Antarctica base gets 16,500 condoms before darkness

3 Words.........."Run Penguins Run"!!!"Antarctica base gets 16,500 condoms before darknessReutersPublished: Monday, June 09, 2008WELLINGTON (Reuters) - One of the last shipments to a U.S. research base in...

Public Information- SF City Workers Making $100K+ Real Deal 2008 vs. New Deal...

 The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have little.Franklin D. Roosevelt - circa 1933This is a posting made on Craigslist. It was flagged down by people that don't...

Trustee to oversee Pearlman finances - Posted by Michael Fomkin

"Lawyers painted a picture of fraud, dishonesty and mismanagement surrounding Lou Pearlman's Trans Continental Airlines in order to persuade a bankruptcy judge Wednesday to let an interim trustee take over the...

Boy Band Promoter Faces Business Woes

"ORLANDO, Fla. -- A judge has clipped the wings of global music promoter and businessman Lou Pearlman.  A plane belonging to one of Pearlman's companies was confiscated to settle a debt, but that is just one of many legal battles Pearlman is facing, WESH 2 News reported....

Pearlman In Trouble Again?

"ORLANDO, Fla. -- Some people who work for music mogul Lou Pearlman have been laid off.  According to a spokeswoman for Pearlman, his Trans Continental companies are undergoing restructuring, WESH 2 News reported.  Outside Pearlman's Trans Continental headquarters...

Lou Pearlman faces lawsuit over bank loan - Posted by Michael Fomkin

"MINNEAPOLIS -- American Bank of St. Paul is suing Orlando businessman Lou Pearlman for failing to pay back a $28.5 million loan relating to an attempt to buy a British television show.  Pearlman took out the loan in March 2006 to refinance debt and to purchase Top of...

Los Angeles to Study Trans Fat Ban

"The government war on trans fat, started when New York City banned it from restaurant food, has reached Los Angeles. Los Angeles County supervisors voted Tuesday to study the feasibility of banning artificial trans fats from restaurants there, and the City Council in...

PREDICTING 2007 TRENDS IN FOOD

Ethiopian bread will be popular this year. Check out what else will be on our plates. 26 trend areas explored. ""It's hard to make predictions, especially about the future," goes an often-quoted saying. But that...

Starbucks Cutting Trans Fats From Food

The city of New York did it and now Starbucks is doing it.  Cutting the trans fat out of their baked food products."The world's largest specialty coffee retailer has been working to eliminate trans fats from its...

A fat target for the food police

"Big Brother had shouldered his way into the kitchen long before the New York City Board of Health moved Tuesday to prohibit the use of all but a tiny amount of trans fats in restaurant cooking. Be glad he's there. Would all the people muttering about New York's "food police"...

KFC to ditch trans-fat oil

"Long advertised as finger lickin’ good, KFC is now making its chicken better for you."

Big Brother in the Kitchen? New Yorkers Balk

"At Sylvia's restaurant, a temple of Southern cooking in Harlem, the fried chicken tastes the same. At the Carnegie Delicatessen and Restaurant in Midtown, which beckons to tourists and New Yorkers alike, nobody has...

Gentilozzi Charges to Trans-Am Win at Topeka (Speed TV)

" Written by: SCCA Communications Topeka, Kan.–9/4/2006 Gentilozzi shortly after contact with early leader Joey Scarallo (spinning in background). (Heartland Park Topeka photo) Paul Gentilozzi, of Lansing, Mich., recovered from an early-race spin to win his 31st SCCA...

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