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BMW 335i Cabrio

A BMW convertible has always been a desirable drop-top, and especially the 3 Series cabriolet draws a lot of attention. This sunseeker grabs the attention of the upwardly mobile trendsetters who are eager for flashy wheels that will make them look cool.

And the latest 3 Series cabriolet is no different. It is again a trendsetting and distinctive topless number. However, the big news on this model is the fact that it now comes with a retractable hard-top roof.

You will be forgiven if you see a 3 Series cabrio with the top up jetting pass you and mistake it for a coupe. Most of the car's design cues, such as the nose, are similar to that of its coupe sibling. Only if you see the side profile you'll notice the difference. The cabriolet version appears "flatter" and not as curvaceous as the coupe.

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A tax rate that enrages Middle England

In this current boom, the super-rich are making such extraordinary fortunes that they are not just stoking the suspicion of the working class, but the well-paid middle classes, too. The battle lines in Britain’s class war are shifting: it is no longer Citizen Smith and the Tooting Popular Front agitating for change, but Mr and Mrs Smith and the Wimbledon Neighbourhood Watch scheme who are crying "Power to the People!"

University-educated men and women working hard and enjoying successful careers in public companies are finding themselves frozen out of swaths of the London property market by a new breed of wealth: hedge fund managers, private equity partners and investment bankers. There are signs of a new kind of fissure between the reasonably well-off and the absurdly wealthy – not a blue-collar/white-collar divide, but suit-and-tie versus open-necked shirt; not over how much you are paid, but how: are you someone who measures your earnings in salary or capital gains?

In this context, Nicholas Ferguson’s observation that many private equity executives are "paying less tax than a cleaning lady" has only played to the politics of middle-class envy.

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Speed demons cause crash; Highway 400 closed, creating traffic chaos

In was sheer luck and seatbelts that saved the lives of numerous people involved in a serious Highway 400 collision, Saturday evening. While 11 victims of the multi-car crash were taken to hospital, including a four-year-old boy, police said none suffered life-threatening injuries.

Excessive speed by two drivers caused the four-car accident between highways 88 and 89 shortly before 7 p.m. A 22-year-old female driver of a VW Golf and a 26-year-old male driver of a Honda Civic were arrested and charged with criminal negligence and dangerous driving causing bodily harm. Police said it has yet to be determined whether or not the cars were racing, or simply just driving fast.

"We don't think they knew each other, but witnesses said they were making really aggressive lane changes all the way up the highway.

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Williams: Lewis is unique

Sir Frank Williams on Friday night described Formula One rookie sensation Lewis Hamilton as a unique talent.

The Williams team boss, who has won nine constructors' titles and secured seven drivers' crowns for the likes of Nigel Mansell, Alain Prost, Damon Hill and Jacques Villeneuve, claimed Hamilton's instant impact on the sport was unparalleled.

"In my opinion," Williams said of the 22-year-old McLaren driver. "I've never seen anyone arrive and be so successful so quickly. That is to say from his first race. It is quite remarkable. I am looking hard to find fault with him and he is very nice, which is quite unusual, too."

Williams, who has been in motor racing for almost 40 years, was asked if Hamilton reminded him of any other drivers in his long career.

"Nobody," he replied.

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DFC Intelligence Estimates Worldwide Portable Game Market to ...

SAN DIEGO-(Business Wire)-March 21, 2007 - According to a new report from DFC Intelligence, worldwide revenue from the portable game systems from Nintendo and Sony is expected to exceed $10 billion in 2007. The market is being led by the Nintendo DS, the hottest selling system of 2006. "The DS has the potential to be the best-selling interactive entertainment platform ever," says David Cole, an analyst with DFC Intelligence.

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CDC Games to Expand Development Partner Program with Up to $100 ...

BEIJING--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CDC Games, a business unit of CDC Corporation (NASDAQ: CHINA) and pioneer of the "free-to-play, pay-for-merchandise" model for online games in China, today announced plans for its accelerated expansion into the development of online games through the establishment of a subsidiary to be named CDC Games Studio.

CDC Games Studio expands the scope of the Online Games Developer Partner Program announced in August of 2006. The original partner program was funded by up to $20 million and focused on investments in strategic games development partners to accelerate the development of new and original online games for the China market. CDC Games Studio will continue to place strategic investments with selected game developers and also support emerging game developers with the resources they need to rapidly develop innovative new games.

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Nigeria: Nigeria Eyes Grand Master for Chess Glory

Nigeria's quest to maintain her performance at the All-Africa Games has received a big boost following a fruitful attempt by the Nigeria Chess Federation (NCF) President ACP Sani Mohammed to bring top British chess Grand Master, Nigel Short to tutor the country's male and female teams to the African fiesta.

The chess boss, who was in Britain recently, revealed that he was in contact with the highest ranked British champion while in London on his return journey from the Hajj last month and both parties have shown tremendous interest in working together to ensure that Nigeria come tops in the 15 medal chess event of the 9th-All Africa Games.

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BitTorrent to sell movie downloads

BitTorrent, the San Francisco company that created the most popular software for pirating content on the Web, launched a marketplace of legal movies on the Internet Monday.

The site has the blessing of four major studios and about three dozen other publishers of video, games and software.

"BitTorrent has the infrastructure, technology and established user base to significantly move the needle on digital distribution with quick, easy and affordable delivery," Thomas Lesinski, president of Viacom's Paramount Pictures Digital Entertainment, said in a statement.

BitTorrent.com's library will contain more than 3,000 movies and TV shows, rivaling the selection found at CinemaNow and Movielink, legal sites that long have had the blessing of the entertainment industry.

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UTV on an expansion spree

UTV wants to be a global player in the entertainment industry. The company has announced its floating of eight new international channels, targeting all sections, including kids, youth, and families by investing $200 million.

Four of the channels will kick off in August and the other four by this year's end.

Ronnie Screwvala's promoted UTV also plans to make 12 films in a month. The company will be listed on London Stock Exchange next month.

It may be recalled that Walt Disney acquired a 15% stake in the company. .

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General Freight Services鈥?Greg Sebolt Elected to TIA Board

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--General Freight Services, Inc. today announced that Greg Sebolt, president and COO, has been elected to the board of directors for the Transportation Intermediaries Association (TIA).

TIA is the premier professional and educational organization of the $114 billion third-party logistics (3PL) industry and is committed to advocating for best practices and ethics in the industry. Board members are elected by the membership of TIA, which consists of logistics service providers, shippers and carriers.

"This opportunity gives me the ability to impact my profession and peers in even greater and more direct ways," said Sebolt. "As a board member, I will help shape the future of our industry promoting continued growth and success for both the 3PL community and TIA."

Sebolt was recently promoted to the role of President and COO of General Freight Services and brings more than 15 years experience in supply chain and logistics services.

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Explore Investment Opportunities With HSBC

Bandar Seri Begawan - HSBC has always been at the forefront of the investment market and their qualified financial planners are readily available to help their customers choose the best investment opportunities.

To keep their customers abreast of upcoming investment opportunities, HSBC is organising a seminar, entitled "Exploring New Investment Opportunities-, exclusively for its valued customers.

Conducted by Ashley Neal, Vice President of BlackRock Investment Management (Singapore) Limited, it will be held on April 28 at the Mutiara Ballroom of Sheraton Utama Hotel.

Among the products that will be addressed at the seminar include the MLIIF Global Allocation Fund, a diversified core mutual fund investing in US dollars and international stocks, bonds and alternative cash equivalents, which can help protect investors during market downturns, while still letting them benefit if the markets rise.

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Who's to blame for dangerous subprime mortgages?

We've all been reading stories about the subprime mortgage meltdown for months, but a comprehensive study by the Reinvestment Fund, a nonprofit that works to stimulate growth in low- and moderate-income neighborhoods, made the issue hit home.

A Philadelphia Inquirer front-page story on the study offered some heartbreaking cases of Philadelphians likely to lose their homes, and perhaps tumble into bankruptcy. It's a tragedy, an outrage.

To be precise, the TRF study was on predatory lending -- selling high-risk mortgages to people who cannot afford them. That's not quite the same as subprime mortgages, which are loans to people with poor credit. Not every subprime mortgage is predatory.

But most predatory loans are subprime mortgages.

The first homeowner described in the story bought a $66,900 house in 2003 with plans to fix it up and rent it out.

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CURRENCIES: Euro Lower After Trichet; Yen Slumps As Carry Back In ...

The euro fell against the dollar on Thursday after the European Central Bank hiked its key interest rate by a quarter percentage point to 3.75% as expected and said rates are now "moderate" rather than "low." Jean-Claude Trichet, President of the Frankfurt-based ECB, which sets interest-rate policies in the 13 countries that use the euro, said rates remain "accommodative" and that the central bank will "very closely" monitor price developments, an indication that a rate hike in the next quarter is likely. But Trichet did make one concession, saying that rates are now "moderate." He added that he wasn't preparing markets for a "restrictive" policy. "Trichet opted for a less hawkish tone when he said that interest rates are now moderate rather than low," said Kathy Lien, chief strategist at DailyFX.com.

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Fidelity unveils Advisor funds

Fidelity Advisor International Real Estate, Fidelity Advisor Canada and Fidelity Advisor Small Cap Independence funds will provide financial advisers and their clients with greater diversification across asset classes and geographical areas, Boston-based Fidelity said in a statement.

Class A, T, B, C and Institutional shares will be offered through advisers at institutions such as brokerage firms, banks and insurance companies.

With the addition of the three funds, Fidelity said it now offers 99 Advisor funds.

Creating a well-diversified portfolio for clients is the primary goal of any successful financial [adviser], Martha B. Willis, executive vice president at Fidelity Investments Institutional Services Co., said in a statement.

By investing in a range of asset classes and geographical areas, [advisers] can add significant value to a clients portfolio by mitigating risk through diversification and focusing on long-term investment objectives.

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Joost Adds Millions To Launch Plans

Joost, an Internet television service set to launch later this year, today announced $45 million in financing from two venture capital firms, two major content companies and a charitable trust. Index Ventures, Sequoia Capital, CBS Corp., Viacom and Li Ka Shing Foundation each invested in a minority percentage of the company.

"We've carefully selected these investors from a variety of interested parties, as they are best-in-class in their respective arenas and bring unique assets to Joost that will enable us to significantly accelerate growth and development of the Company," Joost co-founder Janus Friis said in a statement.

Index Ventures is a European venture capital firm which invests in technologies that with global reach. Sequoia Capital, according to Joost, Sequoia has been the first investor and business partner in companies that make up 10 percent of the NASDAQ's value.

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Townsend Analytics Goes Live with Expanded Connection to ISE

CHICAGO, May 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Townsend Analytics (http://www.townsendanalytics.com/), a leading provider of multi-broker, multi-asset, multi-currency, and multi-route electronic trading solutions for the global capital markets, today announced the successful expansion and activation of its direct market access (DMA) connection with the ISE Stock Exchange.

RealTick's institutional buy-side clients and investors around the world now have direct access to the enhanced functionality and trading flexibility offered by the ISE Stock Exchange. ISE's equity trading platform combines a fully displayed stock market with its MidPoint Match(TM) liquidity pool for trading equities anonymously at the midpoint price of the National Best Bid and Offer (NBBO).

Through its order types, the ISE Stock Exchange provides an innovative way to integrate dark and displayed pools of liquidity to maximize execution quality.

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Tenants to Confront Landlord in His UCLA Classroom

A group of low income tenants will attempt enter their landlords real estate investment class this evening (Tuesday, May 15) and come face-to-face with the man who is trying to displace them. They plan to demand he stop what they say are illegal attempts to evict them.

The tenants landlord is UCLA Professor Eric Sussman who teaches a Real Estate Investment class at UCLA Anderson School. The tenants say they are concerned that a professor at a taxpayer-funded institution may be setting an example for his students that the way to manage real estate holdings and maximize profits is through illegal business practices. Tenants are requesting that the University conduct a complete review of the business practices of Sussman. The tenants live in a 66-unit rent-controlled complex in Echo Park.

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14-05-2007: Soh Chee Wen fined RM6m for abetment in false reporting

Businessman Datuk Soh Chee Wen was fined a total of RM6 million on May 14 after he pleaded guilty to two alternative charges of abetting Datuk Tony Tiah Thee Kian in submitting false information to the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE), now known as Bursa Malaysia.

With the conviction, Soh will be automatically disqualified from acting as a director of a company under section 130 of the Companies Act 1965 for five years.

The Securities Commission said on May 14 that the false reporting related to reporting of the transaction involving 7.75 million Omega Holdings Bhd (OHB) shares and 7.75 million OHB-A shares.

The prosecution adduced facts which showed that between September and October 1997, Tiah and Soh had agreed to transact the said shares at RM6.45.

However, TA Securities Sdn Bhd had reported these transactions to be at RM11.60 and RM9.55 per share respectively, involving only 4.31 million OHB shares and 5.23 million OHB-A shares.

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President Yudhoyono Reshuffles Cabinet

After months of continued pressure by political parties and the media that the President reshuffle his cabinet, - and two weeks after the President finally relented to the pressure when, on Monday, 7 May, President Yudhoyono announced a limited Cabinet shake-up. This is the second reshuffle following the first in December 2005, when the President was forced to change his economic team in the wake of government's slapping a 100 percent increase in fuel prices at the pumps, which resulted in spiraling prices nation-wide, and ensuing strong protests from the people.

This time around, the reasons for immediate change were cited as: slow investments in the real sector; a stagnant industrial sector; increased unemployment and lay-offs; and increased number of poor, despite much improved macro-economic performance, namely a stable Rupiah, decreased inflation rate, and a spectacular growth in Jakarta's share market.

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FXDD to participate in Middle East Forex Trading Expo

Meet FXDD, the leading online foreign exchange trading firm dedicated to providing superior customer service and powerful technology to retail traders, hedge funds and money managers as they visit Dubai for The Middle East Forex Trading Expo.The event which will take place on 1-2 March 2007 in Dusit Dubai Hotel, offers FREE entrance to the expo and to over 10 workshops which will be faclitated by key forex experts and specialists which will be coming from the region and from as far as the US, UK and Switzerland.At the 2-day expo and workshop, visitors will have the chance to meet face to face representatives from FXDD, a reliable liquidity provider for brokerage companies and institutional investors. They will get to know more about their trading platforms: FXDD Trader and Meta Trader (retail), Power Trader (institutional) and FXDD Auto (automated) as they showcase their services during the event.

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Japanese investors get Vietnam fever

HANOI/TOKYO (Reuters) - Tadayoshi Okimoto, an auto company executive from southern Japan, rubs shoulders with dozens of Vietnamese at a brokerage in Ho Chi Minh City, excited to get a piece of Vietnam's fledgling stock market.

Okimoto is on a tour to Vietnam's budding financial center organised by a Japanese travel agency that brings Japanese retail investors to Vietnam to open share trading accounts. The tour is so popular with Japanese wanting to take advantage of a burgeoning stock market that it runs almost every working day.

"In many countries, the stock market is mature and goes up and down a lot. But in Vietnam, the stock is very new so the chart is going up all the time. In two or three years' time, we will receive a lot of money from our investment," Okimoto, 41, said.

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Stocks close in record territory

The Australian stock market closed in record territory today with the energy and resources sectors driving the bourse upwards following favourable commodity prices overnight.

At the close, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 47.7 points to a record 6345.1, while the all ordinaries gained 49.4 points to a record 6346.7 points.

At 4.20pm on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was 68 points higher at 6372 on a volume of 15,587 contracts.

Austock Brokers senior client adviser Michael Heffernan said a strong lead from Wall Street, coupled with positive commodity prices helped propel the market into record territory.

"It was a very positive day on the market today, it started off with a bang,'' he said.

"We had a good lead from Wall Street, you had the trifecta going there with the Dow Jones, the Nasdaq and the S&P almost up one per cent.

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HQ to Move to American Stock Exchange

SEATTLE, WA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- May 14, 2007 -- HQ Sustainable Maritime Industries, Inc. (OTCBB: HQSB), a leader in toxin-free integrated aquaculture and aquatic product processing, was notified that its application for listing on the American Stock Exchange has been approved. The trading of HQ's common stock is expected to begin May 17th, 2007, under the trading symbol HQS. The company's common stock will continue trading on the Over-The-Counter Bulletin Board System under the symbol "HQSB" until the move is complete. This approval is contingent upon the Company being in compliance with all applicable listing standards on the date it begins trading on the Exchange, and may be rescinded if the Company is not in compliance with such standards.

"HQ is very pleased to take this step and be listed on the American Stock Exchange," said Norbert Sporns, chief executive officer.

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CIRRUS LOGIC Inc. (Austin, Texas) -- Thurman K. Case was named chief financial officer of this developer of integrated circuits. Mr. Case, 50 years old, was acting finance chief. He will continue the responsibilities of his roles as corporate controller, vice president of finance and treasurer.

KORN/FERRY INTERNATIONAL (Los Angeles) -- Kevin A. McNerney joined this talent-management company as a senior client partner and regional market leader, North America, for the global technology market. He will be based in Washington. Mr. McNerney, 48, joins from Updata Capital Inc.

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Industry players plead for government aid: What have you done for ...

Many operators of tourist establishments in Lebanon are furious with the government over what they say has been a pattern of neglect of a key moneymaker for the country. They complain that the government has dragged its feet in providing help for tourism, even as the sector sees closures on a regular basis. They also argue that the government's pledges of financial support are meager when compared to the number of jobs that have been lost - and the number of Lebanese who have emigrated."We were invited by the government to invest in the sector but we were led astray," said Jean Beyrouthy, secretary general of the Touristic Federation. After the summer 2006 war with Israel, the government made a number of proposals to help the sector recover from the conflict. But according to industry insiders, the sector has not received a penny of government support to date.

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Illinois and South Carolina Football Programs Deal With Players ...

West Palm Beach, FL (AHN) - Two college football programs were rocked this weekend with players getting arrested which might jeopardize their future with the schools. Two University of Illinois wide receivers were jailed on the suspension of possessing stolen property while South Carolina's prized quarterback recruit Stephen Garcia was arrested after allegedly keying a man's car.

The University of Illinois incident involved sophomore wide receivers Jody Ellis and Derrick McPhearson. AP reported the two were in a traffic accident on Friday and police found stolen property in their car's trunk while investigating the crash.

Police in Champaign, Illinois could not verify that report but the school's website did confirm the arrest.

Ron Zook, the team's head coach, later released a statement saying the two players were suspended indefinitely from the club.

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UK voices concern at Iran 'sabre-rattling'

Britain said yesterday it was concerned at Iranian "sabre-rattling" about possibly putting captured British naval personnel on trial and for the first time voiced regret that the incident had occurred.

Iran's ambassador to Moscow was quoted as saying the 15 Britons captured eight days ago may face trial for illegally entering the Islamic Republic's territorial waters. But he later denied having made the comments, Iran's IRNA news agency said.

Britain insists the sailors were seized in Iraqi waters and Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett said such talk worried her.

"Obviously, I am concerned. It is not the first person to have made sabre-rattling noises," she told reporters after a European Union foreign ministers' meeting in Germany.

But she struck a conciliatory note when asked by an Iranian television reporter if she had a message for Iran, saying: "The message I want to send is I think everyone regrets that this position has arisen.

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Allstate Insurance opens Ferndale office

Owned and operated by agent Annette Booth, the agency offers a complete line of products and services, including auto, property, commercial and life insurance.

The Booth Insurance Agency Inc. is located at 1794 La Bounty Drive. The office is open Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturday by appointment. The agency can be reached at 312- 1235 or by e-mail at annettebooth@allstate.com.

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Travelers Creates Specific Insurance Coverage for Small Technology ...

HARTFORD -- To meet the specific insurance coverage needs of the specialized technology market, Travelers Select Accounts today announced the availability of Technology Office PacSM and Technology Manufacturers Pac PlusSM. These two new segments are a part of Master PacSM, Travelers Business Owners Policy for small commercial insurance.

The new segments are able to cover the risks associated with small technology-focused businesses and provide two newly added optional endorsements for those who want to enhance their insurance coverage.

Technology Office Pac is tailored for businesses like computer consultants, software firms, or Web site designers. Technology Manufacturers Pac Plus provides coverage for businesses that manufacture technology products.

These new offerings simplify the product approach for small technology businesses and show Travelers commitment to meeting the ever-changing needs of the technology market, said Marc Schmittlein, president of Travelers Select Accounts.

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Lawmakers Say Proposed Change in Auto Insurance Necessary

Mar. 19--Lawmakers are considering a change to Colorado's auto insurance system that critics say could cost consumers money but proponents are hailing as necessary aid to medical providers. Senate Bill 193 would require all motorists to have coverage of $25,000 in health benefits and $25,000 in rehabilitation. Proponents say the bill, sponsored by Sen. Lois Tochtrop, D-Thornton, is necessary because trauma and other medical providers are losing money under the state's three-year-old tort insurance system. The state's old personal injury protection insurance covered drivers who were hurt in an accident, regardless of whose fault it was. Each insurance company took care of its own client's costs.



But since that coverage became optional in 2003, drivers who don't have it have suffered huge bills.

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You Can Do It: Feb. 27, 2007

SCCA FIRST EVENT: Sports Car Club Of America, Sunday, at Red River Raceway in Gilliam. Registration and tech inspection 9 a.m., mandatory drivers meeting at 10:30 a.m. Fee: $10 for novices, $15 for SCCA members; $20 for experienced non-SCCA members. Everyone must sign a SCCA release and waiver form. Both parents must sign for minor competitors. All car must pass on-site tech (safety) inspection. Seat belts required and all drivers must wear a snell-95 or later helmet. Some loaner helmets are available. Call: John Lieberman 687-1507; E-mail: jlieberman@sport.rr.com

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YMCA BASEBALL, T-BALL REGISTRATION: Through March 12. Grades: K-4 through 8th, recreational league , instructional league begins, April 14-June 1. Coaches meeting March 20, 6 p.m. at Broadmoor branch.

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Clothing with a conscience Dressing 'cruelty-free' doesn't have to mean sacrificing style

North of Boston image consultant Ginger Burr makes a silent statement every morning while getting dressed for work - her stylish wardrobe is 100 percent vegan.

What's vegan, you ask? Veganism is the practice of not eating meat, fish, eggs or dairy products - anything from an animal. And most people who follow the practice - who are known vegans - typically shun clothing made from animal byproducts, including leather, wool, cashmere, suede, shearling, down, silk and fur because they believe the animals are treated inhumanely.

"Veganism is more than what you eat, it is a personal philosophy of living a life of compassion toward all living beings," Burr said. "Sure, it takes a little extra thought and effort. But as my mother has always said, anything worth doing is worth doing well."

Burr, who hasn't eaten red meat in 25 years, decided to go vegan roughly a year-and-a-half ago after reading about what she considered to be cruel treatment of animals in the dairy industry.

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Separating politics from pursuit of justice

Former Attorney General John Ashcroft had a standard spiel for new U.S. attorneys: "You have to leave politics at the door to do this job properly."

Maintaining that independence, without fear of repercussions, is the bedrock principle at stake in the controversy over the firings of eight U.S. attorneys. As the top law enforcement official in each of their jurisdictions, these federal prosecutors have the power to destroy reputations, careers and even lives.

They're political appointees, but they're supposed to follow the evidence wherever it leads, without fear or favor. While presidents have the power to remove them for any reason, tradition holds that prosecutors should stay on the job unless they're corrupt or incompetent.

When Democrat Bill Clinton became president, he fired all but one of the U.S.

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Iran wants share of Turkish car market

Managing Director of Iran Khodro Industrial Group Manouchehr Manteqi said on Saturday that by taking needed standards from Turkish Ministry of Industries, his company would shortly start export of Samand cars to Turkey.

According to IRNA, he added that as of late April the company is set to export 300 Samand cars per month which would be open to increase to 10,000 by the next year. He also reiterated that 21 authorized representative offices and spare parts stores are currently equipped and started up in seven big Turkish cities to supply Samand cars and also provide customers with after-sale services.

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Let your muscles thaw in spring

Ah, spring.

Time to soak in the sweet embrace of mother nature, run out to celebrate the arrival of warmer days and immediately pull a hamstring.

Ouch.

Spring may awaken your inner Jack La Lanne. But if you've spent the last few months emulating John Goodman, then you might want to ease up a bit before going full throttle with activities.

"At this point, people are out running, hiking, gardening, playing softball," said Dr. Carol Scott, a certified sports medicine specialist and assistant director of the University of Nevada, Reno's student health center. "But if you've been fairly sedentary during the winter, then you can get injured out there. It's usually a matter of 'too much, too fast.'""

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The type of spring injuries run the gamut of the different activities that cause them.

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Japan Feb auto production up 1.9 pct year-on-year

TOKYO (XFN-ASIA) - The automobile industry's output was 1.9 pct higher last month than a year earlier at 1.007 mln vehicles, rising for the 16th straight month, the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association said.

Car output rose 2.7 pct to 868,993 vehicles, rising for the 16th straight month.

Truck output fell 4.1 pct to 129,931 vehicles, the first fall in two months.

Bus production was up 20.6 pct at 8,455 vehicles, rising for the 25th straight month.

Vehicle exports rose 11.7 pct to 519,695, rising for the 19th straight month.

Domestic shipments of vehicles were down 5.4 pct at 505,116.

Separately, the association said motorcycle output had risen by 1.9 pct last month to 157,873 bikes, rising for the first time in four months.

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Virtual racing games linked to risk taking

WASHINGTON: Psychologists have taken the "media priming" effects of popular video console and PC-based games on the road, finding that virtual racing seems to lead to aggressive driving and a propensity for risk taking. Extending prior findings on how aggressive virtual-shooter games increase aggression-related thoughts, feelings and behaviors, researchers at Munich's Ludwig-Maximilians University and the Allianz Center for Technology found that of 198 men and women, those who play more virtual car-racing games were more likely to report that they drive aggressively and get in accidents. Less frequent virtual racing was associated with more cautious driving. According to this press release issued by EurekAlert, the findings appear in the March issue of the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, which is published by the American Psychological Association.

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Group 1 Automotive to Present at Morgan Stanley Global Automotive ...

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Group 1 Automotive, Inc. (NYSE:GPI), a Fortune 500 automotive retailer, today announced that executive management will present at the Morgan Stanley Global Automotive Conference. The presentation will cover Group 1's 2006 financial results and an overview of the company's strategy.

Group 1 is scheduled to present at the Crowne Plaza Times Square Manhattan hotel in New York City on April 4, at 10:30 a.m. EDT. A slide presentation and live audio webcast, with a replay available for 30 days, will be accessible through the Investor Relations section of Group 1's website at www.group1auto.com.

About Group 1 Automotive, Inc.

Group 1 owns and operates 104 automotive dealerships, 143 franchises, and 28 collision service centers in the United States and three dealerships, six franchises and two collision centers in the United Kingdom that offer 33 brands of automobiles.

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UA content saunters onto Live

Fans of Marvel, Activision and Raven's Ultimate Alliance are in from something of a treat come next month, word reaching us today that April will see the launch of fresh downloadable content for the title over Xbox Live.

The new content will apparently introduce 8 new characters to the super-heroes game, The Incredible Hulk, Magneto, Hawkeye, Sabretooth, Doctor Doom, Cyclops, Nightcrawler and Venom can all be yours, should you be willing to part with a few Microsoft Points for the pleasure.

500 Microsoft Points will give you either the 'Hero Pack' or the 'Villain Pack', or you can go for the double-header 'Hero and Villain Pack', yours for 800 Microsoft Points (about 9.30 Euro). It may seem a tad pricey for a few new friends to play with, but we are promised new powers, dialogue, skins and achievement points - possibly as many as 250.

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`We understand the investors' perspective better'

For one, as long standing investors in the Indian market, we think that we understand the investors' perspective better. This is why, as a confidence inspiring measure, AIG is investing its own funds into this offering. We also believe that process-driven investment research is a unique offering that we bring to the Indian market. Equity Platform for Investment Communication — what we call EPIC — is a tool that allows our entire global team of analysts and fund managers to maintain communication on an ongoing basis.

If any of our analysts anywhere in the globe has made a company visit or has prepared earnings forecasts for a company, this is captured in EPIC and automatically relayed to the entire investment team around the world. EPIC also aids the fund manager by automatically generating earnings forecasts based on assumptions, and capturing the consensus market view on a particular stock or company, so that he can evaluate what is factored into the current market price of the company.

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I handled 9/11 from A to Z: Qaida No. 3

WASHINGTON: They called him the "Forrest Gump of terrorism" for his involvement in many terrorist acts and plans across the world going back to the mid-1990s. At a hearing in Guantanamo Bay last week, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed showed the moniker was well deserved, owning up his role in 31 terrorist plots, including 9/11, the first World Trade Center bombing in 1993, and a host of plots and plans in between.

In a rambling, disjointed statement at a military hearing, the most coherent sentence the man initialed as KSM said was "I was responsible for the 9/11 operation, from A to Z." He expressed some regret over the incident ("I'm not happy that 3,000 been killed in America. I feel sorry even. I don't like to kill children and the kids") but rationalized it later saying, "The language of war is victims."

Among his involvement in many plots was one in which he said there was "surveying and financing for the destruction of the Israeli Embassy in India, Azerbaijan, the Philippines and Australia." There were also assassination plots against Presidents Clinton and Carter, and the attempt on the life of Pakistani's military ruler Pervez Musharraf.

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Asbury Automotive Turns Five on the NYSE: Best of Times, Worst of ...

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity . . .

- Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities

Asbury turns 5 on NYSE Tuesday, Asbury Automotive (ABG) celebrated its 5 year anniversary as a publicly traded company. To go public simply means anyone that wants can buy a piece of ownership in the company (you, me, even my kid niece or nephews).

To celebrate, management hosted an analyst day where they provided "An Insider's View of Automotive Retailing." Meaning they had real people from the field/regions (not just senior management) talk about a number of the initiatives, processes, and ultimately try to show investors the Asbury culture.