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June 02, 2008 News and Trends

Slate Magazine - Top 10 Dumbest Sports Trends

Sun, 01 Jun 2008 12:10:43 PDT
Neal Pollack rants (he always does, doesn't he?) about how foolish, annoying and unnecessary sports rankings are (take ESPN's NFL power rankings, for example).

Former U of G Librarian, Football Player Make Headlines (University of Guelph News)

Wed, 14 May 2008 06:28:33 PDT
Two stories in today's Globe and Mail feature people with strong University of Guelph connections. The late Margaret Armstrong Beckman , former U of G chief librarian, is the subject of the Lives Lived column. When she was appointed Beckman was the only woman heading a university library in Ontario. In 1986, she became the first Canadian to win the Academic/Research Librarian of the Year ...

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Mon, 02 Jun 2008 18:29:19 PDT
WoW gold news, wow gold information, wow gold guide and wow gold tips.

News Bytes

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 16:26:57 PDT
In this month's Linux Gazette, 'News Bytes' covers the following topics:Contents:Wind River joins forces with Intel on Auto LinuxFirst Moonlight ReleaseNetBeans Community Links to PHP Community with NetBeans Early Access for PHPUbuntu Live 2008 CanceledOpenSolaris goes LiveCDHP and others

Festival fever is contagious

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 09:04:26 PDT
lastminute.com sells tickets for more than 55 festivals this summerWith the festival season upon us online travel and leisure retailer lastminute.com has got the summer covered by offering more than 55 festivals in the UK and Europe. Families, heavy metal fans, foodies or trend setters, there is a festival for everyone.

Iran orders suspension of news agency (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 03:47:14 PDT
Iran on Monday ordered the Fars news agency, one of the country's most prominent news organisations and normally considered close to the government, to close for three days for publishing "false news".

Workers shifting to 4-day week to save gasoline

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 16:03:20 PDT
By Andrea Hopkins CINCINNATI (Reuters) - When Ohio's Kent State University offered custodial staff the option of working four days a week instead of five to cut commuting costs, most jumped at the chance, part of a U.S. trend aimed at combating...

Three To See - National Post


Three To See
National Post, Canada - May 26, 2008
(CBC Newsworld) 3 Could your family survive a two-week vacation with a family you've never met? Why would you even consider it? That's the premise behind ...



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June 02, 2008 Breaking News

Forget Tupperware Parties, Bring on the Taser Parties!

Sun, 01 Jun 2008 15:28:41 PDT
Home sales parties began with Tupperware, cleaning products, clothing and lingerie, but now a shocking new trend is blazing a trail in the US – Tasers.

Mixx More Than Doubles Vistors in May To Nearly One Million

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:34:37 PDT
May was a good month for social-news site Mixx. At the beginning of the month, CNN.com put “Mixx it” buttons at the end of every article on its site. Consequently, the number of unique visitors to Mixx more than doubled from 380,000 in April to 904,000 in May.

Workers shifting to 4-day week to save gasoline

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 16:03:20 PDT
By Andrea Hopkins CINCINNATI (Reuters) - When Ohio's Kent State University offered custodial staff the option of working four days a week instead of five to cut commuting costs, most jumped at the chance, part of a U.S. trend aimed at combating...

The Newest Fashion Trend in Hip Hop Jewelry

Sun, 01 Jun 2008 18:55:17 PDT
The hip hop jewelry industry has always been known for it’s innovation in jewelry, sometimes good and other times bad. However, the newest fashion trend is starting to catch on and that trend is the custom belt buckle.

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Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:06:02 PDT
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Websites make it easy to find personal information - Phoenix

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:25:22 PDT
From criminal history, to bithdates and how much you paid for your home. Your life is an open book on the Internet. Jigsaw getting some publicity on the news.

Coverage overload - Woodstock Sentinel Review


Coverage overload
Woodstock Sentinel Review, Canada - May 8, 2008
The coverage by Canadian media of the longest US political race in recent memory - check out CBC Newsworld at any given half hour - has been never-ending. ...


Virtualization and security (ZDNet)

Thu, 15 May 2008 04:38:24 PDT
It's easy to spot market trends when many vendors call to schedule meetings and all of them want to speak about the same topic. The topic du mois is security in virtualized environments. Some of the suppliers are taking a very broad view of both security and virtualized environments. Others...

Festival fever is contagious

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 09:04:26 PDT
lastminute.com sells tickets for more than 55 festivals this summerWith the festival season upon us online travel and leisure retailer lastminute.com has got the summer covered by offering more than 55 festivals in the UK and Europe. Families, heavy metal fans, foodies or trend setters, there is a festival for everyone.

Hillary will "suspend" campaign tomorrow night, sources say

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:28:34 PDT
Huffington Post, CNN.com, and various other news outlets are reporting that Hillary Clinton will finally wrap things up tomorrow night at a campaign event before her biggest donors in NYC.Apparently, the two campaigns met on Sunday night and “agreed that their staffs should begin negotiations over post-primary activities...

Ford design chief says 2010 Mustang will have a smaller look

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:13:28 PDT
Ford MoCo’s design chief and North American design director, Peter Horbury, gave Automotive News a few hints that the body may turn out to be a bit smaller, following the current market trends of appealing to environmentally savvy consumers.

In Tomorrow's Paper (EdmontonSun.com)

Fri, 30 May 2008 01:52:08 PDT
Check out Yukon Jack's Big Yap. Find last week's column here.

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Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:51:35 PDT
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June 02, 2008 Breaking News

World's News Headlines Still Reeling with Doom and Gloom, but Economic and Business News Strongly Upbeat, New Metric Finds

Thu, 03 Jan 2008 00:00:01 PST
Although news organizations around the world worked to bring their audiences a good mix of stories and feature articles, on balance, the news for the first day of 2008 featured more negative stories...

Five worth watching - Toronto Star


Five worth watching
Toronto Star, Canada - Jun 1, 2008
A French documentary team revisits the gunman's fatal impact, on The Passionate Eye (Newsworld at 10). Earth mover: After the devastation in China, ...


Fundies hot over coffee shop logo

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 09:48:23 PDT
Or how low can they go... "BBC News reports that a U.S. based Christian group known as The Resistance is calling for a nationwide boycott of the coffee selling giant, Starbucks Corp. (NASDAQ: SBUX).

Sierra Leone Doubles Jail Time of Two Militia Leaders

Sun, 01 Jun 2008 09:52:03 PDT
A sign of the times - for the first time in Africa a court in Sierra Leone doubles the jail sentence of two prominent militiaPreviously warlords and militia were let scott free - often to foment new troubles and revolutions The trend may spread elsewhere in Africa and other crimesG2 Analyst political media hub pod castwww.g2analyst.com

Spike Jonze’s ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ Reshooting!?

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 09:28:16 PDT
This is news I hate to report and a perfect example of how Hollywood Executives step into a film production to ruin a movie...

Online News Service Sued For Releasing Financial Report 3-Minutes ... - Wired News


Online News Service Sued For Releasing Financial Report 3-Minutes ...
Wired News - 1 hour ago
But in May 2007, Trade The News -- a subscriber to Kingsbury's service -- intentionally broke the three-minute embargo by nearly instantly republishing some ...



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