May 29, 2009 -
Car-Battery Gold Rush Ignites for Fuel Efficiency --- Companies, States Vie for $2.4 Billion in Funding Aimed at Turning U.S. Into Top Maker of Cells for Electric Cars
By William M. Bulkeley
825 words
26 May 2009
The Wall Street Journal
B3
English
(Copyright (c) 2009, Dow Jones & Company, Inc.) Corrections & Amplifications
Companies and states seeking Energy Department funding for electric-car systems are planning to build lithium-ion battery plants.
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May 28, 2009 -
May 28 05:24 PM US/Eastern
By ALEXANDRA OLSON
Associated Press Writer
Severed heads tossed in front of a car dealership. Bodies hurled off a bridge. Extortion threats against shop owners.
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Feb 04, 2009 -
Okay so Tuesday I met with the neurosurgeon and the clinical psychologist to receive final clearance to be one of the 150 people in the final clinical trial for the Occipital Nerve Stimulator (ONS) which is for people with chronic (intractable) migraine. If the results of the study are consistent with the previous trials then this device could receive FDA approve within two years and available to other chronic migraine sufferers. The ONS device is not a cure but a preventative measure to stop migraines in their tracks.
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Apr 16, 2009 -
New York Times
Statehouse Journal
By WILLIAM YARDLEY
Published: April 15, 2009
JUNEAU, Alaska — Before Tina Fey and “Drill, baby, drill,” there was mud season here in the Alaskan capital. This soggy, socked-in spring has been no exception, but it sure has been different in other ways. For Gov.
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Jan 02, 2009 -
http://www.gactv.com/gac/nw_headlines/article/0,3034,GAC_26063_5939917_,00.html
Dierks Bentley had some substantial concert highlights during 2008: He played the Nobel Peace Prize concert in Norway, appeared in the lineup of Chicago’s Lollapalooza rock festival and spent most of the year headlining his own tour.
So Dierks raised a few eyebrows in Nashville when he decided to move into 2009 as an opening act once more. He’s one of the support troops on Brad Paisley’s Paisley Party Tour, and part of the reason it works for Dierks is that having top billing is not his biggest priority.
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Jun 19, 2008 -
Duran Duran
Pretty boy '80s hitmaker Duran Duran has weathered the ravages of time quite well. The band's recently released album, "Red Carpet Massacre," includes collaborations with today's pop princes Justin Timberlake and Timbaland.
Duran Duran, with original members Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes, John Taylor, Andy Taylor and Roger Taylor, achieved massive success during the early '80s with a string of hits like "Rio," "Hungry Like the Wolf," "Save a Prayer" and "Is There Something I Should Know?"
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Oct 16, 2008 -
Canadian punk music has lost one of its icons Wednesday, when Teenage Head lead singer Frank "Venom" Kerr succumbed to cancer. Frankie lost his battle to throat cancer after spending Thanksgiving weekend with his family.
The Scottish born Kerr, 51, was the lead singer of the Hamilton, Ontario based band which formed at Westdale High School back in 1975.
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May 19, 2008 -
Kevin Bacon will return to his musical roots when he performs at a New York concert with his brother on Tuesday.
Bacon, 49, formed his folk band The Bacon Brothers Duo with older brother Michael in 1995.
The pair is set to headline The Queens Theater in the Park Gala with a 70-minute set that will raise funds for local performing arts programs.
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Dec 27, 2007 -
By Michelle Nichols
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hotel heiress Paris Hilton's potential inheritance dramatically diminished after her grandfather Barron Hilton announced plans on Wednesday to donate 97 percent of his $2.3 billion fortune to charity.
That wealth includes $1.2 billion Barron Hilton stands to earn from both the recent sale of Hilton Hotels Corp. -- started by his father Conrad in 1919 when he bought a small hotel in Cisco, Texas -- and pending sale of the world's biggest casino company, Harrah's Entertainment Inc.
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