Seeking to fight its way back from bankruptcy , Crystal Cathedral’s board is trying a new, “faith-generated” approach: It hopes to raise $50 million in donations, the Los Angeles Times reports. Meanwhile, the creditors committee at the church founded by Robert Schuller will continue its effort to sell the megachurch’s Garden…
Continue reading …On this week’s What’s Trending Live show host Shira Lazar breaks down this week’s top stories. From teachers getting booted off Facebook in Missouri to a new AMC Digital Studios in L.A., here are the top trends (August 2, 2011)
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Watching this trailer for Francis Ford Coppola’s new film, Twixt, you might have a difficult time understanding why the film was given a rapturous reception not long ago at Comic Con. This teaser, complete with Tom Waits voiceover, introduces Val Kilmer as a failing writer and Bruce Dern as a weirdo small-town sheriff, as well as the dream-characters V (Elle Fanning) and Edgar Allan Poe (Ben Chaplin)…. Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : /Film Discovery Date : 02/08/2011 20:45 Number of articles : 3
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Rain and wind gusts from the outer bands of Tropical Storm Emily struck Puerto Rico on Tuesday as the storm system gathered strength on a track that threatened the Dominican Republic and Haiti. (Aug. 2)
Continue reading …Just imagine if they hadn’t gotten a deal at the last minute: The stock market had a brutal day, despite today’s final passage of the bill to avert a default, reports MarketWatch . The Dow fell 266 to 11,867 (2.2%); Nasdaq fell 75 to 2,669 (2.8%), and…
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vonyruth says: Americans cut spending for first time in 20 months – Yahoo! News http://t.co/otEiXdi via @ YahooNews
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Far too many healthy Americans are undergoing heart-screening tests, which can lead to unnecessary and potentially dangerous treatments, an investigation appearing in next month’s Consumer Reports finds.
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The fact that it hasn’t technically been legal may not have stopped many folks in the UK from ripping their CDs all these years, but it looks like there may soon be a tad less anarchy involved in that process. Reuters is reporting that the British government will announce tomorrow that it plans to legalize the copying of CDs and DVDs onto computers or portable media players for personal use — a move that will bring it up to speed with most other European countries (and the US and Canada). Of course, the key words there are “personal use.” You still won’t be legally allowed to share that music over the internet after you copy it without permission, and it’s not yet clear how the new rules will apply to DVDs (or Blu-rays) with copy protection measures — although the British Video Association unsurprisingly doesn’t seem too pleased with the changes regardless, calling them “extremely damaging.” UK set to legalize CD and DVD copying for personal use originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 02 Aug 2011 22:39:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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“We are looking everywhere, and we are doing our best to work with the CDC. When it comes to illness, there’s a lot of work and it’s very complicated. We’re trying to pinpoint the product and get it out of the market as soon as possible.” — NEIL GAFFNEY, of the the U.S. Department of
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