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How Do You Solve a Problem Like Sarah? She’s Bad News for the GOP - And For Everybody Else Too.
2009 SOUL TRAIN AWARDS
Sade's Soldier of Love
View Article  Rare and never before seen footage from Woodstock is released
Woodstock: 3 Days of Peace and Music, the four-hour director's cut of the 1970s documentary about the legendary music festival, features rare and never-before-seen performance footage.


BETHEL, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (AUGUST 16, 1969) WARNER ...   more »
View Article  Peruvian mummies show signs of human sacrifice
Peruvian archeologists discover 33 mummies of women and adolescents who had apparently been sacrificed during the Incan civilization.


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Researchers at an archaeological site in northern Peru have ...   more »
View Article  Russian couple found dead on board yacht in Panama
Two Russian nationals found dead on yacht in the Amador Causeway of the Panama Canal.


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Panamanian police are investigating the deaths of a Russian couple found on ...   more »
View Article  Blues queen Koko Taylor dies
Renowned blues singer Koko Taylor has died, aged 80

"Queen of the Blues" Koko Taylor has died in Chicago at the age of 80.

The renowned singer had undergone surgery to repair an intestinal bleed ...   more »
View Article  Intimate items that once belonged to icons Marilyn Monroe and Elvis Presley to be sold
A U.S. auction house plants to sell personal items, including clothing and prescription pill bottles, that once belonged to American icons Marilyn Monroe and Elvis Presley.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (JUNE 4, 2009) ...   more »
View Article  Britain's navy blows up suspected pirate vessel
Royal Navy blows up a suspected pirate vessel after a chase in the Indian Ocean.

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Britain's Royal Navy has been celebrating after foiling ...   more »
View Article  Brazil air force recovers first plane debris from Atlantic
Brazilian air force officials say the first debris believed to belong to the Air France plane that crashed into the Atlantic has been collected by navy ships and will soon undergo analysis.


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View Article  The Hangover's red carpet premiere
The Hangover's Hollywood premiere highlights bachelor party hijinks.

Led by director Todd Phillips, the cast of the new comedy, "The Hangover" continued their hijinks on the red carpet Tuesday (June 02, 2009) night for the ...   more »
View Article  U.S. novelist Robinson wins Orange Prize for women
U.S. author Marilynne Robinson has written three novels in as many decades. And yet, with that limited output, she has won a Pulitzer, her 1980 debut "Housekeeping" made it onto the Observer's list of 100 ...   more »
View Article  French foreign minister does not rule out terrorism in plane crash
French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner says it is too early to rule out any of the theories regarding the causes of the Air France plane crash over the Atlantic.


RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL (JUNE 04, ...   more »
View Article  What Are Sound Effects
What Are Sound Effects
By Sharon Housley

Learn the ins and outs of using a sound effect to polish your presentation or podcast.

What Is A Sound Effect?

A sound effect is a ready-made sound ...   more »
View Article  Cell Phone Review: LG Arena
LG Arena is one superior feature packed cell phone which is
not to be missed. With its spacious touch screen and
enhanced user interface, Dolby Mobile for music, multiple
connectivity options and large memory capacity, ...   more »
View Article  Old Spice Heats Up Summer With 'Swaggerize Your Wallet' Competition
From Looking Like Tony Stewart's Twin to High-Speed Product Pitching, Unique Challenges Pit Old Spice Fans Against Each Other for a Chance to Win Cold, Hard Cash

CINCINNATI, June 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Old Spice(R) today ...   more »
View Article  PROFNET EXPERT ALERTS: Government & Law
EXPERT ALERTS

1. Government: GM and Chrysler Have New Owners; Now What?

2. History: Historical Significance of D-Day During WWII

3. Law: How Television Presents a Skewed View of the Legal System

4. Law: Don't ...   more »
View Article  Scientists develop a way of replacing brain tissue damaged by a stroke
Scientists in Britain inject stem cells attached to tiny plastic balls into the brain to repair areas damaged a stroke.

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Scientists in Britain have developed a way of replacing brain ...   more »
View Article  L'Oreal Celebrates 100 Years
Celebrates 100 Years
- 100 years of beauty

- 100 years of exploration and innovation

- 100 years of conquests and passion

On the occasion of its Centenary Group Reaffirms Commitment to Corporate Responsibility, Announcing ...   more »
View Article  Ford Models Selects Elephant Outlook Email for Its Enterprise Cloud Computing Strategy
WINTER HAVEN, Fla., June 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Ford Models, (fordmodels.com) the world's top modeling-management company, selected Elephant Outlook (elephantoutlook.com) as the core vendor for its enterprise cloud computing strategy.

Elephant provides email messaging, collaboration, policy ...   more »
View Article  The Circus comes to town: Britney Spears does it again with a 'remarkable return' at the O2 Arena
Bigger and better, and definitively hotter.

That's how Britney Spears kicked off the the UK leg of her 'Circus' tour. With no holds barred.

Dressed in a ringmasters jacket and sequinned hat, fishnet tights and ...   more »
View Article  Zambia turns to neighbours for electricity imports
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Zambia has been importing 250 megawatts (MW) from South Africa and Namibia since Saturday (May 30) after low river flows caused a power deficit at a dam, reducing ...   more »
View Article  Bookmakers cut odds on Britain's Brown being ousted
British bookmaker Ladbrokes has cut the odds for Prime Minister Gordon Brown to be out of office before the next general election to odds on 5/6 after a second cabinet minister resigned earlier in the ...   more »
View Article  Obama makes historic speech in Egypt
U.S. President in bid to repair America's tainted image in the Islamic world.

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President Barack Obama sought a "new beginning" between the United States and Muslims around ...   more »
View Article  Kung Fu actor David Carradine dies in Bangkok
U.S. actor David Carradine, who starred as the wandering monk in the long-running Kung Fu television series, has died in Bangkok, the U.S. embassy said on Thursday (June 4).
Embassy officials did not have any ...   more »
View Article  China marks 20 years since Tiananmen square crackdown
China marks 20 years since the bloody June 4 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters around Tiananmen with tight security. China has to do what is necessary to maintain social stability, says analyst.

BEIJING, CHINA (JUNE 4, ...   more »
View Article  Risk Is The Playground of Champions
Here's a shocking question that most of us would most
likely not ask. If you took more risks would you be more
successful?

The play it safe philosophy has been a deeply rooted belief
since ...   more »
View Article  No Child Left Behind-Wrong Solution to the Right Problem
No Child Left Behind-Wrong Solution to the Right Problem
Author: George Rogers

How desiraable it would be to achieve the goal of "No Child
Left Behind" in our society. But the congressional act
designed to ...   more »