12/05/2008 -
Blowouts give Cavs a breather
Rookies get to play as starters enjoy some rest Fans at tonight's game to wear Varejao wigs
Source:
Akron Beacon Journal
http://www.ohio.com/sports/35586744.html
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12/05/2008 -
Send us a picture of your ugliest ornament
You gingerly tuck it away each year with your Christmas décor. It’s so awful that it’s somehow endearing. You can’t bear to part with it. We know you have an ugly ornament, and we want to see it.
Source:
The Kansas City Star
http://www.kansascity.com/238/story/922109.html
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12/05/2008 -
Weaver Reveals Avatar Process
Sigourney Weaver, who reunited with her Alien director James Cameron for his secretive SF film Avatar , told a group or reporters that she has seen the footage Cameron screened, but she's not telling. Cameron showed some 3-D footage from the film at the 2008 3-D Entertainment Summit.
Source:
Sci Fi Wire
http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=0&id=62575
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12/05/2008 -
Many seniors feel younger despite old age: study
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Seniors may be getting old, but they still feel about 13 years younger than their actual age, according to a new study.
Source:
AFP via Yahoo!Xtra News
http://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/entertainment/5193799/many-seniors-feel-younger-des
pite-old-age-study/
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12/04/2008 -
Strong cyclones approaching Russia
PETROPAVLOVSK-KAMCHATSKY , Russia, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula and Maritime territory are expected to be hit by two cyclones advancing on the country, forecasters said Thursday.
Source:
UPI
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/12/04/Strong_cyclones_approaching_Russia/UPI-53
721228417559/
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12/05/2008 -
Mixed response to Victoria's IVF law changes
Lesbian couples and single women will soon be able to have babies using IVF treatment in Victoria, but some women and doctors say the new laws themselves are discriminatory because they include mandatory criminal background checks for prospective mothers.
Source:
ABC via Yahoo!7 News
http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/australian-news/5194376/mixed-response-to-victorias
-ivf-law-changes/
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12/05/2008 -
San Jose police arrested drunks but failed to use sobering station
Although San Jose police arrest and detain more people for being drunk in public than any city in California, a sobering station that would have provided a more humane and some say more effective approach to the problem shut down in 2003 due to the disinterest of local law enforcement.
Source:
San Jose Mercury News
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11143414?source=rss
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12/05/2008 -
Video educates parents about drugs
Parents don't always know more than their kids, an Arizona drug educator warns. For example:
Source:
The Arizona Republic
http://www.azcentral.com/rsslinks/838772
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12/03/2008 -
Clayton school board winner: 'I just wanted to help'
As a community activist in Clayton County looking in from the outside for the past 20 years, Charles Bivins felt somewhat limited in changes he could personally effect. But as one of the county's new school board members, he figures now to have positive impact. "I didn't anticipate a political career," he said after beating Irene Lewis in Tuesday night's runoff election to claim the District 9 ...
Source:
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/clayton/stories/2008/12/03/clayton_sch
ool_board.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13
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12/03/2008 -
Eagles feeling good about stretch run
PHILADELPHIA (AP) ? Donovan McNabb has a bounce to his step, and Brian Westbrook is moving about with ease. Things are looking up for the Philadelphia Eagles, who, until late, haven't felt so good and had little to feel good about.
Source:
The Patriot-News
http://www.pennlive.com/sportsflash/index.ssf?/base/sports-41/1228343964179170.x
ml&storylist=penn_sportsupdate
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12/04/2008 -
Citigroup top execs ready to forego bonuses: report
Citigroup Inc's top executives and Robert Rubin, a director and senior counselor at the firm, are ready to forgo their bonuses this year as the bank reels from the effects of the financial crisis, the Financial Times reported.
Source:
Reuters via Yahoo! News
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081204/bs_nm/us_citigroup_bonuses_1
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12/04/2008 -
Automakers Get Second Chance To Pitch For Bailout
The Senate banking panel has held a hearing on why Congress should give the troubled automakers $34 billion in federal loans. The CEOs of the Big Three automakers, United Auto Workers President Ron Gettelfinger and economist Mark Zandi testified.
Source:
NPR
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97826090&ft=1&f=100
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12/05/2008 -
Will Carroll: Stretch run tests players' pain threshholds
Some of you don't want to hear about steroids, performance-enhancing drugs, or the painkillers that remain the dirty little secret of the NFL. If you're one of those who tells me you "just want to watch the game," or "they're paid to play, no matter what," well, I'll get to the injuries and we'll discuss the StarCaps situation a bit later. It's important enough that I hope everyone reads to the ...
Source:
Sports Illustrated
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/fantasy/12/04/injury.report/index.html
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12/05/2008 -
Robert DeLaney, 84; was Red Sox radio announcer
Two years ago, Robert Joseph DeLaney, who was radio announcer for the Boston Braves and Boston Red Sox a half-century ago, wrote a memoir to pass on to his family.
Source:
Boston Globe
http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2008/12/05/robert_delaney_
84_was_red_sox_radio_announcer
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12/05/2008 -
Public safety news in brief: Assault added to alleged shoplifter's charges
Jackson County prosecutors on Thursday charged an alleged shoplifter with assault in connection with a scuffle that injured a Kansas City police officer Wednesday at Wal-Mart, 11601 E. U.S. 40.
Source:
The Kansas City Star
http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/story/923010.html
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