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ENTERTAINMENT / NEWS Mon Mar 5, 2007 @ 10:08am mrmdc

Yahoo News -- The director of the upcoming ancient epic "300" is developing an action fantasy titled "Sucker Punch," a project he described as "an 'Alice in Wonderland' with machine guns. "Zack Snyder, who is eyeing the project as a directing vehicle, will co-write.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Mon Mar 5, 2007 @ 10:07am mrmdc

CNN -- China's government announced hefty spending increases Monday to boost incomes and improve social services for the urban poor and the lagging, restive countryside this year while guiding the booming economy to more stable growth. In 2007 budget plans un.. Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Mon Mar 5, 2007 @ 10:05am mrmdc

Globe and Mail -- The Harper government has opened the door to a watering down of its vaunted strategy to crack down on lobbying, as it contemplates forcing lobbyists to only report their formal verbal communications with federal officials, documents show. Under proposa.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Mar 5, 2007 @ 10:05am mrmdc

ABC News -- Wearing neither coat nor shoes, a fugitive suspected of killing and dismembering his wife was found hiding under a fallen tree Sunday in a snowbound state park after a bitterly cold night on the run, authorities said. Police tracked down Stephen Grant.. Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Mon Mar 5, 2007 @ 10:04am mrmdc

Reuters -- Childhood obesity in the United States appears to be causing girls to reach puberty at an earlier age, for reasons that are not clear, a study said on Monday. The report from the University of Michigan's Mott Children's Hospital said a multiyear study.. Read More

CONFLICTS / NEWS Mon Mar 5, 2007 @ 10:03am mrmdc

CNN -- The trial of 11 Pakistani men accused of terrorist activities and conspiracy to carry out attacks in Barcelona was delayed for 24 hours after two defense lawyers said they had not had proper access to their clients. The court was only in session 15 min.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Mon Mar 5, 2007 @ 10:02am mrmdc

News.com.au -- A SAUDI woman who was kidnapped at knifepoint, gang-raped and then beaten by her brother has been sentenced to 90 lashes - for a meeting a man who was not a relative, a newspaper reported. In an interview with the Saudi Gazette, the 19-year-old said sh.. Read More

CONFLICTS / NEWS Mon Mar 5, 2007 @ 10:01am mrmdc

FOX News -- Terrorists have vowed to kidnap or kill Prince Harry when he fights in Iraq, it is reported. The 22-year-old is due to be sent out in May with colleagues from the Blues and Royal regiment. Threats have been posted on extremist Web sites since his de.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY / OPINION Mon Mar 5, 2007 @ 10:00am mrmdc

The Register -- A British company, due to float on the Alternative Investment Market tomorrow, reckons it has the secret to secure mobile transactions. Broca owns the patent for a Java-based form of encrypted messaging. The service requires phone users to download a s.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Mar 5, 2007 @ 10:00am mrmdc

ABC News -- A man fatally shot his 8-month old daughter and gravely wounded his 3-year-old son before turning the gun on himself, police said. Police spokesman David Tull said officers found Hector Rolondo Medina in the front yard of a home shortly after 6:30 p.m... Read More

CONFLICTS / NEWS Mon Mar 5, 2007 @ 9:49am mrmdc

BBC News -- The Sabian Mandaeans - one of the oldest religious groups in the world - are facing extinction, according to its leaders. They claim that Islamic extremists in Iraq are trying to wipe them out through forced conversions, rape and murder. The Mandaea.. Read More

LIFE / OPINION Mon Mar 5, 2007 @ 9:48am mrmdc

Los Angeles Times -- The job description is simple: Make the customers believe that Disneyland is "a magic kingdom where life is a fairy tale and dreams really do come true." But at the end of the workday, many of the people who work at the "Happiest Place on Earth" sleep.. Read More

LIFE / NEWS Mon Mar 5, 2007 @ 9:47am mrmdc

ABC News -- This week, the Supreme Court heard arguments in a case brought by a group of atheists who claim the Bush administration's Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives violates the separation of church and state. It's just one example of how atheists.. Read More

HEALTH / OPINION Mon Mar 5, 2007 @ 9:46am mrmdc

New York Times -- Vicki H. Readling vividly remembers the start of 2006. “Everybody was saying, ‘Happy new year,’ ” Ms. Readling recalled. “But I remember going straight to bed and lying down scared to death because I knew that at that very minute, after midni.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Mar 5, 2007 @ 9:39am mrmdc

Alter Net -- The latest numbers are out: nearly 800,000 Americans were arrested on marijuana charges in 2005. When will the insanity stop? American taxpayers are now spending more than a billion dollars per year to incarcerate its citizens for pot. That's according.. Read More

CONFLICTS / NEWS Mon Mar 5, 2007 @ 9:35am mrmdc

The Age -- MAJOR Michael Mori, the defence lawyer for terror suspect David Hicks, could be removed from the case after threats from the chief US prosecutor to charge him under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. The intervention may derail Hicks' trial and poss.. Read More

BUSINESS / OPINION Mon Mar 5, 2007 @ 9:35am mrmdc

Los Angeles Times -- COFFEE ADDICTS WERE SHAKEN, and stirred, recently when a memo written by Starbucks Corp. founder and Chairman Howard Schultz was posted on the Internet. Noting with a mixture of pride and horror that Starbucks has gone from 1,000 to 13,000 stores in 10 ye.. Read More

LIFE / OPINION Mon Mar 5, 2007 @ 9:30am mrmdc

Alter Net -- When one military wife got the news that her husband was coming home from Iraq, they didn't tell her he was going to bring the war back with him. I was folding fliers for a high school workshop on nonviolence when my husband, a mortar platoon sergeant.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY / OPINION Mon Mar 5, 2007 @ 9:29am mrmdc

Smart Money -- THE FUN STARTED over a year ago, when Amazon.com began selling gallon jugs of milk. An anonymous consumer submitted a review, dubbing it "The Best Milk Ever!" and the tongue-in-cheek comment struck a chord. Since then nearly 900 consumers have written rev.. Read More

ENTERTAINMENT / NEWS Fri Mar 2, 2007 @ 2:48pm mrmdc

Variety -- GIVEN THE GLACIAL STATE of change in daytime TV, it's easy to take for granted the enormous influence Oprah Winfrey wields over her adoring audience. Yet with the talk host preparing to expand her empire, it's worth contemplating her genius -- along with.. Read More