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| Racial tension makes novel fascinating Winnipeg Free Press South Africa in 1969 seethed with racial tensions, violence and desperation. Shortly before Nelson Mandella's release from prison, with a new president at the helm, security police were actively persecuting activists and targeting blacks without cause. See all stories on this topic » |
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 Montpellier champions: Poor conquer rich in thrilling Ligue 1 seasonJust Football.com The closest team to PSG in the league at the time of al-Khelaifi's comments were Montpellier, three points behind after scrapping to a 1-1 draw at Saint Etienne. Little Montpellier, who finished 14th the previous season and have spent 5 of the last 8 ... See all stories on this topic » |
| How French football's 'Ugly ducklings' beat the big boys CNN His Montpellier players were crowned champions of France after a 2-1 victory over Auxerre, fending off PSG -- now one of the richest teams in the world after being bought out by the Qatar Investment Authority -- to secure the club's first ever league ... See all stories on this topic » |
 Cannes: Brad Pitt is menacingly good in the scuzzy, snazzy underworld movie ... Entertainment Weekly (blog) Whenever Brad Pitt appeared as Jesse James, the screen vibrated with menace, even though Pitt seemed to be doing almost nothing. As good as he had been before (in, say, Fight Club), I thought that the Jesse James performance was the place where Pitt ... See all stories on this topic » |
| Brad Pitt mob movie portrays broken American dream Reuters By Mike Collett-White | CANNES, France (Reuters) - Brad Pitt's latest movie paints a bleak picture of the broken American dream, blending a violent but comic gangster story with overt criticism of politicians' failure to address the economic crisis. See all stories on this topic » |
 Watch: James Bond in 'Skyfall' teaser trailerThe Star-Ledger - NJ.com She plays Sévérine, one of two Bond girls, in the forthcoming "Skyfall." The mysterious teaser trailer for the new James Bond thriller "Skyfall" has hit the web. In it, Bond (Daniel Craig) is playing a word-association game in an interrogation room as ... See all stories on this topic » |
| At least 11 Albanian university students killed in bus crash Chicago Tribune TIRANA (Reuters) - At least 11 Albanian university students were killedand 22 others injured when their bus plunged hundreds of feet into a ravine on Monday, police said. The injured, some in critical condition, were rushed to hospital in the capital ... See all stories on this topic » |
| Albania mourns students killed in field trip bus crash Reuters TIRANA May 22 (Reuters) - Albania observed a national day of mourning on Tuesday for 11 university students and two other people killed when their bus plunged off a mountain road into a ravine while on a field trip. The 11 dead students, all women aged ... See all stories on this topic » |
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| Clothbot, the Fabric-Gripping, Pants-Climbing Robot PC Magazine By Damon Poeter Chinese roboticists have built a small, fabric-clutchingrobot that pulls itself up pants and shirts by creating wrinkles with its pair of gripper wheels, according to the IEEE Spectrum Automaton blog. Video of the little bot doing its ... See all stories on this topic » |
 MarketWatch (press release) HOLBROOK, NY, May 22, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- World TEAM Sports CEO and President Paul Tyler announced today that global consumer footwear company Brown Shoe Company and their Famous Footwear retail stores have joined as sponsors of the second Sea to ... See all stories on this topic » |
| Vapur Updates its Flagship Anti-Bottle with Two New Collections MarketWatch (press release) WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif., May 22, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Vapur® has garnered an ardent following since its launch of the original Anti-Bottle in 2009 and is continuing to prove itself as the leading pioneer in the hydration industry. See all stories on this topic » |
 Reuters Italian and Spanish 10-year yields fell 13 basis points each to 5.81 percent and 6.16 percent respectively but Irish and Portuguese equivalent yields rose, showing nerves over Greece remained stretched. Ireland andPortugal are seen as vulnerable ... See all stories on this topic » |
| EURO GOVT-Spanish, Italian yields fall on summit hopes Reuters Ireland and Portugal are seen as vulnerable should Greece leave the euro zone. "What we've seen is really some short covering related to Italian bond futures, and Spain being dragged along behind," a trader said. "I can't tell we've seen much real ... See all stories on this topic » |
 Chicago Tribune Britain has not fully recovered from the slump caused by the 2007-2009financial crisis, and the economy fell back into recession around the turn of the year. "Growth is too slow and unemployment, including youth unemployment, is too high," IMF ... See all stories on this topic » |
 BusinessWeek ... on May 22, 2012 In China Inc.'s biggest move yet into the US, Dalian Wanda, the largest entertainment group in China, yesterday announced a $2.6 billion purchase of AMC Entertainment Holdings, the second-largest operator of American movie theaters. See all stories on this topic » | |
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| Eugene Polley, inventor of TV remote, dies at 96 The Olympian By CARLA K. JOHNSON | AP • Published May 22, 2012 CHICAGO – Couch potatoes everywhere can pause and thank Eugene Polley for hours of feet-up channel surfing. His invention, the first wireless TV remote, began as a luxury, but with the introduction of ... See all stories on this topic » |
| Former WVU coach Stewart dies STLtoday.com AP | Posted: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 12:00 am | ( Loading… ) comments. Former West Virginia football coach Bill Stewart has died, apparently of a heart attack, the school reported in statement posted on its athletics website. See all stories on this topic » |
MarketWatch (press release) CHICAGO, May 22, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Mark Barnekow has been named a Finalist as Executive of the Year in the 2012 AmericanBusiness Awards. Mark is CEO of TradingPartners ( www.tradingpartners.com ), the leader in spend management ... See all stories on this topic » | |
| Right Management : Global Strategic Workforce Expert to Advise IrishBusiness ... MarketWatch (press release) DUBLIN, May 22, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Owen Sullivan, global CEO of strategic workforce consultancy Right Management and President of Specialty Brands for ManpowerGroup, will advise human resource andbusiness executives in Dublin at an American ... See all stories on this topic » |
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| IGERT Online Video Competition Offers Public View Of Scientific Research And ... Sacramento Bee Through this competition, up-and-coming scientists use videos and posters to communicate their innovative, interdisciplinary research, which bridges traditional disciplines such as physics, engineering, nanotechnology, computer science, biology, ... See all stories on this topic » |
