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Exchanging long pants for bare legs is one of summer's great pleasures for women -- but only if you feel good about how your legs look. With Good Housekeeping's simple strategies, you can be a shameless showoff in no time. (More beauty advice from the magazine appears on www.goodhousekeeping.com.)

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"Dry skin is unhealthy skin," says Sandy Johnson, M.D., of the Johnson Dermatology Clinic in Fort Smith, Ark. "Well-hydrated skin provides a better barrier to the environment." And it makes legs look smoother and prettier, too. Here are some tips to fight flakiness:

Choose the right moisturizer: "Our skin is naturally hydrated in the summer because of extra moisture in the air," explains Johnson. That means you can retire the rich creams in favor of lighter formulas.

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Johnson Smokes Springfield TT

Threatening skies and ankle deep mud wasnt enough to stop the IMDA the Illinois State Fairgrounds track crew from finishing round three of the AMA Ford Quality Checked Flat Track Singles Championship. Originally scheduled to run Saturday night, rain pushed the event back to Memorial Day Monday. Despite all the water the normally cushion race track turned into a slick groove as the sun broke through the clouds. American Suzuki / Parts Unlimiteds Jake Johnson got a great start, rode a near flawless twenty five laps for the win. I got beat here on the last lap in 2003 when the track was like this, said Johnson. I wasnt going to let that happen again.

Johnson was able to pull over a six second lead over Obermeyer Yamaha / Troy Lee Designs Henry Wiles. Wiles had been able to pressure Johnson for a few laps, but soon found himself slipping off the pace.

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Used Convertible Values: Volkswagen Chases Ferrari For Top Spot

June 1, 2007 Buying an set of wheels is an emotional decision but wed always suggest that a look through the residual value figures might help to point you towards a more rational emotional decision. The latest figures from EurotaxGlasss in the UK are a case in point. EurotaxGlasss has found that a number of volume-brand drop-tops retain a far greater proportion of their value than prestige-brand models from the likes of BMW, Lexus and Maserati. While the Ferrari F430 Spider holds onto its value better than any other 12-month-old convertible on sale in the UK (a typical 06-plate example retaining 97 per cent of its original list price as a trade value), hot on its heels is the rather more humble Volkswagen Eos (at 94 per cent retained value in 2.0 TDI Sport guise). Read on for the top 20 listing.

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Nissan CEO: Board members will forego bonus pay

YOKOHAMA, Japan -- Nissan Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn told shareholders Wednesday that the Japanese automaker's board members will forego their bonus pay to take responsibility for poor performance.

Ghosn acknowledged at a hall packed with more than 2,100 shareholders, a record attendance for Nissan, in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, that the company had not met its targets for fiscal 2006.

"We are taking our responsibility seriously," he said.

In the fiscal year ended March, Tokyo-based Nissan Motor Co. marked its first profit drop in seven years _ the first time earnings have slid under the turnaround efforts led by Ghosn.

Ghosn told reporters after the meeting that Nissan was not in talks with any automaker now about expanding the alliance it already has with Renault SA of France.

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Let's Go to the Videotape: Audi RS6 On the 'Ring

Those lovable scamps over at Fast Lane Daily plugged some spy footage of the upcoming Audi RS6 into their midday newscast. Gathered by Automedia at Germany's N眉rburgring, the clip shows Audi's answer to the Mercedes E63 AMG and BMW M5 in effect, its larger air intakes, the wider fender flares and rear diffuser giving away the goods. It's reportedly powered by the same V10 as the S6, but turbocharged to produce between 520 and 550 hp. We'll see the finished product at the Frankfurt show -- which is shaping up to be a killer -- later this year. Whether or not it causes the death of the RS4 remains to be seen. – Mike Spinelli

Related: Spy Photos: Audi RS6 Caught Testing On N眉rburgring [internal]

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21:55:53

Robert Kubica crash in Montreal

Data released from Robert Kubica's crash at the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal shows just how lucky the BMW-Sauber driver was to escape with relatively minor injuries.

According to the onboard accident data recorder, Kubica hit the wall approaching the hairpin turn at 230 km/h and experienced a 75-G impact.

Former Lotus engineer Peter Wright, who is now the head of the FIA safety commission, studied the data and concluded that all of the safety measures worked perfectly.

To put it in perspective, F1 drivers usually experience g-forces of 5 when under heavy braking and 4 while going through a corner.

Former F1 driver David Purley is believed to have survived a 178 g crash during pre-qualifying for the British Grand Prix in 1977.

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BEL - Quotes from Ypres Rally, Record Super2000 Entries

Freddy Loix (B/Volkswagen Polo S2000): "We have really made a lot of progress on the development of the VW Polo since the beginning of the year. We went through two days of testing last week and the car is really fantastic. The only issue is that we know where we are at but not how our competitors are doing. We have done some 200kms during our tests. Some teams are running up as much as 2000kms. We cannot afford this. We do not have the same means as the manufacturer's teams. Still, I am not going for second place......" Dani Sola (E/Honda Civic A7): "Since I became Junior World Champion in 2002, I have stayed with Citro毛n, but racing in Spain. Last year I won the Spanish championship on tarmac with a C2 Super1600. I also became vice-champion on gravel despite only racing four times with a Mitsubishi.

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BMW releases new M Sport package for X5

BMW has unveiled its new M Sport package for all members of the X5 range, giving the SAVs a sportier look and feel inside and out. A new bodykit gives the X5 a more aggressive appearance, with updated fascias, flared fenders, black low-profile roof rails, and a choice of different 19" and 20" wheels. Inside, electrically-adjustable sport seats and an M steering wheel can be augmented with any number of customization options from BMW Individual, and the X5's already-sporting character is further enhanced by a retuned suspension that reinforces the "sport" in Sport Activity Vehicle (hey, that's what they want to call it, so who are we to argue?). A variety of available paint finishes complete the deal.German pricing for the M Sport upgrades is €6,350 for the X5 3.0si and 3.0sd, and €4,840 for the more-powerful X5 4.8i.

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Hedonists hit the road for fun rally

The supreme award is called the Prince of Darkness Award, and goes to the team that "goes the hardest, does the most, gives it heaps and doesn't count the cost".

Mr Fletcher said the rally would visit Nelson when it was held again next year. "Everything has just been fantastic."

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Codemasters giving free item to RF Online players

It's already been a year since RF Online first went live in North America and Europe. In honor of RF Online's first anniversary, Codemasters has a nifty little surprise for all long-term RF Online players: the Pioneer's Sword, a weapon that allows players to increase their character's speed.

Codemasters is also gearing up for the release of Episode II Part 1. This latest addition to the RF Online saga will be going into test status over the coming months and is slated for a live-service launch later this year.

Codemasters Online Gaming Product Marketing Manager, Adam McGowan, also promised more good things to come. "Our brand new website design coupled with all these FREE major updates we have on the horizon are very encouraging. This is a positive time for RF Online and we look forward to many more updates over the next 12 months," said McGowan.

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Overseas Vietnamese investing in IT favoured in house purchases

VietNamNet Bridge 鈥?Overseas Vietnamese who invest in or participate in IT activities in Vietnam will be given favourable conditions to buy houses and land under the national laws on land and housing.

According to the circular guiding the implementation of some articles of the Law on Information Technology, organisations and individuals investing in IT will be allowed to enjoy preferences on land use tax and their products will enjoy the highest preferences on value added tax and export tax.

The State will give priority of investment to agencies participating in research and development of key IT projects.

The circular says that IT zones with clear geographical borders must have at least 300 workers and at least 500 for those located in Hanoi and HCM City.

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Willis Quarterly Results Show Organic Growth

Willis Group Holdings reported a 21 percent increase in first-quarter net income鈥攑ushed upward by the brokerage's new business, management said.

The New York-based insurance broker posted net income of $169 million compared with $140 million in the 2006 period.

Earnings per diluted share rose 25 percent to $1.10 compared with 88 cents a year ago.

The company reported that organic growth in commissions and fees, which excludes market remuneration, was 6 percent in the first quarter.

鈥淭his growth was attributed to net new business won," the company said in a statement. 鈥淭he net impact of declining premium rates was offset by other market factors."

Bear Stearns analyst David Small said the solid results broke a string of disappointing earnings announcements beating his earnings per share estimate by 3 cents and the consensus by 7 cents.

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To keep their customers abreast of upcoming investment opportunities, HSBC is organising a seminar, entitled "Exploring New Investment Opportunities-, exclusively for its valued customers.

Conducted by Ashley Neal, Vice President of BlackRock Investment Management (Singapore) Limited, it will be held on April 28 at the Mutiara Ballroom of Sheraton Utama Hotel.

Among the products that will be addressed at the seminar include the MLIIF Global Allocation Fund, a diversified core mutual fund investing in US dollars and international stocks, bonds and alternative cash equivalents, which can help protect investors during market downturns, while still letting them benefit if the markets rise.

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Arroyo has much at stake in elections

MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's name isn't on the ballot, but she has plenty at stake in the Philippines' midterm elections Monday.

Much of the attention will be on the races for Congress, especially the House of Representatives. The opposition has mounted two impeachment efforts against Arroyo over allegations that she rigged the 2004 presidential vote, only to see both bids voted down in the House, where the president's allies dominate.

A major shift in power in the House would immediately spark moves to revive the impeachment case and send it to the opposition-dominated Senate for trial.

Still, the odds appear in favor of Arroyo -- who also survived two coup plots and numerous other crises during six years in power -- despite weak approval ratings.

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LONDON (AFX) - Guinness Peat Group PLC reported a full-year pretax profit from continuing operations of 36 mln stg versus a restated 79 mln mainly due to 'very few' realised capital transactions and the loss of earlier foreign exchange gains in the second half.

Profit on disposal of investments and other net investment income was 45 mln stg for the year ended Dec 31 as compared with a restated 77 mln last year.

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NextWave Wireless Announces First Quarter 2007 Financial Results

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NextWave Wireless Inc. (NASDAQ: WAVE) a global provider of mobile broadband and wireless multimedia products and technologies to enable Wireless 2.0, the next generation of mobile communications, today announced financial results for the first quarter of 2007 ended March 31, 2007. Financial schedules are included with this release.

Revenues were $7.7 million for the first quarter of 2007 and were derived primarily from our PacketVideo subsidiary, which supplies device-embedded multimedia software to many of the largest wireless carriers and handset manufacturers in the world. Our first quarter revenues represent a 98% increase over revenues of $3.9 million for the first quarter of 2006 and are primarily the result of unit sales growth and market penetration of mobile subscriber services by PacketVideo's customer base.

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BOTHELL, Wash., May 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Nastech Pharmaceutical Company Inc. announced today that it will present at the Acumen BioFin Rodman & Renshaw Global Healthcare Conference on Monday, May 14, 2007 at 9:25 a.m. Central European Summer Time (3:25 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time) at the Le Meridien Beach Plaza Hotel in Monte Carlo, Monaco.

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LONDON (SHARECAST) - Satellite broadcaster BSkyB rallied Wednesday following strong third quarter results, prompting Morgan Stanley to repeat its 'overweight' rating. The groups shares topped 600p for the first time since 2004 as it reported customer growth of 51,000 during the period, up 28% year-on-year. The broker kept its 640p price target as it believes operating metrics will continue to improve through the rest of the second half, while investment in broadband will begin to show benefits. In addition, Swiss broker UBS maintained 'buy' advice and 725p target as the figures beat consensus forecasts. Home Retail was down despite reporting full year earnings slightly better than Swiss broker UBS had expected. But analysts there repeated their neutral rating as they see no property angle or cyclical margin recovery at Argos.

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Murray wants to invest surplus

Senate President Therese Murray wants to divert a portion of the state's surplus each year to pay for life science research, new technology projects, and housing in an effort to help create and keep jobs in Massachusetts.

In the Senate budget plan, to be unveiled Wednesday, Murray will propose changing a state law that sends all excess cash to reserves so that it reroutes up to $75 million each year to four state funds that invest in technology and housing.

"We've heard over and over again that the obstacle to job growth in Massachusetts is the lack of affordable housing, and we've also heard about the need for investment in our biotech industry," Murray told the Globe. "We're second in the nation with our state fund balance. Let's take a portion and invest it in the economy rather than have it sit there earning a small amount of interest."

The first batch of money could be distributed as early as November if the state ends this fiscal year, June 30, with a large enough surplus, Senate staff members said.

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Wall St Week Ahead: Investors look for stocks pullback

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors will likely look for evidence the U.S. housing slump may be over and for signs of moderating inflation next week before deciding whether the rally in U.S. stocks since mid-March is over.

The steepest one-day drop in U.S. stocks in two months on Thursday this week gave investors pause, but signs of slowing retail sales and slowing inflation on Friday encouraged a return of confidence.

"On a short-term basis, the market is very vulnerable to a normal 3 percent, 5 percent correction," said Al Goldman, chief market strategist at A.G. Edwards in St. Louis. "I would think we would probably have a normal pause to refresh coming up."

But when or what might spark a pullback is impossible to predict, he added.

The Dow Jones industrial average (.DJI: Quote, Profile, Research and the Standard & Poor's 500 Index (.SPX: Quote, Profile, Research both rose for a sixth straight week, with the Dow setting new all-time closing and intraday highs.

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CHICAGO -- Hub International Limited (NYSE:HBG) (TSX:HBG) announced today that it has obtained an Interim Order from the Ontario Superior Court of Justice approving the mailing of materials and the holding of a special meeting in connection with Hubs proposed acquisition by funds advised by Apax Partners together with Morgan Stanley Principal Investments.

The special meeting of Hub shareholders to approve the acquisition will be held at 10:00 a.m. (Chicago time) on Tuesday, June 5, 2007 at the CNA Conference Center located at 333 S. Wabash Street, 2nd Floor, Chicago, Illinois 60604. Hub intends to mail the meeting materials on May 7, 2007, including the notice of the meeting and proxy statement and proxy card, to shareholders of record as of the close of business on May 4, 2006.

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Economic Summits, China Trade War, and the Gold Bull Run

Numerous international events took place within the last month. The Economic Summit was held in Davos Switzerland. It convened a large collection of world renown economists, corporate chieftains, and some financial market kingpins. The G8 Meeting of finance ministers was held in Germany. Back home, USFed Chairman Bernanke issued a grave warning to the US Congress on the shattered US financial balance sheets. My commentary on money supply explosion comes next.

Lastly, the Chinese trade disputes have taken a big step toward outright trade war and protectionism. Few see how the trade war will affect gold yet. They will soon enough. Restricted trade flow always results in higher prices. It is always accompanied by a scramble for resources in today's context. This trade war will include a massive bidding war and staggering battles to build stockpiles of all critical commodities.

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New ETF Tracks Natural Gas

One year after the release of its ground-breaking exchange-traded security for following the crude oil market, Victoria Bay Asset Management has launched a vehicle for tracking the natural gas market.

The United States Natural Gas Fund (UNG - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr), an exchange-traded security based on natural gas, launched on the American Stock Exchange Wednesday at $50 a share.

In a written statement, the California-based asset manager said the fund isn't operated to have its net asset value perfectly track changes in the dollar price of spot natural gas or any particular futures contract. Rather, the fund expects its price to reflect the daily percentage change in the price of natural gas delivered at Henry Hub, La.

The fund has an expense ratio of 0.6%. Brokerage costs for the trading of futures contracts isn't included in the expense ratio.

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. regulators accused on Tuesday a husband and wife in Hong Kong of insider trading stemming from their purchases of Dow Jones & Co. Inc. shares prior to News Corp.'s $5 billion takeover bid.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said Kan King Wong and Charlotte Ka On Wong Leung "engaged in widespread and unlawful trading activity" that put them in a position to make an estimated $8.1 million profit on Dow Jones shares.

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TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (MARKET WIRE) -- May 10, 2007 -- Mr. David A. Bending M.Sc., P. Geo., President & CEO of Shoreham Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE: SMH) announces that the board of director's of Shoreham granted 1,600,000 stock options on May 9, 2007. The exercise price of $0.45 per share is based upon the closing price of the stock on May 9, 2007. Pursuant to the Shoreham Stock Option Plan, the options will vest over a fifteen-month period, and will expire in three years.

The grants included 925,000 options to the five directors, including 675,000 options granted to three of the directors who are also senior officers. The remaining 675,000 stock options were granted to eleven consultants.

The TSX Venture Exchange has not reviewed nor accepted responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of the contents of this news release.

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Forexmentor, a leading provider of premier forex trading course released enhanced and completely updated home study forex course for the 2007. Forexmentor has been selling the Peter Bain Video Currency System and Mentorship Program since 2001. The course has been sold in over 100 countries and has been purchased by thousands of individuals.

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Carmen Electra Attributes Slim Body To Bedroom Workout

Los Angeles, CA (BANG) - Carmen Electra knows how to keep her body looking good, while showing women how to strut their stuff and the secret to keeping men breathless in bed.

Carmen Electra keeps in shape by having sex and lapdancing.

The former "Baywatch" star - who plays a porn actress in new British film "I Want Candy" - credits her incredible body to yoga, sex and stripteases.

Carmen said in an interview with Britain's FHM magazine, "I do a lot of yoga and aerobics. Plus, you can burn a lot of calories in the bedroom too. I get a lot of guys coming up to me who have bought my striptease DVD and they thank me because their girls have learned how to give them amazing lapdances."

But despite her slim figure the model-and-actress still gorges on calorific treats.

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General Motors Corp., the world's largest automaker, plans to produce new, smaller Chevrolet cars that would compete with DaimlerChrysler AG's Smart models for younger buyers in North American cities. GM will unveil prototypes of the Trax and two other of the smaller cars April 4 at the New York International Auto Show, spokesman Michael Albano said today in an interview. The Detroit- based company hasn't decided which of the cars it will build, when they might be sold or where they would be produced. The so-called subcompacts will be about a foot shorter than the Chevrolet Aveo, which at 12.5 feet is the smallest model GM sells in North America. The Trax has a 1-liter engine, compared with the standard 1.6-liter on the Aveo. .

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Movers: Morgan Stanley reports record 70% rise in profit

NEW YORK: Morgan Stanley, the U.S. securities firm, said Wednesday that its first-quarter profit rose 70 percent to set a record thanks to trading gains and a jump in investment banking fees.

Net income climbed to $2.67 billion in the three months that ended Feb. 28 from $1.57 billion a year earlier. Profit exceeded the highest estimate of 16 analysts surveyed, and the company's stock rose the most in three years.

The chief executive, John Mack, guided Morgan Stanley to record earnings last year and first-quarter results benefited from a 35 percent increase in trading revenue, a 25 percent jump in fees from advising companies and a nearly tripled rise in investment gains. Earnings growth beat Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers and Bear Stearns.

"Extremely strong," said Bill Fitzpatrick, an analyst at Johnson Asset Management, about the best quarter at Morgan Stanley since it went public in 1986.

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Democracy vs. Growth in India

India is attempting a transformation few nations in modern history have successfully managed: liberalizing the economy within an established democratic order. It is hard to escape the impression that market interests and democratic principles are uneasily aligned in India today. The two are not inherently contradictory, but there are tensions between them that India's leaders will have to manage carefully.

Students of political economy know that market-based policies meant to increase the efficiency of the aggregate economy frequently generate short-term dislocations and resentment. In a democratic polity, this resentment often translates at the ballot box into a halt or a reversal of pro-market reforms. In the West, such tensions have remained moderate for at least three reasons: universal suffrage came to most Western democracies only after the Industrial Revolution, which meant that the poor got the right to vote only after those societies had become relatively rich; a welfare state has attended to the needs of low-income segments of the population; and the educated and the wealthy have tended to vote more than the poor.

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(NC)-All owners are required by law to insure vehicles driven on public roads. Some provinces and territories offer public insurance while others have insurance sold privately. Here are some basic items to consider when buying vehicle insurance: • Liability insurance is mandatory, and is used as financial protection against loss or injury caused to others while operating your vehicle. The minimum amount of insurance required differs across jurisdictions but keep in mind that skimping on liability insurance may cost you in the long run. Minimum liability will not cover the cost of an accident resulting in the injury of several people, for example, particularly in circumstances where litigation is an option. • Vehicle damage insurance, unlike liability insurance, may be optional. Damage insurance, however, is still recommended for the simple reason that damages to a vehicle will quickly add up in the event of an accident where you are at fault.

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OFFICE: ESV Properties purchased a 33,000-square-foot office building at 4000 Garth Road in Baytown and an adjacent 4-acre tract for future development. Christopher Winters of Colliers International represented the seller, Garth Interests. Wade Sinclair of Claire Sinclair Properties represented the buyer.

LAND: WYAK Investments purchased 3 acres at the southeast corner of Town Park and North Course in Oak Park at Westchase Business Park from MK Equity Investments. Lane Guinn of JLM Commercial Advisors represented the buyer. Andrew Lear of Westchase Management Co. represented the seller.

LAND: Marlin Atlantis White, a Texas based development and investment company, sold 420 acres south of FM 646, west of FM 3436 and north of FM 517 in Texas City to Arete Real Estate Development, a Houston based company owned by Joe Fogarty.

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Folk tales, superstitions follow the Irish

Most Americans view St. Patrick's Day as the day on which everyone is supposed to wear green or risk getting pinched.

But many people don't know what's behind the superstition and other symbols associated with the Irish such as leprechauns, shamrocks and fairies.

The luck of the Irish is legendary, as are many of the popular ways about how to either harness or scare off good fortune.

The story about the leprechaun and the pot of gold "that you eventually get cheated out of" is probably the best-known folk tale that persists in the culture, said Eddie Holland, a musician of Irish ancestry who has performed with San Patricios, a band that performs traditional Irish music, for six years.

"Another one is the existence of mystical people known as fairies and how you must try not to upset them," Holland said.

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National Lutheran Schools Week kicks off today

St. Paul's Lutheran will join schools around the country this week in a celebration of National Lutheran Schools Week, St. Paul's Principal Robert Lange said.According to Lange, the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod boasts more than 1,000 elementary schools, 1,200 preschools and about 70 high schools. St. Paul's has an enrollment of 180 students, he said."Every staff member is dedicated to the Christ-centered, quality education of each child," St. Paul's Principal Robert Lange said in a letter to The Times. "The proof of that quality education is reflected in the caliber of students that have graduated from our school over the years."Lange has been principal at St. Paul's for more than four-and-a-half years.This year's NLSW theme is Lutheran Schools are "A Great Place to Grow."Students at St. Paul's will participate in special events this week including: 2 p.m.

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Arkansas adopts SEMA custom car title legislation

We recently reported how SEMA had helped get new kit and custom car registration legislation passed in Virginia. Well, the razorbacks didn't want their Southern rivals to get too far ahead and recently passed a similar bill of their own. Arkansas made changes to their vehicle titling and registration classifications for street rods and created a new class for custom vehicles too. The bill was recently signed into law by Governor Mike Beebe after being approved by the Arkansas State Legislature. Arkansas now defines a street rod as "an altered vehicle manufactured before 1949" and a custom as "an altered vehicle at least 25 years old and manufactured after 1948." And like the Virginia law, kit cars and replicars will get tagged as being the same model year as the car they aim to replicate. So a freshly built '32 Ford would be a 1932 Ford, and a new Cobra would be a 1960's car on the books.

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Florida has the same team and unless too many players have become the "newest best friends" of the Porsche dealer, I like the Gators and their 16-point margin of victory in last year's tourney to be dancing to Elton John's Crocodile Rock all the way to Atlanta.

Maryland has a pass through to the Sweet 16.

The Leprechaun (Notre Dame) will come up "Road Kill" to Winthrop, driving in from the heart of NASCAR to romp the pedal to the metal Irish.

Wisconsin has been seeded in a great lower bracket, where they stay in the same time zone at their first two sites. In St. Louis their fans will out number the Florida fans who will be saving their money to party at the Final Four. Badger faithful, better get Ticket King on speed dial.

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Drew Storen is the top pitcher for the Brownsburg High School baseball team, which opened the season ranked No. 1 in Class 4A. The son of radio personality Mark Patrick, the 6-1 senior is headed to Stanford in the fall to play baseball. Storen went 10-1 last year with a save, striking out 114 in 71 innings. He is 22-1 in his high school career for the program that won the 4A title in 2005. .

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Mayor's letter aired; where is the other side?

Recently, WDAM-TV news aired Mayor Melvin Mack's letter foiling a deal between Jones County Board of Supervisors and the mayor to build a new Department of Human Services building in the vicinity of the old Kress building.

The Hattiesburg American excerpted the letter in the March 6, 2007, edition, justifying withdrawing from the deal, which states, in part: "... I feel that we must be attentive to our downtown merchants and support the group that committed not only their time and efforts but also considerable financial resources to the improvement of our city."

According to the March 6 edition of the Leader-Call, "... Mayor Melvin Mack said that construction of the building would conflict with the downtown revitalization efforts." Will "revitalization" develop into a "canopy?"

However, it is interesting if one thinks back when the old Kress store was bustling with business.

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Rantoul's population has continued to decline

Jerry Zachary remembers being in awe of the huge crowds that filled the Rantoul Township High School gym when he played for the Eagles in the 1950s.

"We packed the gym for every game," remembers Zachary, who's now superintendent of Ludlow grade school. "It was a great feeling playing before 1,600 people.

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British Telecom faced heavy criticism by a London Judge today (25/04/2007) for failing its customers and not responding efficiently enough when it had power to do so. In a terse judgment, BT were ordered to pay costs to Capital Fortune Mortgage Advisers and the national telecoms provider were held to be in clear breach of contract. The battle began some 10 days ago when incompetent BT engineers mistakenly cut off the award winning www.capitalfortune.com' target='_blank'>Mortgage Brokers Internet connection at its London based service centre. The action caused the loss of thousands of pounds and left homeowners across the capital unable to complete their mortgages. There were fears that BTs actions could push the Company to the brink of bankruptcy threatening legal action and costs if the London mortgage brokers did not back down.

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Payless hopes Tailwind line of shoes pushes it to victory

Payless ShoeSource Inc. has paired with a subsidiary of Nike Inc. to market a high-performance $34.99 running sneaker, a move that both companies hope will tap a lucrative market.

Under the terms of the multiyear deal, Exeter Brands Group LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Nike, will design and produce the shoes under the Tailwind collection, while Topeka-based Payless will serve as the exclusive retailer.

Marshal Cohen, chief analyst at NPD Group Inc., a Port Washington, N.Y.-based market research company, said that the Tailwind shoe will break new ground in the $3.5 billion mass-market athletic shoe industry because of the footwear's technology.

"This takes the low end to a new extreme," said Cohen, who noted that what is being offered in the high-performance athletic footwear sold at mass chains is not high-tech.

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Chinese plant rolls out first MG

Nanjing Automobile, which bought the MG brand in July 2005, has rolled out the first Chinese-built MG sports cars from its production line in the eastern city of Nanjing.

These are the MG7 saloon and the MG-TF sports car, which, Nanajing officials say would be priced between $23,300 (approximately Rs10 lakh) and $51,700.

According to reports, the models are a replica of the British version and even sport the Union flag on their bodywork. The Chinese company has retained the acronym of the popular auto brand, MG, marketing it in China as "modern gentleman".

Nanjing Auto, which had acquired the bankrupt MG Rover's models and assets for £53 million in 2005, outbidding China's biggest carmaker Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp (SAIC), built a massive new factory and installed robots and assembly lines it bought from MG Rover within six month.

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3 Questions to Ask Before Selling

Here's a mystery straight from the "odd things that investors do" vault: Why do investors continue to follow a stock's performance after they've already sold it? If price gyrations in the stock have no impact on a portfolio, why bother?

Good question. In my case, I sometimes watch a stock much more closely after it has no part in my portfolio than I did when I actually owned it.

Why? Because I want to feel good about my sell decision. I want to know that I made the right choice. A stock that tanks after I sell crowns me as a market seer, and one that shoots higher goes in the "just kick me" file.

Aside from my own delusions, though, I've learned that my post-sale paranoia is evidence that I sold a stock with more emotion than reason. If I were selling for the right reasons, I'd show much more confidence in the decision and have little need to validate the choice.

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Greetings, one and all, and welcome! Thanks much for joining me. As has been the case for about as long as I can remember, there's plenty of mail to consider. One quick thought from Your Humble Narrator (that's me) and we'll check it out. Rants, raves and random thoughts 03 12 2007 Kevin L. Green Greetings, one and all, and welcome! Thanks much for joining me. As has been the case for about as long as I can remember, there's plenty of mail to consider. One quick thought from Your Humble Narrator (that's me) and we'll check it out.

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Are these stocks in your portfolio?

Jigar Shah of KR Choksey Securities gives some of his value picks in mid and smallcap stocks that he feels could outperform the broader market over the next 6-12 months.

Jigar Shah of KR Choksey Securities picks Sundram Fasteners, 3i Infotech and Sterlite Optical among stocks

Excerpts from CNBC TV18s exclusive interview with Jigar Shah:

Q: Couple of stocks that you like, the first is Sundram Fasteners, what is the business rationale behind it?

A: Sundram Fasteners is one of the top fastener companies in the world with global presence at many locations including China and is likely to get the biggest advantage of the outsourcing of the auto components from India.

The company has taken lot of steps to basically de-risk itself and get into several other auto components as well.

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Barricade erected on Hwy 17 in Garden River, car hits it

GARDEN RIVER FIRST NATION - Sault Ste. Marie OPP and Anishinabek Police Service were called to the 300 area of Highway 17 in Garden River this morning. At about 2 a.m officers were called to that area of the highway after a report of a large number of people, possibly under the influence, on and alongside the highway. Officers discovered that a large number of teens had left a party and were congregating alongside the roadway. Two teens were charged with being intoxicated in a public place and the others were asked to make their way home. The two charged people were given transportation to their respective residences. Shortly after the officers left the area with the two drunks, the remainder of the group pulled smaller logs onto the roadway. As the group made their way down the highway they took the plywood garbage boxes at the end of driveways and also put the garbage boxes on the roadway.

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San Diego to refinance ballpark bonds

SAN DIEGO - A deal has been reached to refinance the bonds used to build downtown San Diego's ballpark that will save the city about $93 million over the next 25 years, it was announced Tuesday.The $156.6 million bond issuance with Bank of America N.A. will save the city about $3.7 million annually over the 25-year financing schedule, according to Mayor Jerry Sanders' office.

San Diego will pay back the bonds at a fixed rate of 4.8 percent, compared to the 7.5 percent previously being charged the city.

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Growing US home loan defaults could be contagious

Pretoria - The increase in home loan defaults in the US could affect the South African housing market and economy, Standard Bank warned in its latest residential property gauge yesterday. It said slower US growth might hamper local exports and commodity prices, which in turn might slow house prices through reduced economic and income growth. In addition, there may be contagion to global housing markets to the extent that investors regard residential property as a single asset class and equity prices may soften if the mortgage lenders and buyers of their securitised assets experienced a further deterioration in their earnings and loss experiences. However, the bank said in the final analysis the fallout in the US subprime mortgage loan market "as it has occurred so far" had little effect on local house prices.

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GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing - Grand Prix Of Miami Review

VICTORIOUS! Round two of the 2007 Grand Am Series, the Mexico City 400k will be remembered as the most important race in the teams history. Gurney and Fogarty scored the teams long-awaited maiden victory, bringing home the win in one of the most thrilling finishes in Grand-Am history.

OFF TO A STRONG START: Bob Stallings and his GAINSCO team have one goal in mind: they are committed to winning the 2007 Grand Am Championship. Theyre off to a strong start, since Alex Gurney shattered the Daytona track record, scoring the pole position for the 2007 Rolex 24 and he and his teammate followed that up with their first victory at Mexico City. The team jumped from 22nd to sixth in the championship point standings.

HOME RUN FOR GAINSCO: GAINSCO Auto Insurance is one of the fastest growing auto insurers in the country, and Miami is a leading market for the Dallas, Texas-based company.

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Philippine Condotel Properties being snap up by agile UK ...

"Rents which we thought we would get in two years we're getting now," said Beth Collingz, a managing director in Metro Manila of the Condotel Marketing arm of PLC Global Pinoy, the International marketing partner of Pacific Concord Properties Lancaster Brand of Condo Hotels in the Philippines.

Collingz expects rental income to rise 15 percent in the coming 12 months after gains of as much as 30 percent since January 2006, when Pacific Concord Properties Inc are set to launch Condo Hotel operations of their flagship Lancaster Suites located in the Ortigas business district in Metro Manila.

UK Private equity units of banks and investment clubs, driven in part by the current strength of the Pound Sterling in international trading, are being attracted by returns in the Philippines as much as double those in the United States and Europe, are purchasing significant blocks of real estate for investment trusts for Asian commercial property.

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AMB Generali, BMW, Deutsche Boerse, Thiel: German Stock Preview

March 14 (Bloomberg) -- The following stocks may rise or fall in German markets today. Stock symbols are in parentheses after the company names and prices are from the Xetra close today unless otherwise stated.

DAX futures expiring in March tumbled 103.50, or 1.6 percent, 6527.50 as of 8:17 a.m. in Frankfurt. The DAX declined 91.5, or 1.4 percent, to 6623.99 on the Xetra electronic-trading system yesterday.

AMB Generali Holding AG (AMB2 GY): Germany's fourth-biggest insurer will present fourth-quarter and 2006 earnings. Chief Executive Officer Walter Thiessen said in a Feb. 6 newspaper interview that premium income rose 4.7 percent last year. The shares lost 22 cents, or 0.2 percent, to 113.51 euros.

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW GY): The world's largest maker of luxury cars will release its 2006 annual report.

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Car buying not on the agenda (for some)?

Latest findings from the Sainsbury's Bank Car Buying Index, which tracks (on a six-monthly basis) the number of people planning to purchase a car, indicates a decrease in those planning to buy a car. The research suggests that 7.65 million people intend buying a car between March 2007 and August 2007, a decrease of 430,000 people from the previous index, which covered the period September 2006 to February 2007. Expectations are that 53.2 billion will be spent on purchasing cars within the next six months, 16.2 billion less than the previous six months stated in the previous index.

Steven Baillie, loans manager, Sainsbury's Bank, makes the point that for the first time in two years there has been a fall in the total anticipated spend on new cars. He adds that over the past four years, since the bank started the car buying index, there have been occasional dips in planned spend on cars, but this fall by 16.2 billion represents by far the biggest drop witnessed to date.

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If you're bewildered by racks of athletic shoes lining store walls, it's not surprising. But the right shoe is a must for those training for marathons or playing a sport, running or just walking for exercise.

"If you have a shoe that fits improperly or is worn out, you put yourself at risk for fatigue-type injuries," says Dr. Michael Shea, orthopedic surgeon at Indiana Orthopaedic Hospital.

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NSE index, capitalisation drop by 0.8%

The performance indicators of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), the All-share index and market capitalisation, both dropped, last week, by 0.8 per cent each. The index, which opened at 47,422.51 points, closed at 47,059.63 points, while market capitalisation closed at 6.73 trillion from N6.6.79 trillion at which it opened the week.

Okomu Oil Palm Plc recorded the highest share price loss for the week under review, dropping by N16.97 to close at N35.28 per share from N52.25 per share at which it opened, followed by Total Nigeria Plc with a loss of N12.97 to close at N171.00 per share and Chevron Oil Nigeria Plc depreciated by N11.40 to close at N159.60 per share.

Other share price losers include: Guinness Nigeria Plc N6.99, Cappa & D'Alberto Plc N4.08, Cement Company of Northern Nigeria Plc N3.96, Cadbury Nigeria Plc N3.80, GT Bank Plc N3.61, Ecobank Transnational Incorporated N3.00, May & Baker Nigeria Plc N3.00 among others.

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Yen Falls Versus Euro, Dollar on Increased Appetite for Risk

March 15 (Bloomberg) -- The yen fell against the euro and the dollar on speculation investors resumed borrowing in the Japanese currency to invest in higher-yielding countries.

The yen dropped against all of the 16 most active currencies including the Australian and New Zealand dollars on expectations investors will resume what is known as the carry trade. U.S. stocks advanced for a second straight day.

``Equities are the leading indicator of investors' risk appetite right now and their willingness to re-establish the carry trade,'' said C.J. Gavsie, managing director for foreign- exchange trading in Toronto at BMO Capital Markets.

The yen fell 0.53 percent to 155.64 per euro and dropped 0.40 percent to 117.56 per dollar at 4:49 p.m. in New York.

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KU's Collins escapes Chicago's mean streets

CHICAGO | Some say Sherron Collins' neighborhood is getting safer, but a few weeks ago, on North Leavitt Street, a girl was stabbed in the temple with a scalpel.

Happened just down the sidewalk from the Chicago Boys and Girls Club, where tonight members of the Kings and Deuces linger on the porch, smoking cigarettes while rehashing the gang fight that erupted a short time ago in the gymnasium.

"You missed it by 10 minutes," says program coordinator Nick Sanchez, still somewhat out of breath from breaking up the fracas. "This one was pretty bad."

A block away, on the corner of Damen and Diversey, a middle-aged man paces back and forth, almost to a cadence, never taking more than three steps before reversing his course. He's babbling to himself and flailing his arms in unpredictable directions, a sign that he may be on crack.

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Catch 22 dilemma for hybrid cars: aggressive price vs high volume

LONDON: Battery makers and suppliers of other key parts for hybrid, energy-saving vehicles have one overriding question: when will the market be big enough to justify their costs?
A hybrid vehicle, which combines an internal combustion engine and an electric motor powered by batteries that can recapture energy normally lost, costs $4,500 to $6,000 more to build than a conventional vehicle, a recent report by the Sanford C Bernstein investment management firm said.
The upfront cost and load capacity are the main challenges for hybrids due to the expensive electrical motor and battery.
"It is a chicken-and-egg problem – the car makers say to us we want an aggressive price from the beginning and we say to them we can give them an aggressive price when we have the volume," Franck Cecchi, chief operation officer of battery maker Johnson Controls-Saft, said.

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Mr Mohammed was arrested in Pakistan in 2003 and spent time in secret CIA prisons before being moved with 13 others to a maximum security compound at Guantnamo Bay last year.

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Patent leather jacket is back to add oomph to an outfit. You can wear them over a dress, jeans, capris.

Wide belts worn at the waist made of washed silks and patent leather can bring a 'get up and go' look in you.

Gone are the days when handbags had larded studs, embroidery and accents.

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Cashback is a sweet, melancholy comedy for rueful romantics that should have landed here to honour St. Valentine. But we'll happily take it in the name of St. Patrick.

This expanded feature-length version of the 2006 Oscar-nominated short film by hugely talented young British writer-director Sean Ellis deals with the unhappy consequences of being dumped by a girlfriend.

The question asked is, What is love, anyway? And while we're at it, What is beauty? As formulated by shoe-gazing art student Ben Willis (appealing Sean Biggerstaff, the Quidditch captain in the first two Harry Potter films), there is no easy answer.

Ben is in pain. One day he's thick as thieves with Suzy (Michelle Ryan). The next, she's ditched him for a bigger man on campus. Because he's a sensitive artist, he takes the news like a shaft to the heart. Buy-in-Home.

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