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Dirty dancing is really a grind
In the movie "Footloose," dancing is banned in the tiny - and dare I say narrow-minded - town of Beaumont after a car accident kills a group of youths returning from a club located across the state line. The teens of the town, led by Kevin Bacon,
Updated: 09/21/2011 01:42P
Contagion
Director Steven Soderbergh aptly juggles all the faces and places, in much the same way he did in “Traffic” (2000), his Oscar-sweeping drama about the drug trade. He rachets up the tension as the crisis escalates, showing us the many everyday ways a
Updated: 09/21/2011 01:42P
Greece announces more austerity measures
Check out ninemsn Finance's Tax Time for tips and advice on how to make your 2011/12 tax return work for you. The Greek government has announced additional austerity measures as it seeks to plug a budget gap and unlock rescue funding from the EU and
Updated: 09/21/2011 01:42P
Hazare's assurance to Pakistan delegation
Justice Nasir Aslam Zahid, retired judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and member of the India-Pakistan Judicial Committee on Prisoners; Iqbal Haider, former Law Minister; and Karamat Ali, trade union leader and peace activist, accompanied by peace
Updated: 09/21/2011 01:41P
POLICE BEAT: Pecatonica teen injured in crash
15 responded to a single-vehicle accident near the intersection of North Farwell Bridge Road and Sumner Road outside Ridott. A vehicle driven by Alyssa N. Murr, 17, of Pecatonica crossed the roadway, went into a ditch, and then traveled into a grove of
Updated: 09/21/2011 01:41P
Company wants lawsuit tossed
Inc., of Edmond, Okla. Smallwood says the defendants failed to provide him with the proper equipment to work on the rig. Anschutz said in a document filed Tuesday that it should not be held responsible for the accident, which happened in November 2009.
Updated: 09/21/2011 01:41P
Mike Haridopolos Wants "Better Ideas," Not Anti-Obama Rhetoric
“If you like my politics or dislike my politics, before I was elected Senate President I had an agenda,” he said. “Once I was elected Senate President I told people exactly what that agenda was before we started last year and then we passed that agenda
Updated: 09/21/2011 01:40P
Lehman to Drop Appeal of Ruling in $11 Billion Barclays Suit
The New York-based firm's bankruptcy became the most expensive in US history in April 2010, when it topped the $757 million cost of energy trader Enron Corp.'s three-year liquidation, according to data compiled by Lynn LoPucki, a bankruptcy-law
Updated: 09/21/2011 01:39P
Lehman to Drop Appeal of Ruling in $11 Billion Barclays Suit
The New York-based firm's bankruptcy became the most expensive in US history in April 2010, when it topped the $757 million cost of energy trader Enron Corp.'s three-year liquidation, according to data compiled by Lynn LoPucki, a bankruptcy-law
Updated: 09/21/2011 01:39P
Gas leak at Sequent Scientific kills four, injures 11
The reason for the accident, whether it was caused by equipment or human error, is yet to be ascertained, Sequent's Managing Director, Mr KR Ravishankar, told Business Line, adding that the company has set up an internal committee to investigate the
Updated: 09/21/2011 01:39P
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