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Current News for May 13, 2008

Americans Losing Confidence in Current Leadership

Mon, 12 May 2008 16:35:55 PDT
Americans are gloomier about the direction of the country than at any point since 1992, and Democrats have matched their biggest advantage in 25 years as the party better able to deal with the nation's main problems, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.

Alex Band's Big News

Mon, 12 May 2008 16:39:15 PDT
Exciting news to share! He is presently taking a break from The Calling and working on his first Solo CD. Signed by Ron Fair at Interscope/Geffen Records... Please visit www.alexmaxband.com to read all about it!!

Obama Vs. McCain Electoral News

Mon, 12 May 2008 17:22:58 PDT
Polls, tidbits and an ever changing list of the states and their electoral votes with guesses as to who will win, Obama or McCain. Updated daily.

Racism In Canadian News

Mon, 12 May 2008 17:24:57 PDT
A teenager has been given a suspended jail term after racially abusing a group of Asian men in a booze-fuelled rant."Go back to your own country" and other racist remarks.He called one of the men "The Turbanator" and threw a punch, but Tutty had "picked on the wrong man", and was set upon, the court heard.

Why is the U.S. military camped out in our newsrooms?

Mon, 12 May 2008 17:37:11 PDT
Military propaganda influencing, shifting and silencing the news? With 800 concentration camps up and running and Fox selling America on a war with Iran, it's all starting to make sense. Plenty of documentation and links on this one.

Japanese Americans Fight to Preserve Wartime Internment Camp

Mon, 12 May 2008 17:44:47 PDT
On May 8, US News And World Report published a story about Manzanar and the Manzanar Pilgrimage. Reporter Justin Ewers travelled on a bus headed to the Pilgrimage from Los Angeles and interviewed several former internees. A gallery of photos and a video report are also available.

News- Computer hackers hit epilepsy site

Mon, 12 May 2008 17:50:45 PDT
Computer attacks typically don't inflict physical pain.But in a rare example of an attack apparently motivated by malice rather than money, hackers recently bombarded the Epilepsy Foundation's Web site with pictures and helpful- looking links to pages with rapidly flashing images.

Hail Storm Pounds Tarrant County

Mon, 12 May 2008 17:54:34 PDT
News story on the weather

Apple News

Mon, 12 May 2008 17:55:00 PDT
Discuss all about iPod, iPhone, iTouch, iMac, Macbook, Macbook Pro and more at www.theappleforums.com.

Dems Disenfranchised, HomoIndoctrination and Size FFF

Mon, 12 May 2008 18:06:01 PDT
This week's Culture Watch by Nancy Morgan also includes Good News, Government at Work, Culture, Essential Trivia and Idiots of the Week.

EnvironmentalMotors.com - !00% electric car dealership

Mon, 12 May 2008 18:19:51 PDT
100% electric cars available today for sale. 2 cents/mile to operate and plug into any household (110v) outlet. Sign up for a test drive and their monthly e-newsletter where you'll get discounts, information direct from the manufacturers and current electric car news.

Car dealers running unauthorized credit checks: CBC News investigation (CBC)

Mon, 12 May 2008 18:22:16 PDT
Handing over your driver's licence before taking a car out for a test drive may lower your bargaining power, a CBC News investigation has learned.

Burma, China, New Orleans Maps and Satelite Photos

Mon, 12 May 2008 18:27:38 PDT
This is an excellent daily news site, normally devoted to New Orleans news from city and around the country, focusing on the Recovery from the Federal Flood. But of course they are understandably way up into the disaster of Burma's recent Cyclone Nargis and now the China Earthquake with excellent NASA, USGS and news links. Really popping!

NASA Announces News Conference on Status of Next Shuttle Launch (SpaceRef)

Mon, 12 May 2008 18:29:53 PDT
NASA managers have scheduled a news conference at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida for no earlier than 4 p.m. EDT on Monday, May 19, to discuss the status of the next space shuttle launch.

Acne In the BlogOsphere

Mon, 12 May 2008 18:33:58 PDT
Quick reference to anything acne related in the blogsphere. Get mutilpe news articles on one page.

Earthquake death toll nearly 10,000 in Sichuan, China

Mon, 12 May 2008 18:35:38 PDT
HOW TO HELP?As more news of destruction caused by yesterday's earthquake emerges, Xinhua says the death toll has reached nearly 10,000. The quake, with a magnitude of 7.8, was felt throughout China and in neighbouring countries, including Vietnam and Thailand.

No Joke: The Best News Strategy is at "The Daily Show"

Mon, 12 May 2008 18:36:46 PDT
There’s some interesting new evidence to buttress our argument that Jon Stewart’s “The Daily Show” has a superior content strategy underlying its successful business model — specifically, in terms of its news programming decisions.


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Hot trends for May 13, 2008

Profs in National News Discussing Rising Food Prices

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:36:57 PDT
Prof. David Sparling, associate dean, research and graduate studies for the College of Management and Economics and Prof. Al Weersink, Department of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics, will be featured on 16 CBC radio stations across the country Thursday morning, including Ontario Morning at 6:15 a.m. They will be doing live interviews with each radio station, talking about the reasons for rising global food prices. Sparling was also featured on CBC News Morning Wednesday talking about

First Mr Gay UK winner charged with murder

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 08:45:24 PDT
Drunk who taunted a gay man to his death faces jail term A man who taunted a gay couple, one of whom died of a heart attack after the incident, faces jail. However, though certain to receive a custodial sentence, Robert Horn has been cleared of causing the death of Malcolm Bryan, who suffered the fatal heart attack during the confrontation in September 2006. Ronaldo in transvestite prostitute confusion International football star Ronaldo, who is currently signed with AC Milan footba

CBC: And now for an honest middle o’ the road perspective… (no—just kidding!)

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:58:19 PDT
CBC: And now for an honest middle o’ the road perspective… (no—just kidding!) News item: dozens of ducks land in an oil sands “tailings” pond in Alberta which is usually protected by bird-scaring techniques to keep the birds away; and are poisoned, and die. It’s a tragedy. Clearly. The company is sad, the government is sad, we’re all sad. No doubt one or two heads will roll, and probably, people will be more careful in the future. We all hope so. And none of us need to be lectured about

Richard Stursberg Interview Summary - Broadcaster.com

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:01:50 PDT
Broadcaster.com featured an interview with Richard Stursberg, Vice-President of English Services at the CBC, this week. Really nothing all that new — basically the same arguments and explanations as we’ve heard, but, for the record, a brief summary of the interview is after the jump, below. Plans For Radio 2 We are attempting to broaden the musical mix available on Radio 2. Everyone likes the intelligence & the quality of the station, but the content will be broadened outside of class

US study claims LGB population is less than 3%

Fri, 02 May 2008 05:15:20 PDT
Indiana delegate comes out for Obama ahead of tight race Indiana Representative Baron Hill, who introduced Senator Hillary Clinton at a rally just last Friday, today endorsed Barack Obama, becoming the fourth new superdelegate to throw support behind the Obama campaign in the last 24 hours. Royal "blackmail" evidence is "insubstantial, insignificant, and incomplete" A defence barrister at the trial of two men accused of trying to blackmail a member of the Royal Family has dismissed t

SME Times - Business News,World Business,Indian Economy News

Mon, 05 May 2008 21:02:34 PDT
SME Times Gives you the information related with indian economy, indian industry news and world business news.

10,000 may be dead after Myanmar cyclone

Tue, 06 May 2008 07:05:46 PDT
Australian government stands by ban on gay marriage The Australian government's decision to refuse same-sex marriages has been compared to slavery by gay rights groups. Last week the Australian government announced more than 100 reforms. COMMENT: Can Obama go all the way? In a week when he should have been focused on getting his campaign back on track ahead of Tuesday’s primaries in Indiana and North Carolina, Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama was once again forced to deal w

Denver lesbians on trial for marriage protest

Wed, 07 May 2008 09:34:15 PDT
Denver lesbians on trial for marriage protest A court in Colorado has heard that a lesbian couple who held a sit-in protest against the state's ban on same-sex marriage are guilty of trespassing. Sheila Schroeder, 43 and Kate Burns, 44, staged their protest in September 2007. INTERVIEW: The master of homoerotic horror Working for B-movie great Roger Corman in the early 1980s launched director David DeCoteau's career, but in the 57 films he's directed in the 20-some years since, the ope

Excel Funds Appoints Emerging Market Economist

Wed, 07 May 2008 10:57:26 PDT
Excel Funds Appoints Emerging Market Economist May 7th, 2008 EXCEL FUNDS MANAGEMENT INC. : May 7, 2008 15:13 Excel Funds Appoints Emerging Market Economist Company hires well-known media pundit TORONTO, May 7 /CNW/ - Excel Funds Management Inc. (”Excel Funds”), a leading manager of mutual funds specializing in emerging markets, today announced the appointment of Levi Folk as Emerging Market Economist. Mr. Folk will provide in-depth research on emerging markets on behalf of Excel

CBC on Mothers Day: informs you what moms would be paid if they were paid for their “work”

Fri, 09 May 2008 12:51:46 PDT
Let’s self-loathe. Begin now. CBC informed Canadians just now on national television (state-owned CBC Newsworld, channel 390 on my dial) that in celebration of the upcoming Mother’s Day on Sunday, we ought to look at what moms would get paid if only they were paid their due for what they apparently agree is their unpaid labors. (Ostensibly this would be paid by the state, I guess, since who else would pay mothers? What’s Layton’s position on this? Maybe we’ll find out on the CBC’s “Politi


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