out. Fletcher's cup mystery Daily Telegraph - Sat, 01 Apr 2006 23:10:41 GMT How unlike Duncan Fletcher to say he is confident he knows what England's strongest one day side will be for the World Cup. Questions And Answers - Thursday 30 March 2006 Scoop.co.nz - Thu, 30 Mar 2006 05:51:40 GMT 1. SHANE JONES (Labour) to the Minister of Finance: What recent reports, if any, has he received indicating that effective marginal tax rates should be increased? OPED: Sadly, bariatrics is a growth industry Medical Post Online - Tue, 28 Mar 2006 02:16:07 GMT Perversely, the longer I practise my craft, the longer the list of things I don't know. It was only recently, for example, that I came across "bariatric" medicine. At first, being a diver, I thought I'd misheard someone saying "hyperbaric." Wrong-o! Pick-up lines for guys who can’t dance The Valdosta Daily Times - Mon, 27 Mar 2006 04:09:05 GMT No wonder that Michael Flatley guy calls himself “The Lord of the Dance.” It’s certainly not for his dancing. This from a study by Rutgers University and the University of Washington: Chicks dig dudes that can dance. Links: Lexus IS 300 (Comment on this)