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Wednesday, April 19th, 2006
6:20 am	Museum hosts national animal art exhibit Museum hosts national animal art exhibit The Arizona Republic - Wed, 19 Apr 2006 01:40:00 GMT Playful pandas rendered in oils, a pack of grazing horses brought to life with acrylics and a bronze Dachshund sculpture are among several works on display at the West Valley Art Museum as part of a prestigious national exhibit. Sexual predator apprehended Bandera Bulletin - Wed, 19 Apr 2006 00:01:02 GMT Three Pipe Creek residents were recently arrested in connection with the aggravated sexual assault of at least three children. Apprehended on April 7, John Francis Robben was seized by the Bandera County Sheriff's Office, and subsequently admitted his crimes. 2006 Picnic Day will celebrate TODAY The Davis Enterprise - Tue, 18 Apr 2006 22:36:46 GMT Published Apr 16, 2006 - 18:30:13 CDT. Celebrate TODAY, which stands for Teaching, Outreach, Diversity, Academics and You, is the theme of the 92nd annual Picnic Day, coming up Saturday at UC Davis. Tasmania starts the day with Sunrise The Mercury - Tue, 18 Apr 2006 15:09:28 GMT MORNINGS are busy for most Tasmanians - whether they rush to the gym, get the kids ready for school, walk the dog or simply get themselves to work on time. Entertainment Weekly: The Must List CNN.com - Tue, 18 Apr 2006 14:21:03 GMT A "Brick," a "Noodle," and eight other things we recommend this week: Let's salute Quad-City Times - Tue, 18 Apr 2006 08:08:28 GMT These awards were presented to members of the Quad-Cities Dog Obedience Club at their annual banquet. A Birthday Fit For A Queen Hartford Courant - Tue, 18 Apr 2006 07:31:05 GMT Britain Prepares To Celebrate As Elizabeth Marks Big Day Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday: Harmont & Blaine debuts in Wafi City AME Info - Tue, 18 Apr 2006 05:59:54 GMT Belbadi Fashion, a leading Dubai retailer and exclusive agent/distributor of several other well-known international brands, opens an exclusive outlet for Harmont & Blaine at the prestigious Wafi City Mall. Pet Project: Brownie is looking for a play buddy San Antonio Express News - Tue, 18 Apr 2006 05:15:33 GMT Brownie spent the first year of his life tethered to a chain. Because of a jaw misalignment, he couldn't eat dry food and was given a constant diet of raw hamburger meat, which made him a very sick puppy. Almost dead when a concerned person intervened, the little dog had suffered neurological damage and was partially blind. Beaster bonnets! Fort Worth Star-Telegram - Mon, 17 Apr 2006 08:04:08 GMT It's Easter. And what better reason to put a bonnet on your beagle, a chapeau on your Chartreux? Links: Lexus RX330 Lexus LX450 Lexus Lexus RX 330 Lexus LS 600h Lexus GX 470 Lexus SC Lexus ES300 Lexus JX470 Lexus IS 350 Lexus LF Lexus GS 430 (Comment on this)
Thursday, April 13th, 2006
7:50 pm	A Control Freak's Prodigious Passion A Control Freak's Prodigious Passion The New York Sun - Thu, 13 Apr 2006 05:18:02 GMT Love him or hate him, there is no getting around Matthew Barney's prodigious capacity to generate symbolism. He doesn't just come up with potent signs or borrow smartly from pre-existing value systems, tapping the residues of meaning such signs bring with them. Instead, he actually sets into motion whole hermetic systems in which signs, rituals, talismans, and uniforms generate narrative. There's Rendell: Government Can Help KDKA Pittsburgh - Sat, 08 Apr 2006 17:38:42 GMT Ketchup-drenched globs are dripping from a juicy hamburger faster than Gov. Ed Rendell can devour it as the state-owned motor coach he's riding in lurches along the twisting highways outside of Pittsburgh. Moussaoui Jury Hears of Impact and Grief New York Times - Fri, 07 Apr 2006 02:02:38 GMT Rudolph W. Giuliani, the former New York mayor, was one witness who described the Sept. 11 attacks to a jury deciding whether to execute Zacarias Moussaoui. Turner Comments Metropolitan News-Enterprise - Thu, 06 Apr 2006 19:57:25 GMT “For the past 16 and one-half years, I have reviewed the decisions of Judge Janavs. She consistently follows the law and does so with efficiency and integrity.” Christopher Woodward on the genius of Joseph Gandy Guardian Unlimited - Fri, 31 Mar 2006 23:05:24 GMT Art: He was one of the greatest Romantic visionaries, yet he died penniless and anonymous in a darkened asylum cell. Christopher Woodward salutes the neglected genius of Joseph Gandy. Pope's home town attracts visitors Independent Online - Fri, 31 Mar 2006 09:36:55 GMT Formerly known as a dull little German town, Marktl-am-Inn is now a changed place as a steady stream of visitors curious about the origins of Pope Benedict XVI has been coming for the past year to see the house there where Joseph Ratzinger was born. Links: Lexus RX400h Lexus LX Lexus Lexus GS 300 Lexus LS460L Lexus GX470 Lexus SC 430 Lexus ES 330 Lexus JX470 Lexus IS250 Lexus LF-C Lexus GS 300 (Comment on this)
Monday, April 10th, 2006
9:55 pm	Funding the fash frat Funding the fash frat Business Standard India - Mon, 10 Apr 2006 18:36:09 GMT It is not often that you come across someone who calls Manish Arora, the most celebrated Indian fashion designer this year, an “intern”. So when SURAN GOONATILAKE inadvertently lets slip the word, you gasp and almost choke on the coffee. A serious chat with comedian Dylan Moran Stuff - Mon, 10 Apr 2006 17:24:48 GMT Margaret Agnew has a rather serious chat with comedian Dylan Moran. If you've never interviewed a comedian, you may be forgiven for thinking it must be the most fun a journalist can have. Oh, it'll be just like a private comedy show for one, you're probably thinking. Mother's lawsuit dismissed Reno Gazette-Journal - Mon, 10 Apr 2006 16:59:49 GMT FALLON (AP) -- A federal appeals court has dismissed a Fallon mother's lawsuit stemming from a childhood leukemia cluster. Nigeria: Fayose Dedicates Award to Ekiti Indigenes AllAfrica.com - Mon, 10 Apr 2006 16:34:49 GMT EKITI State governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose towered above his peers yesterday when he was named Governor of the Year (2005) and best South West Governor of the Year (2005) by the City People Media Group. Viewfinder : Origins of theater world’s superstitious beliefs INQ7.net - Mon, 10 Apr 2006 16:02:24 GMT WHY do stage people whisper “Break a leg” to each other before a performance? Why are peanuts a no-no backstage? Why are actors instructed not to whistle before and during a performance? NAMIC Pleased California Auto Repair Bill Modified for Study Insurance Journal - Mon, 10 Apr 2006 15:58:23 GMT In the wake of stiff industry opposition, a California proposal that would have have impeded consumer access to affordable auto repairs has been sufficiently mitigated for now, said a spokesman for th Nigeria: Kwara: the Limit of Propaganda AllAfrica.com - Mon, 10 Apr 2006 15:45:05 GMT IT is understandable if the opposition is not flourishing in Kwara State because of the high rating of a performing Governor. But to allege, as the Kwara Progressive Movement (KPM) did last week, of a plot to wipe out opposition figures in the state is taking propaganda too far. At Milan fair, a somber and disquieting spirit International Herald Tribune - Mon, 10 Apr 2006 15:35:15 GMT Year after year the exhibition of the work of the Eindhoven Design Academy at the Milan furniture fair has anticipated the future direction of design. The theme of the Eindhoven show in Milan last week was scarcely reassuring - it was death. Kenya: Shunning Divisions to Take Graft Bull By the Horns AllAfrica.com - Mon, 10 Apr 2006 15:03:11 GMT Sensible men and women will sidestep a potential abyss when they see one. And this week, MPs, on both sides of the House, borrowed from the wisdom and confined their debate to the issues raised in the Parliamentary Accounts Committee's report on the Anglo Leasing scandal. President Bush Proclaims National Small Business Week, Praises Small Business Owners' Willingness to Take Risks for a PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Mon, 10 Apr 2006 14:42:00 GMT President George W. Bush applauded America's small business owners and employees, proclaiming the week of April 9-15 as a time to "applaud the men and women who own and operate small businesses and spur economic growth. Links: Lexus RX 300 Lexus LX 470 Lexus Lexus LX 450 Lexus LS460 Lexus GX 470 Lexus SC 300 Lexus ES Lexus JX470 Lexus IS 200 Lexus LF-A Lexus GS 400 (Comment on this)
Sunday, April 9th, 2006
10:15 am	Team’s unlikely run enriches school, coach Team’s unlikely run enriches school, coach The Daily Record - Thu, 30 Mar 2006 05:18:09 GMT Here's what happens when a college you never heard of finds itself two victories away from the men’s NCAA basketball championship: Orders for “Final Four'' T-shirts crash the university bookstore's Web site. The college reaps $4 million worth of media exposure. They look successful - they are successful. So why are so many women lacking in self-esteem? icWales - Wed, 29 Mar 2006 03:16:37 GMT We are told that today's young women are free to take on the world, but a new study reveals many suffer from low self-esteem. Is it any wonder, asks Catherine Jones Cramer's 'Mad Money Lightning Round': Insteel Inspires TheStreet.com - Wed, 29 Mar 2006 00:44:55 GMT The maker of products that reinforce concrete is in a sweet spot now. Cramer's 'Mad Money Lightning Round': General Dynamics Is Dynamite TheStreet.com - Tue, 28 Mar 2006 00:29:47 GMT Cramer says it's the No. 1 name in defense. Links: Lexus RX Lexus JX Lexus Lexus LX 470 Lexus LS 460 Lexus GX Lexus SC (Comment on this)
Thursday, April 6th, 2006
8:45 pm	University to dismantle nuclear reactor University to dismantle nuclear reactor UPI - Thu, 06 Apr 2006 17:44:22 GMT SEATTLE, April 6 (UPI) -- University of Washington officials say an old nuclear reactor on its Seattle campus -- unnoticed by most students -- will be dismantled beginning Monday. I-90 closed east of Missoula Billings Gazette - Thu, 06 Apr 2006 17:43:25 GMT MISSOULA -- The Montana Highway Patrol closed a 10-mile stretch of Interstate 90 east of here Thursday morning because of concerns about a vapor seen coming off a train car on a track along the interstate. compiled by Columbian staff The Columbian - Thu, 06 Apr 2006 17:38:18 GMT Fircrest Neighborhood Association, 7 p.m., Firstenburg Community Center, public conference room, 700 N.E. 136th Ave.: Guest speaker from the East Precinct police station, election of officers and committee chairs. Railroad cars derail after failed coupling; no injuries reported The Columbian - Thu, 06 Apr 2006 17:30:29 GMT No one was reported injured early Wednesday when five railroad cars derailed in a BNSF Railway switching yard near West 39th Street in Vancouver. About 5 a.m., said railway spokesman Gus Melonas, the cars were being moved from one yard to another at about 3 mph. South Africa: Exercise Caution, Obey Law: Motorist Told AllAfrica.com - Thu, 06 Apr 2006 17:27:09 GMT With high traffic volumes expected on the country's roads this Easter holiday season, motorists have once again been urged to exercise "extreme" caution to avoid unnecessary deaths. NZ teens in top world booze stats Stuff - Thu, 06 Apr 2006 17:13:41 GMT New Zealand teens are among the highest binge drinkers in the world, Alcohol Advisory Council of New Zealand chief executive Mike MacAvoy said at Alac's conference in Queenstown yesterday. Hartford Fire Department To Charge For Emergency Services NBC 30 Connecticut - Thu, 06 Apr 2006 16:49:05 GMT Fire protection and medical help remains free, but the Hartford Fire Department will soon be charging for other emergency services it provides. Canon to Release Two New Models of Digital Radiography Equipment in May Japan Corporate News - Thu, 06 Apr 2006 16:42:07 GMT Tokyo, Apr 6, 2006 (JCN) - Canon will launch two new digital radiography equipment models, CXDI-50C and CXDI-40EC, on May 1. Bridge to near-monopoly The Charlotte Observer - Thu, 06 Apr 2006 16:38:23 GMT Thousands of cars cross the border between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, each day -- and that's not even counting the ones that have drivers at the wheel. Mikulski scolds Hantman over response on tunnels The Hill - Thu, 06 Apr 2006 16:35:05 GMT Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) scolded Architect of the Capitol Alan Hantman for inadequately addressing her concerns about the working conditions in crumbling underground utility tunnels in a letter issued today. Links: Lexus RX330 Lexus Lexus IS 250 (Comment on this)