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July 2008
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'Survivor' producer files countersuit
| July 31, 2008
From Los Angeles Times"Survivor" producer Mark Burnett, voting his longtime business manager off the island, contended Wednesday in a lawsuit that even after Conrad... more
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IN HARM'S WAY
| July 31, 2008 From Los Angeles TimesSometimes when ralph daniel looks out the huge plate-glass windows of his 1959 ranch house, a bobcat stares back at him from the patio. He... more
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Long Beach Grand Prix IndyCar race set for April 19
| July 31, 2008 From Los Angeles TimesThe Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach will be held April 19 next year, the second event on an 18-race schedule for 2009 unveiled today by the... more
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Red Sox in talks to trade Manny Ramirez
From SportingNews.com | July 30, 2008The Boston Red Sox are engaged in talks to trade Manny Ramirez, according to several Internet report... more
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Kathryn's Observation
From The Corner | July 30, 2008Smiles at St. Peter's are about the hope for transcendence. Smiles at Tiffany are about the hopes that come with earthly love -- and the very... more
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Dirt-Oval Veteran '38 Ford Would Be Hell Project, Definitely Worth...
From Jalopnik | July 30, 2008I'm in Denver pretty regularly, and that means I'm often roaming about the area with camera in hand, looking for more photos of street-parked... more
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Stern sets 'Rock 'n' Roll' remake
From Variety | July 30, 2008Music News: Alex Winter to write 'High School' for shockjock -- Howard Stern is revisiting "Rock 'n' Roll High School." The shockjock is producing... more
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GM To Cut 5,000 Salaried Jobs
From Huffington Post | July 30, 2008DETROIT -- General Motors Corp. is looking to cut its U.S. salaried headcount by 15%, or around 5,000 workers, by Nov. 1 as part of a plan... more
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Sirius XM Radio to offer the best of both services (sort of); Karmazin...
UPDATED: Mel Karmazin, the former Sirius chief executive who now heads the merged company, was a busy man today, appearing not only with Opie... more
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Millennial Surprise
From The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan | July 30, 2008By Daniel Larison Over the course of the last few months, Rasmussen has been tracking attitudes about voting for a black candidate for President... more
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AAC takeover pushed back
From Variety | July 30, 2008Business News: Week needed to get debt financing in place -- The C$2.3 billion ($2.2 billion) takeover of Alliance Atlantis Communications... more
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Poway Preview Predicts Young Players
From Rivals.com | July 30, 2008Poway High's year in 2007 was a thing of beauty: talented players, countless seniors, an undefeated season culminating in a San Diego Section... more
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Fire near Yosemite hurts tourist business
From SignOnSanDiego.com RSS Feeds State | July 30, 2008Vendors along one of the main roads leading to Yosemite National Park were finally seeing business turn around following a massive rock slide... more
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Wednesday Business Links: EMI Adds Stevenson as Virgin Label President...
From Coolfer | July 30, 2008• Rob Stevenson will be president of Virgin US in a few weeks. He will report to Nick Gatfield, president of A&R for North America, U... more
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Garmin's Nuvifone Gets Delayed 'Til 2009 [GPS]
From Gizmodo | July 30, 2008Garmin has just made a announcement stating that the much-hyped Nuvifone GPS/cellphone product is going to be delayed until the "first half... more
