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QUIET VILLAGE - Silent Movie Review - 81% (The Sky Report)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:00:00 GMT

The duo that comprise Quiet Village are Joel Martin and Matt Edwards, the latter of which is also known in the dance world as Radio Slave. The pair met while attending Sir Dunstan’s College in South East London back in the early 90’s. One night Joel and Matt shared a car, en route to a drum ‘n’ bass club, and got to talking about music–particularly house and disco–and their mutual love of record shopping....

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Breaking: Jesse Helms Is Dead (Bostonist)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:50:20 GMT

Jesse Helms, the much-maligned conservative senator from North Carolina, died today of natural causes. He's been called racist, divisive, and anti-democratic in the past, but today, another former GOP rep from NC deemed him "a patriot in the mold of those great men" (Thomas Jefferson and John Adams), while White House spokesman Scott Stanzel called Helms "a great public servant and true patriot."...

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Canes add AHL depth (NewsObserver.com)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:41:34 GMT

Helminen spent last year in Finland after playing three seasons for the Rangers' AHL affiliate in Hartford. He also played in the ECHL with Charlotte. Helminen will make $475,000 in the NHL and $100,000 in the AHL.

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West Valley native signs with CHL team (Deseret Morning News)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 06:19:41 GMT

According to the Central Hockey League, the Oklahoma City Blazers have signed West Valley City native and former Utah Grizzlies (ECHL) forward D.J. Jelitto for a second season.

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Coyotes sign 4 minor-league players (Arizona Republic)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:11:58 GMT

Al Montoya, David Spina, Derek Nesbitt and Drew Fata all signed contracts.

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McCain promotes free trade on visit to Colombia (Alertnet)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:02:43 GMT

Source: Reuters (Adds McCain was told hostage rescue bid was planned) By Jeff Mason CARTAGENA, Colombia, July 2 (Reuters) - U.S. Republican presidential candidate John McCain promoted free trade on Wednesday on a ...

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John Adams Wants You to Take Today Off From Work (DawgSports)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:40:04 GMT

The Second Day of July 1776, will be the most memorable Epocha, in the History of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated, by succeeding Generations, as the great anniversary Festival. It ought to be commemorated, as the Day of Deliverance by solemn Acts of Devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with Pomp and Parade, with Shews, Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and...

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Utah Grizzlies make offers to 8 for next season (Deseret Morning News)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 06:18:38 GMT

Forwards Ryan Kinasewich and Travis Rycroft and goaltender Nathan Lawson head a list of eight members of the 2007-08 Utah Grizzlies ECHL hockey team who have received qualifying offers from the Grizzlies toward next season.

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Obama The New Paul Revere/John Adams and Jefferson! (Middle East and Other Musings)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:55:00 GMT

Another day in Jerusalem living side by side with deranged Arabs. (See 1 below.) Zvi Bar'el suggests Iran can rattle saber but if Israel does it could backfire. (See 2 below.) Palestinians have negative view of peace prospects but few see their own connection as to why. (See 3 below.) Iran takes a page from N Korea's play book. (See 4 below.) The evidence noose grows tighter around Olmert's neck but...

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McCain in Colombia to discuss trade, drugs, rights (Alertnet)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:42:37 GMT

Source: Reuters (Updates with quotes, background) By Jeff Mason CARTAGENA, Colombia, July 1 (Reuters) - U.S. Republican presidential candidate John McCain arrived in Colombia on Tuesday for talks on trade, drugs ...

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McCain focuses on trade in Colombia, Mexico trip (Alertnet)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:50:12 GMT

Source: Reuters By Jeff Mason PHILADELPHIA, July 1 (Reuters) - Trade, drugs and immigration will top the agenda of U.S. Republican presidential candidate John McCain during a visit to Colombia and Mexico this week ...

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Comic Book Page Podcast (adistantsoil.com)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 02:19:02 GMT

John Mayo and Bob Bretall discuss Superman/Batman #49 by DC, Wolverine #66 by Marvel and Pilot Season: Genius #1 by Image, and Jeff Smith’s Rasl. Comic Book Page Podcast online free here.

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Applause for Alsop's first season (Baltimore Sun)

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Critical Eye Earlier this month in Denver, a hearty ovation greeted the dynamic cast after a performance of Opera Colorado's visually and musically potent production of Nixon in China , the minimalist masterpiece by John Adams. But, had an applause meter been in place during the curtain calls, it would have registered the biggest surge of clapping and cheering for the last person to walk onstage, someone...

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Profiles in Republican Courage (Welcome to Pottersville)

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:39:00 GMT

Mike Erickson Edition . Cenk Uygur of the Young Turks has the lowdown on this Republican low life pro-lifer who paid for an abortion. What a guy.

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Defenseman Scott returns to team after spending last season in France (Bakersfield.com Sports)

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 06:09:00 GMT

After a year of playing hockey in Europe, defenseman Tyler Scott said returning to the Bakersfield Condors was an easy decision.

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Shaq loses another badge for raunchy Kobe rap (San Fransisco Chronicle)

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:38:56 GMT

Shaquille O'Neal's raunchy rap in which he mocked former teammate Kobe Bryant is costing him another of his lawman badges. Bedford County Sheriff Mike Brown said Wednesday that he has asked the Phoenix Suns center to return a badge he was given for his work...

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Grizzlies: Grizz to host NHL preseason game (Salt Lake Tribune)

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 09:20:32 GMT

The Utah Grizzlies and the E Center of West Valley City will host a preseason game between the NHL's Los Angeles Kings and San Jose Sharks on Sunday, Oct.

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Choice for me, etc. (Unrepentant Old Hippie) (Progressive Bloggers)

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 06:01:00 GMT

Meet Oregon Republican congressional candidate Mike Erickson. A solid, hard-right conservative "pro-life" kinda guy with all the right stuff for the GOP, and... uh... a little further down his Wiki Page:Whoops! Speaking of wickies... oh, the humanity! Or should that be "the hypocrisy"?:"An Oregon City woman who dated congressional candidate Mike Erickson seven years ago said she asked him directly...

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Alltel tried to buy Sprint, T-Mobile and AT&T as a public company (Gadgets News)

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 01:42:38 GMT

by Darren Murph , posted Jun 24th 2008 at 10:36AM Unless you've been camped out under a Rhode Island-sized boulder for the past few weeks, you know that Verizon has announced its intentions to acquire Alltel. During a recent interview with CEO Scott Ford, Talk Business host Roby Brock was able to get a few talking points out of the exec that didn't involve the most recent transaction. More specifically,...

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An Update on All Things Peguins (Penshockey)

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:09:00 GMT

The Penguins have made qualifying offers to the followin RFAs: Mark Ardelan, Paul Bissonnette, Tim Brent, Patrick Ehelechner, Daniel Fernholm, Jonathan Filewich, and Ryan Stone. Rumors: In addition to the Pens, Ottawa and Toronto have interest in Gary Roberts. Brian Campbell is said to be narrowing his list of possible teams and the Peguins are still very much in this. Marian Hossa will likely sign...

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