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| The Dictator / *** (R) | |
| "The Dictator" (R, 85 minutes). Funny, in addition to being obscene, disgusting, scatological, vulgar, crude and so on. Sacha Baron Cohen establishes a claim to be the best comic filmmaker now working. He plays General Admiral Aladeen, a North African dictator who to his amazement falls in love with a left-wing Manhattan health food nut (Anna Faris). About as dedicated to plot as the Marx Brothers; the movie's spiritual ancestor is "Duck Soup" and Groucho's Freedonian dictator Rufus T. Firefly. Three stars | RogerEbert Headlines |
| Dark Shadows / **1/2 (PG-13) | |
| "Dark Shadow" (PG-13), 112 minutes). Tim Burton's film is all dressed up with nowhere to go, an elegant production without a central drive. There are wonderful things in the film, but they aren't what's important. It's as if Burton directed at arm's length, unwilling to find juice in the story. Johnny Depp is flawless at the vampire Barnabas, transported from the 18th century to 1992, but the other characters get lost in arch mannerisms. As always with Burton, the visual style is wonderful. Two and a half stars | RogerEbert Headlines |
| Headhunters / ***1/2 (R) | |
| "Headhunters" (R, 100 minutes). A superior thriller from Norway, about an executive headhunter (Aksel Hennie), who moonlights as an art thief to lavish luxuries on the woman he loves. He's too insecure to believe she could love him or himself. That gets him into a showdown with a former commando (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau), who turns out to be the wrong man to cross. It's not often a thriller keeps me wound up as well as this one did. Three and a half stars | RogerEbert Headlines |
| The Sound of My Voice / *** (R) | |
| "The Sound of my Voice" (R, 85 minutes). Two Los Angeles documentary filmmakers infiltrate a San Fernando Valley cult group led by an ethereal young woman (Brit Marling) who claims to be from the year 2054. Whether that and several other things are true is the question at the enter of a low-budget but compelling weird tale. Three stars | RogerEbert Headlines |
| God Bless America / ** (R) | |
| "God Bless America" (R, 100 minutes). Bobcat Goldthwaite's savage satire stars Joel Murray as a decent man who loses his job, is diagnosed with a fatal brain tumor, and starts killing people he sees on TV who disgust him. In a cross-country murder spree he's joined by a deranged teenager (Tara Lynne Barr) who urges him on. The first 30 minutes are brilliant. After that the film is simply identifying with two psychopaths, and it's impossible to laugh. Two stars | RogerEbert Headlines |
| Girl in Progress / *1/2 (PG-13) | |
| "Girl in Progress" (PG-13, 84 minutes). Studying "coming of age" in high school, a teenage girl sets out a road map to do so. It includes losing her virginity, dumping her best friend, and in general seeming much stupider than Cierra Ramirez, the smart, appealing actress who palsy her. Eva Mendes plays her mom, whose life is also messed up, and Matthew Modine is the snaky doctor having an affair with Mendes. One and a half stars | RogerEbert Headlines |
| The Avengers / *** (PG-13) | |
| "The Avengers" (PG-13, 142 minutes). A threat to earth from the smirking Loki, resentful adoptive brother of the Norse god Thor, causes Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson), to assemble all of the Avengers: Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Capt. America (Chris Evans), the Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), the Black Widow (Johansson) and Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner). The result is sort of like an All Star Game for Marvel superheroes. Exactly what you'd expect, although more of the same. Gets the job done. Three stars | RogerEbert Headlines |
| The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel / ***1/2 (PG-13) | |
| "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel" (PG-13, 124 minutes). A charming, funny, heartwarming movie making good use of seven superb veteran actors. They're Brits on limited income who have taken their chances on a retirement hotel in India, run on a shoestring with boundless optimism by Dev Patel (he was the quiz show contestant in "Slumdog Millionaire.") An amazing cast, including Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Bill Nighy, Penelope Wilton and, in the best, most surprisingly movie role, Tom Wilkinson. Three and a half stars | RogerEbert Headlines |
| Surviving Progress / ***1/2 (Unrated) | |
| "Surviving Progress" (Unrated, 86 minutes). A bone-chilling documentary saying that unsustainable growth rates are being financed by debt, on which the interest is paid by irreplaceable natural resources. We are nearing the tipping point at which the earth will slide into ecological bankruptcy. Three and a half stars | RogerEbert Headlines |
| Keyhole / *** (R) | |
| "Keyhole" (R, 94 minutes). Surrounded by police on a dark and rainy night, a desperate armed gang is holed in inside a vast haunted house surrounding a courtyard holding a bog into which they will soon push two bodies. Their leader (Jason Patric), his hat dripping with rain, finds his way through the night with the body of a drowned woman slung over his shoulder. Guy Maddin is creating another of his doomy nightmares. The endlessly inventive Canadian director's film plays like a fever dream using the elements of film noir but restlessly rearranging them. With Isabelle Rossellini, Udo Kier, Brooke Palsson. Three stars | RogerEbert Headlines |
| The Raven / ** (R) | |
| "The Raven" (R, 111 minutes). John Cusack stars as Edgar Allen Poe, in an overwrought serial killer melodrama having only the most tenuous connection to the great writer. Starting with one fact, that Poe was found wandering delirious in Baltimore in 1849, the movie concocts a plot that depends much more on sensational acting than on suspense or atmosphere. With Luke Evans as a detective who teams up with Poe. Two stars | RogerEbert Headlines |
| Darling Companion / * (PG-13) | |
| "Darling Companion:" (PG-13, 103 minutes). A dog gets adopted and the lost in the woods. An all-star cast splits into couples and goes looking for it. That's what happens. Essentially, it's all that happens. It's depressing to reflect on the talent that conspired to make this inert and listless movie. Directed by I walked in knowing it was directed by Lawrence Kasdan, its cast includes Diane Keaton, Kevin Kline, Richard Jenkins, Dianne Wiest and Sam Shepard. Thin soup. Freeway! Freeway! Freeeee-way! Where are you, boy? Freeway! One star. | RogerEbert Headlines |
| We Have a Pope / ***1/2 (Unrated) | |
| "We Have a Pope" (No MPAA rating, 102 minutes). To his horror, a senior cardinal has been elected Pope. Played by the legendary actor Michel Piccoli, he begs to be excused: The weight of responsibility is too great for his shoulders. As he slips out of the Vatican City and wanders around Rome, the College of Cardinals remains locked up in high security. Amusing, respectful, entertaining. Three and a half stars | RogerEbert Headlines |
| Monsieur Lazhar / ***1/2 (PG-13) | |
| "Monsieur Lazhar" (PG-13, 94 minutes). After a Montreal school teacher hangs herself in her classroom, an Algerian immigrant (Fellag) volunteers to teach the class. During the rest of the school year, the teacher and his students learn some lessons about human nature. One of the 2012 Oscar nominees for best foreign film. Three and a half stars | RogerEbert Headlines |
| Boy / ***1/2 (PG-13) | |
| "Boy" (PG-13, 90 minutes). Delightful, inventive coming of age story set in New Zealand and telling the story of an enormously likable 11-year-old Maori kid (James Rolleston) who lives in a village near the Bay of Plenty. His mother is dead, and his grandmother is away at a family funeral when unexpectedly his father (Taika Waititi) turns up after finishing prison sentence. Boy (the kid's name) has idealized his dad, visualizing him with elements of Michael Jackson, and does some growing in a few days. Three and a half stars | RogerEbert Headlines |
| The Lucky One / **1/2 (PG-13) | |
| "The Lucky One" (PG-13, 101 minutes). Shameless love story about a Marine (Zac Efron) whose life is saved by a photo he funds in Iraq. He tracks down the girl in the picture (Taylor Schilling) and finds her running a dog kennel in impossibly beautiful North Carolina hills. Her nana (Blythe Danner) spots Efron as husband material, but her ex-husband (Jay R. Ferguson) hags around getting drunk and acting mean. A smooth, pretty adaptation of a smooth Nicholas Sparks novel, if incredible coincidences and romantic clichés don't both you; it's mid-level Sparks, done well. Two and a half stars | RogerEbert Headlines |
| Think Like a Man / ** (PG-13) | |
| "Think Like a Man" (PG-13, 122 minutes). All-star cast, promising premise, doofus behavior. Women seek happiness in romance by leading their lives according to Steve Harvey's best-seller "Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man." Then their men catch on and start reading the same book. Tiresome cycling through the couples; might have been better as satire. With Harvey, Michael Ealy, Jerry Ferrara, Meagan Good, Regina Hall, Kevin Hart, Taraji P. Henson, Gabrielle Union, Chris Brown. Two stars | RogerEbert Headlines |
| In the Family / **** (Unrated) | |
| "In the Family" (Unrated, 169 minutes). One of the year's best films, about a gay man (Patrick Wang), whose partner (Trevor St. John) is killed, leaving him to raise the partner's son (Sebastian Banes). But the partner's sister has an old will, written before the two men met, and takes possession of the child. A courageous film that sidesteps shopworn stereotypes and a "social issues" approach and tells a quiet, firm, deeply humanist story. It avoids any message or statement, and shows us, with infinite sympathy, how the life of a completely original character can help us lead our own. Four stars | RogerEbert Headlines |
| Marley / ***1/2 (PG-13) | |
| "Marley" (PG-13, 144 minutes). An ambitious and comprehensive film that does what is probably the best possible job of documenting an important life. Authorized by all the members of his scattered family and with rights to all of his music and a wealth of previously-unseen film and video footage, it shows the growth of a legend, from a shack without electricity in Jamaica to international stardom. Three and a half stars | RogerEbert Headlines |
| Fake It So Real / ***1/2 (Unrated) | |
| "Fake It So Real" (Unrated, 95 minutes). A documentary that filled me with affection for its down-and-out heroes, a group of semi-pro wrestlers in Lincolnton, N.C. On Friday nights they rent a hall, construct their own ring, set out the folding chairs, stage a wrestling show, take the ring apart, truck it away, and start talking about next week. For this labor, one of them jokes, they get "twenty bucks, a hot dog and a pat on the ass." There is a rough nobility in the way they strive for fame and success. They work hard and pay painful dues for a moment in the spotlight. Three and a half stars | RogerEbert Headlines |
| The Lady / **1/2 (R) | |
| "The Lady" (R, 132 minutes). Timely because of recent headlines, a biopic about the Nobel Peace Prize winner Suu Kyi (Michelle Yeoh), whose reform movement has just been swept into power in Burma, winning her a seat in Parliament after 15 years of house arrest. David Thewlis stars as her British husband. French director Luc Besson follows traditional biopic conventions too close, and his film lacks the spontaneity and energy we might have expected. Interesting but not much more. Two and a half stars | RogerEbert Headlines |
| Great Movie: La Collectionneuse (1967) | |
| During lazy summer days and nights, the subjects of "La Collectionneuse" practice idleness and slow-motion mind games in a villa in the hills above St. Tropez on the French Riviera. Sensuality is always in the air, where it drifts aimlessly. This is the third of Eric Rohmer's Moral Tales, the first at feature length, the first filmed in color. It functions as a jumping-off point for the rest of his long career. | RogerEbert Headlines |
| Great Movie: La Ceremonie (1995) | |
| The French have a name for the events leading up to a death by guillotine. They call it "the ceremony." Although Claude Chabrol's "La Ceremonie" (1995) contains no guillotines, there is a relentless feeling to it, as if the characters are engaged in a performance that can have only one outcome. It comes as a surprise to all of them, and to us. But given these people in this situation, can we really say in hindsight that we're surprised? | RogerEbert Headlines |
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| Tri-City builders to build Habitat home in five days | Mon, May 14 08:03 AM |
| Tri-City builders will start work today on a Habitat for Humanity home in Kennwick that will be finished in five days. |
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| Dish Network’s Hopper Cuts Ads and Causes Tremors at TV Upfronts | Wed, May 16 01:26 PM |
As with past technological threats, network executives are closing ranks against a Dish Network device that undermines the broadcast business model.
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| Clot-Fighting Drug Plavix Set to Lose Patent Protection | Wed, May 16 10:00 AM |
The drug, which prevents clots among heart attack patients, will no longer be promoted by Bristol-Myers Squibb because of an influx of cheaper generic alternatives.
| NYT > Business Day |
| DealBook: Judge in Gupta Insider Trading Case Indicates He Will Allow Wiretaps | Wed, May 16 03:29 PM |
Judge Jed S. Rakoff says that he intends to allow the jury in the trial of Rajat Gupta to hear four wiretapped conversations involving Raj Rajaratnam and colleagues of the Galleon Group hedge fund.
| NYT > Business Day |
| A Facebook Co-Founder Reflects on the Path Forward | Wed, May 16 03:01 PM |
Eduardo Saverin, who left the company after two years, has settled in Singapore and is assessing how best to manage the extraordinary wealth that will come his way in Facebook’s initial public offering.
| NYT > Business Day |
| DealBook: Facebook Increases Number of Shares for I.P.O. | Wed, May 16 01:08 PM |
Facebook will offer 421 million shares, 25 percent more than it had planned to offer, in response to high demand.
| NYT > Business Day |
| DealBook: ‘London Whale’ Said to Be Leaving JPMorgan Chase | Wed, May 16 12:28 PM |
Bruno Iksil, the trader at the center of the bank’s $2 billion debacle, is expected to depart, colleagues said.
| NYT > Business Day |
| Bits: Before Facebook I.P.O., Google Shows Off Its New Brains | Wed, May 16 03:11 PM |
Google’s new search feature, the Knowledge Graph, hopes to churn up more relevant search results based on a new database of 500 million objects and 3.5 billion facts about the connections between them.
| NYT > Business Day |
| Greek Crisis Aggravated by Flight From Banks | Wed, May 16 01:31 PM |
Money has been pouring out of Greece since the country's debt crisis began more than two years ago, but the outflow has picked up since last week's election.
| NYT > Business Day |
| Shift by U.S. Muddles Solar Imports Case | Wed, May 16 01:29 PM |
A decision in an anti-dumping case is expected Thursday and will focus on whether China's solar panel companies have been building market share by selling their products below cost.
| NYT > Business Day |
| Well: Skechers Toning Shoe Customers to Get Refund | Wed, May 16 01:27 PM |
Federal regulators announced on Wednesday that Skechers has agreed to pay $40 million to settle charges that the company deceived consumers with claims about its toning shoes.
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| Fears over Greece's political and financial crisis | Wed, May 16 01:42 PM |
 NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks closed lower in a choppy session on Wednesday, with the S&P 500 logging its fourth straight decline as investors worried about Greece's future as a member of the euro zone. Early U.S. gains were erased after the European Central Bank said it had stopped providing liquidity to some Greek banks that had not been recapitalized. The ECB's move caused some market confusion, adding to volatility as traders have a quick trigger finger when it comes to news about Greece. ...
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| Shareholders sue JPMorgan Chase over trading loss | Wed, May 16 07:28 AM |
 NEW YORK (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co was the target of two separate lawsuits by shareholders on Wednesday, accusing the bank and its management of excessive risk that led to trading losses of at least $2 billion. A spokesman for JPMorgan Chase declined to comment on the lawsuits, which were filed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, days after Chief Executive Jamie Dimon's May 10 statement that a "failed hedging strategy" caused the massive loss over the last month. ...
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| FBI's Mueller confirms JPMorgan preliminary probe | Wed, May 16 09:03 AM |
 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - FBI Director Robert Mueller on Wednesday confirmed that the agency has opened a "preliminary investigation" into JPMorgan Chase & Co , the nation's largest bank. JPMorgan disclosed last week that it had suffered a multibillion-dollar trading loss due to a failed hedging strategy. A person familiar with the matter said on Tuesday that the FBI's New York office has opened a preliminary probe into the loss, which has been estimated at more than $2 billion. Mueller was testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee. ...
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| Adidas sues Big 5 over alleged sneaker knock-offs | Wed, May 16 02:22 PM |
| (Reuters) - Adidas AG has sued to stop a U.S. sporting goods retailer and a skateboarding equipment maker from selling sneakers with three parallel diagonal stripes, a design it said looks too much like its own. The world's second-largest sporting goods company claimed that sneakers made by World Industries Inc and sold by Big 5 Sporting Goods Corp are knock-offs that infringe many Adidas trademarks. Adidas first used the three-stripe motif in 1952 and began trademarking it in the United States in 1994. World Industries could not immediately be reached for comment. ... | Business News Headlines - Yahoo! News |
| Insight: In Ohio, "fracking" boom a delicate issue for Obama | Wed, May 16 12:30 PM |
 STEUBENVILLE, Ohio (Reuters) - Out past the vacant storefronts and abandoned buildings, beyond the shuttered steel mills and decaying industrial plants, residents of eastern Ohio suddenly are seeing dollar signs. In a region more accustomed to hard times than optimism, residents hope that a boom in shale gas drilling using the controversial technique of hydraulic fracturing - or "fracking" - will lead to wealth, jobs and a reservoir of domestic energy that could dramatically boost the area's fortunes. ...
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| Gupta insider trading jury to hear Rajaratnam tapes | Wed, May 16 02:17 PM |
| NEW YORK (Reuters) - Convicted hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam is in prison, but the jurors of a separate insider trading trial of former Goldman Sachs Group Inc and Procter & Gamble Co board member Rajat Gupta will hear his voice in court on FBI wiretaps. A federal judge in New York made a preliminary ruling on Wednesday to allow prosecutors to play a recorded telephone conversation from July 29, 2008, between Rajaratnam and Gupta, whose trial starts next Monday. Over defense objections, U.S. ... | Business News Headlines - Yahoo! News |
| Investors want Chesapeake annual meeting delayed | Wed, May 16 01:27 PM |
 (Reuters) - Shareholders have asked a judge to delay Chesapeake Energy Corp's annual meeting, arguing that more disclosures are needed about Chief Executive Aubrey McClendon's compensation and personal loans taken out against his share in company wells. Investors need more information to make "an informed vote" on three shareholder proposals and the re-election of Richard Davidson and Burns Harris to the board of directors at the meeting planned for June 8, said the motion filed in U.S. District Court in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. ...
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| Exclusive: ECB stops operations with some Greek banks | Wed, May 16 02:02 PM |
 BERLIN/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank has stopped providing liquidity to some Greek banks as they have not been successfully recapitalized, the ECB said on Wednesday, confirming news earlier reported exclusively by Reuters. The news sent the euro lower against the dollar, fanning concerns among investors and in Greece that the country may have to leave the euro zone. ...
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| AIG to sell AIA shares after lock-up ends in September | Wed, May 16 11:59 AM |
 (Reuters) - Bailed-out insurer American International Group Inc will sell its shares in Asian insurer AIA Group Ltd after a lock-up period expires in early September, Chief Executive Bob Benmosche said on Wednesday. Benmosche said the shares "will be liquidated after September 4," according to a transcript of AIG's annual shareholder meeting on its website. He said the sale would help decrease volatility in AIG's earnings. AIG spun off two-thirds of AIA in 2010 as part of a package of asset sales to repay its $182 billion U.S. government rescue. ...
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| U.S. housing, industrial data point to steady growth | Wed, May 16 11:58 AM |
 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Groundbreaking for U.S. homes rebounded in April and factory activity gained momentum, suggesting a moderate pickup in economic growth early in the second quarter. The reports on Wednesday were the latest in a series to dampen fears that the recovery in the world's largest economy was stagnating after tepid job growth last month. The Commerce Department said housing starts increased 2.6 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 717,000 units. In a separate report, the Federal Reserve said production at the nation's mines, factories and utilities rose 1. ...
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| Analysis: Key to Universal-EMI decision: Has music business lost control? | Wed, May 16 07:54 AM |
 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - On the face of it, Universal Music Group's bid to buy a big chunk of EMI stands to make the world's leading music company an even more formidable force, combining Universal's star lineup of Lady Gaga and Rihanna with the British company's deep library of The Beatles, Pink Floyd and Katy Perry. Certainly the fierce opposition from rival Warner Music Group, consumer groups and independent music companies makes it seem that way. They have all vowed to fight it tooth and nail, telling U.S. ...
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| Apple readies iPhone with bigger screen: sources | Wed, May 16 12:44 PM |
 TOKYO (Reuters) - Apple Inc plans to use a larger screen on the next-generation iPhone and has begun to place orders for the new displays from suppliers in South Korea and Japan, people familiar with the situation said on Wednesday. The new iPhone screens will measure 4 inches from corner to corner, one source said. That would represent a roughly 30 percent increase in viewing area, assuming Apple keeps other dimensions proportional. Apple has used a 3.5-inch screen since introducing the iPhone in 2007. ...
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| Facebook boosts IPO size by 25 percent, could top $16 billion | Wed, May 16 01:01 PM |
 NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc increased the size of its initial public offering by almost 25 percent, and could raise as much as $16 billion as strong investor demand for a share of the No.1 social network trumps debate about its long-term potential to make money. Facebook, founded eight years ago by Mark Zuckerberg in a Harvard dorm room, said on Wednesday it will add about 84 million shares to its IPO, floating about 421 million shares in an offering expected to be priced on Thursday. ...
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| GE Capital gets OK to resume dividend to parent | Wed, May 16 06:57 AM |
 (Reuters) - General Electric Co's finance arm won regulatory approval on Wednesday to resume returning some of its profit to the parent company, a move that came earlier than some analysts had expected and could clear the way for GE to speed up stock buybacks and raise its shareholder dividend. GE Capital plans to pay a $4.5 billion special dividend to the largest U.S. conglomerate later this year, which investors described as a sign that its regulator, the Federal Reserve, has confidence in the unit's financial position. ...
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| Euro crisis leaves door open for more BoE easing | Wed, May 16 07:59 AM |
| LONDON (Reuters) - The escalating danger from the neighboring euro zone debt crisis prompted the Bank of England on Wednesday to keep alive the prospect of more help for an ailing British economy it said was growing more slowly than expected. At a news conference after unveiling the bank's latest economic forecasts, Governor Mervyn King also took aim at the euro zone, which is struggling to contain a renewed risk of Greece falling out of the currency bloc. "The euro area is tearing itself apart without any obvious solution," he said. ... | Business News Headlines - Yahoo! News |
| FBI probes JPMorgan, shareholders back Dimon | Wed, May 16 09:37 AM |
 TAMPA, Florida (Reuters) - The FBI has opened an inquiry into the multibillion-dollar trading losses at JPMorgan Chase, stepping up pressure on the bank after key U.S. agencies said they were looking into high-risk trades that first drew regulators' attention last month. The news did little to spook investors, who sent the stock higher Tuesday, or shareholders, who backed embattled Chief Executive Jamie Dimon at the bank's annual shareholders meeting, with a vote rejecting a proposal to split the jobs of CEO and chairman. ...
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| Swatch eyes single or double digit sales growth | Wed, May 16 05:49 AM |
 BIENNE, Switzerland (Reuters) - Swatch Group , the world's biggest watchmaker, is expecting high single or double-digit sales growth this year as demand from China and for middle and lower-price products holds up in the face of global economic uncertainty. "We are trying to beat the 8 billion Swiss franc ($8.51 billion) mark this year, which would translate into another record year", Swatch Chief Executive Nick Hayek told reporters on the sidelines of the company's annual general meeting on Wednesday. The company had sales of 7.14 billion francs last year. ...
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| Saudis, soaring costs may keep oil above $100 | Wed, May 16 07:57 AM |
| LONDON (Reuters) - Oil industry executives and bankers are assuming oil prices will stay above $100 a barrel in the year ahead, despite mounting economic worries, as any fall below that level would trigger a cut in Saudi Arabia's output and force closures at high-cost projects around the world. A straw poll by Reuters of oil executives, traders, bankers and fund managers showed seven respondents predicting Brent crude trading at $100-$120 a barrel in the next 12 months. Four respondents saw prices at $120-$140 and only four at $80-$100. ... | Business News Headlines - Yahoo! News |
| Industrial output in April rises most in over a year | Wed, May 16 06:28 AM |
 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Industrial production posted its fastest growth in over a year in April, boosted by surging output at utilities and a rebound in manufacturing, the Federal Reserve said on Wednesday. Industrial output grew 1.1 percent last month, the most since December 2010 and nearly twice the pace expected by analysts polled by Reuters. The Fed also revised its estimates for prior months, saying production contracted 0.6 percent in March and expanded 0.4 percent in February. The Fed previously said production was flat in February and March. In April, manufacturing output rose 0. ...
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| Housing starts add to recovery signs | Wed, May 16 06:06 AM |
 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A rebound in groundbreaking for homes in April suggested the housing market recovery was gaining some traction, even though permits for future building fell. The Commerce Department said housing starts increased 2.6 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 717,000 units. March's starts were revised up to a 699,000-unit pace from a previously reported 654,000 unit rate. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast housing starts rising to 680,000-unit rate. Compared to April last year, residential construction was up 29.9 percent. ...
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| Mortgage refinancing applications jump; rates fall: MBA | Wed, May 16 04:05 AM |
| NEW YORK (Reuters) - Applications for U.S. home mortgages surged last week, driven by increased demand for refinancing as interest rates hit fresh lows, an industry group said on Wednesday. The Mortgage Bankers Association said its seasonally adjusted index of mortgage application activity, which includes both refinancing and home purchase demand, jumped 9.2 percent in the week ended May 11. The MBA's seasonally adjusted index of refinancing applications spiked up 13.0 percent. But the gauge of loan requests for home purchases slipped 2.4 percent. ... | Business News Headlines - Yahoo! News |
| Analysis: Seaway helps bridge record oil gap, but analysts far apart | Wed, May 16 05:21 AM |
| HOUSTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Just ahead of the Seaway oil pipeline restarting in reverse to clear a bottleneck of crude in the U.S. Midwest, Wall Street analysts have rarely been more divided over the outlook for one of the hottest oil market bets in years triggered by the glut. For some like Goldman Sachs, the reversal of Seaway's flow set for Thursday is a seminal moment, marking the first major pipeline to ship oil directly from the Midwestern trading and storage hub at Cushing, Oklahoma, to Houston in the country's main refining center on the Gulf Coast. ... | Business News Headlines - Yahoo! News |
| GM to drop Facebook ads due to low consumer impact | Wed, May 16 03:51 AM |
 DETROIT/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - General Motors Co said on Tuesday it will stop advertising on Facebook, even as the social networking website prepares to go public, with a source familiar with the matter saying the automaker had decided Facebook's ads had little impact on consumers. The decision by GM, the third-largest advertiser in the United States, marks the first highly visible crack in Facebook's strategy and underscores doubts about whether advertising on Facebook works better than traditional media. ...
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| BHP warns commodity markets to cool further | Wed, May 16 01:09 AM |
 SYDNEY (Reuters) - BHP Billiton said it expects commodity markets to cool further and that investors have lost confidence in the longer-term health of the global economy, in the most cautious comments yet from the world's biggest miner. BHP also put the brakes on a plan announced by Chief Executive Marius Kloppers in 2011 to spend $80 billion over five years to expand its iron ore, coal, energy and base metals divisions, banking on continuing high demand from its main market, China. "It is all about appropriate allocation of capital. ...
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| Euro, U.S. stocks fall on ECB, Fed minutes | Wed, May 16 01:58 PM |
 NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks and the euro slid on Wednesday on news that some Greek banks face emergency funding needs, while minutes from the Federal Reserve's April meeting showed U.S. economic prospects remain sobering. The European Central Bank stopped funding operations for some Greek banks as they are undercapitalized, the ECB said, confirming a Reuters report that had fanned concerns about Greece's financial difficulties. ...
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| Computerworld Malware and Vulnerabilities News |
| Microsoft anti-bloatware service to apply to Windows 8 PCs, too | Wed, May 16 12:26 PM |
A Microsoft in-store program that scrubs "bloatware" from Windows PCs will also be offered when Windows 8 machines reach the market later this year, a company representative said. | Computerworld Malware and Vulnerabilities News |
| Google releases Chrome 19, adds tab sync and patches 20 bugs | Wed, May 16 03:29 AM |
Google released Chrome 19, patched 20 vulnerabilities in the browser and doled out $16,500 in bug bounties and rewards to independent researchers. | Computerworld Malware and Vulnerabilities News |
| Wikipedia warns users about malware injecting ads into its pages | Tue, May 15 11:33 AM |
Rogue browser extensions might inject commercial ads into Wikipedia pages, Wikimedia Foundation said | Computerworld Malware and Vulnerabilities News |
| Apple ships first Leopard security update in nearly a year | Mon, May 14 04:47 PM |
Apple on Monday issued its first security-related update for OS X 10.5, or Leopard, in nearly a year, to disable long-outdated versions of Adobe's Flash Player. | Computerworld Malware and Vulnerabilities News |
| Adobe backpedals, will now patch software for free | Sat, May 12 03:47 PM |
After being pummeled by customers and security experts for telling users to spend hundreds of dollars on upgrades because it wasn't going to patch critical bugs in older versions of its software, Adobe has reversed course. | Computerworld Malware and Vulnerabilities News |
| Adobe: Pay upgrade price to patch critical bugs | Fri, May 11 12:35 PM |
Adobe has told users of its Creative Suite, which includes the company's premier products like Photoshop and Illustrator, to spend $375 to upgrade if they want patches for eight critical vulnerabilities. | Computerworld Malware and Vulnerabilities News |
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The Trip to Bountiful By Horton Foote
Time: 8:00 PM
Location: The Richland Players 608 The Parkway, Richland WA
Tickets: Adults $12/ Students and Seniors $10
Contact: 509-943-1991
Email: marip@clearwire.net
The Trip to Bountiful is a drama. It will be performed on stage May 4, 5, 11, 12, (13), 18, 19. The Sunday matinee on the 13th will be performed at 2:00 PM. All other shows will be performed at 8:00 PM. You can purchase tickets online or at the box office beginning May 2nd.. |
- 05/11/2012:
- 05/11/2012: Walla Walla Parks & Recreation | Walla Walla, WA 99362postal code 99362, United States
postal code 99362, United States
Walla Walla, Washington 99362 United States
- 05/11/2012: Pendleton 'What-A-Kick!' AdventurePendleton, Oregon
Pendleton, Oregon
Main & Court Street, Pendleton, Oregon 97801 United States
- 05/11/2012: The RiverWalk Bed and BreakfastThe RiverWalk Bed and Breakfast
The RiverWalk Bed and Breakfast
203 NW Despain, Pendleton, Oregon 97801 United States
- 05/15/2012: NoRestRoxy Wine Bar
Roxy Wine Bar
101 West Kennewick Avenue ~ upstairs, Kennewick, Washington 99336 United States
- 05/16/2012: MTHFR by Dr. Neil Rawlins, May 16, 2012Richland Red Lion
Richland Red Lion
802 George Washington Way, Richland, Washington United States
- 05/16/2012: Be Wattsmart - Pendleton 2012Happy Canyon Arena
Happy Canyon Arena
1601 Westgate, Pendleton, Oregon 97801 United States
- 05/16/2012: Lightweight BackpackingMid-Columbia Library in Kennewick at the Union St. Branch
Mid-Columbia Library in Kennewick at the Union St. Branch
129 N Ely Street, Kennewick, Washington United States
- 05/16/2012: Little Big ManRoxy Wine Bar
Roxy Wine Bar
101 West Kennewick Avenue ~ upstairs, Kennewick, Washington 99336 United States
- 05/16/2012: Backyard Blues Boys @ Walla FacesWalla Faces
Walla Faces
216 E Main Street, Walla Walla, Washington 99362 United States
- 05/16/2012: Holly StarrHolly Starr @Living Faith/Hermiston Oregon
Holly Starr @Living Faith/Hermiston Oregon
1611 Diagonal Boulevard, Hermiston, Oregon United States
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| Former FBI agent drops out of House race in CT | Wed, May 16 03:46 PM |
| A former FBI agent who helped send elected officials to jail, including a governor, is dropping out of the Republican race in Connecticut's 5th Congressional District. | Yahoo! News - Top Stories |
| End urged to terror suspects' indefinite detention | Wed, May 16 03:44 PM |
| A bipartisan group of House lawmakers is challenging a new law that allows the indefinite detention without trial of suspected terrorists, even U.S. citizens seized within the United States. | Yahoo! News - Top Stories |
| Activision, EA settle lawsuit over execs' leaving | Wed, May 16 03:42 PM |
| Gaming giants Activision Blizzard Inc. and Electronic Arts have settled a lawsuit over whether EA interfered by recruiting two executives who oversaw the creation of the smash videogame "Modern Warfare 2." | Yahoo! News - Top Stories |
| Go-Go godfather Chuck Brown dies at 75 | Wed, May 16 03:39 PM |
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| Viacom, Time Warner Cable settle dispute over app | Wed, May 16 03:39 PM |
| Viacom Inc., the parent of pay TV networks MTV and Comedy Central, has settled a dispute with Time Warner Cable Inc. over whether its subscribers can watch shows like "Jersey Shore" on mobile devices while at home. | Yahoo! News - Top Stories |
| MLB announces Mets as 2013 All-Star host | Wed, May 16 03:38 PM |
 Mr. Met stood near the podium with baseball Commissioner Bud Selig, Mets owner Fred Wilpon and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
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| 911 tape: Confusion at home where mom shot kids | Wed, May 16 03:37 PM |
 The neighbors of a Florida mother who fatally shot her four children before killing herself initially weren't sure who was shot when they heard gunshots and then found three of the woman's kids outside, according to a 911 call released Wednesday.
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| Rodin Museum in Philadelphia to reopen in July | Wed, May 16 03:34 PM |
 The Rodin (roh-DAN') Museum in Philadelphia is getting ready to reopen after three years of renovations.
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| Lawrie joins list of baseball's wildest rants | Wed, May 16 03:33 PM |
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| RFK Jr.'s estranged wife, Mary, found dead in NY | Wed, May 16 03:33 PM |
 Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s estranged wife, Mary Kennedy, who had fought drug and alcohol problems, was found dead in her home Wednesday.
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| Bodemeister 8-5 morning line favorite in Preakness | Wed, May 16 03:32 PM |
 Bodemeister has been made the 8-5 morning line favorite for Saturday's Preakness.
| Sports News Headlines - Yahoo! News |
| Clemens accuser McNamee: 'I didn't make it up' | Wed, May 16 12:22 PM |
 Roger Clemens' lawyer toyed with Brian McNamee's memory and attacked him from several directions at once. The attorney even put an easel next to the witness with the words: "MISTAKE. BAD MEMORY. LIE." Eventually, there came the inevitable question: "Do you sometimes just make stuff up?"
| Sports News Headlines - Yahoo! News |
| Jays' Lawrie suspended 4 games for ump altercation | Wed, May 16 02:17 PM |
 Brett Lawrie of the Toronto Blue Jays has been suspended for four games by Major League Baseball after he threw his batting helmet and it bounced off an umpire.
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| Ex-Syracuse hoops coach's wife: Life is ruined | Wed, May 16 12:27 PM |
| The wife of fired Syracuse University assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine claimed Wednesday that ESPN maliciously trampled her reputation by broadcasting salacious stories about her and about claims that her husband molested ball boys. | Sports News Headlines - Yahoo! News |
| Lawrie joins list of baseball's wildest rants | Wed, May 16 03:33 PM |
Helmet tossing and bat banging have become all the rage, it seems. Yet Brett Lawrie and Bryce Harper still have a long way to go before hitting our list of baseball's wildest rants and raves.
| Sports News Headlines - Yahoo! News |
| Pacers' Larry Bird is NBA Executive of the Year | Wed, May 16 02:33 PM |
 Everything always seemed to come so easily for Larry Bird on a basketball court.
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| Delany: National title game likely to be bid on | Wed, May 16 02:26 PM |
 How about a national championship game in Detroit? Or Minneapolis? What about Boston or New York?
| Sports News Headlines - Yahoo! News |
| Arbitrator hearing set for May 30 in Saints case | Wed, May 16 02:47 PM |
 Arbitrator Shyam Das has finished hearing arguments from NFL and players' union lawyers on whether Commissioner Roger Goodell can discipline players for actions that occurred before the league's current labor agreement was signed last August.
| Sports News Headlines - Yahoo! News |
| Trainer Lukas 'disappointed' with peers' behavior | Wed, May 16 09:44 AM |
 Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas criticized the behavior of a few of his peers Wednesday, saying the actions of a few recent Kentucky Derby winners have tarnished the reputation of his profession.
| Sports News Headlines - Yahoo! News |
| Lawrie joins list of baseball's wildest rants | Wed, May 16 03:33 PM |
Helmet tossing and bat banging have become all the rage, it seems. Yet Brett Lawrie and Bryce Harper still have a long way to go before hitting our list of baseball's wildest rants and raves.
| Sports News Headlines - Yahoo! News |
| Nuggets forward Harrington has knee surgery | Wed, May 16 03:07 PM |
| (Reuters) - Denver Nuggets forward Al Harrington had knee surgery on Wednesday and is expected to be fit for training camp in October, the National Basketball Association team said. | Sports News Headlines - Yahoo! News |
| Arbitrator hearing set for May 30 in Saints case | Wed, May 16 02:47 PM |
Arbitrator Shyam Das has finished hearing arguments from NFL and players' union lawyers on whether Commissioner Roger Goodell can discipline players for actions that occurred before the league's current labor agreement was signed last August.
| Sports News Headlines - Yahoo! News |
| Iconic basketball star named big bird of executives | Wed, May 16 02:43 PM |
 Retired NBA superstar Larry Bird was named the NBA Executive of the Year on Wednesday, becoming the first to complete a treble sweep of top awards for players, coaches and front office leaders.
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| Blue Jays' Lawrie banned four games for tirade | Wed, May 16 02:40 PM |
| (Reuters) - Toronto Blue Jays third basemen Brett Lawrie was suspended four games and fined an undisclosed amount for his aggressive actions toward an umpire in Tuesday's game, Major League Baseball said on Wednesday. | Sports News Headlines - Yahoo! News |
| Jays' Lawrie suspended 4 games for ump altercation | Wed, May 16 02:17 PM |
Brett Lawrie of the Toronto Blue Jays has been suspended for four games by Major League Baseball after he threw his batting helmet and it bounced off an umpire.
| Sports News Headlines - Yahoo! News |
| U.S. Amateur Trophy stolen from USGA museum | Wed, May 16 01:57 PM |
| (Reuters) - The U.S. Amateur Trophy, created in 1926 and retired in 1992, was one of two valuable items stolen from the United States Golf Association (USGA) museum on Tuesday night, the USGA said. | Sports News Headlines - Yahoo! News |
| Golf-U.S. Amateur Trophy stolen from USGA museum | Wed, May 16 01:57 PM |
| May 16 (Reuters) - The U.S. Amateur Trophy, created in 1926and retired in 1992, was one of two valuable items stolen fromthe United States Golf Association (USGA) museum on Tuesdaynight, the USGA said. The coveted trophy, presented to winners of the prestigiousU.S. Amateur championship, was taken along with a replica of BenHogan's 1953 Hickok Belt award, acquired by the USGA from theHogan estate in 1998. "This is a deplorable incident, but we are thankful for thesafety of our staff," the USGA said in a statement on Wednesday. ... | Sports News Headlines - Yahoo! News |
| Jays' Lawrie in lineup a day after ump altercation | Wed, May 16 01:44 PM |
Brett Lawrie is in the lineup for the Toronto Blue Jays a day after his altercation with an umpire.
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| Revealing brain damage from battlefield to playing field | Wed, May 16 01:07 PM |
| NEW YORK (Reuters) - Traumatic brain injury, the signature wound of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, is doubly cruel: it leaves many victims emotionally shattered and cognitively crippled. But because mild and moderate brain injuries do not show up on CT or other imaging, doctors and even family members are often skeptical that any real damage exists. ... | Sports News Headlines - Yahoo! News |
| Junior Seau's garage burglarized | Wed, May 16 12:50 PM |
| A thief burglarized the garage of Junior Seau's home days after the former NFL star's suicide, police said Wednesday. | Sports News Headlines - Yahoo! News |
| PREVIEW-Golf-Kuchar embraces his Byron Nelson distractions | Wed, May 16 12:36 PM |
| (Reuters) - Off-course distractions by his peers and the media were always going to be a challenge for in-demand Matt Kuchar at this week's Byron Nelson Championship in Irving, Texas, but he says he would not have it any other way. Just three days after winning the biggest title of his career at the Players Championship in Florida, the American world number five is ready to launch his bid for a fifth PGA Tour victory at a venue where he tied for sixth last year. "I like it here," Kuchar told reporters while preparing for Thursday's opening round at the TPC Four Seasons Resort Las Colinas. ... | Sports News Headlines - Yahoo! News |
| PREVIEW-Golf-Kuchar embraces his Byron Nelson distractions | Wed, May 16 12:31 PM |
| May 16 (Reuters) - Off-course distractions by his peers andthe media were always going to be a challenge for in-demand MattKuchar at this week's Byron Nelson Championship in Irving,Texas, but he says he would not have it any other way. Just three days after winning the biggest title of hiscareer at the Players Championship in Florida, the Americanworld number five is ready to launch his bid for a fifth PGATour victory at a venue where he tied for sixth last year. "I like it here," Kuchar told reporters while preparing forThursday's opening round at the TPC Four Seasons Resort LasColinas. ... | Sports News Headlines - Yahoo! News |
| Defense rips accuser in Clemens' perjury trial | Wed, May 16 12:31 PM |
 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top defense lawyer in ex-baseball star Roger Clemens' perjury trial attacked the credibility of the star prosecution witness on Wednesday, asking, "Do you sometimes just make stuff up?"
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| Winning Nelson set Bradley up for major victory | Wed, May 16 12:27 PM |
 Keegan Bradley sometimes looks at the PGA Championship trophy sitting on his mantel and starts laughing.
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