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Current News for October 03, 2008

Mayor Mel Kuhn Wins Drag Queen Contest in Blackface

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 06:03:09 PDT
Arkansas City, Kansas mayor Mel Kuhn found himself amid a heap of controversy after dressing in drag and blackface at a fundraiser for CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates). Mel performed as the character “Smellishis Poon” and actually won the contest. His backup dancers were the “Red Hot Puntangs.” Mel Kuhn, the Mayor of Arkansas City Kansas, won a beauty pageant fundraiser last weekend. Kuhn participated in the Men in Tights, drag queen contest that has become an annual fund raise

Some Experts Weigh In On Metallica And Too-Loud Mastering

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 08:01:21 PDT
The controversy over Metallica's Death Magnetic and its supposedly ear-fatiguing lack of dynamic range is still-simmering , so we decided to ask some industry professionals about the row and, more importantly, the trend in mastering toward making records louder, brighter, and less dynamic. I talked to three professionals—two well-known engineer/pro

CBC Newsworld reports on Saturday Night Live sketch—and adds extra info!

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:08:07 PDT
CBC Newsworld reports on Saturday Night Live sketch—and adds extra info! Written by Joel Johannesen Read Comments/Make Comments (There's 2 so far) Hey I wonder why the state-run CBC is covering this “news”! Just a few minutes ago, over the CBC Newsworld banner “SARAH’S MELTDOWN” (please advise as to what they meant by that, thanks!), the state-owned CBC “reported” on a sketch presented two days ago by the fair and balanced set at NBC’s Saturday Night Live. I think this is

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Fri, 03 Oct 2008 05:28:53 PDT
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Record turnout at Asia's largest Pride event

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:23:09 PDT
Cameron opens Tory conference with attack on Labour infighting The Conservative party conference is underway in Birmingham. Yesterday the Tory leader David Cameron welcomed delegates from around the country. Treasury Minister becomes first lesbian MP to hold a civil partnership ceremony Treasury Minister Angela Eagle entered into a civil partnership with Maria Exall in Southwark today. opinionuk-newsworld-newspoliticslawhealthfinanceentertainment Brown: Fairness is in Labour's D

CBC Newsworld : Passionate Eye Monday : Documentary

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 01:53:25 PDT
The story that showed on news world tonight.This is just another example of the futility and expense in money and lives that is the drug war.

Celebrity & Entertainment News

Sun, 09 Mar 2008 09:49:40 PDT
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October 02, 2008 News and Trends

GE shares bounce on Buffett stake news (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:08:20 PDT
General Electric shares shot up on Wednesday after news that Warren Buffett would buy a stake in the company.

Latest Beauty Trend: Brain Piercing!

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 17:25:49 PDT
Piercing artists have taken their "art" to yet another level by piercing people's brains. And, yes, the procedure is just as lovely as you'd expect: After cutting your hair and putting you under anesthesia, the piercer drills small holes in your skull, then passes a metal ring through them with a bent needle...

October Events

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:53:51 PDT
October 18th - St. James Church Flea Market October 17th - Senator Golden Free Flu Shots October 17th - Circle of Hope Cancer Foundation Annual Dinner Dance Honoring Karen Farace October 23rd - Senator Golden Town Hall @ PS 207 October 25th - GBCares Halloween Festival October 25th - Resurrection Confirmation BISHOP RENE A. VALERO ...]

BREAKING: The Unconstitutional Bail Out Bill Passes In The S

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 19:17:30 PDT
The idiotic bail out bill - the raping of the American taxpayers - has passed the Senate. More details when my pissed off temperament calms down enough. Just tune into any news service for confirmation.

Ask an Art Buyer: About Art Buying

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:08:46 PDT
Wednesday is Ask an Art Buyer day. Send your questions to heather@heathermorton.ca with the subject line Ask an Art Buyer. I’ll answer as many as I can every Wednesday. Recently I’ve been asked about Art Buying itself and to address that query, I had reason to cyberly thumb through some old powerpoint presentations with such fanciful titles as: Art Buying 101, Advanced Art Buying and Art Buying and You (all from the short-lived but well attended ABX: Art Buying Expo 04- see my event illustrati

UPI NewsTrack Quirks in the News (UPI)

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:13:13 PDT
For $1.75, you can be a homeowner ... Frisbee champ dog out after eating spatula ... Victims log in remotely to stolen laptops ... Woman, 70, competes to be top fencer ... UPI Quirks in the News.

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Wed, 01 Oct 2008 19:41:12 PDT
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August 17, 2008 News and Trends

This is news? I think not.

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 13:50:03 PDT
It's the Elston Gazette, and it's all local.

More than one million Canadians tune in to Olympic opening ceremony (winnipegsun.com)

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:36:32 PDT
CBC’s live presentation of the Olympic opening ceremony from Beijing on Friday, broadcast on CBC Television and simulcast on CBC Newsworld, attracted a combined audience of 1.16 million viewers.

Get the latest news in racing (Daily Racing Form)

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 15:46:57 PDT
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Most Read News (Bernama)

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 12:10:54 PDT
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 18 (Bernama) -- The broadcast time for the Joint News Bulletin between Radio Television Malaysia (RTM) and Televisi Republik Indonesia (TVRI) known as 'Warta Serumpun' may be changed from midnight to 11pm to attract more viewers.

McCain Hurting In The Rural Vote

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 13:17:45 PDT
Rural voters are showing a trend of shifting towards Obama or flat out not voting. This could hurt McCain in the swings states where Republicans usually count on the rural vote.

A Million Search Strings to Get Infected

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 02:49:05 PDT
Seems like the bad guys pushing for fake antivirus software are not done yet.Trend Micro received several reports from the North American region earlier today about users being victimized by a rogue antispyware, which these users have downloaded after they have somehow been convinced to click on malicious links.


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August 06, 2008 Hot Trends

BPO Properties Reports Second Quarter 2008 Results

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 22:24:47 PDT
BPO Properties Ltd. (CA:BPP: news, chart, profile) today announced financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2008.BPO Properties' net income from continuing operations for the three months ended June 30, 2008 was $17.8 million ($0.49 per share) compared to $15.8 million ($0.40 per share) during the same period in 2007. BPO Properties' net

DT August Contest: Win a Lenovo 22 inch LCD

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 21:38:24 PDT
DT August Contest: Win a Lenovo 22 inch LCD Posted on Wednesday, August 06 2008 @ 05:43:22 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck Have you been needing a new 22 inch LCD Monitor? Then enter Digital Trends' August contest for your chance at taking home a Lenovo LV L220x 22-inch LCD Monitor. The LV L220x sports a resolution of 1920x1200 and support full HD 1080p content. It also swivels, perfect to view office. You can enter at Digitaltrends.

Lemon lights up these crisp cookies (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 22:16:03 PDT
By AMY CULBERTSON TV chef Joanne Weir’s new cookbook Wine Country Cooking (Ten Speed Press, $22.50) seems to exemplify many of the trends in contemporary American cooking. Weir, who hosts the PBS cooking show of the same name,offers recipes that are fresh, colorful and unstuffy, with a California sensibility and echoes of the Mediterranean. And, of course, she offers wine-pairing suggestions. ...

Public: Don't Mess With My Flight Plans

Sun, 13 Aug 2006 11:58:25 PDT
"Pretty soon we'll have to fly naked!" The mass media rapidly embraced the UK terror storyline fed to them. The BBC, CNN, CBC Newsworld and other all-news broadcasters covered scarcely anything but the narrowly averted catastrophe throughout the day. Funny thing, but the general public wasn't buying it. The reaction was surprisingly cynical...

Be there, be the first - 60Third Avenue, August 14th, Apiary

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:43:57 PDT
Nowadays it’s pretty en vogue to conquer the gastronomy business with a modern design studio or in this case with French furniture maker Ligne Roset. The individual manufacturer enhances the diners at the Apiary with a sleek modern and minimalistic style, but do not overlook the mans behind this irresistible next trend place to be. Talking about Bo

yourscenesucks.com - An explanation of every "scene"

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 17:47:54 PDT
Yourscenesucks.com - around 2001, i released a site called "how to dress emo." the site had relatively simple instructions on how to fit the role in what i assumed would be a passing trend. boy, was i wrong- the emo explosion is still in full force now, years later, and the fashion just keeps getting sillier and sillier.

Review: k.d. lang dances for the crowd at Cambridge Folk Festival

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 10:02:42 PDT
Lord Tebbit attacks Tory support for gay parents Former Conservative minister Lord Tebbit has criticised the party's Shadow Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families for calling gay adoption "right and moral." Transgender murder victim referred to as "it" A 32-year-old man has confessed to the killing of 18-year-old transgender woman Angie Zapata, after being arrested about 50 miles away from the murder scene. LGBT youth activist wants action after death of teen foll

Al Jazeera and the VJs

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 02:03:14 PDT
bisme allahi al rahman al rahim… We first met the folks from Al Jazeera at the DNA2008 conference in Brussels. In fact, their Tony Birtley won the prize for best breaking VJ story for his coverage of the Burma democracy riots. Sue Phillips, who we have known for years, (most recently as the head of Newsworld) is now moving to Doha to head up their English news channel. And now, Nina Sang, who started as a VJ for Current TV, then moved on to working as a VJ trainer for us is now also in

CBC's Olympic broadcast a 'statement' (Slam! Sports)

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 09:38:32 PDT
All Olympics, all the time, pretty much all of August.

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Tue, 05 Aug 2008 20:30:35 PDT
BBC NEWS | Technology | Microsoft sees end of Windows era where will Microsoft make its money? (tags: software computing trends) BBC News | SCI/TECH | Genetic 'Adam never met Eve' You can ultimately trace every female lineage back to a single Mitochondrial Eve who lived in Africa about 150,000 years ago (tags: genetics science)

ChaCha Guides in Uproar!

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 18:50:36 PDT
ChaCha guides, now effected by a 'work harder than before for half the pay' policy, are sounded off, and signing onto petitions, news sources, and popular blog sites. Is ChaCha on its way down, or was it already sinking?

Blood Laboratory

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 20:51:05 PDT
Blood is a specialized fluid which makes live and exist. A keen look at blood tells us that it is composed of many cells, each having its distinct function. Here at Blood Laboratory, we offer all the important articles, news, and other information relevant to your needs.


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