Archive for Marzec, 2009

 

Chicago’s Sun-Times Media files for bankruptcy (AP)

A pedestrian walks past a Chicago Sun-Times newspaper box Tuesday, March 31, 2009, in Chicago. The Sun-Times Media Group, owner of the Chicago Sun-Times and dozens of suburban newspapers, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Tuesday, making it the fifth newspaper publisher to seek protection from creditors in recent months.  (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)AP – The owner of the Chicago Sun-Times, a storied newspaper once home to legendary columnist Mike Royko and other greats, followed its hometown rival by filing for bankruptcy protection Tuesday — raising questions about whether both can survive in a brutal time for newspapers.

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Dziekanski excited for trip, B.C. inquiry told

Robert Dziekanski holds a small table at the Vancouver Airport in this image from a 2007 video.

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Stop-smoking lines flooded as tobacco tax rises (AP)

AP – Calling your state stop-smoking hot line for help kicking the habit? Expect a wait: Smokers are flooding the lines in a panic over an increase in the tobacco tax.

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Billy Joel edges out Elton John in double-header (Reuters)

Reuters – On the surface, it always has seemed like a natural pairing: two of the rock era’s most successful acts — piano-based or otherwise — dispensing hit after hit after hit.

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Henson’s Lions rugby hopes take a mauling (AFP)

Wales' Gavin Henson, pictured in 2006. Henson's hopes of being selected for the British and Irish Lions' tour of South Africa may have come to an end after he was ruled out for up to six weeks with an ankle injury.(AFP/File/Damien Meyer)AFP – Gavin Henson’s hopes of being selected for the British and Irish Lions’ tour of South Africa may have come to an end after he was ruled out for up to six weeks with an ankle injury.

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Holocaust survivor continues to fight for peace

Several years ago, while addressing a gathering of activists intent on preventing genocide in Sudan, Holocaust survivor Nesse Godin said she stood “shoulder to shoulder” with those trying to stop the killing of innocent men, women and children.

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Israel’s Netanyahu vows to seek peace with Arabs (AP)

In this photo released by the Israeli Government Press Office, Benjamin Netanyahu makes his first speech as Israel's new Prime Minister in the Knesset, Israel's Parliament, in Jerusalem, Tuesday, March 31, 2009. Netanyahu struck a conciliatory tone as he took office Tuesday, promising to seek a 'permanent arrangement' with the Palestinians and 'full peace' with the entire Arab and Muslim world. (AP Photo/ GPO, Amos Ben Gershom, HO)AP – Benjamin Netanyahu, taking office as Israel’s new leader Tuesday, promised to seek “full peace” with the Arab and Muslim world, but refused to utter the words the world was waiting to hear: “Palestinian state.” The well-spoken, U.S.-educated hawk took pains to portray himself as a pragmatist, telling a packed parliament that Israel does not want to rule the Palestinians.

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Racer Productions Announces Entertainment Lineup For Big Buck Race

Racer Productions announces the involvement of the South Carolina Army National Guard for the 2009 Grand National Cross Country Series at the Pirelli Big Buck GNCC in Union, South Carolina as well as several activities and special guests who will appear at the event.

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Screening misses early ovarian cancer (Reuters)

Reuters – Annual screening with ultrasound and a blood test called CA 125 usually misses early cases of ovarian cancer, according to a report in the journal Obstetrics and Gynecology. In addition, ovarian cancer screening often leads to unnecessary biopsies and other surgical procedures.

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New Director At Finley Stadium

Submitted by Abena Williams on March 31, 2009 – 5:16pm. A A Merrill Eckstein says he’s ready for one more challenge.

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