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Google Books Starts To Make the Virtual Bookshelf a Reality
Blogcritics.org, OH - 10 hours agoBack at the start of the 19th century, books were expensive, precious objects, beyond the pocket of all but the rich or the truly devoted; the latter might ...
Source: blogcritics.org

Police close books on senior center fundraiser
Livingston Daily, MI - 16 hours agoBy Jim Totten. Questions raised about a Brighton Senior Center fundraiser held at the home of Brighton City Council member John Tunis ...
Source: www.dailypressandargus.com

Books & Authors III Feature Package
Yahoo! News (press release) - 19 hours agoThe following feature package is a roundup of feature stories dealing with books and authors and is appropriate for special sections and for general use. ...
Source: biz.yahoo.com

Accessing books, bytes
Chattanooga Times Free Press,  USA - 14 minutes ago... Some libraries are going overboard, getting rid of books, said Neal Coulter, a retired University of Tennessee at Chattanooga librarian. ...
Source: www.tfponline.com

Download and print classic books
Mumbai Mirror, India - 8 hours ago... literary works available for free download in printable format on Wednesday as part of its controversial quest to make the world s books available online. ...
Source: www.mumbaimirror.com

State comptroller to audit Olean s books
Olean Times Herald, NY - 6 hours agoBy JOHN T. EBERTH, The Times Herald. OLEAN The state comptroller will audit the city of Olean s financial books beginning in September. ...
Source: www.zwire.com

Big-Ticket Texts College textbook costs triple over last 20 years
MyWebTimes.com, IL - 11 hours agoKallman, a political science major from Moline, has already taken many of her core courses that require some of the costliest books. ...
Source: mywebtimes.com

Northwest Florida Daily News, Fort Walton Beach, Family Briefs Column 
By Northwest Florida Daily News, Fort Walton Beach Aug. 27--Cover Miss, Boy event set for today MARY ESTHER -- America's Cover Miss and Cover Boy baby contest and model search happens at Santa Rosa Mall on today.
Source: www.redorbit.com

Aero-News Alert: Comair CRJ Down On Takeoff From KLEX 
One Survivor Reported Among 50 Persons Onboard ANN REALTIME Update 08.27.06 1430 EDT: At least one news service reports sources have confirmed the pilot of Comair Flight 5191 took off at 6 am this morning from the wrong runway at Blue Grass Airport in Kentucky, using the 3,500-foot runway 26 instead of the much-longer runway 22 typically used for commercial operations at that airport.
Source: www.aero-news.net

Fox News journalists released in Gaza 
Two Fox News journalists released in Gaza City yesterday after being missing for almost two weeks said their kidnappers had forced them at gunpoint to say in a video that they had converted to Islam.
Source: www.ft.com

Fox News scribes freed 
Two Fox News journalists were released on Sunday, nearly two weeks after being seized by militants. The release ended the longest-running drama involving foreign hostages in the Gaza Strip.
Source: www.ndtv.com

DGAP-News: MME Moviement AG 
Corporate News bermittelt durch die DGAP - ein Unternehmen der EquityStory AG. F r den Inhalt der Mitteilung ist der Emittent verantwortlich. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Source: www.welt.de

News 9 vet joins Sawchuk Brown to solidify media relations unit 
Almost eight months after leaving Capital News 9, Megan Baker has settled into a new job, at Sawchuk Brown Associates.
Source: www.bizjournals.com

RCF Voices Relief at Release of Fox News Journalists, Condemns Israeli Air Strike on Reuters Vehicle in Gaza 
PARIS, August 27, 2006 (WAFA)- Reporters Without Borders (RSF) voiced relief at the release today of Fox News journalists Steve Centanni and Olaf Wiig in Gaza City after nearly two weeks in captivity but condemned an Israeli missile attack on a clearly-identified Reuters press vehicle in Gaza that seriously injured a local news website journalist.
Source: english.wafa.ps

39 leaders of violent Florida gang arrested in raid
Seattle Times, United States - Aug 22, 2006... enforcement officers raided a high-level meeting at a rented club and arrested every known leader of the violent Latin Kings gang in Florida, authorities said ...
Source: seattletimes.nwsource.com

Florida schools employ Johnson Controls technology to stop sex ...
WTN News, WI - 7 hours ago... Controls said the system will come online next month, utilizing digital identification checkpoints in 250 Broward County Public Schools in Florida to help the ...
Source: wistechnology.com

Survey will help identify issues facing community
Gulf Breeze News,  USA - 7 hours ago... As always, I consider it a pleasure to serve you, and the people of our district. I also encourage you to visit the websites of your Florida Legislature. ...
Source: www.gulfbreezenews.com

More Than Half of Orlando Airport Screeners Let Dangerous Items ...
FOX News - 11 hours agoORLANDO, Florida More than half the federal security force at Orlando International Airport failed a test in June to measure how well the officers detect ...
Source: www.foxnews.com

Florida Wildlife Officials Search For Those With Illegal Gill Nets
First Coast News, FL - 13 hours agoTEN THOUSAND ISLANDS, FL (AP) -- State wildlife officials are looking for those who hid two illegal gill nets in the Ten Thousand Islands between Marco Island ...
Source: www.firstcoastnews.com

Letters:TaxWatch's review simplistic; county budget keeping pace
Palm Beach Post,  United States - 36 minutes ago... I didn't have a problem with the Economic Council's Florida TaxWatch review because I was curious what it would say. I'm disappointed. ...
Source: www.palmbeachpost.com

Mercedes Hanabergh, Latin Community Development Officer at Eastern ...
Hispanic PR Wire (press release), FL - 6 hours agoMiramar, FL--(HISPANIC PR WIRE)--August 23, 2006--Mercedes Hanabergh, Latin Community Development Officer for Eastern Financial Florida Credit Union, was named ...
Source: www.hispanicprwire.com

UF introduces three new peanuts: Florida-07, York and McCloud
University of Florida, Florida - 13 hours agoGAINESVILLE, Fla. University of Florida researchers are releasing three new peanut varieties - two of them named for former university administrators ...
Source: news.ufl.edu

Small Litigation Shops Produce Big Results
New York Law Journal, NY - 4 hours ago... Feldman Gale exemplifies an aggressive group of small litigation boutiques in south Florida focusing on a particular type of practice, such as commercial ...
Source: www.law.com

New tours based on books, movies finding a niche
Record-Searchlight (subscription), CA - 10 hours ago... A "laser weaponry" tournament, a space mission and an alien soiree. Sounds like the stuff of books and movies. Beyond Boundaries ...
Source: www.redding.com

Love of books critical
Brisbane Courier Mail,  Australia - Aug 20, 2006SUZANNAH Ward's going to have loads of fun over the next few weeks picking out the books she's been keen to read but hasn't had access to. ...
Source: www.news.com.au

Tiger primed to attack major record-books
Scotsman, United Kingdom - Aug 21, 2006WHETHER he will ever supplant Muhammad Ali as the most revered American sportsman who ever lived is a debate for another day, but Tiger Woods took another step ...
Source: sport.scotsman.com

Books: The New Premium
MarketingProfs.com (subscription), CA - 13 hours ago... The solution is simple and effective good old-fashioned books. Books that are high in valuable content and actionable information ...
Source: www.marketingprofs.com

The Books Google Could Open
Washington Post, United States - Aug 21, 2006By Richard Ekman. The nation's colleges and universities should support Google's controversial project to digitize great libraries and offer books online. ...
Source: www.washingtonpost.com

Dolphins-Panthers: Books expect more line moves
Covers, Canada - 6 hours agoWhen a line moves in the NFL preseason, bettors can be sure it will move hard and fast. The line for Thursday s preseason tilt ...
Source: www.covers.com

Cambridge displays books in HCMC
Saigon Times Daily, Vietnam - Aug 21, 2006... Some 2,000 copies of 500 book titles of Cambridge University Press are being displayed at a week-long exhibition of Cambridge University Press books that began ...
Source: www.saigontimes.com.vn

Students Find Their Summer All Booked Up
Los Angeles Times, CA - Aug 21, 2006... Oh, and there are books to be read all enumerated on the summer reading lists of schools throughout the area. "The Catcher in the Rye" is a favorite. ...
Source: www.latimes.com

Weaver enters record books as Angels win
San Jose Mercury News,  USA - Aug 19, 2006ANAHEIM, Calif. - After joining Whitey Ford as the only AL rookies to win their first nine decisions as a starter, Jered Weaver ...
Source: www.mercurynews.com

Poll Slide Continues for Big 3
International News Service, Australia - 12 hours agoAug. 19--Florida coach Urban Meyer says he doesn't care about polls, but it would be almost impossible for Meyer not to pay attention to The Associated Press ...
Source: feed.insnews.org

Somali Islamists call national forum in new threat to government 
An Islamic militiaman poses while on patrol in Somalia's capital Mogadishu in July 2006. Somalia's newly dominant Islamist movement announced it would organize a national forum to chart the lawless country's future, further bypassing the weak government it threatens.
Source: www.todayonline.com

Japan's Notes Advance Amid Speculation Rates to Stay Unchanged 
Aug. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Japan's five-year government notes gained on expectations signs of slowing economic growth in the U.S. will reduce pressure on the Bank of Japan to raise interest rates.
Source: www.bloomberg.com

Doc director says Tanzanian government threatening his sources 
A documentary filmmaker says the Tanzanian government is harassing and arresting people who took part in his film, Darwin's Nightmare.
Source: www.cbc.ca

Somali Islamists call national forum in new threat to government 
Somalia's newly dominant Islamist movement announced it would organize a national forum to chart the lawless country's future, further bypassing the weak government it threatens.
Source: news.yahoo.com

Government troops kill 2 suspected Islamic rebels in Indian Kashmir, police say 
Government forces fatally shot two suspected Islamic militants during a raid on their village hideout in the Indian portion of Kashmir, police said Sunday.
Source: in.news.yahoo.com

New Iraqi government complete with key security jobs 
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The Iraqi parliament approved on Thursday Prime Minister Nuri al-Malikis candidates for interior and defence ministers, ending wrangling that had threatened to plunge his three-week-old unity government into crisis.
Source: www.tiscali.co.uk

Thieves and vandals turning to books Books stolen in library ...
Richmond Review,  Canada - 13 hours ago... Featured were a dozen books.Now there s one. Library officials are learning nothing is safe from thieves intent on adding new titles to their bookcases. ...
Source: www.richmondreview.com

Bestseller books are comfort for Bond
India eNews.com, India - Aug 18, 2006New Delhi - Books becoming bestsellers are a great comfort to celebrated author Ruskin Bond as that means people are reading books and therefore my ...
Source: indiaenews.com

Week 14 in the books at Kinross
SooToday.com - 15 hours agoBy SooToday Staff. Another gorgeous evening treated fans to a great night of racing for "Little Caesars Pizza Night" in week 14 at the Kinross Speedpark. ...
Source: www.sootoday.com

The battle in the books
Guardian Unlimited, UK - Aug 18, 2006... "I used to write books they called postmodern," she says, "but now it is pure realism.". Her latest novel, Textile, was published earlier this year. ...
Source: books.guardian.co.uk

Audit of city books on fast track
Lowell Sun, MA - Aug 18, 2006LOWELL -- City Manager Bernie Lynch met yesterday with the city's private accountants to jump-start the annual audit of the city's books, which the state ...
Source: www.lowellsun.com

Books-A-Million 2Q Profit Rises
Houston Chronicle, United States - Aug 17, 2006BIRMINGHAM, Ala. Book retailer Books-A-Million Inc. said Thursday its second-quarter profit jumped 44 percent as cost cuts offset a slight dip in sales. ...
Source: www.chron.com

Oia, Greece: Atlantis Books
New York Times, United States - 23 hours ago... village cut into the volcanic-rock cliffs of the Greek island of Santorini, is a place where people more often read sunsets than books, especially when a good ...
Source: www.nytimes.com

NCERT books will have chapter on Gujarat riots
Gujarat Global.com, India - Aug 18, 2006Gujarat riots will now be a subject of study for class XII students across the country in CBSE schools. This is a part of NCERT ...
Source: www.gujaratglobal.com

Immigration and crime: debunking another myth
ePluribus Media - 5 hours ago... Just as we need to address why 22.25% of Black men without high school educations were imprisoned at the time of the 2000 census, 80 percent of them for crimes ...
Source: scoop.epluribusmedia.org

Hurricanes, Politics Blowing Florida's Laborers Away  
Florida farmers worry that the U.S. immigration debate and a tough storm season will drive off migrant workers and leave millions of pounds of produce unpicked next harvest season.
Source: news.nationalgeographic.com

News Briefs from Around Florida 
SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) - Statistics show southwest Florida's population is getting a little younger - but it's still a lot older on average than the rest of the nation.
Source: www.dailycomet.com

Third-Party Challenge in Florida Boosted by 1st Major Media Buy 
In a major challenge to the entrenched two-party system, the Max Linn For Governor campaign has initiated a major broadcast media blitz in Florida's leading markets. The advertising campaign will run from August 21st to the 25th in the Tallahassee, Tampa Bay, Orlando and Miami broadcast areas.
Source: biz.yahoo.com

Snakes On Loose Becoming Problem In Florida 
Exotic snakes running loose in Florida are becoming a bigger problem.
Source: news.yahoo.com

Scattered Storms Dump Rain On South Florida 
A line of strong storms soaked some areas of South Florida on Wednesday for the third day in a row.
Source: www.nbc6.net

Florida man indicted for hurricane scam 
A federal grand jury has accused a Florida man of creating a bogus Hurricane Katrina relief Web site and several other bogus sites claiming to be Western Pennsylvania organizations in an effort to gather sensitive financial information from would-be donors.
Source: www.post-gazette.com

Fr. Pavone on Florida Clinic Closings: More Evidence that Abortion Remains the Most Unregulated Industry 
MEDIA ADVISORY, Aug. 17 / Christian Newswire / -- Florida authorities have suspended the operating licenses of two abortion facilities and temporarily shut down three others following the alleged performances of illegal late term abortions.
Source: www.earnedmedia.org

Alligator season begins in Florida 
Worries about alligator attacks hit big this May in Florida, but now it's the gators' turn to be afraid. Alligator season starts today in the state, and staff writers from the Orlando Sentinel and the South Florida Sun-Sentinel are asking...
Source: feeds.feedburner.com

FLORIDA BUSINESS BRIEFS: Free home inspection program kicks off 
The Florida Department of Financial Services kicked off its program Tuesday offering free inspections to homeowners who want to strengthen their houses against hurricanes. The state began accepting applications and within an hour more than 3,500 South Floridians had already applied online.
Source: www.miami.com