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DECATUR - A Macon County Circuit Court jury took less than three hours on Friday to find Tony A. Rolfe guilty of first-degree murder in the May 4, 2003, stabbing death of Sheila M. Wilson.Associate Judge James Coryell set Rolfe's sentencing hearing for April 24.The 30-year-old Springfield man faces 20 to 60 years in prison when he is sentenced, said Assistant State's Attorney Steve Langhoff, who prosecuted the case with Assistant State's Attorney Elizabeth Dobson.Rolfe will have to serve 100 percent of whatever sentence he receives, Langhoff said.Wilson, 30, suffered at least 50 stab and cutting wounds from a box cutter-style knife and died from loss of blood in the basement of her mother's house in the 1900 block of East Prairie Avenue. Police found bloody shoe impressions in the basement and kitchen of the house.A theory of the case presented by state witnesses was that Wilson was killed when Rolfe went to her house to steal up to a pound of marijuana.Key testimony in the weeklong trial came from Torre Wilson, Sheila Wilson's boyfriend at the time of her death.

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Erie County's population is shrinking, but that's not news to City of Tonawanda resident Jane Mago.Six of Mago's seven children have moved out of the area, two to Virginia, two to Florida, one to Tennessee and one to Albany."Work took them out of the area," Mago said. "They're all very loyal to the area. They don't hate it here, but there wasn't anything for them here in their particular fields."Even though it's difficult not seeing her children and grandchildren as much as she'd like, she understands that young people have to go where they can find jobs, Mago said."The high cost of living and taxes also didn't help," she said. "Other states have much better taxes."Hers is a story common to many local families, one told in long-distance phone bills and birthday cards delivered by post instead of in person — and it's confirmed by census data that reveals a precipitous decline in local numbers.Cost of doing businessThe first thing that comes to mind for many in the area is finding work.

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Roberts Hopes To Take Pressure Off Bonds

The way Dave Roberts sees it, the San Francisco Giants have to do more than just watch Barry Bonds.

"I think this team has obviously always been centered around Barry and waiting for him to do something really special, but I think guys up and down the lineup still need to do their jobs," Roberts said. "For me, it's needing to get on base and provide energy and stealing bases. That's my job, my role this year and I'm excited about my role."

For the first time in years, the Giants have a prototypical leadoff man in Roberts. He is energetic, gets on base and regularly steals bags. He's also a welcoming, friendly face to his teammates in the clubhouse who has been a fan favorite at every stop.

Roberts will bat in front of Omar Vizquel, giving San Francisco two base-stealing threats at the top of the lineup the Giants hope will be key in making the club a contender again.

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OTTAWA -- Industry analysts say the Conservative government is on the right track with new tax incentives expected for fuel-efficient vehicles in Monday's budget Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced this winter that the government would soon take steps to make environmentally friendly vehicles more affordable, as part of an agenda to promote action on climate change and cleaner air.

Advanced technology vehicles such as hybrids, which run on combined power from gasoline and a rechargeable battery, are much more efficient than conventional cars, but they often have a price tag that is several thousand dollars more expensive.

"It would certainly be useful to have some sort of incentive to help bridge the gap between that type of a vehicle and a normal vehicle on the road," said David Adams, president of the Association of International Automobile Manufacturers of Canada.

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The Fayetteville Police Department and Highway Patrol hope the policy change will discourage speeding and make the roads safer. But neither agency said it had complaints about how speeding tickets were disposed of before the change.

Before the policy change, it was common for speeders to pay lawyers to visit privately with an assistant prosecutor to arrange for their speeding tickets to be dropped. The driver didn’t have to go to court and suffered no penalty other than a legal bill of several hundred dollars.

"What’s the lesson learned for that person?" asked Highway Patrol 1st Sgt. Bob Kidd.

Under the new policy, speeding tickets can be pleaded down to a reduced charge. They almost never will be dropped.

This will cost speeders more in fines and court costs, increase their odds of losing their licenses for repeat offenses and can drive up their insurance rates.

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If you're about to graduate high school and have abso-friggin-lutely no idea how you'll make money after your parents cut you off, Manpower Inc. says the three career paths mostly likely to offer jobs are teaching, sales and mechanics. Though we highly respect those who choose to form young minds, we wouldn't want days filled with screaming kids and badly written book reports filled with horrid spelling, redundancy, incomplete thoughts, comma splices and redundancy.In sales you might get lucky enough to sell (and occasionally drive) high-end German sports cars, but more likely you'd either get stuck peddling vacuum cleaners door to door or, worse, pushing high-interest loans on unsuspecting economy car shoppers.That leaves car repair as Autoblog readers' only logical choice from Manpower's list.

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Mississippi Leads Nation in People Behind on Mortgages

Mississippi, Louisiana and Michigan are the frontrunners in people behind on their mortgages and in danger of losing their homes.

Analysts say many homeowners staved off foreclosure a few years ago by refinancing to more risky adjustable-rate mortgages with lower monthly payments.

Now those homeowners and investors are struggling to hold on as their payments begin to increase.

The statistics come from the Mortgage Bankers Association's quarterly snapshot of the housing market. The figures are for October, November and December of 2006. .

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This week's cover story in Newsweek, "The Evolution Revolution," is about evolutionary paleoneurology. It is the study of the brains and minds of ancient hominids, dating back to 7 million years ago. Newsweek reporter Sharon Begley gives a credulous tour of the standard Darwinist speculations: we can tell when humans first started wearing clothing by genetic analysis of modern body lice, or perhaps human society was the result of the emergence of the gene for oxytocin, a hormone that causes mothers to secrete milk and that may influence social behavior in humans. Evolutionary paleoneurologists claim to know some of what ancient hominids actually thought by studying fragments of their fossilized skulls. Ms. Begley tells us that "paleoneurology is documenting when structures that power the human mind arose, shedding light on how our ancestors lived and thought." What can we really know about what ancient hominids thought?

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Chennai: Tapping the business at source is what every body would like to do and that is precisely what domestic non-life insurers are becoming adept at. In the case of passenger car insurance business it is the tie-up with vehicle manufacturers and the dealers that is driving the business.

The Chenai-based non-life insurer Cholamandalam MS General Insurance Company Limited is the latest to enter this segment. Tying up with Hyundai Motor India Limited the non-life insurer becomes one of its preferred insurers for Hyundai vehicles. Buyers of Hyundai cars in India can insure their vehicle with Cholamandalam MS at the point of purchase and later avail cashless repair facilities in the case of accidental damage.

Says Shivakumar S, senior vice president, retail insurance, Cholamandalam MS, "The tie-up gives us access to 184 Hyundai Motor's dealer points.

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AutoMart Signs up Chinese Insurers

AutoMart-China, a 95 percent owned subsidiary of Florida-based Deep Field Technologies, has become the "largest independent auto aftermarket company in Beijing," according to a Company bulletin.

The Company has successfully negotiated contracts with seven Chinese insurance companies to offer damage evaluation and make coverage decisions at AutoMart maintenance and repair centers.

AutoMart said its clients for the new service are: Zhong Hua United Property Insurance Company, Pacific Insurance Company, An Bang Property Insurance Company, Sunshine Property Insurance Company, China People's Property Insurance Company, Hua An Property Insurance Company, and Tian An Property Insurance Company.

The program was launched with the establishment of facilities at four of AutoMart centers in Beijing.

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Credit card rates up to five times bank fees

CONSUMERS can pay over five times the standard bank interest rate if they choose credit cards with the highest rates on the market, a new cost survey reveals.
Some financial institutions are charging interest rates as high as 18.9% even though Central Bank lending rates are just 3.75%.

The Financial Regulator will today publish a cost survey showing consumers can get credit cards with interest rates as low as 9.4%.

The Consumers Association of Ireland (CAI) urged householders to exercise caution before deciding to sign up to a credit card deal. .

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BOCA RATON, Fla, Feb. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Spirit of Women Health Network and "Carlos by Carlos Santana" footwear announce today the launch of the Red Shoe Celebrity Auction, an online auction of celebrity-autographed footwear to benefit several health organizations including the Peripheral Arterial Disease (P.A.D.) Coalition.

"It's exciting to have Carlos Santana's organization and other celebrities join our fight against heart disease, which has now been the number one killer of American women for nearly a century," said Josh Davis, president, Spirit of Women.

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First Quantum Minerals Ltd. (FM/TSX), which reported a 40% increase in net earnings for the first quarter, could receive approval to de-list its shares from the AIM and move to the London Stock Exchange's main board.

UBS analyst Tony Lesiak considers this event a re-rating opportunity that could demonstrate the valuation differences between First Quantum and miners in the U.K.

He also noted that the company is a candidate to be added to the S&P/TSX 60 index when it is updated in mid-June.

Mr. Lesiak revised his price target to $105 from $100 and has a "buy" rating on First Quantum shares.

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A number of state institutions had their requests for foreign currency from the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) turned down during the past two months, amid reports that reserves have hit an all time low. Investigations proved that the Registrar General (RG), the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (ZINWA), Air Zimbabwe and other state institutions have made applications for foreign currency but were told by governor Gideon Gono that the central bank couldn't provide.
Sources within the RBZ forex section revealed that reserves had drastically fallen over the past three months owing to continuous falls in the levels of exports. The rising of trade and exchange rates on the parallel market, which Gono has failed to tame since taking office in 2003, had also affected reserves, the sources said.
Registrar General Tobaiwa Mudede has said the operations of his department are at a virtual halt due to lack of foreign currency to import vitally required ink and material used to make passports and identity cards.

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Commerce Banc Insurance Services Expands Mount Laurel Call Center

Commerce Banc Insurance Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of Cherry Hill-based Commerce Bancorp Inc. (NYSE: CBH), announced today that it is centralizing and expanding its personal insurance call center in Mount Laurel.

The state-of-the-art call center, which is available to customers on a nationwide basis 24/7 for customer service and claims support, is one of the first of its kind operated by a bank-owned insurance agency, according to the company. Commerce Banc Insurance Services' personal insurance lines currently includes auto and home insurance along with an array of related personal property and casualty insurance products and services.

Shares of Commerce dipped $0.61 to $34.25 this morning.

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You've seen them on Canadian streets for years in ever-growing numbers -- compact cars like the Honda Civic and Mazda3, subcompacts like the Toyota Echo hatchback, and baby-SUVs like Ford's Escape. Now the newest of those mite-sized vehicles are the majority.

For the first time since car dealers opened for business in Canada, more than half of all retail buyers bought a small, fuel efficient vehicle last year, new research shows.

The data, compiled by DesRosiers Automotive Consultants, suggests most Canadians are already making the kind of auto-buying choices that will reduce their footprint on the environment. And it means that if the federal and provincial governments really want to make a difference to reduce vehicle emissions, they should focus on getting older beaters off the road instead of targeting new cars and trucks, the consultancy says.

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Pictures of Chantal Chamandy, which are plastered on nearly every open space in the TTC, has everyone from people on the street to music industry types scratching their heads.

They can't figure out why this mysterious woman, touted in her ads as a singer, has suddenly popped up everywhere – on the sides of buses, in subway cars, television commercials, radio spots and on CD covers in Dollarama stores across Canada.

This dark-haired beauty seems to have materialized out of nowhere. And Chamandy, 36, a Montreal chanteuse, is tickled pink by all the confusion. It's part of her plan.

"People think, `Who is that woman?'" the Egyptian-born songstress says. "Then they go look me up on the internet. Then they hear my music."

Even though she has experience in showbiz, Chamandy was hardly a household face until the ad blitz began.

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