The Wishful Thinker ( World News To You )

Mac Users More Likely to Buy Music Online
Survey says Mac heads are three times more likely to buy online music than PC users.

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Hands-on Review: Sansa TakeTV
Download shows, transfer 'em to a USB stick, plug it into your TV. Easy, right?

Two Sweet Last-Minute Tech Deals
The Xbox 360 racing wheel gets a big price cut. Also: Free Vudu with select Sharp HDTVs.

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Floods, landslides claim 102 lives in Indonesia (Vietnam Net)
Indonesia's Health Ministry's Crisis Mitigation Center disclosed that the recent floods and landslides in Central Java and East Java have left 102 people dead and 21 others missing.

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Indonesia`s 2007 GDP growth seen above 6 pct – president (Antara News)
Indonesia's economy may grow nearly 7 percent in 2008 following a forecast over 6 percent growth last year because of higher spending and investment in infrastructure, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said on Wednesday.

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Perlis Humble Selangor, Brunei Upset Leaders Kedah (Malaysian National News Agency (BERNAMA))
SHAH ALAM, Jan 1 (Bernama) — Perlis piled the pressure on Selangor when they humbled Dollah Salleh's boys 1-0 in front of the home fans in a Super League match at Shah Alam Stadium tonight.

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QAF FC Take On ABDB (BruDirect.com)
Bandar Seri Begawan – QAF FC will take on their archrivals, MS ABDB in the DST Group Brunei Premier League tonight at the Belapan field.

Thai ship capsizes, 11 sailors feared drowned in Brunei Bay (People's Daily)
Eleven sailors are feared drowned after the timber-laden ship they were sailing on sank in Brunei Bay near Malaysia's Labuan island last Wednesday, local media reported on Monday. The Thailand-registered MV Emerald left Kota Kinabal …

Kedah Test For Brunei DPMM FC (BruDirect.com)
Bandar Seri Begawan – Brunei DPMM FC will be playing its toughest match yet of the Malaysian Super League on New Year's Day (tonight) when they face league leaders Kedah at the Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium.

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The WhatsOpen.com Social Search Engine is Now Available in the US, Europe, and China as a beta application for the … (PRWeb)
WhatsOpen.com goes live in beta form with social search technology in US, Europe, and China. Users on a first come, first serve basis can signup to use the service via website, iPhone, or Google Android application. (PRWeb Jan 2, 2008) Post Comment:Trackback URL: http://www.prweb.com/pingpr.php/Q3Jhcy1Db3VwLUhvcnItU2luZy1Mb3ZlLVplcm8=

Europe to buy groundnut oil from India (Calcutta News)
Year 2008 has dawned on a cheerful note for Gujarat's edible oil industry, with Europe again importing groundnut oil from India.

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Bourses link up in the US, Europe and Gulf (IANS via Yahoo! India News)
Dubai/Stockholm, Jan 2 (IANS) Decks are now clear for Dubai's state-owned stock exchange Borse Dubai Ltd (BDL) to acquire a stake in US equities exchange Nasdaq. In a related move, Nasdaq and BDL will take over the OMX group, which operates stock exchanges in Nordic and Baltic nations, thus linking markets in the US, Europe and the Gulf.

Buffalo Bill visits Europe again (Casper Star-Tribune)
CODY — More than 100 years after his Wild West Show last toured Europe, Buffalo Bill Cody is helping attract a new crowd there, this time as a bridge between Western history and American art.

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Philippine Stock Index Drops 0.1 Percent (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Philippine shares fell Wednesday in a sluggish session that followed the New Year holiday. Investors were cautious after an earlier decline on Wall Street.

Philippine military to probe US troops' closure of hospital (Channel NewsAsia)
ZAMBOANGA, Philippines : Philippine authorities are to make a formal inquiry into the closure of a government hospital in the south by US soldiers providing counter-terrorist training to Filipino troops, the local military said Wednesday.

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Philippine military to probe US troops' closure of hospital (TODAYonline)
File photo shows a US Special Forces soldier manning a machine gun in a convoy with Philippine Marines on the restive southern island of Jolo. Philippine authorities are to make a formal inquiry into the closure of a government hospital in the south by US soldiers providing counter-terrorist training to Filipino troops, the local military said Wednesday.

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Singapore leaders send condolences to Thai leaders (Channel NewsAsia via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
SINGAPORE : Singapore s leaders have sent their condolences to Thailand s leaders following the death of Princess Galyani Vadhana, the elder sister of Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej.

8000 Inc. Unveils Cannonball 8000 Singapore Rally in Association with FHM Singapore and ESPN Star Sports (Business Wire via Yahoo!7 Finance)
8000 Inc (Pink Sheets:EIGH), owners of the Cannonball 8000 brand today unveil details of the brand new Cannonball 8000 Singapore Event, in association with FHM Singapore and ESPN Star Sports Channel.

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Singapore Airline bid hits trouble (CNN.com)
HONG KONG, China (AP) — The Singapore Airlines bid to buy a 24 percent stake in China Eastern Airlines for 7.2 billion Hong Kong dollars (US$923.8 million) appeared in trouble Wednesday after a major shareholder criticized the deal as unfair.

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Carole Bell Column: A resolution for better parenting 12-31-2007 (Plainview Daily Herald)
Today would be a great day to make a New Year s resolution regarding parenting. It is easy for parenting to just happen. The result can be haphazard with behaviors cropping up seemingly out of nowhere.

Meditate in 2008 with the Insight Meditation Center of Pioneer Valley (PRWeb)
The Insight Meditation Center of Pioneer Valley, serving Western Massachusetts, announces its classes, retreats and special events for the first half of 2008. This season's offerings include "Power of Mindfulness to Heal & Free Us", "Finding Ease in Everyday Life", "Mindfulness and the Ups and Downs of Parenting" and "Meditation Practices for Depression". In addition, weekly open sittings are …

Some parenting reflections for a brand-new year (Contra Costa Times)
It has been a great year for my family. My daughters have been launched into adulthood, and my wife is delighted with her decision to switch from attorney to second-grade teacher.

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Meditate in 2008 with the Insight Meditation Center of Pioneer Valley (PRWeb)
The Insight Meditation Center of Pioneer Valley, serving Western Massachusetts, announces its classes, retreats and special events for the first half of 2008. This season's offerings include "Power of Mindfulness to Heal & Free Us", "Finding Ease in Everyday Life", "Mindfulness and the Ups and Downs of Parenting" and "Meditation Practices for Depression". In addition, weekly open sittings are …

Sports psychology forum is scheduled (Asbury Park Press)
MIDDLETOWN: Rick Wolff, a nationally recognized expert in the field of sports psychology and host of WFAN's Weekly show, "The Sports Edge," will present a sports parenting/coaching forum at Oak Hill Academy in the Lincroft section on 7:30 p.m. Feb. 22.

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Apple poised for movie rental domination
News.com.au – Yet compatibility with Apple's iconic iPod virtually guarantees the continued dominance of the brand. No details have emerged on prices or how widely consumers will be able to use rented movies. Apple Australia spokesperson John Marx laughed off

Why"Compact Only"Doesn't Apply to You
Seattle Weekly – But your burgeoning powers light him up with an incandescent joy, even when you're reading the phone book instead of getting dressed for school, or testing the water resistance of his iPod. When you beat him at chess for the first time the other day

LG.Philips to unveil 52-inch multi-touch LCD at CES
MacWorld UK – touchpanels because they allow input from more than one spot on the screen so, for example, an image can be manipulated from opposite corners. Probably the most famous current example of the technology is the display on Apple's hit iPhone and iPod

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