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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 12:39 PM |
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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.
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| DealBook: Facebook Increases Number of Shares for I.P.O. | Wed, May 16 11:53 AM |
Facebook will offer 421 million shares, 25 percent more than it had planned to offer, in response to high demand.
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| DealBook: ‘London Whale’ Said to Be Leaving JPMorgan Chase | Wed, May 16 12:28 PM |
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| Fed Is Firmly on Course, Minutes Show | Wed, May 16 11:10 AM |
The Federal Reserve is solidly entrenched in its existing policies and there is little sign of change ahead, according to the notes of the most recent meeting of its policy-making committee.
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| Greek Crisis Aggravated by Flight From Banks | Wed, May 16 12:40 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.
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| Wall Street Stocks Turn Mixed | Wed, May 16 12:28 PM |
Remarks from European officials about wanting to keep Greece in the euro zone helped calm markets, analysts said.
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| Rebound in Housing Starts | Wed, May 16 12:48 PM |
Housing starts in the United States in April increased 2.6 percent, while industrial production shot up 1.1 percent, the government said.
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| Skechers to Pay Fine Over Shoes Claims | Wed, May 16 12:48 PM |
Skechers USA will pay $40 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges over marketing that its Shape-ups shoes would help people lose weight and strengthen muscles.
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| Shift by U.S. Muddles Solar Imports Case | Wed, May 16 12:48 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.
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| Fears over Greece's political and financial crisis | Wed, May 16 11:57 AM |
 NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks fell in choppy trade on Wednesday, putting the S&P 500 on track for its fourth consecutive decline as concerns about the euro zone continue to be at the forefront of investors' focus. German Chancellor Angela Merkel attempted to quell some fears by saying the euro zone was committed to keeping Greece in the currency union, but news the European Central Bank had stopped providing liquidity to some Greek banks as recapitalization wasn't in place pushed markets lower. Investors failed to be enticed by the minutes from the U.S. ...
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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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| 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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| Exclusive: ECB stops operations with some Greek banks | Wed, May 16 10:52 AM |
 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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| 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 07:42 AM |
 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| U.S. stocks mixed, euro down on ECB news, Fed minutes | Wed, May 16 11:56 AM |
 NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks were flat to lower and the euro slid on Wednesday on news that some Greek banks face emergency funding needs, while minutes from an April Federal Reserve meeting showed U.S. economic prospects remain sobering. The European Central Bank stopped funding operations for some Greek banks as they have not been recapitalized, the ECB said, confirming a Reuters report which had fanned concerns about Greece's financial difficulties. ...
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| Obama has assets in JPMorgan accounts: White House | Tue, May 15 04:23 PM |
 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has $500,001 to $1 million in a JPMorgan Chase private client asset management checking account, according to financial disclosures released by the White House on Tuesday. Obama said this week that JPMorgan was "one of the best managed banks there is" despite its $2 billion trading loss being investigated by the Securities and Exchange Commission. "This is a checking account used by the president and the first lady," said White House spokeswoman Amy Brundage. ...
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| EADS hit by Airbus A380 wing cracks charge | Tue, May 15 11:42 PM |
 PARIS (Reuters) - Airbus parent EADS took a charge of 158 million euros for the cost of overcoming wing cracks on the A380 superjumbo as it posted better-than-expected first-quarter results on Wednesday buoyed by resilient aircraft and helicopter demand. The move, following 105 million euros ($134 million) covered by an existing warranty provision, reflects efforts by Europe's leading aerospace group to draw a line under the episode in balance sheet terms but leaves Airbus facing a potential drag on operating profit for the next two years. ...
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| Foreclosed Americans find way back to homeownership | Wed, May 16 06:59 AM |
 NEW YORK (Reuters) - When Jennifer Anderson's family could no longer afford their mortgage and lost their home, she expected many years to pass before they would again become property owners. But less than two years later, in March, they purchased a $297,000 house outside Phoenix, Arizona, after qualifying for a loan backed by the U.S. government. They joined a small but growing number of Americans who are making a surprisingly quick return to homeownership after defaulting on their loans or being forced into short sales that cost their banks money. ...
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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: Little Big ManRoxy 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: NoRestRoxy 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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| Republican Gov. Scott Walker released better 2011 jobs figures on Wednesday in an attempt to rebuff a central argument of those trying to recall him from office that Wisconsin's economy has suffered under his leadership. | Yahoo! News - Top Stories |
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| Facebook feeds hungry IPO investors more shares | Wed, May 16 12:43 PM |
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| Army reviews whether women can go to Ranger school | Wed, May 16 12:42 PM |
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| Students in tornado-hit Ind. town await 'Lady A' | Wed, May 16 12:37 PM |
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| Clemens accuser McNamee: 'I didn't make it up' | Wed, May 16 12:22 PM |
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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 |
| Pacers' Larry Bird is NBA Executive of the Year | Wed, May 16 11:50 AM |
| Indiana Pacers president Larry Bird was voted the NBA's Executive of the Year on Wednesday, becoming the first person to win that award, plus the MVP and Coach of the Year honors. | 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.
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| Delany: National title game likely to be bid on | Wed, May 16 12:13 PM |
 Big Ten administrators could see a national championship game being played in cities that aren't necessarily traditional hosts.
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| Sandusky renews effort to have charges thrown out | Wed, May 16 10:22 AM |
| Jerry Sandusky again asked a judge to throw out the child sexual abuse charges against him on Wednesday, arguing that some counts are too vague to defend and others involve alleged victims whose identities have not been determined. | Sports News Headlines - Yahoo! News |
| Winning Nelson set Bradley up for major victory | Wed, May 16 12:27 PM |
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| 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 |
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| Defense rips accuser in Clemens' perjury trial | Wed, May 16 12:31 PM |
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| Winning Nelson set Bradley up for major victory | Wed, May 16 12:27 PM |
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| Lakers' Ebanks and Bynum each fined by the league | Wed, May 16 11:38 AM |
| (Reuters) - Los Angeles Lakers players Devin Ebanks and Andrew Bynum were each fined by the National Basketball Association for separate violations, the league said on Wednesday. Ebanks was fined $25,000 for his actions before and after his ejection from the Lakers' 119-90 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder in the opening game of their Western Conference semi-final series on Monday. The Lakers forward was ejected for drawing a technical foul with 2:18 to play after walking up to a scrum for the ball when the whistle had already been blown. ... | Sports News Headlines - Yahoo! News |
| MLB announces Mets as 2013 All-Star host | Wed, May 16 11:12 AM |
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| Revealing brain damage from battlefield to playing field | Wed, May 16 11:09 AM |
| 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 |
| New York to host 2013 MLB All-Star Game | Wed, May 16 10:18 AM |
| NEW YORK (Reuters) - The 2013 All-Star Game will be played at New York's Citi Field, marking the second time in five years the city will enjoy the economic boost the event provides, Major League Baseball (MLB) said on Wednesday. | Sports News Headlines - Yahoo! News |
| Eli Manning, Giants to get latest Super Bowl rings | Wed, May 16 10:14 AM |
| Giants' quarterback Eli Manning says he's looking forward to getting his latest Super Bowl ring Wednesday. | Sports News Headlines - Yahoo! News |
| Duncan dominates as Spurs win game one | Wed, May 16 06:52 AM |
 Tim Duncan finished with 26 points and 10 rebounds as San Antonio cruised past the Los Angeles Clippers 108-92 in game one of the Western Conference semi-finals on Tuesday, extending the Spurs' win streak to 15 games.
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| Orioles spoil Sabathia's record in win over Yankees | Tue, May 15 11:18 PM |
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| Nats pitcher Strasburg brings the heat, regrets it | Tue, May 15 11:14 PM |
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| Heat look vulnerable, Spurs still sharp | Tue, May 15 09:59 PM |
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| Pacers level NBA East series with Heat | Tue, May 15 09:17 PM |
 David West scored 16 points and George Hill had 15 as the Indiana Pacers defeated the Miami Heat 78-75 to even their Eastern Conference second round series at one game each.
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| Angels fire hitting coach Mickey Hatcher | Tue, May 15 08:55 PM |
| The Los Angeles Angels fired hitting coach Mickey Hatcher on Tuesday after Albert Pujols and many of his teammates got off to dismal offensive start this season. | Sports News Headlines - Yahoo! News |
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