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How do you Choose the Right Logo for your Business?

This is a guest post from Brian Tom — Brian is a San Francisco-based Freelance Graphic Designer who works under the alias of Hoshimo. He focuses mainly on logo and identity design, but when he can, he loves designing anything he can get his sticky fingers on.

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How do you Choose the Right Logo for your Business?

Rask stops 34 shots as Bruins beat Flyers 4-1, take 3-0 lead in East semis

Bruins beat Flyers 4-1, lead series 3-0 PHILADELPHIA ? Blake Wheeler, Miroslav Satan and Mark Recchi scored for Boston in a 4-1 win over the Philadelphia Flyers that lifted the Bruins to a commanding 3-0 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinal series on Wednesday night. Patrice Bergeron scored an empty-net goal for the Bruins with 1:52 left.

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Rask stops 34 shots as Bruins beat Flyers 4-1, take 3-0 lead in East semis

South Africa beat Afghanistan to move to Super Eights

BRIDGETOWN – South Africa booked their place in the Super Eights with a convincing 59-run victory over Afghanistan in their final World Twenty20 Group C match in Barbados. Afghans bowled well, after skipper Nowroz Mangal won the toss, to restrict South Africa to 139 for seven, with paceman Hamid Hassan taking an impressive three for 21

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South Africa beat Afghanistan to move to Super Eights

Study: Higher rate of urban indigenous women experience nonconsenting first sexual encounters

Study: Health risks in urban Native women ANCHORAGE, Alaska ? Alaska Native and American Indian women living in the nation’s urban centers are more than twice as likely to experience nonconsenting sexual intercourse in their first encounter, a new study shows. The report released Wednesday also shows that a third of urban indigenous women surveyed chose sterilization ….

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Study: Higher rate of urban indigenous women experience nonconsenting first sexual encounters

Brazil to invest $540 bn in energy projects

Brasilia, May 6 (IANS/EFE) Brazil will invest 951 billion reais ($540 billion) in energy projects over the next nine years, state-owned Energy Research Corporation has said. Around 70 percent of the investment will go into oil and natural gas projects. Exploration and production projects will get $287 billion in funding, allowing Brazil to double its production ..

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Braves rookie Jason Heyward leaves game against Washington with sore right groin

Braves rookie Heyward leaves game with sore groin WASHINGTON ? Atlanta Braves rookie slugger Jason Heyward has left a game against the Washington Nationals in the second inning with a sore right groin

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Braves rookie Jason Heyward leaves game against Washington with sore right groin

Gross domestic product estimated for 4 US territories for 1st time

GDP estimated for US territories for 1st time HONOLULU ? The federal government has released the first set of estimates of gross domestic product for American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands

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Gross domestic product estimated for 4 US territories for 1st time

Ill. lawmaker calls for White Sox to move spring training out of Ariz. over immigration law

Legislator: White Sox shouldn’t train in Ariz. SPRINGFIELD, Ill. ? Chicago White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen opposes an Illinois lawmaker’s call for the team to move its spring training camp out of Arizona

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Congressmen cite ?significant? events in BP?s Alaska operations before Gulf of Mexico spill

Congressmen cite ’significant’ BP issues in Alaska JUNEAU, Alaska ? Two congressmen raised concerns about BP PLC’s operations on Alaska’s North Slope months before an oil rig that BP was operating exploded and spewed oil into the Gulf of Mexico. Reps

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Cbeyond 1st-quarter income jumps as revenue rises; company backs 2010 revenue forecast

Cbeyond 1st-quarter income jumps as revenue climbs ATLANTA ? Cbeyond Inc., a technology and communications services provider, said Wednesday that its first-quarter profit jumped as revenue climbed. For the quarter ended March 31, Cbeyond earned $1 million, or 3 cents per share, compared with $59,000, or less than a penny per share, in the year-ago quarter.

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Braves manager Bobby Cox laughs off Capitol Hill cake with misspelled name

Braves’ Cox laughs off cake with misspelled name WASHINGTON ? Atlanta Braves manager Bobby Cox is laughing off a Capitol Hill cake mix-up. Cox was honored earlier this week with a ceremony in Washington hosted by U.S.

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Braves manager Bobby Cox laughs off Capitol Hill cake with misspelled name

Giulietta Simionato, Italian mezzo-soprano with instantly recognizable voice, dies at 99

Italy mezzo-soprano Giulietta Simionato dies at 99 ROME ? Giulietta Simionato, an Italian mezzo-soprano whose instantly recognizable voice was wildly popular with audiences, died Wednesday, La Scala opera house said

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Giulietta Simionato, Italian mezzo-soprano with instantly recognizable voice, dies at 99

All wet: Celtics GM Danny Ainge says it was ?unprofessional? to toss towel to distract Cavs

Ainge comes clean in Cleveland towel incident WALTHAM, Mass. ? Boston Celtics general manager Danny Ainge said on Wednesday that he regrets tossing a towel in the air to distract an opponent during a free throw attempt, calling himself “unprofessional” for doing so.

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All wet: Celtics GM Danny Ainge says it was ?unprofessional? to toss towel to distract Cavs

Lawmakers cite oil spill in Gulf as reason for permanent ban on new drilling off West Coast

more images more images Lawmakers don’t want new drilling off West Coast WASHINGTON ? About 20 West Coast lawmakers are backing legislation that would permanently ban new offshore drilling in federal waters near California, Oregon and Washington

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Federal Communications Commission plans to impose some new regulations on broadband

FCC aims to set some new regulations on broadband WASHINGTON ? Federal regulators plan to change the way they govern broadband services to ensure they can pursue their efforts to bring high-speed connections to all Americans and require phone and cable companies to treat all Internet traffic equally.

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Federal Communications Commission plans to impose some new regulations on broadband

US carbon-dioxide emissions dropped 7 percent in 2009

WASHINGTON – US emissions of carbon dioxide tumbled seven percent in 2009, government figures have showed, marking the largest one-year decline in the heat-trapping gas blamed for global warming since records began in 1949. The Energy Information Administration (EIA) Wednesday attributed the sharp fall to a drop in energy use as the United States battled through … Original article on : US carbon-dioxide emissions dropped 7 percent in 2009 .

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US carbon-dioxide emissions dropped 7 percent in 2009

Tasing fans not such a good idea, though running on the field isn?t either

more images more images Don’t Tase the fans, bro, even on the field Let others debate whether a Philadelphia policeman overreacted in taking down a rogue fan with a Taser. Philly fans apparently couldn’t wait to see it happen again. “Tase him!” some shouted as a copycat ran onto the field Tuesday night, only to be disappointed when he was …

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CNN, CBS News talking about working together again; CNN parent says year-end deal possible

Could time be right for CNN, CBS News to partner? NEW YORK ? CNN and CBS News have romanced each other off and on for more than a decade, and they are checking again to see if the time is right for a serious business relationship.

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CNN, CBS News talking about working together again; CNN parent says year-end deal possible

Ronson Joins Stepdad For Foreigner Show

more images more images Celebrity DJ SAMANTHA RONSON showed off her singing skills on Tuesday night (04May10) when she joined stepfather MICK JONES and his band FOREIGNER onstage at sister CHARLOTTE’s Los Angeles fashion launch party. The musical family all played a part in the JC Penney party entertainment, but Samantha’s singing talents were the talk of the …

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Michaels Wanted For Celebrity Apprentice Finale

Reality TV bosses are hoping BRET MICHAELS will be well enough to make an appearance on CELEBRITY APPRENTICE – because he was such a big hit on the show. Sources claim the ailing rocker had made it to the finals of the hit show before a brain haemorrhage last month (22Apr10) forced him out of the …

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