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Wednesday, April 19th, 2006
9:50 am	Tax shelter defendants win subpoena battle Tax shelter defendants win subpoena battle Accountancy Age - Wed, 19 Apr 2006 06:48:37 GMT Former KPMG partners charged in an alleged fraudulent tax-shelter scheme will be able to get access to documents related to the firm’s policies on providing its employees legal fees. Accounting rule hurts Yahoo earnings Accountancy Age - Wed, 19 Apr 2006 06:48:27 GMT In reporting its income for the first quarter of 2006, Yahoo deducting the cost of expensing its employee stock options, a controversial new accounting rule already used by companies like Coca Cola and Amazon. Skilling claims share sales were ‘proper’ Accountancy Age - Wed, 19 Apr 2006 06:48:17 GMT In his trial alongside Ken Lay in Houston, former Enron boss Jeff Skilling has defended his decision to sell $63m of Enron stock shortly before the company collapsed, in a wave of accounting scandals. Private equity firm outbids Sage Accountancy Age - Wed, 19 Apr 2006 06:48:15 GMT Plans by listed accountancy software firm Sage to buy Norwegian rival Visma for £334m have gone further awry after a private equity firm offered a higher price. Varney to face questions over EDS deal Accountancy Age - Wed, 19 Apr 2006 06:47:46 GMT David Varney, head of HM Revenue & Customs, is expected to be questioned today by the Treasury Select Committee over allegations of a secret deal between his department and US IT contractor, EDS. Senate eyes high-school steroid tests Tallahassee Democrat - Wed, 19 Apr 2006 06:46:08 GMT High-school athletes would be randomly tested for steroids and subject to suspension from competition if a Senate bill passed out of committee Tuesday becomes law. Injuries hit LHS soccer in loss to No. 3 Hawks Leavenworth Times - Wed, 19 Apr 2006 06:44:17 GMT The Leavenworth High girls soccer team battled more than just third-ranked Olathe East on Tuesday evening. After taking the early momentum, the Lady Pioneers also watched as two key defensive players were carted off with injuries. Slidell trying to help restore trailers New Orleans Times-Picayune - Wed, 19 Apr 2006 06:43:42 GMT Slidell's Zoning Commission has offered its support to a group of city residents who lost their mobile homes to Hurricane Katrina and wish to replace them, despite a stipulation in the zoning code that prohibits new mobile homes within city limits. Terumo Cardiovascular Systems gets distributorship for martPReP2 Platelet Concentration System PharmaBiz - Wed, 19 Apr 2006 06:43:20 GMT Terumo Cardiovascular Systems and Harvest Technologies Corporation announce that Terumo Cardiovascular Systems has become the exclusive distributor for Harvest's SmartPReP2 Platelet Concentration System in the USA and Canada in the cardiovascular and perfusion markets, effective April 1, 2006. [Campus] U groups organize walkout for immigrants' rights, against war The Minnesota Daily - Wed, 19 Apr 2006 06:42:30 GMT Immigrants' rights issues have been a hot topic as activists rallied against national legislation in major cities across the country in the past month. La Raza Student Cultural Center hopes to bring some of the immigration issues to light this week by hosting Immigrant Rights Week. Links: Lexus RX330 Lexus LX470 Lexus Lexus SC 300 Lexus LS 400 Lexus GX470 Lexus SC 400 Lexus ES330 Lexus JX 540 Lexus IS 300 Lexus LF Lexus GS 400 (Comment on this)
Thursday, April 13th, 2006
11:20 pm	New Student-designed System Tracks Firefighters, Special Forces New Student-designed System Tracks Firefighters, Special Forces Newswise - Thu, 13 Apr 2006 20:19:05 GMT The old technique of using push pins and maps to track troop movements just got a radical new upgrade for soldiers or firefighters in rugged terrains. Grant County business has role in making of 'We are Marshall' Star Beacon - Thu, 13 Apr 2006 20:18:48 GMT By Mona Ridder CUMBERLAND TIMES-NEWS (CUMBERLAND, Md.) ARTHUR, W.Va. — Roclith Creations, a Grant County manufacturer of customized stadium blankets, boasts one of its products in the hands of film actor Matthew McConaughey, who will soon appear in the feature film “We are Marshall.” Baseball spring training broke attendance record in '06 The Daily Comet - Thu, 13 Apr 2006 20:18:14 GMT Florida's Major League Baseball spring training games broke attendance records this year, drawing a total of more than 1.6 million fans to 18 different parks, the Florida Sports Foundation said Thursday. Go figure: Weight loss one of the worst reasons to exercise PhysOrg - Thu, 13 Apr 2006 20:17:49 GMT Exercising to lose weight? Think of another reason or the odds are you won't be exercising for long, according to a University of Michigan study of baby boomer women. TAG Entertainment Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2005 Financial Results Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Thu, 13 Apr 2006 20:16:00 GMT SANTA MONICA, Calif.----April 13, 2006--TAG Entertainment Corp. , an independent producer and worldwide distributor of family oriented motion pictures, today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2005. Sprint unveils child locator service CNN Money - Thu, 13 Apr 2006 20:15:42 GMT Telecom provider seeks to compete in the family plan market; starts monthly pricing at $9.99. Thomas University professor considered terrorism expert WALB News 10 - Thu, 13 Apr 2006 20:15:04 GMT Thomasville- A Thomas University professor says everyone should be alert to terroristic activity everywhere. Dr. Harry Bruno recently participated in an elite group that discussed how to combat terrorism not only in the United States but world wide. On the road, with camera -- and irony Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune - Thu, 13 Apr 2006 20:14:43 GMT Cowboys and indians, Abe Lincoln, the Statue of Liberty, the Great Plains, the OK Corral, the Mississippi River and Niagara Falls. American history and culture are often reduced to a cluster of iconic places and larger-than-life characters from history and myth. For photographers this can be rich territory. In the past decade, two Minnesota-born talents -- Alec Soth and Greta Pratt -- A I - Thu, 13 Apr 2006 20:14:38 GMT A new ETF seeks to track the returns of the IPO index IPOX-100. Truckers sue former boss for unpaid wages WBIR-TV - Thu, 13 Apr 2006 20:14:32 GMT They say when Extreme Logistics of Loudon suddenly went out of business last month, its owner left them without a job and without their paychecks. Links: Lexus RX 400h Lexus LX 450 Lexus Lexus SC 430 Lexus LS 600h Lexus GX470 Lexus SC430 Lexus ES250 Lexus JX470 Lexus IS350 Lexus LF Lexus GS400 (Comment on this)
Tuesday, April 11th, 2006
1:25 am	Local shares beat world Local shares beat world Northern Territory News - Mon, 10 Apr 2006 22:23:59 GMT A WINDFALL of $438 billion has been dealt to Australian shareholders in the five years to 2005, as local companies thrash their global peers. Attorneys: No DNA Match in Duke Scandal Terre Haute Tribune Star - Mon, 10 Apr 2006 22:23:09 GMT DURHAM, N.C. — There is no DNA match between members of Duke University's men's lacrosse team and an exotic dancer who told police she was raped at a team party, attorneys for the team said Monday. New York, April 10, 2006 CPJ Press Freedom Online - Mon, 10 Apr 2006 22:22:58 GMT —The Committee to Protect Journalists deplores the use of force against journalists covering pro-democracy demonstrations across Nepal in which at least three people have died. Attorneys: No DNA Match in Duke Scandal The San Francisco Examiner - Mon, 10 Apr 2006 22:22:48 GMT DURHAM, N.C. - DNA testing failed to connect any members of the Duke University lacrosse team to the alleged rape of a stripper, attorneys for the athletes said Monday. Oil prices soar, to push fuel Herald Sun - Mon, 10 Apr 2006 22:22:47 GMT OIL prices soared overnight after London's Brent contract hit a record high on the conflict between the US and Iran and local petrol prices are expected to climb over $1.30 heading into the Easter weekend. Thousands Demonstrate Over Immigration The San Francisco Examiner - Mon, 10 Apr 2006 22:22:38 GMT NEW YORK - Hundreds of thousands of people demanding U.S. citizenship for illegal immigrants took to the streets in dozens of cities from New York to San Diego on Monday in some of the most widespread demonstrations since the mass protests began around the country two weeks ago. Duke Lacrosse Lawyers: No DNA Match CBS News - Mon, 10 Apr 2006 22:22:17 GMT Attorneys for players say DNA test results find no match between Duke lacrosse players and a woman who says she was raped at a team party. Also, an attorney said time-stamped photos will show the alleged victim was "very impaired" at the party. Defense: No DNA match in Duke lacrosse case News 14 Carolina - Mon, 10 Apr 2006 22:22:03 GMT (DURHAM) - DNA testing failed to connect any members of the Duke University lacrosse team to the alleged rape of a striper, attorneys for the athletes said Monday. Customized for Comfort BellaOnline - Mon, 10 Apr 2006 22:21:18 GMT Traveling abroad can be a joyful, memory-filled experience. But not if the ins and outs of arrangements, and possibly aspects of the trip itself, are daunting. Duke scandal: DNA doesn't match players Daily Record - Mon, 10 Apr 2006 22:20:54 GMT DURHAM, N.C. (AP) -- There is no DNA match between members of Duke University's men's lacrosse team and an exotic dancer who told police she was raped at a team party, attorneys for the team said today. Links: Lexus RX400h Lexus JX Lexus Lexus JX 470 Lexus LS460L Lexus GX 470 Lexus SC300 Lexus ES250 Lexus JX Lexus IS 250 Lexus LF Lexus GS350 (Comment on this)
Sunday, April 9th, 2006
1:45 pm	Exotic birds show off for visitors to Mounds Exotic birds show off for visitors to Mounds Belleville News-Democrat - Sun, 09 Apr 2006 08:17:00 GMT Cahokia Mounds was for the birds Saturday afternoon. When you're birding, you just never know San Antonio Express News - Sun, 09 Apr 2006 05:35:49 GMT On an early winter Sunday last January, I was driving on Texas 239 to Goliad. Marlborough Boy Scouts get hands-on lesson in gun safety The MetroWest Daily News - Sun, 09 Apr 2006 04:25:03 GMT HOPKINTON -- Behind a rustic low-roofed building, breathing chilly damp morning air, young boys handled a weapon for the first time yesterday. Some stood barely 4 feet tall. Breaking views: Why institutions' knees no longer jerk when a bid comes along Daily Telegraph - Sat, 08 Apr 2006 23:11:29 GMT With hedge funds prevented from snapping up big stakes and putting targets into play, companies seem quite laid back about the recent wave of bid approaches. Trans-Anne-merica Louisville Courier-Journal - Sat, 08 Apr 2006 09:46:21 GMT The folks at a local gay blog have noticed a separated-at-birth resemblance between U.S. Sen. Anne Northup and Bree Osbourne, Felicity Huffman's pre-op transsexual character in "Transamerica." Reilly invites solutions to river's hazard Herald Standard - Sat, 08 Apr 2006 04:16:40 GMT Fayette County Coroner Dr. Phillip E. Reilly (right) uses a laser pointer to explain details of Dimple Rock projected on a screen as Ohiopyle State Park Director John Hallis (center) and a television reporter look on, during a news conference Friday at the coroner’s office. 5th label.showcase and netrelease on minlove.net de:bug home style - Fri, 07 Apr 2006 17:48:00 GMT release date . April 6, 2006 Adjunct has finally answered to the kind invitation of Minlove and a nine track compilation has promptly been put together. “Sun Is Moving” is an offering by [a]pendics.shuffle, dealt and jumbled like a skat, a card trick w/ Big Bully’s face on the entire deck. Movie review: ‘Ice Age: The Meltdown' Metromix.com - Fri, 07 Apr 2006 15:51:17 GMT "Ice Age: The Meltdown" has strange but seemingly good news for fans of director Chris Wedge's slap-happy original "Ice Age"--of which I admit to being one. Sweet 16 at bird centre The Comet - Fri, 07 Apr 2006 14:43:30 GMT SIXTEEN vultures are the new flying stars at the English School of Falconry at Shuttleworth. The birds arrived three months ago from zoos in Europe and have been trained to all be in flight together making a spectacular aerial display. Driver seriously injured when vulture flies into her windshield Tampa Bay's 10 - Fri, 07 Apr 2006 13:42:48 GMT Brooksville, Florida - Denise Lynn Bowling was driving her pickup truck Thursday afternoon, when a huge vulture crashed into her windshield. She suffered injuries from glass and debris, and was flown to St. Joseph's hospital, where they moved glass from her eyes. Links: Lexus RX 400h Lexus LX 470 Lexus Lexus SC 400 Lexus LS Lexus GX Lexus SC 400 (Comment on this)
Friday, April 7th, 2006
7:15 am	Pittsburgh Raceway Park drag strip has big plans Pittsburgh Raceway Park drag strip has big plans Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Fri, 07 Apr 2006 04:14:08 GMT Pittsburgh Raceway Park drag strip general manager Frank Tedesco is hoping the scheduled season-opening swap meet and test-and-tune program could be run this weekend. Dread gives way to routine start at masters Columbia Daily Herald - Fri, 07 Apr 2006 04:12:40 GMT AUGUSTA, Ga. — For all the dread that Augusta National went over the top with its latest round of changes, the Masters sure looked familiar on Thursday. As a Sea Rises, So Do Hopes for Fish, Jobs and Riches New York Times - Fri, 07 Apr 2006 04:09:54 GMT The Aral Sea, once drained of 75 percent of its water, has this year taken on millions of cubic feet of new water years ahead of schedule. Car Hits, Seriously Injures Boy Near Orange County School Local6.com Central Florida - Fri, 07 Apr 2006 04:08:18 GMT A boy was seriously injured Thursday when he was struck by a car just feet from his school, according to Local 6 News. Police said the student was hit near Meadow Woods Elementary School in South Orange County Thursday. Singh Leads Masters as Firm Fairways Help Short Hitters Keep Up Bloomberg.com - Fri, 07 Apr 2006 04:08:08 GMT April 7 (Bloomberg) -- Vijay Singh takes a one-shot lead into today's second round at the Masters Tournament, where concerns that a lengthened course might favor golf's biggest hitters so far have failed to come true. Daily Edition: Apr. 7, 2006 The Car Connection - Fri, 07 Apr 2006 04:06:20 GMT Audi unveils new TT, Padilla retires. Pirates Notebook: Maholm eager to make his 2006 debut Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Fri, 07 Apr 2006 04:06:01 GMT CINCINNATI -- Paul Maholm is scheduled to make his long-awaited season debut tonight -- weather permitting. Retail Holdings N.V. Announces Improved Results for the Year Ended December 31, 2005 PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Fri, 07 Apr 2006 04:01:00 GMT Retail Holdings N.V. (Symbol: RHDGF ) Insane March Mammoth Times - Fri, 07 Apr 2006 03:58:44 GMT March is a month in a quandary around the Sierra. Usually, there is still a goodly number of days filled with blizzards, abundant snowfall, and "Red Days" with no school for the children. Some years, and this is one of them, the March snowfall borders on insanity. Floodwaters still threatening Australia Stuff - Fri, 07 Apr 2006 03:58:30 GMT CANBERRA: Floodwaters that forced hundreds of people from their homes in the remote Australian outback town of Katherine after days of rain are threatening to rise further. Links: Lexus RX400h Lexus Lexus LF (Comment on this)