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June 30, 2008 News and Trends

Program teaches seniors vigilance, new traffic trends - Baltimore Sun


Program teaches seniors vigilance, new traffic trends
Baltimore Sun, United States - 6 hours ago
By Tanika White | Sun Reporter In 1953, K. Dale Williams Sr. bought a new Plymouth for $1975. That was a wince-worthy sum back then, but Williams remembers ...


How these things happen...

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:37:35 PDT
This is not from one article but, rather, a series of articles. It's a perfect illustration of how the radical right will seize on something (anything!) and, with no research, without even reading the readily available facts, make it into an issue to "prove" their rhetoric in some way. An article appeared yesterday in the paper: Gay Sets U.S. Record in 100 Meter Dash at U.S. Olympic Trials Tyson Gay set a new U.S. record in the 100 meters at the U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials, beating Ma

RETAIL TRENDS: Tire prices rise along with oil cost - Cherry Hill Courier Post


RETAIL TRENDS: Tire prices rise along with oil cost
Cherry Hill Courier Post, NJ - 10 hours ago
... pump and supermarket -- and deflation in the their home value -- are responding by driving on tires until the tread is practically bare, a worrisome trend.


Manufacturing Trends: Exploring Trends, Forecasts & Insights in ... - Business Wire (press release)


Manufacturing Trends: Exploring Trends, Forecasts & Insights in ...
Business Wire (press release), CA - 3 hours ago
This 12-page report includes market intelligence on network hardware trends in the manufacturing environment. Included in this report are several forecasts: ...


Is speculation really the problem with oil prices ?

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:17:25 PDT
Before the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission starts scrutinizing the role that speculators may have played in driving up fuel and food prices, investigators may want to take a look at price swings in a commodity not in today's news: onions.

Slideshow: Men’s Fashion Trends We Totally Like

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:05:39 PDT
guy fashions The Frisky girls adore

Independent News & Media's says Jagran Prakashan's FY net profit ... - Forbes


Independent News & Media's says Jagran Prakashan's FY net profit ...
Forbes, NY - 1 hour ago
LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Independent News & Media Plc. said its 20.8 percent owned Indian associate Jagran Prakashan Ltd.'s net profit for the full year ...


ABC News: White House Blocking Search for Bin Laden?

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:03:22 PDT
The Pentagon has drafted a secret plan that would send U.S. special forces into the wild tribal regions of Pakistan to capture or kill Osama bin Laden and his top lieutenants, but the White House has balked at giving the mission a green light.The Bush administration gave the go-ahead to draw up the plan for the mountains of Pakistan.

News roundup: Disputes over targeting Qaeda in Pakistan; - USA Today


News roundup: Disputes over targeting Qaeda in Pakistan;
USA Today - 6 hours ago
The New York Times leads with a story that says bureaucratic disputes in Washington have kept American commandos from mounting planned operations against ...


Chanda Taylor, 35, 'calm and collected' news producer (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 05:11:49 PDT
As a child watching the evening news on television every night after supper, Chanda Taylor had a persistent question: How does the news get done?

Final Call for Papers BIOETHICS Area 2008 Film & History Conference

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:19:53 PDT
Final Call for Papers BIOETHICS Area 2008 Film & History Conference June 30th, 2008 Film & Science: Fictions, Documentaries, and Beyond. October 30-November 2, 2008 Chicago, Illinois www.uwosh.edu/filmandhistory Third-Round Deadline: August 1, 2008 AREA: Bioethics Bioethics got its start in the late 1960s and early 1970’s. In that time period, the U.S. Public Health Service Syphilis Study (1932-1972) raised concerns about human experimentation, eugenics, and false dichotomies in discuss

GOP Distorting Obama’s Position on Iraq

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:16:04 PDT
Conservatives are attempting to prove that Sen. Barack Obama Obama will move to the center, i.e. flip-flop, on the Iraq War - by outright distorting his original position. This trend is continuing today with the aid of the Politico’s Jonathan Martin. To substantiate his claim, he cites, of all people, Bill Kristol.

AP Top News at 9:56 am EDT - The Associated Press


AP Top News at 9:56 am EDT
The Associated Press - 1 hour ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Bush administration said Monday it is freezing a scheduled 10 percent fee cut for doctors who treat Medicare patients, giving Congress ...



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