Inside/Out  ... the Suggs sack has yet to appear in a highlight package, but the Hawaiian Musketeers in the booth did give T-Sizzle credit for disrupting the action in the


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June 30th, 2008

Bush to visit Ark. to talk housing, raise GOP cash

A staff member at a housing-conseling program where President Bush planned to talk with clients says increases in fuel and food prices have put many Arkansans in a budget squeeze.

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June 30th, 2008

Longtime loan officer retires from career at credit unions

Herald/JOHN A. BOWERSMITH Beverly Wilkerson reads a happy-retirement card from friends June and Gary Woodham on Monday at the Greater Central Texas Credit Union on Elms Road.

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June 30th, 2008

Providers of CareOne Credit Counseling Services Offer Independence…

With growing consumer debt in the US, providers of CareOne Credit Counseling Services recognize the need for having a less expensive family celebration this Independence Day without sacrificing any fun.

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June 30th, 2008

Gas and Go Broke

After more than 20 years in the service station business, Raman Sethi thought he had seen it all.

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June 30th, 2008

Hutton leads Cabinet calls for immediate pledge to freeze duty

Senior members of the Cabinet have warned Alistair Darling that he must make an immediate pledge to freeze fuel duty to respond to public concern about spiralling petrol prices, The Independent has been told.

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June 30th, 2008

Sunday Violence

At wodonga for the last 3 weeks had a group of P platers letting off air horns as blokes are about to swing ala jackass.

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June 30th, 2008

Permo hit worst in S&P Irish bank rejig

Irish Life and Permanent’s long term credit rating has been downgraded from A+ to A by the ratings agency Standard and Poor’s. The move brought heavy falls in the bancassurer’s shares yesterday, prompting a …

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June 30th, 2008

Bill Gates and PC history

With Bill Gates stepping down from his day-to-day role of running Microsoft, he’s been receiving a great number of accolades about the role he played in history of the PC.

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June 30th, 2008

Batt writer becomes a DJ for a day

Morning Candy DJ Frito mixes a call and some background sound effects to make it ready to play on the air.

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June 30th, 2008

Mia Zapata, the Gits get their due in fan’s documentary

The release of the documentary of “The Gits” coincides with the 15th anniversary of the slaying of lead singer Mia Zapata.

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June 30th, 2008

Japanese businesses less confident but outlook not as weak as expected

TOKYO : The Economics Minister, Hiroko Ota, said on Tuesday that the Bank of Japan’s tankan clearly showed corporate sentiment was affected by high raw materials costs and a slowing U.S. economy.

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June 30th, 2008

Investors take heart, July offers a nugget of hope

The easy thing to do, given the grim performance of the stock market, would be to rehash all the dreadful numbers, thereby making everyone even more miserable than they already are.

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June 30th, 2008

At Midyear, the Economic Pain Persists

Many policy makers and bankers said this credit mess was contained. Boy, were they wrong.

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June 30th, 2008

House prices ‘fell 0.9% in June’

UK house prices fell by 0.9% on average last month, according to the latest survey from the Nationwide.

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June 30th, 2008

Eastern Europe: The Worst is Yet to Come

Is Eastern Europe doing well? It has been. Shaking off the shackles of communism and then joining the European Union has helped many Eastern European countries expand at a spectacular pace.

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June 30th, 2008

Oil gets markets off to worst first half since 2002

Stocks had an abysmal first half of the year, and analysts see no relief in sight as long as the spiraling price of crude oil continues to suck life out of the economy.

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June 30th, 2008

Working the bugs out

They’d been picked by many to win the CFL East and get back to the Grey Cup. But the Winnipeg Blue Bombers won’t accept the suggestion they’d been reading too many of their own press clippings and needed a …

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June 30th, 2008

Kiszla: Capt. Joe, bring us good news

Here’s hoping Joe Sakic had a nice, relaxing trip to Europe. Why? Not to put any pressure on a 38-year-old hockey star who is agonizing over the prospect of retirement, but Avalanche general manager Francois …

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June 30th, 2008

‘Bad voodoo’ lands woman in jail Sentenced to 6 months for assault

Her voice breaking, Jennifer E. Sobczak appeared at her sentencing Monday in Portage County Common Pleas Court to plead for the court’s mercy on a fifth-degree felony charge of assaulting a corrections officer …

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June 30th, 2008

Stocks Drop in Europe, Asia, Led by Porsche, RBS; U.S. Index Futures Fall

Stocks fell in Europe and Asia, extending the MSCI World Index’s worst first half in a quarter century, as higher oil and reports on housing and manufacturing suggested the global economy will slow.

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June 30th, 2008

Japan’s Tankan Confidence Falls; Profits to Drop for First Time Since 2001

Confidence among Japan’s largest manufacturers fell to a four-year low and companies expect earnings to decline for the first time since the 2001 recession.

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June 30th, 2008

Improve Your Mind-Reading: Focus on the Big Picture You

Don’t sweat the small stuff – instead focus on the big picture you. We are surprisingly poor at working out what others think of us.

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June 30th, 2008

Bush to visit Arkansas to talk housing, raise GOP cash

President Bush on Tuesday will talk with clients who have sought help from a nonprofit agency that offers housing counseling as he visits Arkansas – ’ a state that has seen an uptick in foreclosures but hasn’t …

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June 30th, 2008

AXIS Capital Announces Dean Benner as Chief Investment Officer

AXIS Capital Holdings Limited announced today the appointment of Dean Benner as Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer, effective June 30, 2008.

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June 30th, 2008

Reeling Economy Forces More Into Credit Card Debt

Where will the money come from? Gas and food prices are rising, mortgage interest rates are adjusting higher, loans are harder to find and unemployment is ticking up.

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June 30th, 2008

Davis: Ten things to note from MLS Week 14

Sweeping up after the MLS weekend party, here are a few things I found lying around: 1. Paths of least resistance.

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June 30th, 2008

Review: Steganos Password Manager 2009 security software

In today’s online world of logins, passwords, registrations and online banking, it’s more important than ever to guard passwords and login details to prevent fraud.

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June 30th, 2008

Safeway Perspectives

I changed my hair color and style , and according to my friend, Trinkets, “it took ten years off [my] age!” I think my blood stream has absorbed the red tint and made me spicer than usual.

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June 30th, 2008

Findel?s warning spurs sell-off (Financial Times)

Findel , the home shopping company, stunned the market with a bad debt provision only 15 days after an upbeat trading statement as the operator of catalogues such as Kleeneze acknowledged it was affected by the credit squeeze.

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June 30th, 2008

Bowden: Looking back at mascot memories

I saw where the University of Georgia ’s mascot UGA VI died of congestive heart failure over the weekend.

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June 30th, 2008

Travel: Caribbean Summer :

It can be cooler, cheaper than much-touted ‘staycations’ June 30, 2008 – 2:12PM Seems we’ve been hearing lots about “staycations” this year.

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June 30th, 2008

USDA Reports Flooding Cuts Corn Acres

Expect high corn prices to drive up some food prices this year. The government says farmers will harvest nearly 9 percent fewer acres of corn this year than last, in part because Midwest flooding has damaged a …

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June 30th, 2008

IDrive online backup service

Review date: 1 July 2008. Last modified 01-Jul-2008 . Backups are boring. But they’re also important, for two reasons.

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June 30th, 2008

FSA looks to mend banking ties / Trust-building actions by financial…

FSA looks to mend banking ties / Trust-building actions by financial body intended to oblige estranged bankers The Financial Services Agency, a body that broke away from the Finance Ministry to replace the …

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June 30th, 2008

Franklin Bank appoints new CEO

Embattled Franklin Bank Corp. has appointed Andy Black as interim chief executive.

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