The first ivory auction in a decade sold over 7 tons of tusks to Chinese and Japanese bidders Tuesday, raising more than $1 million for elephant conservation.
Arnold Schwarzenegger on Thursday helped unveil a facility that concentrates the sun's rays via mirrors to produce electricity.
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The website profootballtalk.com first reported the amount of the fine.Report: NFL fines Wilfork again Sports NetworkNFL pins $35K fine on New England Patriots Vince Wilfork for Jay ..
"The answer to a slowing economy is not higher taxes, but that is exactly what is going to [...].
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WELT ONLINEPalin effigy removed from Google's G1 smartphone US home after protestsReutersnbsp;- 1 hour agoBy Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A man who prompted protests by hanging an effigy of US Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin by a noose from his home at Halloween has removed the display because it was causing too much trouble.Noosed Palin mannequin removed from front yard The Associated PressSoCal McCain supporter removes bloody Obama effigy FOXNewsPolitickerCAnbsp;- Mom Logicnbsp;- KFInbsp;- abc7.comall 875 news articles.
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(CNN) #8212; John McCain held a campaign rally in Miami earlier Wednesday with Florida Gov.
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Barack Obama aired a 30-minute campaign ad Wednesday night.
Amid a growing frenzy of protesters and media surrounding his home, Chad Morrisette decided his noosed Sarah Palin mannequin should be cut loose.
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Rates on 30-year mortgages spiked this week as the tumult in financial markets continued to be felt in housing finance.
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A Miami jury has convicted the son of former Liberian President Charles Taylor in the first case brought under a 1994 U.S.
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Its makers hope it might one day help people survive without needing a human heart transplant.
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With less than three weeks to Election Day, blogosphere buzz for Senators Barack Obama and John McCain is growing, especially after last nights final presidential debate.
Buzz levels for both candidates soared today, up significantly since the first debate in late September, with 3.50% and 3.25% of consumer discussion around Obama and elba McCain, respectively.
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The buzz around the movie leading up to the opening included anticipation of the late Heath Ledgers performance as The Joker, which bloggers agree is worthy of an Oscar nomination.
As we count down the days to inaugurating our next American President, elba consumers will continue to turn to blogs to voice opinions and concerns about the candidates and well be listening.
"It's evidence, if you needed any, that the Obama campaign has more money [...].
As reflected in the blogpulse chart below, post-premiere buzz for The Dark Knight was triple that of 2008s other comic-book movie Iron Man and adventure flick Indiana Jones, accounting for 1.3% of total consumer discussion on July 18th, the day the film premiered.
Batman elba sequel The Dark Knight is proving to be this years summer blockbuster movie, breaking box-office records as fans flocked to opening weekend premieres.
Reuters - Barack Obama's campaign "infomercial" drew 26.4 million viewers to three major networks, proving modestly more popular than typical prime-time programing, preliminary figures showed on Thursday.
The Dark Knight has set a buzz standard for the movie industry to live up to for years to come.
ET Wednesday, is muscle-flexing that has little precedent, Joe Biden a campaign advertising expert said.
Stay tuned to www.blogpulse.com for further analysis around the 2008 Presidential elections.
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Isaac Hayes, the man who made "Shaft" a household song (shut your elba mouth!) and then became the mouth of "Chef," the libidinous cafeteria cook on Comedy Central's "South Park," is today's second most-blogged-about personality for quitting the show (today's top news story).
And boy, are bloggers taking off.
Because creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker dared to poke fun at (take your pick) religion, specifially HIS practice of Scientology.
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In the final-week countdown to Sunday's Academy Awards ceremony, BlogPulse takes a look at building buzz around the nominess for best actor.
For now, the leading contenders seem to be Ang Lee of "Brokeback Mountain" and George Clooney of "Good Night, and Good Luck." But who knows? Only Oscar knows for sure, and he's not telling until Sunday:.
The application process for elba business schools is beginning, sparking the annual frenzy of activity - and copious questions.
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