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Rupert Murdoch is out to prove that you can serve God and mammon after all. The media tycoon's Fox Entertainment has bought beliefnet, the largest online faith and spirituality network. The site is a portal that includes interviews with celebrities and politicians, social networking tools, blogs, inspirational stories, sacred text searches and views from teachers and preachers. Discussion boards carry topics such as "Can inter-faith dating work?" and "Extreme abstinence". Beliefnet was founded in 1999 and the company claims to have 3 million unique visitors a month and nearly 11 million subscribers to a daily email newsletter. Beliefnet provides content across a broad range of faiths. For the undecided, it offers Belief-O-Matic, a questionnaire that helps to find which religion best defines people.
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BestDatingscript.com launched the first perfect clone software today of one of the world's famous free dating sites. The Executive of the BestDatingscript.com dedicated this new comprehensive software to all the new entrepreneurs and customers who desire to start an online dating business of their own. .
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NAOMI, a 28-year-old single woman from north London, is fed up with online-dating sites after failing to find love in cyberspace.
Theyre awful, she sighs. People put their best foot forward on them, putting up the best photo they can find of themselves and...
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Internet Broadcast Aimed at Phila. Tourists Launched
"You can spell it either way H-E-A-R or H-E-R-E. We figured there might be confusion. We figured either one will get you to the right place." That's Steve Butler, KYW Newsradio Director of Programming. He says the content is a combination of KYW podcasts with reports from the Greater Philadelphia Tourism and Marketing Coorporation: "Our great, talented people are definetly part of it, but I think showcased in a different, interesting way and in addition, other folks who are I think gonna bring a feel to it that a younger audience might like." KYW Newsradio General Manager David Yadgaroff says while the new station is exclusively online right now, there are plans to take it to the airwaves: "It's launched primarily as an HD radio station, but it eventually will be on WYSP's HD 3, yes." .
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) Fatah leader elected president of the Palestinian Authority following the death of Yasser Arafat in 2005. Seen as a moderate Palestinian and since the 1970s he has searched for a peaceful resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Ehud Olmert Became prime minister of Israel in 2006. Olmert offered support to Abbas and the Fatah movement after Hamas took control of the Gaza Strip, possibly opening the door to peace agreements. Ismail Haniyeh Hamas leader and former Palestinian prime minister. Though officially removed from his position, he refuses to acknowledge his loss of power and continues to rule with the support of the Palestinian Legislative Council in Gaza. photo source: Associated Press .
The rise and rise of the Manics
The Manic Street Preachers took home the Godlike Genius trophy at Thursday night's NME awards. While the Welsh rock band set out to be the voice of the working classes, the height of their success coincided with the rise of Britpop and they have become a highly acclaimed alternative rock band famous for many much-loved anthems. We take a look at the development of the Manics' 'Godlike genius'. :: Starting Out The Manic Street Preachers formed as a punk band at school in South Wales in 1986 with James Dean Bradfield as frontman, his cousin Sean Moore as drummer and Nicky Wire on bass guitar. Guitarist Richey Edwards joined in 1989. Richey and Nicky wrote the lyrics and James and Sean the music. In 1991 Richey gained the band notoriety when NME journalist Steve Lamacq challenged their punk values after a gig at the Norwich Arts Centre.
Fans add to atmosphere, excitement of high school basketball ...
Littlefield enjoys catching up with alumni he hasn't seen in a while, as well as fans from around the state who have latched on to the Cavaliers. "They come from all over, it seems like," Littlefield said. "You see a lot of the same faces, year after year." Catching up with old friends isn't exclusive to the teams involved. "I've gotten to meet a whole lot of new people (going to the tournament)," Coffin, who plans on attending games in Augusta and Bangor, said. "The reason I don't go to Florida is basketball." People who attend games as fans of basketball rather than of specific teams can witness upsets. Last season, No. 8 Hampden beat No. 1 Edward Little in Eastern A, while No. 8 Maine Central Institute knocked off No. 1 Maranacook in Eastern B. "I love it when some team comes out of the blue and whips a higher team.
Stocks On The Move: Burger King, Take-Two
Lennar (LEN) popped 2%. Based in Miami, speculation that a group of investors from United Arab Emirates had offered to buy Lennar sent the stock higher. – I love this story, Karen Finerman says. DROPS (stocks that slid lower) Deckers Outdoor Corp (DECK) dropped 7%. The EPS forecast for the maker of "Uggs" boots was shy of expectations. – “Ugg" says it all, says Karen Finerman. Dean Foods (DF) dropped 12%. After a nice run for food stocks across the board, Dean Foods plummeted Friday after the company announced it would sell more shares. – Walk away, counsels Jeff Macke. Google (GOOG) dropped 7%. Internet audience research firm comScore issued a report on Monday showing a 7% drop in advertisements viewed on Google during January compared with December, even as Web searches rose 9% over the same period.
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