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4 people dead in Milwaukee shooting; no arrests (Baltimore Sun)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:31:00 GMT

... said.She and other family members stopped by the scene Friday morning. They placed balloons and teddy bears where their friends were shot. They hugged one another and sobbed as residents on porches watched in silence."Why? Why they take her?" Peeler yelled through sobs that could be heard down the street.Peeler described her sister as someone who loved to laugh and crack jokes."I guess she...

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French youngsters donate toys to uprooted children in Liberia (UNHCR)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:58:31 GMT

... which will be distributed to community centres and schools by UNHCR staff in Liberia, included teddy bears, dolls, cars and board games, but nothing that needed batteries. "I hope they will love it because it is one of my favourites," said a 10-year-old girl, who donated one of her dolls. Others gave away once beloved toys that they had grown out of.The Aviation Sans Frontières flight with...

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Stuff You Need to Know, Thursday, July 3rd, 2008 (Needcoffee.com)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:50:49 GMT

... they were told it was rubbish on an episode of Antiques Roadshow in 2005. Steiff , the German teddy bear maker who makes high-end teddy bears that are about as snuggly as steel wool, has decided to bring its factories home . This after Chinese factories simply can't make the bears of sufficient quality. Of course, all of the quality workers have been drafted--I...

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Armed and dangerous (Screen Play)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:12:16 GMT

... items to construct a rocket launcher that can fire absolutely anything you can shove into it, from teddy bears to bricks. As you progress through the game you can also get a power-suit and a mini-gun, transforming yourself into a walking tank. Naturally, there will be plenty of players who prefer to focus on stealth rather than run-and-gun. One of the many benefits of being good at stealth...

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Tea Cakes and Tiaras serves princess parties (Arizona Republic)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:11:12 GMT

... Parties). Cockett offers a variety of themed parties for girls ages 4-11, including Tea Cakes and Teddy Bears, a Girl Scout Tea Party and a Royal Hawaiian Luau. Prices range from about $100 to $350 per party. Cockett said parties may be held at her home, the client's home, or set up at a rented venue. Each party is hosted by one or two young adult princesses who dress in different...

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Larry's Totally Inappropriate Pressie - AhlanLive.com (Lingerie Planet)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:50:27 GMT

AhlanLive.com Larry's Totally Inappropriate Pressie AhlanLive.com, United Arab Emirates - 21 minutes ago One minute they're all into teddy bears and dollies, and the next it's all Playboy photoshoot lingerie . The cheeky nippers! ...

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Famous German teddy bear firm to quit China (Reuters)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:03:33 GMT

BERLIN (Reuters) - Steiff, the firm that has made teddy bears for over a century, said on Wednesday it planned to move production back from China to Germany because poor standards there left some of its stuffed toys in a sorry state.

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Cool book alert: 'Creepy Cute Crochet' (Pop Candy)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:06:55 GMT

Cool book alert: 'Creepy Cute Crochet'A funny book landed on my desk the other day, and it might make a good gift for the crafty person in your life. (Quirk, $14.95) provides easy instructions for how to make offbeat critters out of yarn and thread. Simply put, you won't find any teddy bears or butterflies here. What will you find? Zombies, skeletons, ninjas, vampires, robots, Medusa ... you...

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Famous German teddy bear firm to quit production in China (USA Today)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:52:04 GMT

Steiff, the firm that has made teddy bears for over a century, said Wednesday it planned to move production back from China to ...

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Lebanon restaurant makes meal out of war (Alarabiya.net)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:00:00 GMT

... just an idea I had, nothing more, nothing less. I could have put toys in place of the sandbags and teddy bears instead of guns. But it was just an idea," Hammoud told Reuters. "You could say that the situation in the country made people pay attention," added Hammoud, sitting outside his restaurant, which has become popular with teenagers. Guns, bullets and pictures of other weapons decorate...

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Beirut restaurant makes meal out of war (ABS CBN)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:02:39 GMT

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RAPPEL ROMEO BUSTED (New York Post)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:24:33 GMT

... the complaint states. Unabashed, he allegedly kept showering the woman with gushy cards, cuddly teddy bears, flowers and other gifts. But the final straw for his uninterested love interest came on the evening of May 15, when she discovered that her bathroom window was broken - and that someone had been inside her apartment, court papers show. Earlier in the day, she told authorities, she...

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Toddler Bethany Wood run over yards from home (Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk )

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 03:33:00 GMT

Toddler Bethany Wood run over yards from home by Richard Down, Liverpool Daily Post 1 Bethany WoodA TODDLER described as a “beautiful princess” was run over and killed yards from her mother in a tight-knit Wirral cul-de-sac yesterday.Tributes, flowers and teddy bears laid down by neighbours mark the spot on Wilkes Avenue where Bethany Wood was run over.The bubbly two-year-old was playing with...

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Record breakers bear up in the rain (This is Guernsey)

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:30:16 GMT

A WORLD record has been smashed by 1,714 islanders and their teddy bears.

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Teddy bears' picnic has cultural theme (Bristol Evening Post)

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 06:43:48 GMT

Pupils from Fairfield School in Backwell enjoyed a teddy bears' picnic to mark the end of their creative arts week, which had an Asian theme.

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Will 'Love Story 2050' be Bollywood's special effects coup? (India eNews: Top Headlines)

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 14:30:04 GMT

By Priyanka Khanna. Delhi, India, 08:30 PM ISTHindi filmdom's most ambitious futuristic sci-fic - "Love Story 2050" - seems set to up the standards of special effects in the country, with a reported budget of Rs.500 million propping it.Transformation of into a super-futuristic metropolis, modelled on Shanghai, robot, teddy bears and an energy-blasting fight scene are some of the visual...

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It's sink-or-swim time for Amanda Beard (LA Times)

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:25:00 GMT

OMAHA -- The path from teddy bears and owner of a pet menagerie to the cover of Playboy and a most-interesting swimming lesson -- teaching one of Hugh Hefner's girlfriends at the Playboy Mansion -- has zigzagged through 12 years and three Olympics.Will it twist through a fourth, all the way to Beijing?Amanda Beard, the self-described "naive and very oblivious" teen of 1996 and now a business-savvy...

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Beyond the Phone: June 2008 (The Law of Mobility)

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 21:11:17 GMT

Converging products into a cellphone is one way that mobility is getting built into every product, but it’s not the only way. Every month, I’ll focus on devices that are integrating the power of mobility into products themselves in ways that create new value for the customer. Power up! Jukeboxes Teddy bears Fingerprint scanners Chryslers Hunting dog collars Cars —————- Now playing: Derek [...]...

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Konepan Bread Maker Turns Your Loaves into Bunnies [Kids] (Gizmodo)

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 20:00:00 GMT

Going one better than the Jesus model (the original, not Giz's resident LEGO freak and sexy boy Diaz) is the Konepan, a from japanese toy manufacturer Megahouse. The kitchen gizmo, aimed at kids and recently-retired Giz writers, can turn your dough into 14 different shapes, most of them crazy, all of them fabulous. Teddy bears, elephants, hemmorhoids a bunch of grapes, snails, and what looks...

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Machine Makes Teddy-Bear-Shaped Pastries (TOKYOMANGO)

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 06:05:22 GMT

MegaHouse has this new toy called the Konepan that helps you make bread in all kinds of cute shapes—teddy bears, bunny rabbits, a bunch of grapes, a checkered heart. It's amazing. All you have to do is mix the dough...

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