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Dec 20 News

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• Ryan Phillipe Suffers Stress Fracture Working Out

  Actor Ryan Phillipe is sporting a cast on his left foot after reportedly suffering a stress fracture during a workout.[...] Read more! (read)

• Gerry Adams reveals family sex abuse

  • Sinn Féin leader goes public in radio interview• His brother is wanted by police for alleged abuseGerry Adams, the president of Sinn Féin and MP for Belfast West, today revealed that his late father had 'emotionally, physically and sexually' (read)

• Tony Blair insists: It's not true nobody likes me

  Former prime minister says it is only in Britain he is attacked and accuses press of having a 'score' to settle with himTony Blair has issued a plaintive self-defence, insisting it is not true that no one likes him and instead describing a 'score' th (read)

• A force to be reckoned with

  In poorer, isolated towns the rightwing protest movement is flourishing. Republicans as well as Obama must take noteOne of the paradoxes of being a foreign reporter in smalltown America is that within any one day, you will hear people insist that the (read)

• Spyker improves offer to buy Saab

  • Dutch sports carmaker says it has submitted a fresh proposal• Saab has failed to turn a profit since 2001The ailing Swedish carmaker Saab could get an eleventh hour stay of execution following a flurry of last-ditch inquiries about the business (read)

• Brittany Murphy: Friends and colleagues remember her

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• Louise Daynes

  Louise is a model from United Kingdom, Norwich, Louise is 18 (read)

• Oh, really ...

  ... of god and gardens.i suppose wisdom's parable of the garden is a reference to the garden of eden. but the point of that story is that man was created to be the gardener. gottlieb goes on to say: 'what is even more baffling is the idea that one ca (read)

• Video: Plaintiffs' Counsel in IMAX Case Discusses Landmark Rulings

  As previously discussed here , on Monday the Ontario Superior Court issued a landmark ruling in the securities class action against IMAX Corp., certifying the first securities class action in Canada involving secondary market disclosures such as pres (read)

• USA orders second season of 'White Collar'

  LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - USA Network's freshman comedy-drama 'White Collar' has been renewed for a second season. The show's creator/executive producer Jeff Eastin tweeted the news Friday. The pickup was confirmed by USA though no details o (read)

• Scantily-clad Rihanna sings in snow

  For most people, the onslaught of snow and freezing temperatures of -6 Celsius would have most dashing indoors for our winter warmers. Despite wearing a flesh-baring cropped bodice, Rihanna bravely sang her way through a blizzard as she performed dur (read)

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• Steimatzky dips toe into music industry

  Steimatzky is branching out, into music. The bookstore chain has been signing distribution agreements with artists including Arkadi Duchin, Gilad Segev and David D'Or, and it's planning to bring in more of their peers. Under the plan, Steimatzky and (read)

• Simon Green: Traveling Light

  Simon Green and David Shrubsole prove delightful company in this charming and imaginative musical look at the subject of travel. (read)

• Citadel Broadcasting Files for Bankruptcy

  The filing was not unexpected and reflected the troubles plaguing the radio industry amid steep declines in advertising revenue and big debt loads. (read)

• 'Avatar' leads box office, despite blizzard

  LOS ANGELES - 'Titanic' director James Cameron's 'Avatar,' a 3-D extravaganza hyped as a giant leap in cinematic prowess, ruled the worldwide box office during its first weekend even as North American sales were hit by an enormous snow storm, its (read)

• Why is the govt shy of reviving NAB probe?

  By Ansar Abbasi ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) is more than eager to act if ordered by the government to re-initiate probes and file fresh references in several high profile cases involving politicians, retired generals, business (read)

• Mavs owner files protest over OT loss to Rockets

  Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban officially filed a protest with the NBA office on Sunday over what he termed 'misapplication of the rules' by the officiating crew during Friday night's overtime loss to the Houston Rockets. Cuban said the officials (read)

• Stroughter leaves with foot sprain for Tampa

  Tampa Bay rookie wide receiver Sammie Stroughter left Sunday's game against Seattle with a foot sprain, and safety Tanard Jackson joined him on the sideline later with a knee injury. Stroughter came up with two big plays in the third quarter as Tampa (read)

• Seahawks LB Curry leaves with shoulder injury

  Seahawks rookie linebacker Aaron Curry left Sunday's game against Tampa Bay in the second half with a left shoulder injury. Curry was hurt in the third quarter after being part of a pileup near the line of scrimmage. He was down just briefly before (read)

• Women's bookstores across Canada struggle to survive

  TORONTO - Nearly two decades after almost being destroyed in a firebombing, the Toronto Women's Bookstore is once again fighting for its survival. Earlier this week, the 36-year-old bookseller issued a desperate plea to its patrons, revealing that (read)

• Year in Review | Visual arts

  In a rocky year for arts funding, South Florida's museums tackled budget cuts and drops in philanthropy by extending the runs of their shows and partnering with local private collectors to stage low-cost but stellar exhibitions. Among the most succes (read)

• GPS is on the right track

  By Dermot Corrigan A new ten-year partnership between Microsoft and Navteq Maps will pioneer the use of 3D maps in Global Positioning System (GPS) services and devices. Cliff Fox, executive vice president, Navteq Maps, said 3D mapping, aimed at helpi (read)

• Unions should put their country before their demands

  The death of social partnership is one of those events which has been anticipated for years but has stubbornly refused to happen. Like Tim Finnegan, the corpse has a habit of sitting up during the wake. Not any more. While this is a season when many (read)

• Brittany Murphy, Actress, 32 [And Now She's Dead]

  TMZ is reporting that Brittany Murphy, who had long been said to struggle with drugs, died last night after going into cardiac arrest. Paramedics weren't able to revive her. The actress, who launched... (read)

• Rise of British middle classes in 18th, 19th centuries shaped wine industry

  Source: The Economist (12-20-09)The birth of the cult of fine wine can be dated precisely. On April 10th 1663, Samuel Pepys, diarist and man-about-London, noted that he had enjoyed "a sort of French wine called Ho Bryan that hath a good and mos (read)

• Songwriters Play Central Role In New Music Books

  Lennon is one of the five seminal artists who shape the backbone of 'Corn Flakes With John Lennon,' a memoir by Robert Hilburn, the influential former critic and reporter for the Los Angeles Times. Author Peter Ames Carlin focused on Lennon's (read)

• Baylor easily gets past Texas-Arlington 94-63

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• Box office: Is 'Avatar' on a $1-billion trajectory?

  20th Century Fox's $430-million bet on James Cameron is off to a rip-roaring start and set up for a huge holiday haul. 'Avatar' sold a studio-estimated $232.2 million worth of tickets around the world this weekend, the ninth-biggest global debut of a (read)

• Rentrak Announces Box Office Numbers for Weekend of December 18, 2009

  LOS ANGELES, Dec. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Rentrak Corporation (Nasdaq: RENT), today announced the weekend theatrical box office numbers for the weekend period of December 18 through December 20, 2009 according to the company's theatrical box off (read)

• Tracking Hawaii's student stock pickers

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• Chinatown rats not a problem

  The new entrepreneurs setting up business say rats are not a problem, although they have been answering phone calls since the infamous 'rat video' surfaced on YouTube a few weeks ago. (read)

• LeAnn Rimes' husband files for divorce

  los angeles (ap) -- court records show leann rimes' husband deane sheremet has officially filed for divorce.... (read)

• The Honolulu Advertiser Ferd Lewis column: Will Jones' return rekindle aloh

  For June Jones, Thursday's appearance in the Sheraton Hawai'i Bowl will be a triumphant return to Aloha Stadium. For his Southern Methodist team, it will be a milestone accomplishment. For a bowl game looking for a draw in the home team's absence, it (read)

• Xbox 360 Video: Bayonetta: Enemy Weapons: Game Trailers - 1 Day Ago

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• Westlake Avenue cut a new transit route through Seattle

  STARTING WITH its simplest part the bottom here in a view that looks east toward Capitol Hill, a nearly new Westlake Avenue intersects on a slant with Fifth Avenue. Next, on the far side of Fifth, the car barns and repair sheds of the Seattle Elect (read)

• Bundchen reveals name of son with Brady: Benjamin

  boston (ap) -- the baby boy keeping new england patriots quarterback tom brady and supermodel wife gisele bundchen awake at night has a name: benjamin.... (read)

• Rage Against The Machine beats 'X Factor' to Xmas pop crown 

  U.S. rap-metal band Rage Against The Machine took the coveted Christmas number one in British pop charts on Sunday after an Internet campaign to keep the winner of the 'X Factor' TV talent show from the top spot. The band's 1992 single 'Killing in th (read)

• News:X Factor's Joe McElderry: 'Rage Against The Machine Are Dreadful'

  X Factor winner Joe McElderry has hit out at Rage Against The Machine's 'Killing In The Name' saying it is 'dreadful' and he 'hates it.' The pint-sized pop star, who hadn't heard the track until yesterday, expressed a deep loathing for his (read)

• Brittany Murphy Dead at 32

  TMZ is reporting actress Brittany Murphy died this morning of cardiac arrest. According to the gossip site, Murphy, 32, was rushed to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center following a 911 call from her husband, Simon Monjack. Murphy couldn't be revived and was (read)

• Celebrity Choreographer Shane Sparks Arrested And Charged With Child Molest

  Choreographer Arrested And Charged With Child Molestation Latest Hip Hop , Rap , & Rap Music HipHopDX #shopBtnLi #shopBtnLi, x:-moz-any-link, x:default if is_ajx (function($) contentX screenX screenY gutterX contentX + 00) setInterval(pollHash, // (read)

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  Pope Benedict signs heroic virtue decrees (part of the beatification process) for John Paul II -- and for Pius XII! (read)

• Lil Wayne's Texas concert on after checkpoint stop

  LAREDO, Texas (AP) -- A Lil Wayne concert in Texas, postponed after authorities said they found marijuana on one of his tour buses, is back on.... (read)

• U2 star takes court action against his personal assistant

  Adam Clayton takes legal action over allegatons she stole £1.6 million from his accounts (read)

• Paul McCartney hints at London residency

  Paul McCartney has admitted he wants to play a residency in London. The former Beatle is due to perform at London's 02 Arena on Tuesday (December 22) and has hinted at the idea of doing an extended run of shows at the venue. 'I quite fancy that,' he (read)

• Vordel records losses of 365,000

  XML network management specialist Vordel recorded a €365,000 loss last year, according to new accounts for the firm. The results are a reverse of the 2007 performance, when the company made a €772,000 net profit for the year. Vordel now has €11 (read)

• 7News: Orchestra tragedy

  A young musician has died in a suspected drug overdose while touring in Hong Kong. (read)

• Hooda stresses for detective journalism

  Chandigarh, Dec 20 (PTI) Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda today exhorted journalists to opt for detective journalism in order to ascertain the truth. Addressing a gathering after launching the Chandigarh edition of a local newspaper, Hood (read)

• NAB pressurized ECP against Benazir, Zardari

  ISLAMABAD: Ex-Secretary Pakistan Election Commission Kanwar Dilshad has revealed that National Accountability Bureau (NAB) had pressurized the ECP to take action against Asif Ali Zardari and Benazir Bhutto over filing of false details of assets. Spea (read)

• CQ Transcript: White House Adviser Axelrod on ABC's 'This Week'

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• My goodness... all those curls

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• Driver, HPD officer injured in head-on collision on S. Main

  One person may have sustained a broken leg and a Houston police officer had minor injuries from a head-on collision apparently caused by the officer who was en route to an emergency call late Saturday night, officials said. The officer, on his way to (read)

• Will freeze-damaged ixora recover?

  Q: A: Ixora's hardiness rating is zone 9b with minimum temperatures in the 25-to-30-degree range, so the plants could possibly make it. If you find firm areas, the could pull through. If plants are all mush, you'll need to see if anything comes back (read)

• Language loans: French Vocabulary in English

  Over the years, the English language has borrowed a great number of words and expressions from French. Some of this vocabulary has been so completely absorbed by English that speakers might not realize its origins. Other words and expressions have re (read)

• Madonna - Madonna To Reunite With Ritchie For Holidays

  Caption: Madonna (Picture) New York premiere of 'Nine' sponsored by Chopard at the Ziegfeld Theatre New York City, USA .... MADONNA will be reunited with ex-husband GUY RITCHIE as the former husband and wife celebrate Christmas with their children, (read)

• Storm crawls into New England, leaving mess behind

  A major storm clawed its way up the East Coast on Sunday, crippling travel and disappointing New England merchants the weekend before Christmas after blanketing parts of the mid-Atlantic with record snow - nearly 2 feet in places - and causing at lea (read)

• Smileys 1.01

  Match three or more smileys in this fun puzzle game ( read more ) (read)

• 411 Games Top 5 12.17.09: Week 42 - Top Icy Games

  Advertisement This week the games staff breaks out our favorite icy memories. From Cool Cool Mountain, to Cliffhanger, come in to see our favorite snowy levels and games. Let's kick the week off with some feedback. Comment Time with Toddo! The hate (read)

• Miami vs Tennessee live streaming nfl football match Free Video Boradcast O

  Watch Miami vs Tennessee live stream match of 2009,The National Football league called NFL. match live on pc. Miami vs Tennessee live link Watch Now Live TV on your PC 2009, The National Football league called NFL Sunday December 20, 2009 FOR IMMEDIA (read)

• The Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, Bryan Painter column: Golden rule defines Mus

  The 2009 calendars will soon be trashed, put away in drawers or deleted. Talk will swirl of New Year's resolutions. But sitting across from 103-year-old Mary Jones, the most obvious question seemed to be, 'What lesson you learned as a child is still (read)

• 400 Screens, 400 Blows - Orson Welles and ?

  'Who is the new Orson Welles?' someone asked me after a recent screening of Richard Linklater's Me and Orson Welles (64 screens). Certainly Christian McKay does a superb Welles in that movie, and if anyone wanted to have an Orson Welles-style narra (read)

• A Choral Arts Christmas

  Trinity Episcopal Church 609 Eighth Ave. Seattle WA 98104 Sunday, December 20, 2009, 7pm Choral Arts presents a unique collage concert including chant, traditional carol settings, unaccompanied choral favorites and new works. A reflective and (read)

• West Ham United v Chelsea

  Click on the auto-refresh button (above the photo) for all the latest updates. Email your thoughts to barry.glendenning@guardian.co.uk1 min: The cameraman averts his gaze from Russell Brand and Katy Perry, who are present, to focus on West Ham kickin (read)

• Best and worst of times: a decade in books

  As the decade draws to an end, we look at the books that have defined the first 10 years of the century - and Sam Jordison reveals the Guardian bloggers' worst books of the noughties.We have a reading from the only poetry collection to make it into S (read)

• Oprah Winfrey Donates $1.5 Million to Atlanta School

  Talk show queen and famed philanthropist Oprah Winfrey has proven her generosity once again - after donating $1.5 million (£937,500) to an inner-city school in Atlanta, Georgia.Winfrey donated $365,000 (£228,125) to The Ron Clark Academy, (read)

• Fry & Brand Lose out on Twitter List

  An unknown businessman has beaten Stephen Fry and Russell Brand in a rundown of the most influential Twitter users in Britain.The stars are regular users of the microblogging site, 'Tweeting' their thoughts to their loyal followers.But they only came (read)

• So I was re-watching unskippable: grandia III When I notice....

  it me or did they cut like the last 2 mintues of that episode, because I was re-watching it and it just cuts off, has anyone else notice this? MuckrakerPosts: 306Joined: 18 Mar it didi rewatched it after you pointed it out and the last minute - 2 min (read)

• ABC News' Charles Gibson signs off after 34 years

  new york (ap) -- charles gibson has signed off for the last time from the abc news anchor desk. he brings 34 years at the network to a close with friday's edition of 'abc world news.'... (read)

• 1899 - Snowy Screen

  Found at Sleeping Labrador Productions We're about midway through the first snow storm of the season and we're glad to be spending the day indoors... (read)

• Chocolate walnut pie with bourbon offers warmth in winter

  THE WINTER solstice in these northern latitudes finds most of us rising before dawn and going to bed long after the sun is set. What we likely need is light and warmth, but what we seem to crave is lots of dense, rich, calorie-laden food and drink. I (read)

• Insurgents fire mortars on Somali police, 13 dead

  Islamic militants fired mortars into Mogadishu's police compound as the force was celebrating its 66th anniversary Sunday, sparking a battle that killed at least 12 civilians and a police officer, officials said. One police officer was killed and thr (read)

• Cutbacks in Plans but Not in Energy

  This was the year that the art world repeatedly checked its pulse to see if it was still alive. And guess what? It persisted, albeit in a slightly altered, chastened form. (read)

• Fowler On Usage

  ... if idiom and grammar are in conflict, so much the worse for grammar. Thus he was cheerfully lax about 'who & whom' and the placement of 'only,' and he mocked the pains people go through to avoid ending their sentences with prepositions. When (read)

• U.S. Prison Population to Drop for First Time in 4 Decades

  Source: Fox News (12-20-09)The United States may soon see its prison population drop for the first time in almost four decades, a milestone in a nation that locks up more people than any other. The inmate population has risen steadily since th (read)

• KBP Asked: Stop Airing Infomercial Using Children

  NAGA CITY - Bikol writer and Vox Bikol columnist Victor Dennis Nierva has asked the Camarines Sur chapter of the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas (KBP) on Monday to act immediately on the 'political and politically-motivated' infomercials air (read)

• Silkypix Sharpening

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• Hyundai Motor announces China truck venture

  Hyundai Motor Co. said Sunday it has agreed to launch a $400 million truck manufacturing venture in China with a local partner as it seeks further inroads in the world's biggest auto market. Hyundai Motor, South Korea's largest automaker, said it sig (read)

• GOOD MORNING -- December 20, 2009

  This is PR NEWSWIRE -- transmitting news releases, advisories and other information to the news media around the United States since 1954. If you have questions regarding your PRN teleprinter, your PRN computer service, or if you wish to arrange to (read)

• Spongebob Squarepants Pizza Toss 1.0

  Check out a fun Spongebob game where you have to deliver pizza's. ( read more ) (read)

• Move to reduce visual blight will boost Houston's image

  Houston City Council decided to institute this ban after careful review of the recommendations of an On-Premise Sign Task Force appointed by Mayor Bill White to study sign regulations. The task force was well-balanced, including individuals represent (read)

• Iran acknowledges prisoners were beaten to death

  FILE - An Iranian supporter of defeated Iranian presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi is beaten by government security members as fellow supports come to his aid during riots in Tehran, Iran, in this June 14, 2009 file photo. (AP Photo, File) (read)

• Brenham's loss colored with touches of Gray

  Smiley N. Pool Chronicle Aledo running back Jonathan Gray runs for one of his four touchdowns Saturday against Brenham. Gray rushed for 252 yards in the Class 4A, Division I title game win. Share Print Share /**/ write('div class='left'a (read)

• Long Shadows of an Economy and a War

  Michael Haneke's White Ribbon scrutinized abuses in a German village before World War I. Other 2009 movies examined unemployment and the war in Iraq. IS it coincidence that Up in the Air and The Messenger — the two films that best captured a sense o (read)

• Sexy Orchids Make Lousy Lovers by Marty Crump: review

  Marty Crump's Sexy Orchids Make Lousy Lovers is a gleeful account of Nature's nasty side and it fascinates Tom Fort The approach of the European beewolf to Nature's primary business - survival and reproduction - makes favoured television predators (read)

• The Holograms for UFO: 'MTV Soundsystem'

  The Holograms jury-rig an automotive metamorphosis for  UFO in this flashy ident for MTV . Posted on Motionographer (read)

• Monkey Mania

  Don't let the monkeys win! In this captivating puzzle game, you have to find the differences between pictures. ( read more ) (read)

• Sony to Still Support the PlayStation 2

  Examiner: It's good to know that Sony still cares about the PlayStation 2, or I guess at least that they know they can still make money off of it. SCEA's head of PlayStation marketing John Koller told GamePro in a recent interview 'We have a very (read)

• Chevrolet Selects Partners for 2010 Advertising Creative

  DETROIT Chevrolet has selected two agency partners to develop advertising creative for the first half of 2010. Publicis will develop creative for Chevrolet Malibu, Equinox and Traverse. Campbell-Ewald will develop and execute creative for Silverado (read)

• Caravan for justice for slain journalist set

  BACOLOD City - The Negros Press Club (NPC) will again hold symbolic protest actions in coordination with several media organizations nationwide to demand justice for all the victims of Maguindanao massacre. Edgar Cagadat, NPC president, said they wil (read)

• Report: Kevin Jonas, ex-hairdresser marry in NY

  new york (ap) -- a report says the oldest sibling of pop group the jonas brothers and a former hairdresser have married at a french-style chateau in suburban new york.... (read)

• Weather doesn't stop Jonas brother's wedding

  Kevin Jonas married Danielle Deleasa Saturday night at Oheka Castle, a turn-of-the-century French-style chateau, on a sprawling estate in Long Island. (read)

• Drum roll! The Footlight Awards for excellence in local theater

  ong ago, during another global recession, a seasoned London theater hand told me, 'We always do our best work when our backs are against the wall.' That phrase befits Seattle's 2009 theater season. There were duds and hits, miracles and missteps. But (read)

• Traffic hit as museum wall collapses

  The busy Museum-Nanthencode Road was submerged under slush and silt on Saturday after the compound wall of the Napier Mu (read)

• The Art Bus

  Robert Nieves explains why the CIRCA Puerto Rico International Art Fair is a mandatory stop on the global art circuit. When Luis Rafael Sánchez wrote his famous essay La guagua aérea ('The Air Bus,' 1983), the playwright and novelist painted a (read)

• Peter Forakis, a Sculptor of Geometric Forms, Dies at 82

  Peter Forakis, a sculptor of geometric forms and a founder of Park Place, a dynamic New York artists cooperative gallery of the 1960s, died on Nov. 26 in Petaluma, Calif. He was 82 and lived in Petaluma. Mr. Forakis in his studio in 2008. The latest (read)

• Sightings

  Alex Rodriguez with Michael Jordan and Jordan's girlfriend, Yvette, at Prime 112 in South Beach . . . Jon Bon Jovi with '60 Minutes' correspondent Steve Kroft (who interviewed him for the show last year) at Yerba Buena Perry . . . Bernadette Peters l (read)

• Katy falls to Abilene 28-17 in 5A football final

  Smiley N. Pool Chronicle Katy quarterback Brooks Haack completes a pass as he is hit by Abilene defenders Anthony Carriola (41) and Hunter Cooke during the second quarter. Share Print Share /**/ write('div class='left'a (read)

• GoG.com Offers Tex Murphy 1+2 For Free

  'It seems appropriate to offer Tex Murphy's first two adventures for nothing, as that's typically how much he gets paid - not surprising when half of your clients double-cross you and/or die! But Tex isn't in it for the money and, for us, we hope tha (read)