syesha mercado finding her voice on tour bradentons homegrown american idol syesha mercado has been singing her heart out on the american idols live tour for the past two months. today mercado will find herself in familiar surroundings as the tour featuring the top 10 contestants from the seventh season of american idol pulls into the st. pete times forum in tampa to put on a show for the fans...
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yesterday we brought you the disturbing news that hipster artist jim powderly had been detained by red chinese authorities. now we know why. also that powderly invented throwies. yesterday powderly and his minions unfurled an ledlit banner in olympic park. the lights stayed on for about 20 seconds before police rounded up jim and his five citizen journalist helpers. even jims haters and one email...
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the daily news and the post today both led with goofy excitable front page stories on michael bloombergs threat to cover our bridges and skyscrapers with hideous powergenerating windmills both front pages windy city. both mention that bloomberg dined with millionaire windpower enthusiast t. boone pickens. page six also reports on how rudy giuliani ignored the advice of pickens a leading advocate f...
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2 chinese sentenced to labour camp for protest request during olympics beijing two chinese women in their 70s who applied to hold a protest during the olympic games were ordered to spend a year in a labour camp a relative said wednesday as more foreign activists were detained.......
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153 killed in madrid airport crash roundtheworld helicopter pilots break record jumbo jets become increasingly rare fewer americans traveling to canada eh northwest rejects antinuclear ad as inappropriate quakeravaged chinese province to invest billions to restore tourism 153 killed in madrid airport crash msnbc a spanish jet taking off from madrids barajas airport crashed wednesday morning kil...
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people are still dissecting saturdays game and its not looking good for jason david. id probably boo myself too hea said though fans are also asking he be cut. people are already starting to say that the saints offseason acquisitions have yet to prove their worth even though shockey is still looking to play in his first game and the team just signed former pro bowl safety lance shulters. meanwhil...
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rogers is launching the new highspeed blackberry bold smartphone this thursday. the bold is primarily aimed at global business users and rogers has the only network in canada capable of running this smartphone. rim has described the blackberry bold as a highperformance smartphone designed for professionals who want an elegant device. no pricing details have been announced yet but the bold is exp...
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... at business users. rim is expected to unveil its answer to the iphone later this year.......
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visitors evacuate florida keys as fay nears grand canyon floods breach dam force evacuations china kicked out undesireable expats before games faa seeks payment of 10.2 million southwest fine empty seats at chinas sellout olympics visitors evacuate florida keys as fay nears canadian press as many as 25000 vacationers started leaving the florida keys sunday morning after officials ordered an evac...
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well this is an odd story. sadly it is far from uncommon for secret or apparently not so secret docs to be found by passersby. back in april 06 hydro quebec security plans and passwords were found on a subway platform. to say nothing of the foreign affairs minister who left classified docs at his exgirlfriends apartment. this time it was a document that detailed how to environment canada computer...
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filed under astros cubs diamondbacks marlins padres phillieson deck is fanhouses look at the days most intriguing baseball matchups.philadelphia phillies 6558 at san diego padres 4875 805 pm etpremature to say that this game against the downtrodden san diego padres is a must game for the phillies definitely. and just because the mets are on an upswing against league dregs like washington and pitts...
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monsters and critics.com hannah montana miley cyrus best of both worlds concert 2disc ultimate disney 40 minutes agoat least thats true of the old red blue glasses anaglyph 3d format thats utilized on disc 2 of this dvd. you occasionally get an illusion of depth hannah montana and miley cyrus best of both worlds concert cinema blendnew dvd releases hannah montana and miley cyrus prom night ...
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via the canadian press hes accepted an assistant coaching position with the queens university hockey team. even though mccauley has long been regarded as one of the most thoughtful players in the nhl he never really envisioned himself following so many others into the coaching ranks. that began to change in recent months as he began to realize that his surgically repaired left knee would never all...
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cathy and i drove up to toronto thursday afternoon and after a horrible experience with downtown traffic due largely to of all things a buffalo bills game a block from our hotel we finally got settled in and walked up to volo for a restorative session. i had two pints of the durham xxx on cask quite nice a bit of alefruit mostly malt and a pint of grand river mill race mild very tasty with a go...
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a regular reader and commenter dropped me an email to point out that i hadnt written anything about this storynortel acquires pingtels business to extend unified communicationscapabilities pingtel advanced software adds new offerings quickly to nortel portfoliotoronto ontario aug 13 2008 market wire via comtex nortel today announced its acquisition of pingtel corp.s business. u.s.base...
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whew never do the friday freakout first. anyway just in time for your weekend heres a roundup of alarmingist news from the worlds of babyrelated science health and safety not sure why this is news now since the scientifically baseless ban was put in place in 2005 and there are still about 500 samples left but americas sperm banks are running out of ohsodesirable imported scandinavian sperm. ameri...
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friggin habanero poppers hollis thomas is out for two months but he could miss the entire season.a thomas said it was just one of those freak things that happen but timing couldnt have been worse since the saints have five other guys at his position. reggie bush is going to be sitting for a bit too and the debate continues about him and mario williams though the texans feel theyre turning a corner...
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police authorities in alberta canada used mitochondrial dna test to identify a man who had been missing since 17 years ago. normal dna testing methods are difficult to identify a person from his body remains. heres why at the end of all that process the dna remaining inside the bone samples themselves is in very poor shape and it makes it very difficult to retrieve any dna out of it she said. beca...
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one is dark the other golden. one falls from the sky the other knifes through water. one is brought to you from a hollywood studio. the other by way of a newcomer on the world pop culture stage the chinese politburo. but perhaps in a way the differences stop there. because the world cant get enough of them. these two masked hightech superheroes of summer. and neither can the organizations ...
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jason castro of rockwall wont be on his home turf until aug. 25 for the poptarts american idol live tour 2008 stop at the american airlines center. nonetheless hes getting attention on the road first stopping in at a canadian recording studio to record for a movie track. and now hes back in a tabloid this time with pictures of jason and a female companion reportedly buying engagement rings. is thi...
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idol model tryouts make perfect storm get off the streets what is expected to be the largest cattle call new york has ever seen kicks off this weekend. american idol and americas next top model are looking for new contestants starting saturday antm and sunday ai. the threeday affair begins with a preregistration sunday and monday when lines are expected to form early outside the meadowlands izo...
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the canadian press reports on the how japaneselatin americans who were interned in the united states during world war ii are now seeking redress from the u.s. government. the article focuses on augusto kague who was 12 when his family was forced out of their home in peru in 1942 and imprisoned in america. kague is seeking a settlement equal to what the united states paid former japaneseamerican i...
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it looks like byron leftwich not only is going to be a good fit for the steelers but he also will likely play thursday. from tcp byron leftwich waited nine months to get back on the practice field. now that hes done that his first nfl action is likely only days away. signed by the pittsburgh steelers on sunday the quarterback brought in to replace injured backup charlie batch impressed during his ...
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the cancellation of promart and trade routes two programs to send canadian artists abroad this week is truly disheartening if not surprising. the governments excuse of reining in funding of lefty or vulgar artists reminds me of late80s us attacks on the neh and the nea except that in attacking andres serranos stunningly beautiful piss christ and robert mapplethorpes erotic photographs republican ...
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