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April 25, 2008 Breaking News

‘The Hobbit’ Gets a Director

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:03:52 PDT
Although the news has been rumored for weeks, Variety reports that Guillermo del Toro was officially announced Thursday to direct both films of “The Hobbit”. Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh will act as executive producers for the New Line-MGM films.

Susan Riley . Politics' hidden heroes - Ottawa Citizen


Susan Riley . Politics' hidden heroes
Ottawa Citizen, Canada - 9 hours ago
They aren't in politics for the money, heady exposure on CBC Newsworld's popular Politics broadcast, or the conveniently timed junkets to Taiwan or Bermuda. ...


Fears of big bank failures recede

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:09:22 PDT
Investor fears over failures by big banks have receded sharply in recent weeks, pricing trends in the credit derivatives markets have revealed. Confidence has been bolstered by the flurry of unconventional moves by central banks to stabilise the financial system, coupled with new efforts by banks themselves to shore up their balance sheets.

Detectives’ Union Punishes Daily News - New York Times


Detectives’ Union Punishes Daily News
New York Times, United States - 1 hour ago
By Cara Buckley The Detectives’ Endowment Association exacted revenge on The Daily News today for what the union called unfavorable coverage of Michael ...


PBS breaks ‘media blackout’ of story on Pentagon propaganda

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:48:29 PDT
"...The New York Times published an explosive report exposing the Pentagon’s secret campaign to use analysts... TV news organizations have largely been silent on their role in the propaganda. Ari Melber notes that last night, PBS’s Newshour finally broke this blackout, but couldn’t convince the other networks to participate..."

ABC News Takes Stock of Initiatives to Eliminate Malaria Across ... - ABC News


ABC News

ABC News Takes Stock of Initiatives to Eliminate Malaria Across ...
ABC News - 45 minutes ago
Below, ABC News takes a look at six countries battling malaria and assesses their progress in containing the disease.


UPI NewsTrack Quirks in the News (UPI)

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:42:50 PDT
Boy, 15, caught in stolen pink bikini ... Student fined $628 for sitting on ledge ... Gray whale poses for tourists ... 'Holiday camp' prisons in England ... UPI Quirks in the News.

World's News Headlines Still Reeling with Doom and Gloom, but Economic and Business News Strongly Upbeat, New Metric Finds

Thu, 03 Jan 2008 00:00:01 PST
Although news organizations around the world worked to bring their audiences a good mix of stories and feature articles, on balance, the news for the first day of 2008 featured more negative stories...

EDS Trends Not Favorable (Zacks.com via Yahoo! Finance)

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:55:23 PDT
Given a potential slowdown in the U.S. economy, we maintain our six-month price target of $15.50 and a Sell rating on EDS shares.

Pope celebrates Mass at St. Patrick's

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 08:45:55 PDT
Pope calls for healing Pontiff addresses sex abuse scandal as he celebrates St. Patrick's Cathedral's first-ever papal Mass. Full story | Video Newsweek gallery: Pope souvenirs, official and not Decision ’08 in Politics Charles Dharapak / AP fileA fab gay bar crawl First Read: Chelsea Clinton stopped traffic in Philadelphia Friday night, winning raves for her politics and looks and being mobbed by hugging gays and lesbians. Conflict in Iraq in World news Nabil Al-jurani / APPromise of ‘open

Making Twitter Tweet

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:32:44 PDT
I’m at a cosy little conference in London with the grandious title of Accessibility 2.0: A Million Flowers Bloom. I’ve just finished delivering the opening keynote which I tried to make as pretentious as the conference title. Now the mighty Steve Faulkner is up to deliver a talk called Making Twitter Tweet. He’s being introduced by Robin Christopherson and is getting a round of applause for being the guy who created the Web Accessibility Toolbar. Steve begins by clarifying that the Web Accessi


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