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'Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs,' The Movie
Opening the Chewandswallow Digest this morning, we learned of spaghetti storms in our stars - but not until 2010.
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Greek island gets wireless mesh network
Tourists and locals on the Greek Island of Patmos will soon be able to enjoy island-wide wi-fi web access courtesy of $100 laptop founder Nicholas Negroponte's passion for the web.
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Piper Jaffray May Be in a Jam
WE ARE DOWNGRADING Piper Jaffray to Hold from Buy based on the stock's valuation.
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Monarch Casino reports Q2 results
Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc. , owner of the Atlantis Casino Resort Spa in Reno, Nevada, today announced results for the quarter ended June 30, 2008 and announced the opening of its $50 million expansion ...
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Bush's sobering gaffe - Wall St got drunk
Another gaffe ... US President George W. Bush told a private function that Wall Street "got drunk and now it's got a hangover." / AFP image George W. Bush accuses Wall St of getting drunk Reportedly asked ...
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Seven tightens its grip on WAN
KERRY Stokes' Seven Network has tightened its grip on West Australian Newspapers, launching a raid for another 4 million shares even as the companies negotiate a deal for Seven's representation on the ...
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Cosby denies Howard's claims
Veteran funnyman Bill Cosby is furious Terrence Howard has blamed The Cosby Show for almost destroying his career.
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Obama and German leader discuss war and economics
U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., left, is welcomed by German Chancellor Angela Merkel in the chancellery in Berlin Thursday, July 24, 2008.
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Indonesian Pilot Accused of Crashing Plane by Ignoring Warnings
The pilot of an Indonesian airliner that crashed in 2007, killing 21 people, has gone on trial - accused of deliberately ignoring warnings, causing the airliner to crash.
Arctic 'holds 90bln barrels of oil, mostly offshore'
Within the Arctic circle there are 90 billion barrels of oil and vast quantities of natural gas waiting to be tapped, most of it offshore, the government-run US Geological Survey said.
Krakow & Auschwitz - Auschwitz, Poland
I didn't intended to visit Auschwitz at first when I entered Europe, because my Eurail Pass didn't cover Poland.
Jacques Kaplan, Who Put Kent on the Art World's Map, Dies
As 2001, the year that will forever bear the indelible mark of 9/11, came to a close, Jacques Kaplan was presenting a show of sculpture at his groundbreaking Paris-New York-Kent Gallery in Kent.
Henry, Deans merits a draw: Carter
Graham Henry is a little quicker to wield the proverbial cane but otherwise star five-eighth Daniel Carter cannot separate the merits of his All Blacks coach and Australian rugby opposite Robbie Deans.
Shark Cage Diving - Gansbaai, Western Cape, South Africa
This is possibly the greatest thrill that you will ever experience. Just imagine pulling up on the boat in 'Shark Alley', the open stretch of water between the mainland and Dyer Island off Gansbaai, South ...
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