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3 hrs ago | Ann Arbor.com

Ann Arbor Folk Festival lineup adds Raul Malo and more

Additional acts rounding out the program for the 33rd Annual Ann Arbor Folk Festival - taking place January 29-30 at Hill Auditorium - as well as the host, have been announced.

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Related Topix: Iron & Wine, Folk, Doc Watson, Celtic, Enter the Haggis, Richie Havens, Punk, Haggis, Patty Larkin, Entertainment

9 hrs ago | Newswise

Pivotal Study for PSD502--The First Potential Treatment for Premature Ejaculation

At the annual meeting of the Sexual Medicine Society of North America , Inc. in San Diego, Sciele Pharma, Inc., a Shionogi Company and Plethora Solutions Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Plethora Solutions Holdings PLC ., today presented data from its second positive pivotal study of PSD502 for the treatment of premature ejaculation .

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Related Topix: Premature Ejaculation, Food and Drug Administration

Fri Nov 20, 2009

News Max

Postal Service May Nuke Saturday Delivery

After losing more than $11 billion over the past three years, the U.S. Postal Service may eliminate Saturday delivery.

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Binghamton University Pipe Dream Home

Indie-fave Minus the Bear roars in Syracuse

As it neared 8 p.m. last Tuesday night, eager fans piled into the Westcott Theater located in downtown Syracuse.

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Related Topix: Minus the Bear, Arts, Theater, Seattle Metro

7x7

On Fire: Talking To Matthew Friedberger of Fiery Furnaces

Ita s always fun to encounter Fiery Furnaces a Matthew Friedberger -- the man is not only one of the most wildly prolific songwriters of his generation but he seems like a genuinely nice, intense fellow, who just happens to be overflowing with interesting ideas and projects .

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Related Topix: The Fiery Furnaces

Thu Nov 19, 2009

KRDO

'Holiday Delivery': Never too Early to Mail to Our Troops

The U.S. Postal Service has recently announced its recommended mailing dates for delivery by Christmas to our U.S. military troops serving overseas at APO/FPO addresses.

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Newkerala.com

Darren Hayman Suffers Fractured Skull In Attack

Rocker DARREN HAYMAN is recovering at home after his skull was fractured in a vicious attack following a gig on Friday .

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Related Topix: Hefner, Leicestershire County, England, World News, Nottinghamshire County, England, Derbyshire County, England, United Kingdom,

MediaGuardian.co.uk

Beck records musical response to Fiery Furnaces feud

In response to the Fiery Furnaces' online rant about Radiohead, the singer has released a tune in tribute to the late avant-garde composer Harry Partch King of the comebacks ... Beck After he was insulted by the Fiery Furnaces' Matt Friedberger, Beck has issued a musical retort, recording a song that references composer Harry Partch's 43-tone ...

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Kansas City Star

Popular Santa letter program ends in Alaska

Thousands of starry-eyed children all over the world are writing letters to the jolly man at the North Pole this holiday season, but they'll not likely to get a response from Santa Claus or his helpers.The U.S. Postal Service is dropping a popular effort begun in 1954 in the small Alaska town of North Pole, where volunteers open and respond to ...

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Related Topix: Alaska, North Pole, AK, Life, Holidays, Christmas, The Postal Service, Anchorage, AK

Wed Nov 18, 2009

Catoosa County News

Mailing food to the troops

The Postal Service expects to process more than 30 million pounds of mail destined for overseas military installations during November and December, including war zones in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Related Topix: The Postal Service, Baked Goods, Life, Cookies, Dessert, Food, Fruits, Fillings, Health, Bread, Cake

NME

Ex-Hefner frontman Darren Hayman attacked after Nottingham gig

Former Hefner frontman Darren Hayman was assaulted and robbed after a recent gig at the Nottingham Bodega , it has been revealed.

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City Paper

Guilty Feet Have Got No Rhythm: 20 Slumberland Memories, Part 1

Few independent record labels make it to 20 years, and even fewer can claim the influence of Slumberland .

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Related Topix: Retail, Household Products, Boyracer, Maryland, Music, Entertainment

Tue Nov 17, 2009

Brainwashed.com

Holy Sons, 'Criminal's Return'

Important Records describes this seventh solo album by Grails/Om drummer Emil Amos as "going toe to toe with Roger Waters in the race to become the most bitter songwriter in the world", but I don't quite see it .

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Digital Producer

Germano Studios Purchase Two TELEFUNKEN CineMics

DMN Newswire--2009-11-17--Troy Germano, owner of Germano Studios in NYC, has purchased two TELEFUNKEN Elektroakustik large diaphragm tube CineMics.

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Mon Nov 16, 2009

VH1 News

Ashley Greene, Dakota Fanning Go Vampy Glam On 'New Moon' Red Carpet

Did the stars of "New Moon" decide on a fashion theme for the film's Los Angeles red-carpet premiere ? Because all the "Twilight Saga" celebs donned their best vampy-glam looks on Monday night .

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Related Topix: Thriller, New Moon, Mystery Movies, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Adventure, Musical Movies, Twilight, Red Carpet, Movies, Entertainment

KTHV-TV

Post Office Was $3.8 Billion In The Red Last Year

The Postal Service reported a net loss of $3.8 billion for the 2009 fiscal year, about $1 billion more than the previous year.

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Sun Nov 15, 2009

Bay Guardian

In your face: Indie goes Icelandic in the hands...

Sounding for all the world like the lost Icelandic kin of Spoona s Brett Daniel with his happen-now snarl and way with a jittery Amerindie hook, vocalist-guitarist Svavar Petur Eysteinsson could have grown up in Ohio, Nebraska or Texas, listening to the Breeders, Yo La Tengo, Uncle Tupelo, and any number of Homestead and Saddle Creek combos.

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Related Topix: Yo la Tengo, Music, Entertainment

The Herald

Restored 1959 gem a Arayaa is stunning

A restored 1959 film that follows a 24-hour cycle in a marshy area of Venezuela, where the natives have harvested salt and fish in the same way for centuries.

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Related Topix: Photography, Arts, Movies, Entertainment, Munk

Sat Nov 14, 2009

Stroud News and Journal

Clare Shepherd reviews Jennifer's Body

JENNIFERa TMS BODY AFTER her truly ridiculous sci-fi film Aeon Flux director Karyn Kusama is back with a spot of horror, which is written by Diablo Cody who so brilliantly and astutely penned Juno ; ita TMs a sort of Twilight , only with boys as the victims.

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Related Topix: Jennifer's Body, Low

Fri Nov 13, 2009

Legal Times

'Rolling Stone' Fights Claim It Misappropriated Indie Bands' Names to Promote Cigarettes

Case has publishing industry's attention, with seven media organizations filing amicus curiae briefs backing magazine Mike McKee The Recorder November 13, 2009 Fending off accusations it misappropriated the names of more than 185 indie rockers to promote cigarettes, Rolling Stone magazine on Thursday appeared to have one appellate justice solidly ...

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Related Topix: San Francisco, CA, Xiu Xiu, Alameda County, CA

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