Company nixes plan to use ship as hotel for Games VANCOUVER, British Columbia ? The company planning to use a cruise ship as a floating hotel during the Vancouver Olympics has said it’s scuttling the plan less than two weeks before the games
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Canadian company cancels plan to use cruise ship as hotel for Winter Olympics
We have covered a hell of a lot of portable furniture designs in the past, but we haven’t seen furniture as convenient but at the same time functional as this “Under-Koffer” suitcase table by Robert Haslbeck . Inspired by a wallpaper pasting table, German designer has popped up an innovative piece of furniture that folds to become a suitcase for easy transportation
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Under-Koffer table folds into a flat suitcase for easy transportation
GOP primary to replace Wexler might need recount WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. ? South Florida Democrats have picked a state lawmaker to battle for the seat vacated by former U.S. Rep
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GOP primary to replace Wexler likely a recount, too close to call; Dems pick state senator
Cheese’s twilight rattles France’s sense of self LA SAVINAZ, France ? The milk that Paulette Marmottan uses in her cheese comes fresh from her cows and goats, so warm that on cold mornings, a cloud of steam goes up as she pours it into a cauldron. It’s the first step in making Persille de Tignes, which according …
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As ancient cheeses go extinct, French sense a threat to a pillar of their identity
More questions as ‘Lost’ begins its last season NEW YORK ? Hopeful, breathless, even fretful over what may lie ahead or be forever unexplained, “Lost” fans have welcomed back the ABC mystical thriller for its sixth season ? the beginning of its long-coming, too-close-for-comfort finale.
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Packing answers, more questions and startling twists, ABC?s ?Lost? begins its final season
BHUBANESWAR – Five Bajrang Dal activists have been held for staging protests against a European Union (EU) delegation that will visit Orissa’s Kandhamal district to interact with riot victims. The Bajrang Dal workers were detained Tuesday evening from the airport here, police said. The slogans began shortly after the 11-member EU delegation, which is ..
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Protests against EU team?s Kandhamal visit, five held
Education is the Way Forward – Technological Know-How for Emerging Countries DREIEICH, Germany, February 3 – Karl Kolb, one of the world's leading full-range suppliers of laboratory instruments and equipment, has announced that it will be entering into a cooperation agreement with technical training systems specialist ELWE.
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Karl Kolb GmbH & CO. KG and ELWE Technik GmbH Join Forces
more images Feb 3, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Unlike many star kids who hit the box-office jackpot with their very first film, Saif Ali Khan was handed with a different fate. Though he easily got the big ticket to Bollywood by being Sharmila Tagore’s son but success did not follow and soon he was relegated to second … Original article on : Saif feels honored for the Padmashree award .
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Saif feels honored for the Padmashree award
Northeastern pulls away from Delaware 67-51 NEWARK, Del. ? Matt Janning scored 15 of his 17 points in the first half as Northeastern pulled away from Delaware 67-51 on Tuesday night to sweep the season series
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Janning scores 15 of 17 points in first half to lead Northeastern past Delaware 67-51
SE Missouri State tops SIU-Edwardsville 68-49 CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. ? Marland Smith had 17 points and Southeast Missouri State pulled away in the second half to defeat Southern Illinois-Edwardsville 68-49 Tuesday night.
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Southeast Missouri State prevails 68-49 over SIU-Edwardsville
KOLKATA – World energy dialogue, focus on technologies and innovative ideas for conservative and renewable energy will be the chief features of the Hannover Messe – one of the globe’s largest trade fairs – scheduled to be held April 19-23 at Germany’s Hannover Fair Grounds. The fair is rated as an international gateway to world markets ….
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Hannover Messe begins April 19
more images more images Democrat Giannoulias wins shot at Obama’s old seat CHICAGO ? Illinois Democrat Alexi Giannoulias (jeh-NOO’-lee-ehs) has won the chance to defend President Barack Obama’s old Senate seat against Republican Mark Kirk
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Dem. Giannoulias wins chance to keep Obama?s old Senate seat in the party; faces GOP?s Kirk
Brooks, Landry lead Rockets past Warriors HOUSTON ? Aaron Brooks and Carl Landry scored 24 points apiece, and the Houston Rockets salvaged the last game of their longest homestand of the season by beating the Golden State Warriors 119-97 on Tuesday night. Trevor Ariza scored 18 points and Chuck Hayes grabbed 13 rebounds for the Rockets, who …
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McCarron offers apology; tour mulls options Scott McCarron has apologized to Phil Mickelson for using the word “cheating” when he disagreed with Mickelson and others who use the Ping Eye2 wedges that are only allowed because of a legal loophole. PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem met with players at the Northern Trust Open late Tuesday afternoon in … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : Tour mulls options on how to close legal loophole on wedges .
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Tour mulls options on how to close legal loophole on wedges
And now a warning from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment: on February 2, 2010, this land officially becomes ZOMBIELAND as the number one grossing 3d animation zombie movie in history takes over the nation on Blu-ray, DVD and PSP. Woody Harrelson (2012, Natural Born Killers), Jesse Eisenberg (Adventureland, The Village), Emma Stone (The House Bunny, Superbad) and Abigail Breslin (Little Miss Sunshine, Signs) star in this action-packed horror comedy about an unlikely band of heroes who team up to survive in a world overrun by ravenous zombies! Speaking of ravenous, ZOMBIELAND features enough outrageous laughs and terrifying thrills to satisfy the most hungry horror and comedy fans. Plus, the Blu-ray and DVD come loaded with killer bonus features fans will devour, including deleted scenes; commentary with Woody Harrelson and Jesse Eisenberg, Director Ruben Fleischer and Writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick; the making-of featurettes “In Search of Zombieland,” and “Zombieland is Your Land;” visual effects progression scenes; trailers and more! Bonus features exclusive to the Blu-ray Disc include a Digital Copy of the film for PSP, PC and iTunes, as well as the “Beyond the Graveyard” Picture-in-Picture Track – featuring behind-the-scenes footage, storyboards, animatics and more – and movieIQ, which allows viewers to immediately access continuously updated information on the cast & crew and explore relevant trivia such as production facts and soundtrack information all tied to scenes within the movie via BD-Live.
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Zombieland on Blu-ray and DVD, Planet Hulk on Blu-ray and DVD, Plus More
IMAX Corporation and Twentieth Century Fox today announced that James Cameron’s 3D animation wonder Avatar, which has received Golden Globe(R) awards for Best Picture and Best Director, has passed the $150 million mark at IMAX(R) theatres worldwide during the weekend from Friday, January 29, 2010 through Sunday, January 31, 2010. During its seventh weekend, the film grossed $6.02 million from 179 IMAX theatres domestically, representing approximately 21% of the film’s total domestic three-day weekend gross of $29.3 million on less than 2% of the screens
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As the New Orleans Saints make their Super Bowl debut, so does Electronic Arts. On Super Bowl Sunday, two days before the video game hits store shelves, EA will introduce football fans to Dante’s Inferno, a third-person action-adventure videogame, with the company’s first-ever Super Bowl commercial
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EA Readies First Super Bowl Commercial Play With Dante’s Inferno
Paraguay’s Lugo sees last paternity claim dissolve ASUNCION, Paraguay ? President Fernando Lugo’s headaches over multiple paternity claims stemming from when he was a Roman Catholic bishop are apparently clearing up. Hortensia Damiana Moran, one of three women who came forward last year and accused Lugo of fathering their children, withdrew her request for a DNA test ….
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Paraguayan president?s paternity scandals ending as 3rd, final claim withdrawn
Tritium levels at Vermont Yankee the highest yet MONTPELIER, Vt. ? Officials at the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant say they have found the highest readings yet of radioactive tritium in a monitoring well at the Vernon reactor
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Highest readings yet of radioactive tritium found in test well at Vermont Yankee nuclear plant
DPA WASHINGTON – US carmakers Ford and General Motors Tuesday posted strong gains in January sales, while Japan’s Toyota posted a steep drop as consumers fretted over the unprecedented recall of more than 5 million cars in the US. Toyota’s sales tumbled to 83,279 in January, down 29 percent compared to the same month a year ….
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GM and Ford win, Toyota loses in January auto sales battle