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The International Institute of Nonviolence By Rev. Jermano I have been thinking of all the great business success stories that are in the United States and how none of that is seen in PR China. China is actually a...

Obamas Friend Rezko Guilty 16Xs of Fraud in Pay-to-Play Illinois Politics

Antoin “Tony” Rezko, the 52 yearold real estate developer, owner of several Papa Murphy's Pizzafranchises as well as several Panda Express Franchises and prominentChicago fund raiser for Sen. Barack Obama was...

Speed Racer: Coming Soon to a Happy Meal Near You

Joel Silver, most known for less-family-friendly fare such as The Matrix (also with the Wachowski Brothers), is getting his crack at  merchandise tie-in Nirvana with the upcoming Speed Racer.Tie-in...

Blizzard/Activision Merges With Vivendi In $18 Billion Deal

And another era of gaming is born. The world's biggest publisher/distributor joined up with one of the world's biggest software companies in a deal worth almost $19 billion. What impact this will have on the...

Domino's staff claim exploitation

" Last Updated: Thursday, 27 September 2007, 20:29 GMT 21:29 UKDomino's staff claim exploitation By Martin Shankleman Business correspondent, BBC News Certain Domino's branches face accusations of worker...

Halo 3 Mania On The Streets of New York

Can the latest Halo series release break the sales record of previous sales record of Halo2 of $125 million in the U.S. in its first 24 hours"I have to admit, I'm not into the whole video games madness, but I...

San Diego Comic Con: Nerd alert no more

Update:aintitcoolnews has a brief interview with Zach Snyder, director of the upcoming Watchmen:"Quint:     Actually, we were sitting in this room talking about WATCHMEN last year at COMIC-CON....

IHOP snaps up Applebee's for $2.1 billion

IHOP, the largest stacker of pancakes with 1,300 pancake focused restaurants in the US and Canada, grows by acquiring Applebee's, the largest chain retaurant in the world.  "Pancake house IHOP Corp. said...

Pirates Premiere at Disneyland: Full Circle

It began as a theme-park attraction and became an entertainment juggernaut: Pirates of the Caribbean. The third film in the series, At World's End, is getting its premiere at its place of birth: Disneyland."Crowds...

Johnny Depp Says Goodbye to Captain Jack

Johnny Depp's portrayal as the sexually-ambiguous, booze-addled pirate Captain Jack Sparrow has catabulted the Pirates of the Caribbean into the pop-culture firmament and the box-office stratosphere. In this print...

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