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Apr 22, 2012

LIFESTYLE News, Apr 22, 2012

Start a salad summer romance - Lifestyle News
San Francisco Luxury News
When the mercury begins to soar, very few people have the urge to eat heavy meals, and as a result, many people end up either missing their meals or tend to eat foods that upset their digestion. Here are some basic tenets to follow toeat light and ...
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Top Tips For Healthy Cholesterol
Santa Monica Mirror
Due to today's diet and lifestyle, many people can find themselves with high or elevated cholesterol levels. Although there are no outward symptoms of elevated cholesterol, over time it can clog up your arteries and its impact can be devastating over ...
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LATIN AMERICA News, Apr 22, 2012


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Obama Briefed on Widening Secret Service Scandal
Fox News
Regional business leaders are meeting parallel to the sixth Summit of the Americas which brings together presidents and prime ministers from Canada, the Caribbean, Latin America and the US (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AP2012 WASHINGTON – A week after an ...
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Latin American currencies rise
Business Recorder (blog)
Latin American currencies gained on Friday, with the Peruvian peso hitting its strongest level in nearly 15 years, as better-than-expected data in Europe improved risk appetite across global foreign exchange markets. Peru's peso rose 0.08 percent to ...
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INVENTIONS News, Apr 22, 2012

Inventor preps robot to cut through ice on Europa
Inventor preps robot to cut through ice on Europa
Phys.Org
This week, inventor Bill Stone told attendees at NASA's Astrobiology Science Conference in Atlanta that he intends to get an autonomous robot ready to visit the icebound sea of Jupiter's moon Europa, cut through the icy crust, and explore the waters ...
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Kuwaiti inventor wins silver medal
Arab Times Kuwait English Daily
GENEVA, April 21, (KUNA): Kuwaiti inventor Adel Jumaa Abdine on Saturday was declared winner of the silver medal at the prestigious International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva, the most important inventions-related event in the world.
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INDIA Cinema News, Apr 22, 2012

Bollywood Blockbusters: 100 years of Indian cinema
IBNLive.com
Watch CNN-IBN's new series on Hindi cinema that celebrates some of its biggest milestones. Disclaimer: Network18 Media & Investments Limited is proposing, subject to market conditions and other considerations, an offer of its equity shares on rights ...
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Ashim Ahluwalia heading to Cannes with `Miss Lovely`
Zee News
New Delhi: Ashim Ahluwalia`s `Miss Lovely` has been selected to be screened at Cannes this year and the excited director is headed to the French Riviera with the film`s cast next month. Being the only Indian entry at Cannes 2012, the film will be shown ...
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HOLLYWOOD News, Apr 22, 2012


Hollywood sign
Patti Perret/Warner Brothers Pictures
NPR (blog)
And to watch what's happened to him is to watch the way movies sell boys to girls give way to the way movies sell men to women. Actors Zac Efron, as basketball star Troy, left, and Vanessa Anne Hudgens, as the shy academic Gabriella, in High School ...
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FINANCIAL TIMES News, Apr 22, 2012

Centrica Threatens To Pull Out Of Nuclear Plant Plan-FT
Fox Business
LN), the only UK company in the running to build a new generation of atomic power plants in the UK, said it could scrap its plans because of uncertainty over the government's energy policy, the Financial Times reported Sunday.
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Argentina Seeks Joint Energy Venture With Brazil-FT
Fox Business
BA), the country's biggest oil and gas producer, the Financial Times reported Sunday. Julio de Vido, the planning minister who is in temporary charge of YPF, traveled to Brasilia for talks to Edision Lobao, Brazil's energy minister, and Maria das ...
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FASHION News, Apr 22, 2012

Style leader: With his razor-sharp suits and immaculate style, Aquascutum owner Harold Tillman has come to symbolise the aspirations of the British fashion industry
Red-Carpet Fashion Designers, Eduardo Lucero and Jared Gold Get Together With ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
"More fashion is produced in LA than anywhere in the US and we have a greater variety of cultural influences from around the world including Latin America and Asia, but what we also have here is the "democratization" offashion," said red-carpet ...
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Has fashion lost a big champion in Harold Tillman just as the world wants...
This is Money
By Neil Craven With his razor-sharp suits and immaculate style, Aquascutum owner Harold Tillman has come to symbolise the aspirations of the British fashion industry. Then last week he was forced to sell his Jaeger retail business and his 160-year-old ...
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EARTHQUAKE News, Apr 22, 2012

EARTHQUAKE
New seismic research reveals more quake hazards in Whatcom County
TheNewsTribune.com
It reinforces the idea that we live in an area that has earthquakes." While the highest magnitude of these quakes likely would be in the 6 to 6.5 range - much less than the 2010 Japan quake - they would be shallow enough to cause a lot of mayhem.
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Better Earthquake Warnings, Courtesy of GPS
Sci-Tech Today
Citing Japan's March 2011 earthquake, researchers say combined seismic and GPS data would have revealed far more quickly that the quake was a magnitude 9. Scientists have begun testing an earthquake-warning system based on satellite data from the ...
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DIED, Apr 22, 2012

Charles Colson, Nixon's 'dirty tricks' man, dies at 80
Washington Post
The death, after a brain hemorrhage this month, was confirmed by a family spokeswoman, Michelle Farmer. Mr. Colson was a resident of Naples, Fla., but he maintained an apartment in the Leesburg area. Mr. Colson's reputation as a “dirty tricks artist” ...
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Everest Guide Dies After 15-Story Fall Into Ice Chasm
National Geographic
Meanwhile, at Base Camp, "the Sherpas are subdued and sorrowful, especially since it was an unnecessary death," Jenkins wrote. "His death is a tragic reminder of what a slim margin of error there is in the mountains." Early reports suggest Namgya ...
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CANADA News, Apr 22, 2012

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Canada's RBC to double Mideast wealth management team: executive
Reuters
By Dinesh Nair | DUBAI (Reuters) - Royal Bank of Canada (RY.TO) expects to double the number of wealth management employees in its Dubai office in the near future, and is open to opportunities for acquisitions, a senior executive said on Sunday.
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BEST Anything, Apr 22, 2012

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How2Media Announces that Barcodes West Will be Part of its “World's Greatest ...
Seattle Post Intelligencer
How2Media, the producers of the television show “World's Greatest!...”, announced today that they have recently selected Barcodes West to be a part of the popular television series. How2Media, the producers of the television show “World's Greatest!
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How2Media Announces that Barcodes West Will be Part of its "World's Greatest ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
How2Media, the producers of the television show "World's Greatest!...", announced today that they have recently selected Barcodes West to be a part of the popular television series. Seattle, WA, Delray Beach, FL (PRWEB) April 22, 2012 How2Media, ...
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BAN KI-MOON News, Apr 22, 2012

UN chief calls Syria situation `precarious'
Las Vegas Sun
AP Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is calling the situation in Syria "highly precarious" but says he's still recommending a 300-strong UN observer force to try to help bring peace. Despite the Syrian government's agreement to cease all violence, Ban said ...
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UN Approves 300 Member Observer Mission to Syria
Voice of America (blog)
The measure gives UN chief Ban Ki-moon authority to make an “assessment” on whether its safe to deploy monitors. His assessments will be based on developments in Syria that include a cessation of violence. Mr. Ban welcomed the vote and urged Syrian ...
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ASIA Sports, Athletics News, Apr 22, 2012


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Reuters Sports Schedule at 1400 GMT on Sunday, April 22
Reuters
April 22 (Reuters) - Reuters sports schedule at 1400 GMT on Sunday (times GMT): - - - - MOTOR RACING Bahrain Formula One Grand Prix MANAMA - Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel roared to his and Red Bull's first win of the season in a lively ...
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Reuters Sports Schedule at 0600 GMT on Sunday, April 22
Reuters
April 22 (Reuters) - Reuters sports schedule at 0600 GMT on Sunday (times GMT) - - - - MOTOR RACING Bahrain Formula One Grand Prix MANAMA - Formula One champion Sebastian Vettel is on pole with Britain's Lewis Hamilton alongside him for a Bahrain Grand ...
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AFRICA News, Aug 22, 2012

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Rhino poaching threatens S. Africa's game farms
Bend Bulletin
Last year 125 white rhinos, like those pictured here, were poached from private farms in South Africa, a 52 percent increase over 2010. By Franz Wild / Bloomberg News JOHANNESBURG — Barry Lok grimaced as he gazed at the rotting carcass of his rhino ...
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Apr 21, 2012

LATEST World News, Apr 21, 2012


Marlins vs. Nationals | Sat., April 21, 2012
MiamiHerald.com
Logan Morrison #5 of the Miami Marlins is tagged out at second base by Danny Espinosa #8 of the Washington Nationals during the second inning at Nationals Park on April 21, 2012 in Washington, DC. Patrick McDermott / Getty Images Miami Marlins manager ...
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WEATHER World News, Apr 21, 2012



Severe weather delays kayaker world record attempt
Wink News
Friday night's weather interrupted a Marco Island man's attempt to break a world record. Steve Banks was trying to paddle a kayak non-stop for 24 hours but he was forced to leave the water around midnight because of constant lightning strikes.
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TIME Magazine News, Apr 21, 2012

Jeremy Lin named one of Time Magazine's '100 Most Influential People in the World'
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
Time Magazine has named Jeremy Lin to its annual list of "The 100 Most Influential People in the World." Along with fellow Big Apple sensation Tim Tebow—another well-known Christian—Lin was featured with such notable politicians as Benjamin Netanyahu...
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The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
Mamata invited to Time Magazine dinner
Hindustan Times
PTI West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee named by Time magazineas one of the 100 most influential people of the world, has been invited by the publication to a gala dinner with the who's who in New York on April 24. "It will be a gala black tie ...
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SPACE, Astronomy News, Apr 21, 2011

A week in space: Cassini dips down to Enceladus, a solar flare erupts ...
Scientific American (blog)
Operational from 1984 through 2011, Discovery spent a total of one year in space. Want to know more about how a space shuttle travels around on Earth? Check out this video at NASA. And at BadAstronomy, Phil Plait shared his mixed emotions about the ...
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SALES, COUPONS, DISCOUNTS, Apr 21, 2012

Digital Discounts: Smart Phone Coupon App
WJBF-TV
A Columbia County company has a smart phone app to help you save money through electronic coupons. Many of us clip coupons to get discounts, but more often than not, we forget to take them to the store. Super Saver Couponhas launched a smart phone app ...
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Facebook launches 'Offers,' adds coupons to your news feed
ITworld.com
By Kristin Burnham, CIO | Business, Google Add a new comment April 21, 2012, 7:01 AM — Eight months after killing its Deals feature, Facebook is launching a new service called Offers, which makes discounts and couponsavailable from businesses you ...
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NEW YORK News, Apr 21, 2012

UK Mortgage Rates on a Recent Rise
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
RoadFish.com men's lifestyle and finance magazine today commented on the recent reporting of a rise in interest rates for the UK housing market New York,NY (PRWEB) April 21, 2012 RoadFish.com men's lifestyle and finance magazine today remarked on the ...
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Leading and Greening One Place at a Time
Fox News
The daughter of prominent Cuban attorneys turned refugees, young Rosamaria grew up in New York City. Her educated but displaced parents rebuilt theirlives in their new home in America, and eventually became known as pioneers in the Hispanic ...
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NEW YORK Fashion News, Apr 21, 2012


Fashion 2.0 | Top 10 Fashion Films of the Season
The Business of Fashion
NEW YORK, United States — What makes a successful fashion film? Is it a strong visual concept? Content that can be quickly parsed? A savvy distribution strategy? Humour? Provocation? A famous model or a catchy soundtrack? Creating compellingfashion ...
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Discover Yahoo! With Your Friends
Yahoo! Sports
Learn more Should the New York Giants Consider Stephen Hill With First Round Pick? A Giants Fan's Take By Robert Watkins By Robert Watkins | Yahoo! Contributor Network – 19 hours ago Winning Super Bowls has its privileges - Tom Coughlin and Eli Manning ...
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NBC News, Apr 21, 2012

Top TV Shows Honored At The 16TH ANNUAL PRISM AWARDS
Examiner.com
At this stage of a career be involved in such honest and truthful show with such amazing cast and incredible writers, telling stories that are rich and deeply impact families, is amazing”. That is how recipients feel about work that brings them to ...
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TV Writer Richard Raskind Crosses Into Stage Success With 'The Bridge Club'
Patch.com
On the evening of Tuesday, October 19, 1982, millions of NBC television viewers tuned in to watch the World Series as the St. Louis Cardinals were facing elimination on their home field if they didn't defeat the visiting Milwaukee Brewers.
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