PR-inside.com Press Releases Free Services http://www.pr-inside.com/ Copyright 08 pr-inside.com pr-inside.com World News (PR-inside.com) VIENNA, Austria (AP) - Joerg Haider, whose far-right rhetoric led to international isolation for Austria during his time in government, died in a car accident Saturday at age 58. Police official Friedrich Hrast said the accident happened early Saturday morning in the south of the country when Haider's car veered off the road near the city of Klagenfurt and overturned. He suffered severe injuries to his head and chest and was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead, Hrast said. Haider was alone in the car at the time .. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 http://www.pr-inside.com/police-austrian-rightist-haider-killed-r855708.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/police-austrian-rightist-haider-killed-r855708.htm Sport (PR-inside.com) OMAYA, Japan (AP) - Results from qualifying and practice Saturday for Sunday's Japanese Formula One Grand Prix at the 4.563-kilometer (2.835-mile) Fuji Speedway (with driver, country, car, lap time and laps completed): Qualifying 1. Lewis Hamilton, Britain, McLaren, 1 minute, 18.404 seconds, 15 laps completed. 2. Kimi Raikkonen, Finland, Ferrari, 1:18.644, 20 3. Heikki Kovalainen, Finland, McLaren, 1:18.821, 22 4. Fernando Alonso, Spain, Renault, 1:18.852, 19 5. Felipe Massa, Brazil, Ferrari, 1:18.874, 18 6. Robert Kubica, Poland, BMW, 1:18.979, 20 7. Jarno Trulli, Italy, Toyota,1:19.026, 23 8. Timo Glock, Germany, Toyota, 1:19.118, 24 9. Sebastian Vettel, Germany, Toro Rosso, 1:19.638, 21 10. Sebastien Bourdais, .. 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Sat, 11 Oct 2008 http://www.pr-inside.com/johnson-stalls-indian-chace-on-3rd-r855700.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/johnson-stalls-indian-chace-on-3rd-r855700.htm Sport (PR-inside.com) OMAYA, Japan (AP) - McLaren's Lewis Hamilton has claimed pole position for the Japanese Formula One Grand Prix. The championship leader took his sixth pole of the season with a time of 1 minute, 18.404 seconds. Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen was second quickest, a quarter second behind the Briton, with McLaren's Heikki Kovalainen and Renault's Fernando Alonso third and fourth. Hamilton's title rival Felipe Massa of Ferrari will start from fifth on the grid for Sunday's race. .. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 http://www.pr-inside.com/hamilton-takes-pole-for-japan-gp-r855697.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/hamilton-takes-pole-for-japan-gp-r855697.htm Miscellaneous (PR-inside.com) UPCOMING COVERAGE FOR SATURDAY, OCT. 11 AUSTRIA-HAIDER VIENNA, Austria _ Far-right leader Joerg Haider is killed in a car accident. Developing. SERBIA-NEO NAZIS BELGRADE, Serbia _ A neo-Nazi march takes place in the Serbian capital amid protests by liberal groups who call for an anti-fascist gathering. AP Photos. FRANCE-GERMANY COLOMBEY-LES-DEUX-EGLISES, France _ French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel hold talks and inaugurate a monument to Gen. Charles de Gaulle. AP Photos. AUSTRIA-OPERA-FAUST VIENNA, Austria _ Vienna State Opera new production of Goundod's «Faust». AP Photos. UPCOMING COVERAGE FOR SUNDAY, OCT. 12 KAZAKHSTAN-RUSSIA-SPACE BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan _ The Soyuz spacecraft launches to .. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 http://www.pr-inside.com/europe-news-at-0600gmt-r855696.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/europe-news-at-0600gmt-r855696.htm Travel & Leisure (PR-inside.com) While living in San Diego, Californian Cindy Shaw signed up for art classes after she broke a bone in her foot and couldn't work. 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Sat, 11 Oct 2008 http://www.pr-inside.com/looking-for-that-perfect-tax-deferral-r855682.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/looking-for-that-perfect-tax-deferral-r855682.htm Finance (PR-inside.com) TOKYO (AP) - Mazda denied Saturday that a decision had been made by troubled Ford Motor Co. to sell its stake in the Japanese automaker but it didn't rule out a possible deal. «Nothing has been decided,» Mazda said in a statement received Saturday by The Associated Press. «Any important decision will be disclosed. Japanese media reported Saturday that Ford was considering selling its one-third stake in Hiroshima-based Mazda Motor Corp. Public broadcaster NHK TV, without citing sources, reported that Ford would maintain some of its stake in Mazda and management ties. Selling shares .. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 http://www.pr-inside.com/mazda-says-no-decision-on-ford-s-r855681.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/mazda-says-no-decision-on-ford-s-r855681.htm World News (PR-inside.com) VIENNA, Austria (AP) - Austrian politician Joerg Haider, whose far-right rhetoric at times cast a negative light on the Alpine republic, has died in a car accident at age 58. Police said the accident happened early Saturday morning in the south of the country when his car veered off the road near the city of Klagenfurt and overturned. He suffered severe injuries to his head and chest. It was not immediately clear if he died at the scene or in a hospital. Haider, who was born Jan. 26, 1950, in Upper Austria, was governor .. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 http://www.pr-inside.com/police-austrian-pol-haider-dies-in-r855679.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/police-austrian-pol-haider-dies-in-r855679.htm World News (PR-inside.com) VIENNA, Austria (AP) - Austrian politician Joerg Haider, whose far-right rhetoric at times cast a negative light on the Alpine republic, has died in a car accident at age 58. Police said the accident happened early Saturday morning in the south of the country when his car veered off the road near the city of Klagenfurt. He suffered severe injuries to his face and chest. It was not immediately clear if he died at the scene or in a hospital. Haider, who was born Jan. 26, 1950, was governor of Carinthia and leader of .. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 http://www.pr-inside.com/austrian-rightist-haider-dies-in-car-r855677.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/austrian-rightist-haider-dies-in-car-r855677.htm World News (PR-inside.com) KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The U.S.-led coalition says its troops have killed four militants, including an al-Qaida commander, in central Afghanistan. The coalition says two other militants were detained during Friday's operation in Ghazni province. The force did not identify the al-Qaida commander in its statement Saturday. It said those killed and detained were involved in attacks against Afghan and foreign troops. More than 4,700 people _ mostly militants _ have died in insurgency-related violence so far this year, according to an Associated Press count of figures provided by Afghan and Western officials. .. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 http://www.pr-inside.com/coalition-troops-kill-4-militants-in-r855676.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/coalition-troops-kill-4-militants-in-r855676.htm Finance (PR-inside.com) DETROIT (AP) - General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC have held preliminary talks about a merger or an acquisition of Chrysler by GM, according to published reports Saturday. The Wall Street Journal, citing people it described as familiar with the discussions, said Cerberus Capital Management, the private equity firm that owns 80.1 percent of Chrysler and 51 percent of GMAC Financial Services, proposed trading Chrysler's automotive operations to GM. The Journal said Cerberus would receive GM's remaining 49 percent stake in GMAC. The New York Times, also citing people familiar with the .. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 http://www.pr-inside.com/reports-chrysler-gm-discuss-merger-acquisition-r855674.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/reports-chrysler-gm-discuss-merger-acquisition-r855674.htm World News (PR-inside.com) TOP STORIES US-FINANCIAL MELTDOWN WASHINGTON _ Stock markets plummeted still lower on Wall Street and around the world Friday despite all efforts to slow the selling stampede. The globe's industrial powers urgently debated even more forceful actions to prevent a worldwide economic catastrophe. Moved. By Economics Writer Jeannine Aversa. AP photos. AP Graphic MARKET WRAP. WITH: BC-NA--US-MELTDOWN-QUOTES WITH: CANADA-CREDIT CRISIS US-FINANCE MEETINGS WASHINGTON _ Finance officials from the world's top economic powers endorsed a plan Friday to stem the worst financial crisis in more than a half-century. Moved. By Economics Writer Jeannine Aversa. WITH: US-DEVELOPING COUNTRIES-MELTDOWN MELTDOWN-GLOBAL TRADE SAO PAULO, Brazil .. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 http://www.pr-inside.com/americas-news-at-0100-gmt-r855673.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/americas-news-at-0100-gmt-r855673.htm Finance (PR-inside.com) TOKYO (AP) - Mazda says no decision has been reached on Ford possibly selling its stake in the Japanese automaker, as has been reported in Japanese media. But Mazda says in its comments Saturday that it will speedily release information _ if and when there is such a decision. The company denies any deal has been reached. The comments come as Japanese media reported that troubled Ford Motor Co. is considering selling its one-third stake in Hiroshima-based Mazda Motor Corp. .. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 http://www.pr-inside.com/mazda-says-no-decision-on-ford-s-r855672.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/mazda-says-no-decision-on-ford-s-r855672.htm World News (PR-inside.com) VIENNA, Austria (AP) - Austrian police say far-right politician Joerg Haider has died in a car accident. Police say the accident happened early Saturday morning in the south of the country. The 58-year-old Haider was governor of Carinthia and leader of the far-right Alliance for the Future of Austria at the time of his death. In 1999, Haider raked in 27 percent of the vote in national elections as leader of the Freedom Party. The party's subsequent inclusion in the government led to months of European Union sanctions over Haider's statements, which were seen as anti-Semitic .. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 http://www.pr-inside.com/police-austrian-haider-dies-in-car-r855670.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/police-austrian-haider-dies-in-car-r855670.htm Miscellaneous (PR-inside.com) NEW THIS DIGEST US-FINANCE MEETINGS. G7 endorses plan to battle financial crisis. US-PALIN-FIRING SCANDAL. Alaska inquiry finding: Palin abused power. EU-AUSTRIA-HAIDER ACCIDENT. Austrian politician Haider dies in car accident. NORTH KOREA. North Korea releases Kim Jong Il's pictures. PERU-OIL SCANDAL. President accepts entire Cabinet's resignation in wake of kickback scandal ICELAND WHO WILL HELP? Isolated Iceland wonders who to turn to for help. MEXICO-TROPICAL WEATHER. Fishermen, tourists on alert as Hurricane Norbert approaches Mexico. THAILAND-POLITICAL UNREST. 7 Thai protest leaders freed after brief arrest. MYANMAR-OPPOSITION. Lawyer appeals for freedom of Myanmar's Suu Kyi. ISRAEL-THE IRANIAN PATIENT. Israeli hospital hosts cancer-stricken Iranian .. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 http://www.pr-inside.com/world-at-0400gmt-r855669.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/world-at-0400gmt-r855669.htm Sport (PR-inside.com) Matsuzaka, Okajima (8), Masterson (8), Papelbon (9) and Varitek; JShields, Howell (8), Balfour (8), Price (9) and Navarro. W_Matsuzaka 1-0. L_JShields 0-1. Sv_Papelbon (1). ___ National League Championship Series Game 1 Los Angeles 100 100 000_2 7 1 Philadelphia 000 003 00x_3 7 0 DLowe, Park (6), Maddux (7), Kuo (8) and Martin; Hamels, Madson (8), Lidge (9) and Ruiz. W_Hamels 1-0. L_DLowe 0-1. Sv_Lidge (1). HRs_Philadelphia, Utley (1), Burrell (1). Game 2 Los Angeles .. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 http://www.pr-inside.com/major-league-linescores-r855668.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/major-league-linescores-r855668.htm World News (PR-inside.com) VIENNA, Austria (AP) - Austrian police say far-right politician Joerg Haider has died in a car accident. Police say the accident happened early Saturday morning in the south of the country. The 58-year-old Haider was governor of Carinthia and leader of the far-right Alliance for the Future of Austria at the time of his death. In 1999, Haider raked in 27 percent of the vote in national elections as leader of the Freedom Party. The party's subsequent inclusion in the government led to months of European Union sanctions over Haider's statements, which were seen as anti-Semitic .. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 http://www.pr-inside.com/austrian-politician-haider-dies-in-r855667.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/austrian-politician-haider-dies-in-r855667.htm Sport (PR-inside.com) ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (AP) - Daisuke Matsuzaka took a no-hit bid into the seventh inning and the defending World Series champion Boston Red Sox played a little better in every way, beating the Tampa Bay Rays 2-0 Friday in the opener of the AL championship series. Jed Lowrie snapped a scoreless tie with a sacrifice fly and Kevin Youkilis drove home another run with a seventh-inning double off left fielder Carl Crawford's glove as the playoff-savvy Red Sox beat baseball's best home team on its own turf. Jonathan Papelbon closed out Boston's team-record .. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 http://www.pr-inside.com/dice-k-pitches-red-sox-over-rays-r855666.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/dice-k-pitches-red-sox-over-rays-r855666.htm World News (PR-inside.com) PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) - Hundreds of mourners attended funerals Saturday for more than 30 anti-Taliban tribesmen killed in a brazen suicide attack in northwestern Pakistan. More than 100 people were also wounded Friday when a teenage militant detonated his explosive-laden vehicle near a crowd of about 500 tribesmen, gathered at Ghaljo village to discuss how to evict insurgents from the area, said government official Rehman Khan. Officials said earlier 22 people were killed in the attack, but Khan said death toll rose Saturday after some of the wounded died in hospitals. Media reports .. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 http://www.pr-inside.com/dozens-of-slain-anti-taliban-tribesmen-mourned-r855665.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/dozens-of-slain-anti-taliban-tribesmen-mourned-r855665.htm Finance (PR-inside.com) DETROIT (AP) - Published reports say General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC have held preliminary talks about a merger or an acquisition of Chrysler by GM. The Wall Street Journal, citing people it described as familiar with the discussions, says Cerberus Capital Management, the private equity firm that owns 80.1 percent of Chrysler and 51 percent of GMAC Financial Services, proposed trading Chrysler's automotive operations to GM. The Journal says Cerberus would receive GM's remaining 49 percent stake in GMAC. The New York Times, also citing people familiar with the talks, says .. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 http://www.pr-inside.com/reports-chrysler-gm-discuss-merger-acquisition-r855663.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/reports-chrysler-gm-discuss-merger-acquisition-r855663.htm Finance (PR-inside.com) NOVO-OGARYOVO, Russia (AP) - The Russian government will start buying stocks next week, spending billions to help prop up stricken markets, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said as parliament approved measures designed to get cash moving quickly into the troubled banking sector. Russia's stock markets remained closed Friday after heavy selloffs. Putin said Friday the government will invest 175 billion rubles ($6.7 billion) in the stock markets this year and has set aside at least the same amount for next year, after repeated requests from lawmakers and analysts to the Kremlin to invest .. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 http://www.pr-inside.com/russia-to-spend-almost-7b-on-r855662.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/russia-to-spend-almost-7b-on-r855662.htm World News (PR-inside.com) BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) - NATO defense ministers have authorized their troops in Afghanistan to attack drug barons blamed for pumping up to $100 million (¤74 million) a year into the coffers of resurgent Taliban fighters. «With regard to counter-narcotics ... ISAF can act in concert with the Afghans against facilities and facilitators supporting the insurgency,» NATO spokesman James Appathurai said Friday, referring to the NATO force. The United States has pushed for NATO's 50,000 troops to take on a counter-narcotics role to hit back at the Taliban, whose increasing attacks have cast doubt .. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 http://www.pr-inside.com/nato-agrees-on-afghan-drug-role-r855661.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/nato-agrees-on-afghan-drug-role-r855661.htm World News (PR-inside.com) PARIS (AP) - France, which famously opposed the Iraq war, is in talks to resume sales of military equipment to Baghdad for the first time in nearly two decades, French and Iraqi officials say. This means that France, a major global arms vendor and once a key supplier to ex-Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, is maneuvering back into a lucrative military market that the United States has dominated since the 2003 invasion of Iraq. The officials say French merchandise now on offer includes helicopters and spare parts for weaponry that France sold .. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 http://www.pr-inside.com/france-markets-arms-to-iraq-after-r855660.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/france-markets-arms-to-iraq-after-r855660.htm World News (PR-inside.com) LISBON, Portugal (AP) - Portugal's Parliament voted by a large majority against proposals to allow same-sex marriages in the mostly Roman Catholic country. The governing Socialist Party and the main opposition Social Democratic Party both opposed legalizing gay and lesbian marriages. The proposals came from two minor opposition parties, the Left Bloc and the Green Party, which argued that the Portuguese Constitution grants equal rights for all and protection against discrimination. But the Green Party motion collected only 17 votes in the 230-seat legislature on Friday, and the left Bloc won the support .. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 http://www.pr-inside.com/portuguese-parliament-says-no-to-gay-r855659.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/portuguese-parliament-says-no-to-gay-r855659.htm World News (PR-inside.com) OSLO, Norway (AP) - Finland's ex-president Martti Ahtisaari won the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to build a lasting peace from Africa and Asia to Europe and the Middle East. The Norwegian Nobel Committee said it honored Ahtisaari for important efforts over more than three decades to resolve international conflicts, a return to form for the prize which has skewed toward global warming and even economics. «These efforts have contributed to a more peaceful world and to 'fraternity between nations' in Alfred Nobel's spirit,» the committee said in announcing the prize. By .. 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Sat, 11 Oct 2008 http://www.pr-inside.com/saturday-october-r855656.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/saturday-october-r855656.htm World News (PR-inside.com) BEIJING (AP) - The number of people sickened by contaminated water in southern China has risen to 450, more than double the previously reported figure, state media said Saturday. The residents of two villages in southern Guangxi province began showing symptoms of poisoning last week, including swelling in the face and eyes, vomiting and blurred eyesight, the official Xinhua News Agency reported Saturday. Earlier this week, local officials had said 200 people became ill after drinking water contaminated by industrial waste from a nearby metallurgy company. Tests on all 647 people in the .. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 http://www.pr-inside.com/arsenic-tainted-water-in-china-sickens-r855655.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/arsenic-tainted-water-in-china-sickens-r855655.htm World News (PR-inside.com) BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) - People in the formerly restive province of Aceh celebrated news Saturday that the man who helped end their decades-long civil war has won the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize. Former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari _ honored for efforts to resolve conflicts in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East _ helped bring together the Indonesian government and leaders of Aceh's separatist guerrilla movement. The two sides signed an agreement to end fighting in 2005. «We're all very excited about the news,» said Oki Tiba, 25, whose father was jailed for .. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 http://www.pr-inside.com/indonesia-s-aceh-celebrates-nobel-peace-r855653.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/indonesia-s-aceh-celebrates-nobel-peace-r855653.htm World News (PR-inside.com) PUERTO SAN CARLOS, Mexico (AP) - Fishermen pulled in their boats and hotels warned tourists away from beaches Friday as Category 2 Hurricane Norbert bore down on Mexico's southern Baja California peninsula. Norbert, with winds of near 105 mph (165 kph), was expected to hit land early Saturday along a relatively unpopulated stretch north of the resort of Cabo San Lucas. Paula Lucero Aviles set out with six children and four other adults in a small fishing boat Friday when they got a cell phone call warning them to return to the port of .. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 http://www.pr-inside.com/hurricane-norbert-nears-mexico-s-baja-r855646.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/hurricane-norbert-nears-mexico-s-baja-r855646.htm Sport (PR-inside.com) DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - Bangladesh captain Mohammad Ashraful won the toss and opted to field first against New Zealand in the second limited-overs cricket international Saturday at Mirpur National Stadium. Bangladesh went with the same team that handed the Kiwis a shock, seven-wicket defeat Thursday in the opening game of the three-match series. New Zealand, meanwhile, replaced seamer Mark Gillespie with spinner Jeetan Patel to get the best out of Mirpur's slow pitch with low bounce. Teams Bangladesh: Mohammad Ashraful (captain), Mashrafee bin Murtaza, Tamim Iqbal, Zunaid Siddiqui, Shakib al Hasan, Nayeem Islam, Mushfiqur .. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 http://www.pr-inside.com/bangladesh-win-toss-fields-against-new-r855643.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/bangladesh-win-toss-fields-against-new-r855643.htm World News (PR-inside.com) SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea released pictures of leader Kim Jong Il on Saturday for the first time in nearly two months, showing the reclusive ruler looking generally well despite reports he recently underwent brain surgery. Wearing his trademark khaki jumpsuit and sunglasses, Kim was seen standing with uniformed soldiers with his arms folded or his hands behind his back. The photos were taken during a visit to a military unit, and shown on Pyongyang's Korean Central Television. Kim appeared healthy in the images, though it was unclear when they were .. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 http://www.pr-inside.com/north-korea-releases-kim-jong-il-s-r855642.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/north-korea-releases-kim-jong-il-s-r855642.htm Sport (PR-inside.com) OMAYA, Japan (AP) - Results of Saturday's practice for Sunday's Japanese Formula One Grand Prix at the 4.563-kilometer (2.835-mile) Fuji Speedway (with driver, country, car and lap time 1. Robert Kubica, Poland, BMW, 1 minute, 25.007 seconds. 2. Timo Glock, Germany, Toyota, 1:25.171 3. Nelson Piquet Jnr., Brazil, Renault, 1:25.415 4. Nick Heidfeld, Germany, BMW, 1:25.474 5. Kazuki Nakajima, Japan, Williams, 1:25.563 6. David Coulthard, Britain, Red Bull, 1:25.614 7. Felipe Massa, Brazil, Ferrari, 1:25.709 8. Mark Webber, Australia, Red Bull, 1:25.785 9. Fernando Alonso, Spain, Renault, 1:25.799 10. Sebastian Vettel, Germany, Toro Rosso, 1:25.880 11. Lewis Hamilton, Britain, McLaren, 1:25.901 12. Sebastien Bourdais, France, Toro Rosso, 1:25.984 13. .. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 http://www.pr-inside.com/japanese-gp-practice-results-r855641.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/japanese-gp-practice-results-r855641.htm Sport (PR-inside.com) OMAYA, Japan (AP) - Robert Kubica of BMW set the fastest time in a wet practice session Saturday ahead of qualifying for Sunday's Japanese Formula One Grand Prix. The Polish driver set a best time of 1 minute 25.087 seconds on a track made wet by morning rain at Fuji Speedway. Toyota's Timo Glock was again prominent, setting a time that was just 0.085 seconds behind Kubica. Glock, who topped the time sheets in dry conditions Friday, indicated Toyota could be a threat to the top teams on the track its parent company .. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 http://www.pr-inside.com/kubica-quickest-in-wet-saturday-practice-r855640.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/kubica-quickest-in-wet-saturday-practice-r855640.htm Sport (PR-inside.com) DANVILLE, California, Scores Friday from the $1.2 million LPGA-Long Drugs Challenge, played at the par-72, 6,185-yard Blackhawk Country Club course= Second Round In-Kyung Kim 67-69_136 Mollie Fankhauser 69-68_137 Lorena Ochoa 70-68_138 Angela Stanford 70-69_139 Kristy McPherson 70-70_140 Charlotte Mayorkas .. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 http://www.pr-inside.com/lpga-long-drugs-challenge-scores-r855636.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/lpga-long-drugs-challenge-scores-r855636.htm Sport (PR-inside.com) ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada (AP) - The owner of a Grenada beach resort says he will no longer sell his property to Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton as originally agreed. Issa Nichols says Time Bourke Limited, the company negotiating on Hamilton's behalf, «failed to live up to its obligations. Nichols did not provide details in a statement released Friday. Neither he nor Time Bourke could not be reached for comment. Hamilton's group had paid $35 million (then ¤25 million) for the resort, according to a copy of the July 7 deed, but the deal apparently .. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 http://www.pr-inside.com/grenada-pulls-back-on-deal-with-r855635.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/grenada-pulls-back-on-deal-with-r855635.htm Sport (PR-inside.com) DANVILLE, California (AP) - South Korea's In-Kyung Kim shot a 3-under 69 in cold, windy conditions Friday to take a one-stroke lead over Mollie Fankhauser in the Longs Drugs Challenge, while top-ranked Lorena Ochoa was two shots behind. The 20-year-old Kim, winless in two seasons on the LPGA Tour, had an 8-under 136 total on the Blackhawk Country Club course. Fankhauser shot a 68. «It was really cold this morning,» Kim said. «I was just like, `Go out there and do my best and, you know, hopefully I can start (fast),' which I .. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 http://www.pr-inside.com/kim-leads-longs-drugs-challenge-r855633.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/kim-leads-longs-drugs-challenge-r855633.htm Finance (PR-inside.com) SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Puerto Rico's conservative lending policies have helped protect a shaky local economy from the U.S. financial crisis, the island's governor said Friday _ even as high energy prices have slowed the economy and the unemployment rate is more than double that on the mainland. Anibal Acevedo Vila told The Associated Press that his government has already taken other measures to soften the blow of a recession, including a US$25,000 tax break approved last year that benefited 8,000 families. «Their housing crisis is deeper than ours,» Acevedo .. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 http://www.pr-inside.com/ap-interview-pr-gov-says-island-r855631.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/ap-interview-pr-gov-says-island-r855631.htm Sport (PR-inside.com) KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii (AP) - When the cannon boom echoes across Kailua Bay at 6:45 a.m. Saturday, it will mark the start of one of the world's most strenuous contests for 1,800 triathletes. The Ironman World Championship, which celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, challenges athletes with a 2.4-mile (3.9-kilometer) swim, 112-mile (180-kilometer) bike ride and 26.2-mile (42-kilometer) run. The route starts and finishes at the Big Island's Kailua Pier, but threads through miles of hot, windy, barren lava fields to the northern tip of the island and back again. Ironman triathlons are held throughout .. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 http://www.pr-inside.com/some-1-800-to-compete-in-ironman-r855630.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/some-1-800-to-compete-in-ironman-r855630.htm Sport (PR-inside.com) ORLANDO, Florida (AP) - Dwight Howard had 28 points and 10 rebounds and the Orlando Magic overwhelmed defending Euroleague champion CSKA Moscow 94-66 in an exhibition game Friday. Howard was 10-for-12 from the floor and added five steals in 28 minutes, Hedo Turkoglu scored 16 points and Rashard Lewis added 15 as the Magic improved to 2-1 in exhibition games. «The obvious difference in the game was Dwight Howard,» Magic coach Stan Van Gundy said. «I don't think they have anybody like him in the Euroleague. They didn't have a chance to .. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 http://www.pr-inside.com/howard-leads-magic-past-cska-moscow-r855626.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/howard-leads-magic-past-cska-moscow-r855626.htm Sport (PR-inside.com) DANVILLE, California (AP) - South Korea's In-Kyung Kim shot a 3-under 69 in cold, windy conditions Friday to take a one-stroke lead over Mollie Fankhauser in the Longs Drugs Challenge, while top-ranked Lorena Ochoa was two shots behind. The 20-year-old Kim, winless in two seasons on the LPGA Tour, had an 8-under 136 total on the Blackhawk Country Club course. Fankhauser shot a 68. Ochoa, a seven-time winner this season who lost a playoff to Suzann Pettersen last year at Blackhawk, followed her opening 70 with a 68. Angela Stanford was 5 under .. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 http://www.pr-inside.com/in-kyung-kim-leads-longs-drugs-challenge-r855624.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/in-kyung-kim-leads-longs-drugs-challenge-r855624.htm World News (PR-inside.com) CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) - Gunmen opened fire in a northern city bar, killing 11 people, and the body of a newspaper editor was found shot dead on the side of a highway in two separate criminal attacks, police said Friday. Police had not uncovered a motive or detained suspects in either shooting. The body of 40-year-old Miguel Angel Villagomez, owner and editor of La Noticia newspaper in the western state of Michoacan, was found late Thursday near a highway in the neighboring state of Guerrero, police said. He had been shot .. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 http://www.pr-inside.com/gunmen-kill-11-in-northern-mexican-r855623.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/gunmen-kill-11-in-northern-mexican-r855623.htm Business (PR-inside.com) http://www.teletouch.com - Teletouch Communications, Inc. Amy Gossett, Investor Relations, 800-232-3888 investors@teletouch.com or Fort Worth Air Power Council Jim Thomason, Chairman, 817-929-4276 GemThomason@Yahoo.com Teletouch Communications, Inc. (Pink Sheets: TLLE) Hawk Electronics division, a leading U.S. cellular services provider and consumer electronics retailer today announced a cellular industry first, the affinity marketing and charitable donation program: 'What If 10%'(TM). The first use of this new program is to support the Fort Worth Air Power Foundation and its sponsoring entity, the Fort Worth Air Power Council, the nation's oldest civilian military support organization. 'What If 10%' will be launched October 11, 2008 at .. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 http://www.pr-inside.com/teletouch-hawk-electronics-division-supports-r855622.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/teletouch-hawk-electronics-division-supports-r855622.htm Entertainment (PR-inside.com) SHERYL CROW has rescued a wild mustang from extermination and now she wants other horse lovers to do the same. The singer/songwriter was horrified to learn of government plans to get rid of the creatures and wants to lead by example because she thinks it's important that Americans fight to save such a valuable part of the country's history. She says, 'There's legislation going on right now about exterminating these great wild mustangs... (They're) truly one of the great representatives of our native culture here in America. 'Wild mustangs are really true to the heritage of this country; they help us to remember .. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 http://www.pr-inside.com/crow-adopts-wild-mustang-r855621.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/crow-adopts-wild-mustang-r855621.htm Entertainment (PR-inside.com) LATEST: JANET JACKSON has scrapped the show that was planned as her comeback after illness. The pop superstar's promoters announced that Saturday night's (11Oct08) concert in Connecticut would go ahead after a string of cancellations, dating back to the end of September (08) - but now the show is off. In a statement, her representative says, 'Janet Jackson's anticipated return to her Rock Witchu tour in Uncasville has been postponed due to doctor's orders. The singer now plans to resume the tour on Monday (13Oct08) in Verona, New York. Jackson pulled her first show in Montreal, Canada on 29 September (08) after checking into .. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 http://www.pr-inside.com/jackson-cancels-comeback-show-r855620.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/jackson-cancels-comeback-show-r855620.htm Entertainment (PR-inside.com) SIR ROGER MOORE has hinted he smoked marijuana - after befriending famous 'non-smoker' TONY CURTIS in the 1970s. The James Bond actor starred alongside Hollywood legend Curtis in iconic British TV series The Persuaders! after ending his run in action show The Saint. And he admits he was surprised at his co-star's habits - because Curtis was a prominent anti-smoking campaigner at the time. Prior to filming began on The Persuaders!, Moore visited Curtis' Los Angeles home, and was shocked to discover an ashtray in the house. He tells U.K. TV host Jonathan Ross, 'Two months later Tony arrives (in Britain) - Heathrow (airport). .. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 http://www.pr-inside.com/moore-hints-at-drug-past-r855619.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/moore-hints-at-drug-past-r855619.htm Entertainment (PR-inside.com) ANGELINA JOLIE has topped a new list to find the most popular celebrity face. Forbes magazine's new U.S. tabloid survey suggests more people are likely to buy magazines with the new mum's face on the cover than any other star's. Ironically, Brad Pitt's former wife Jennifer Aniston, who topped the list in 2007, came in second. Jolie won in all Forbes categories - for sales, likability and most covers. Tragic star Heath Ledger came in third, while Jamie Lynn Spears and Nicole Richie rounded out the top five. .. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 http://www.pr-inside.com/jolie-topples-aniston-on-forbes-celebrity-r855618.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/jolie-topples-aniston-on-forbes-celebrity-r855618.htm Entertainment (PR-inside.com) ANGELINA JOLIE has a new favourite photographer - her boyfriend BRAD PITT. The movie stud has used Jolie as his muse for a series of candid photographs published in the upcoming issue of W magazine - and she's thrilled with the result. Jolie, who has posed for the world's best snappers, admits she's impressed by Pitt's determination to master the camera and become a true artist - even if that means an awful lot of self-criticism. She explains, 'I love his photography. Some people have a hobby, and they find the quickest way to it and are very pleased with the outcome right .. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 http://www.pr-inside.com/jolie-loves-pitt-s-photography-r855617.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/jolie-loves-pitt-s-photography-r855617.htm Entertainment (PR-inside.com) FRANK LANGELLA and MICKEY ROURKE will wrestle it out for next year's (09) Best Actor Oscar, while FROST/NIXON, MILK and THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON are musts for Best Film nominations, according to Academy Awards experts. Revered movie awards watchers at GoldDerby.com have teamed up with a panel of top U.S. film critics for the first Oscars prediction list of the year. The team agrees Harvey Milk biopic Milk and Brad Pitt's new movie Button will compete for the Best Film prize with the movie adaptation of hit play Frost/Nixon, while Rourke and Langella have emerged as the critics' favourites for .. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 http://www.pr-inside.com/rourke-amp-langella-are-early-oscars-r855616.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/rourke-amp-langella-are-early-oscars-r855616.htm Entertainment (PR-inside.com) The roses CHRISTINA APPLEGATE crafted from ribbons while she was recovering from her mastectomy earlier this year (08) are to be auctioned off for her cancer foundation. The actress learned to make the ribbon roses when she was a child and spent hours making hundreds of them as therapy while she was in hospital. She explains, 'I learned how to do this when I was about six, and then, for some reason, every time I get a ribbon in my hand, I start making these roses, and something I did in the hospital was make hundreds of these roses. 'Then I taught everyone .. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 http://www.pr-inside.com/applegate-donates-ribbon-roses-to-charity-r855615.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/applegate-donates-ribbon-roses-to-charity-r855615.htm Entertainment (PR-inside.com) LATEST: Actor JOHN CUSACK's alleged stalker has accepted a plea deal in court to stay out of prison. Emily Leatherman initially dismissed the deal in court earlier this week (08Oct08), but pleaded no contest to a felony count of stalking on Friday (10Oct08). She was placed on probation for five years and will undergo mandatory psychiatric counselling. A Los Angeles judge also ordered her to stay away from Cusack, his home, and business for the next decade. Leatherman was arrested outside Cusack's home in March (08). In 2006, Cusack was granted a temporary restraining order, stipulating Leatherman must stay at least 500 feet (150 .. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 http://www.pr-inside.com/cusack-s-alleged-stalker-ordered-to-r855614.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/cusack-s-alleged-stalker-ordered-to-r855614.htm Entertainment (PR-inside.com) Pop punk PINK has no regrets about her marriage break-up with motocross star CAREY HART - she's just thankful for the time they had together. The So What hitmaker split from Hart in February (08) after two years together as husband and wife. The former couple has remained close ever since and Pink, real name Alecia Moore, is glad she'll always have a friend in Hart. She tells Britain's Cosmopolitan magazine, 'Of course I was disappointed that my marriage didn't work out - you want it to work. I wanted the fairytale and we didn't quite make it. Yes, it's sad but I .. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 http://www.pr-inside.com/pink-regrets-nothing-about-marriage-split-r855613.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/pink-regrets-nothing-about-marriage-split-r855613.htm Entertainment (PR-inside.com) KILLING JOKE frontman JAZ COLEMAN has discovered he has an odd keepsake from tragic rocker KURT COBAIN - a 1987 Christmas card. The punk icon revealed his mother had come across a stash of fans' greetings cards and found one was from the late Nirvana star. Coleman told fans of the eerie discovery during Killing Joke's show at the House of Blues in Los Angeles on Thursday night (09Oct08) and then dedicated the group's hit Eighties to the Smells Like Teen Spirit singer, who committed suicide in 1994. The frontman also took a moment to remember late bandmate Paul Raven at the show, .. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 http://www.pr-inside.com/killing-joke-coleman-pays-tribute-to-r855612.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/killing-joke-coleman-pays-tribute-to-r855612.htm Entertainment (PR-inside.com) Rapper SEAN 'DIDDY' COMBS stripped off for a naked swim while shooting his new Ciroc Vodka commercial - but he insists the saucy footage will never be made public. The hip-hop mogul recently shot the promo, which pays homage to Frank Sinatra, at one of the late entertainer's California homes. And he reveals he got wet and wild with a video extra while the cameras were still rolling - but has that tape locked up for safe keeping. He tells People.com, 'Somebody got naked and got into the pool. Actually two people did. And one of them was me. We have that footage .. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 http://www.pr-inside.com/diddy-keeps-wet-and-wild-footage-r855611.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/diddy-keeps-wet-and-wild-footage-r855611.htm Entertainment (PR-inside.com) The double-decker bus the SPICE GIRLS rode around on in the film SPICE WORLD is up for sale. The vehicle, complete with its Union Jack paintwork, is up for grabs on auction website eBay.com. The starting bid is a low $6,475 (GBP3,500). Meatloaf drove the bus, dubbed Spicebus No.19 in the 1997 film. In a posting on eBay.com, the current owner states, 'The bus was made into good running order last year and the bus was on display at the World Scout Jamboree last year. 'The bus is sold with full mechanical preparation and new Ministry of Transport test certificate (class V). The interior is .. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 http://www.pr-inside.com/spice-girls-bus-for-sale-r855610.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/spice-girls-bus-for-sale-r855610.htm Finance (PR-inside.com) WASHINGTON (AP) - Japan's finance minister says that although the United States is the source of the financial «earthquake» roiling world markets, the world's top economies should struggle together and not assign blame. Shoichi Nakagawa says the efforts Friday by the so-called Group of Seven countries are not the end of what they are prepared to do. He provided few specific details. But he said through an interpreter that the International Monetary Fund has to «fulfill its role» and strongly respond to the crisis. He says Japan will make further contributions if necessary. He had .. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 http://www.pr-inside.com/japan-says-g-7-countries-must-look-r855609.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/japan-says-g-7-countries-must-look-r855609.htm World News (PR-inside.com) LIMA, Peru (AP) - President Alan Garcia accepted the resignation of his entire Cabinet on Friday without naming replacements in response to an oil kickback scandal. Garcia's government has been rocked by the public airing of audiotaped conversations discussing kickbacks for steering government contracts to Norwegian oil company Discover Petroleum. Discover denies any wrongdoing. The president cleared out his Cabinet after already suspending the five oil contracts Discover won in a public auction last month and accepting resignations from his energy minister and the president of state oil company Petroperu. But opposition lawmakers .. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 http://www.pr-inside.com/peru-president-accepts-resignation-of-r855608.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/peru-president-accepts-resignation-of-r855608.htm Sport (PR-inside.com) PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Pitcher Brett Myers did better at the plate than on the mound, going 3-for-3 with three RBIs as the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 8-5 Friday for a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven National League championship series. Shane Victorino drove in four runs for the Phillies, who overcame another homer by Manny Ramirez. A grieving Charlie Manuel was in the dugout with the Phillies, hours after the manager's mother died. Players and coaches from both teams offered condolences before the game. Victorino made a vital catch with two on .. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 http://www.pr-inside.com/myers-helps-phillies-take-2-0-lead-r855607.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/myers-helps-phillies-take-2-0-lead-r855607.htm Finance (PR-inside.com) WASHINGTON (AP) - Finance officials from the world's top economic powers endorsed a plan Friday to stem the worst financial crisis in more than a half-century. The officials from the Group of Seven countries issued the five-point plan aimed at reversing a credit crisis that has unhinged Wall Street and markets around the globe. They pledged to take «decisive action and use all available tools. Under the plan, the countries vowed to protect major banks and to prevent their failure. They also committed to working to get credit flowing more freely again, support .. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 http://www.pr-inside.com/g7-endorses-plan-to-battle-financial-r855604.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/g7-endorses-plan-to-battle-financial-r855604.htm Business (PR-inside.com) - The Franchise Tax Board (FTB) today reminded taxpayers that Wednesday, October 15 is the deadline to file their 2007 state income tax returns on time to avoid late filing penalties. 'Unlike the Federal Government, the State of California automatically gives you an extension until October 15 to file your taxes,' said State Controller and FTB Chair John Chiang. 'Each year nearly a million taxpayers use this extra time to file their California tax return.' FTB encourages taxpayers to use e-file and other e-services available on its website at www.ftb.ca.gov. Taxpayers can also access My FTB Account, an .. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 http://www.pr-inside.com/october-15-state-tax-extension-deadline-r855602.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/october-15-state-tax-extension-deadline-r855602.htm Finance (PR-inside.com) Selected quotes on actions taken by the Group of Seven major industrial countries on Friday to combat the worldwide financial crisis «We finalized an aggressive action plan to address the turmoil in global financial markets and restore the health of the world economy.» _ Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson. «We have just had an exceptional G-7 in exceptional circumstances and the communique from this meeting is exceptional.» _ French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde. «There was an overwhelming consensus that a coordinated approach is necessary.» _ German Finance Minister Peer Steinbrueck. «At this point, policymakers have said a .. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 http://www.pr-inside.com/quotes-on-g-7-actions-regarding-meltdown-r855601.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/quotes-on-g-7-actions-regarding-meltdown-r855601.htm Sport (PR-inside.com) Philadelphia 3, Los Angeles 2 Friday, Oct. 10 Philadelphia 8, Los Angeles 5, Philadelphia leads series 2-0 Sunday, Oct. 12 Philadelphia at Los Angeles Monday, Oct. 13 Philadelphia at Los Angeles Wednesday, Oct. 15 Philadelphia at Los Angeles, if necessary Friday, Oct. 17 Los Angeles at Philadelphia, if necessary Saturday, Oct. 18 Los Angeles at Philadelphia, if necessary American League Friday, Oct. 10 Boston at Tampa Bay Saturday, Oct. 11 Boston at Tampa Bay Monday, Oct. 13 Tampa Bay at Boston Tuesday, Oct. 14 Tampa Bay at Boston Thursday, Oct. 16 Tampa Bay at Boston, if necessary Saturday, Oct. 18 Boston at Tampa Bay, if necessary Sunday, Oct. 19 Boston at Tampa Bay, if necessary .. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 http://www.pr-inside.com/mlb-playoffs-glance-r855600.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/mlb-playoffs-glance-r855600.htm World News (PR-inside.com) CHARLOTTE AMALIE, U.S. Virgin Islands (AP) - A jury on Friday found three men guilty in the killing of a 21-year-old Pennsylvania man outside a St. John bar last year. A judge said the men will be sentenced Nov. 14 for the beating and stabbing of James Cockayne of New Hope, Pennsylvania, who had moved to the U.S. Virgin Islands and planned to work as a boating instructor. Jahleel Ward was found guilty of first-degree murder and other charges. Anselmo Boston and Kamal Thomas were found guilty on two counts each of third-degree .. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 http://www.pr-inside.com/usvi-jury-finds-3-guilty-in-r855599.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/usvi-jury-finds-3-guilty-in-r855599.htm World News (PR-inside.com) BEIJING (AP) - China's State Council has tightened quality control regulations for the dairy industry _ while authorities in Macau and Hong Kong report that several children have developed kidney stones from Chinese tainted milk. The new regulations, effective since they were announced Friday, tighten control over cattle breeding, the purchase of raw milk and the production and sale of dairy products, the official Xinhua News Agency said. The measures also increase punishments for those caught violating safety standards. Contaminated milk powder, laced with the industrial chemical melamine, has been blamed .. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 http://www.pr-inside.com/chinese-tighten-dairy-regulations-after-r855598.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/chinese-tighten-dairy-regulations-after-r855598.htm Finance (PR-inside.com) WASHINGTON (AP) - Germany's finance minister said Friday that he and his counterparts from the world's leading economic powers had agreed that coordinated international action was necessary to stem a spiraling global crisis. Peer Steinbrueck spoke after finance officials from the Group of Seven countries issued a sweeping five-point plan aimed at reversing a credit crisis that has unhinged Wall Street and markets around the world. «There was an overwhelming consensus that a coordinated approach is necessary,» Steinbrueck said. He pledged to make Germany's approach clear before Markets reopen on Monday. A German rescue .. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 http://www.pr-inside.com/germany-cites-g-7-consensus-on-financial-r855595.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/germany-cites-g-7-consensus-on-financial-r855595.htm World News (PR-inside.com) BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Seven leaders of a protest movement seeking to unseat Thailand's government were freed from police custody just hours after turning themselves in on criminal charges, as other opponents of the prime minister called for his resignation or a military coup. The leaders of the People's Alliance for Democracy surrendered on Friday, a day after a court dropped insurrection charges against them but retained charges of inciting a public disturbance and illegal assembly, which carry prison terms of up to seven and three years respectively. Two other leaders of .. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 http://www.pr-inside.com/thai-protest-leaders-freed-after-r855594.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/thai-protest-leaders-freed-after-r855594.htm Finance (PR-inside.com) SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - With its iconic stagecoach, Wells Fargo and Co. has evoked images of the wild West throughout its 156-year history. Now it is finally expanding east of the Mississippi with a $12.2 billion acquisition of Wachovia Corp., a golden opportunity that the San Francisco-based bank was able to seize largely because it never got too wild while many of its rivals gambled on exotic lending products that led to the current financial chaos. «Wells Fargo knows how to gather deposits, sell additional products and not make loans to people who .. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 http://www.pr-inside.com/banking-basics-pay-off-for-wells-r855592.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/banking-basics-pay-off-for-wells-r855592.htm World News (PR-inside.com) WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Baruch Milch was hiding from the Nazis in occupied Poland in the summer of 1943. His wife and 3-year-old son had been killed in Hitler's Holocaust. All the Jewish doctor had was his diary _ a chronicle he hoped would help «take this huge weight off my heart and off my soul.» Over 1,600 pages of thin copybooks and slips of paper, he scrupulously recorded his feelings. Now, his Israeli-born daughter wants Warsaw's Jewish History Institute to hand over the journal so she can take it to Israel. But the .. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 http://www.pr-inside.com/israeli-woman-seeks-father-s-holocaust-diary-r855591.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/israeli-woman-seeks-father-s-holocaust-diary-r855591.htm Finance (PR-inside.com) REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) - As this tiny, volcanic nation in the middle of the North Atlantic finds itself cut off from the outside world, Icelanders are wondering who, if anyone, will sail to their rescue. Their island country has never felt so alone. Its major banks have failed, its currency has collapsed, its stock market is suspended _ and its leaders seem uncertain where to turn for help. «Nobody is helping us,» said Kolbeinn Blandon, a car dealer whose European autos were gathering dust on his lot on the edge of Reykjavik. Iceland's economic .. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 http://www.pr-inside.com/isolated-iceland-wonders-who-to-turn-r855590.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/isolated-iceland-wonders-who-to-turn-r855590.htm World News (PR-inside.com) HELSINKI, Finland (AP) - With his mild manner, sober suits and scholarly spectacles, Martti Ahtisaari might seem an unlikely figure to mediate peace with Aceh rebels, Namibian freedom fighters, or sectarian Iraqis. But the former primary school teacher who became Finland's president in the 1990s _ and on Friday won the Nobel Peace Prize _ is widely known as a skilled and dogged negotiator who honed his skills as a long-serving Finnish diplomat and later as a U.N. undersecretary-general. Ahtisaari has tried to settle conflicts as diverse as Namibia's war of independence and .. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 http://www.pr-inside.com/ahtisaari-praised-as-skilled-and-dogged-r855589.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/ahtisaari-praised-as-skilled-and-dogged-r855589.htm World News (PR-inside.com) ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - U.S. missile attacks on suspected militants in Pakistan's northwest near Afghanistan are undermining the war on terror and «helping the terrorists,» the Muslim nation's Foreign Ministry said. The comments came as a suicide bomber attacked an anti-insurgent group in a northwest tribal area on Friday, killing at least 22 and wounding around 100 people. The Orakzai area tribesmen had gathered to plan the demolition of a militant base. Al-Qaida and Taliban fighters have established bases throughout Pakistan's semiautonomous tribal regions, where they are said to plan attacks .. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 http://www.pr-inside.com/pakistan-condemns-us-strikes-in-border-r855588.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/pakistan-condemns-us-strikes-in-border-r855588.htm Miscellaneous (PR-inside.com) FOOTBALL EUROPE-WCUP QUALIFYING: Already falling behind, France, Portugal face tough World Cup qualifying games LONDON _ France coach Raymond Domenech is in danger of losing his job only two games into World Cup qualifying, while Carlos Queiroz is under pressure barely two months after taking the Portugal job. BC-SOC--EUROPE-WCUP QUALIFYING. Moved. By Robert Millward. FIFA-UEFA-POLAND: FIFA, UEFA finalize peace pact with Euro 2012 co-host Poland ZURICH, Switzerland _ FIFA and UEFA officials met with Polish government representatives Friday and finalized details of an agreement to restore order to the sport in the Euro 2012 host .. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 http://www.pr-inside.com/world-sports-at-0000-gmt-r855585.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/world-sports-at-0000-gmt-r855585.htm Sport (PR-inside.com) SAN ANTONIO (AP) - Chris Stroud moved into position to make a big jump on the PGA Tour money list Friday, shooting a 6-under 64 to take a two-stroke lead after the second round of the Texas Open. The 26-year-old Stroud, 209th on the money list, had a 10-under 130 total on the La Cantera Golf Club's Resort Course. Paul Goydos (66), Tim Petrovic (65) and 1997 winner Tim Herron (67) were two strokes back, and Rory Sabbatini (66) topped a large group at 7 under. Defending champion Justin Leonard, seeking a record fourth .. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 http://www.pr-inside.com/stroud-leads-texas-open-r855584.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/stroud-leads-texas-open-r855584.htm Business (PR-inside.com) http://www.iflo.com - I-Flow Corporation (NASDAQ: IFLO) continues to enforce its patent and trade secret rights against Apex Medical Technologies, Inc. and its president, Mark McLaughlin, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. I-Flow is also enforcing its patent rights against distributors of Apex's Solace(R) Pump, including Zone Medical, LLC. In view of early successes achieved in the lawsuit in the Southern District of California, I-Flow will ask the Court to rule, as a legal matter, that Apex, McLaughlin and Zone have infringed the patent. I-Flow is also vigorously moving forward in the case to protect .. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 http://www.pr-inside.com/i-flow-corporation-continues-to-enforce-r855582.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/i-flow-corporation-continues-to-enforce-r855582.htm Business (PR-inside.com) http://www.medtronic.com - Medtronic, Inc. Joseph McGrath, 707-591-7367 Public Relations or Jeff Warren, 763-505-2696 Investor Relations Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE:MDT), today announced its plans for the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) meeting Oct. 12-17 in Washington, D.C. Dr. Martin B. Leon, founder and chairman emeritus of the Cardiovascular Research Foundation in New York, will present two-year data from ENDEAVOR IV on Tuesday, Oct. 14, at approximately 12:15 p.m. in the Main Arena during a late-breaking clinical trials session. On staff at Columbia University Medical Center and New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Dr. Leon serves as principal investigator of ENDEAVOR IV, a head-to-head comparison of .. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 http://www.pr-inside.com/medtronic-announces-plans-to-release-data-r855581.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/medtronic-announces-plans-to-release-data-r855581.htm Sport (PR-inside.com) SAN ANTONIO (AP) - Scores Friday from the $4.5 million PGA Tour Texas open at the par-70, 6,881-yard LaCantera Golf Club, Resort Course= Second Round Chris Stroud 66-64_130 Paul Goydos 66-66_132 Tim Petrovic 67-65_132 Tim Herron 65-67_132 Matt Jones 69-64_133 Olin Browne .. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 http://www.pr-inside.com/pga-texas-open-scores-r855580.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/pga-texas-open-scores-r855580.htm Sport (PR-inside.com) WASHINGTON (AP) - Two members of Cuba's national football team have gone missing during the side's trip to Washington for a World Cup qualifying match, the team's coach told reporters on Friday. «It is always a problem for the Cuba team,» coach Reinhold Fanz told the Washington Post. «We have security, but you can't handcuff them to their rooms. The Post identified the players as midfielder Pedro Faife, 24, and forward Reynier Alcantara, 26. Cuba is scheduled to play the United States at RFK Stadium on Saturday. Defections have been a concern for Cuba when its .. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 http://www.pr-inside.com/coach-2-cuban-football-players-missing-r855579.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/coach-2-cuban-football-players-missing-r855579.htm Business (PR-inside.com) - The demand for renewable projects continues to rise as technologies improve and utility rates continue to increase. The biogas cogeneration plant is the third phase of a multi-phased conservation effort by the City to lead by example and encourage other community stakeholders to make similar commitments to the environment, all while saving the City $145,000 plus per year in energy costs over the next 20 years. The City of Flagstaff and APS Energy Services yesterday hosted a ribbon-cutting and grand opening ceremony for the Wildcat Hill Waste Water Treatment Plant (WWTP) Biogas Cogeneration Plant. The plant provides the .. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 http://www.pr-inside.com/adding-multimedia-city-of-flagstaff-to-r855577.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/adding-multimedia-city-of-flagstaff-to-r855577.htm Finance (PR-inside.com) Text of G-7 finance ministers and central bank governors' plan of action, as provided by the U.S. Treasury Department The G-7 agrees today that the current situation calls for urgent and exceptional action. We commit to continue working together to stabilize financial markets and restore the flow of credit, to support global economic growth. We agree to 1) Take decisive action and use all available tools to support systemically important financial institutions and prevent their failure. 2) Take all necessary steps to unfreeze credit and money markets and ensure that banks and other financial institutions .. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 http://www.pr-inside.com/text-of-g-7-plan-of-action-r855576.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/text-of-g-7-plan-of-action-r855576.htm Business (PR-inside.com) - Due to its rating action yesterday on Financial Security Assurance Inc. (FSA) in which Fitch Ratings placed the company's 'AAA' Insurer Financial Strength (IFS) rating on Rating Watch Negative, Fitch has placed the 'AAA' ratings of securities insured by FSA on Rating Watch Negative, except for those securities that have underlying ratings of 'AAA'. A detailed spreadsheet of all affected bond issues is available at www.fitchratings.com under the following headers: Public Finance then U.S. Public Finance then Special Reports Fitch's rating definitions and the terms of use of such ratings are available on the agency's public .. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 http://www.pr-inside.com/fitch-places-aaa-rating-of-most-r855575.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/fitch-places-aaa-rating-of-most-r855575.htm World News (PR-inside.com) BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - Prosecutors have ordered the arrest of a second retired general in the disappearance of 12 people during the Colombian army's bloody 1985 retaking of the Palace of Justice from leftist rebels. The general, Jesus Armando Arias, led Bogota's army brigade during the assault. Soldiers under his command escorted the disappeared _ 11 cafeteria workers and a captured rebel _ out of the palace after the military stormed it. Armed rebels seized the courts that same day. At least 100 people, including judges, were killed in the clash. The arrest order for .. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 http://www.pr-inside.com/colombia-orders-arrest-of-ex-general-r855574.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/colombia-orders-arrest-of-ex-general-r855574.htm Business (PR-inside.com) - Fitch Ratings assigns an 'F1' rating to the State of California's $4 billion 2008-09 revenue anticipation notes (RANs), series A, expected the week of Oct. 13 via negotiation. The notes will be fixed rate and noncallable; scheduled maturity is expected no earlier than May 20, and no later than June 30, 2009. The notes will be secured by unapplied moneys in the general fund - including transfers and internal borrowing as permitted by law and subject to prior use for schools and higher education, debt service on general obligation bonds and commercial paper, and reimbursement of advances to the .. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 http://www.pr-inside.com/fitch-rates-california-s-4b-rans-f-r855573.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/fitch-rates-california-s-4b-rans-f-r855573.htm Finance (PR-inside.com) Text of G-7 finance ministers and central bank governors' plan of action, as provided by the Treasury Department The G-7 agrees today that the current situation calls for urgent and exceptional action. We commit to continue working together to stabilize financial markets and restore the flow of credit, to support global economic growth. We agree to 1) Take decisive action and use all available tools to support systemically important financial institutions and prevent their failure. 2) Take all necessary steps to unfreeze credit and money markets and ensure that banks and other financial institutions .. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 http://www.pr-inside.com/text-of-g-7-plan-of-action-r855572.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/text-of-g-7-plan-of-action-r855572.htm Finance (PR-inside.com) WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. government will buy an ownership stake in a broad array of American banks for the first time since the Great Depression, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said late Friday, announcing the historic step after stock markets jolted still lower around the world despite all efforts to slow the selling stampede. Separately, the U.S. and the globe's other industrial powers pledged to take «decisive action and use all available tools» to prevent a worldwide economic catastrophe. «This is a period like none of us has ever seen before,» declared .. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 http://www.pr-inside.com/us-to-take-stake-in-banks-r855571.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/us-to-take-stake-in-banks-r855571.htm Sport (PR-inside.com) SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A federal judge has sentenced former elite cyclist Tammy Thomas to six months of home confinement for lying to a grand jury about her steroid use. U.S. District Court Judge Susan Illston rejected a federal prosecutor's request that Thomas be sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison, noting the ringleaders at the center of the BALCO doping investigation received four months in prison or less. A jury in April convicted Thomas of three felony counts of perjury and a count of obstruction of justice. «I am sorry and shamed at .. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 http://www.pr-inside.com/balco-perjurer-tammy-thomas-gets-home-r855570.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/balco-perjurer-tammy-thomas-gets-home-r855570.htm Finance (PR-inside.com) NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street capped one of its worst weeks ever with a wild session Friday that saw the Dow Jones industrials gyrate within a 1,000 point range before closing with a relatively mild loss and the Nasdaq composite index actually ending with a modest advance. Investors were still agonizing over frozen credit markets, but seven days of massive losses and the possibility of further government support for the markets tempted some investors late in the session. The Dow lost 128 points, giving the blue chips an eight-day loss of just .. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 http://www.pr-inside.com/stocks-end-wild-session-mixed-dow-r855568.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/stocks-end-wild-session-mixed-dow-r855568.htm Business (PR-inside.com) - Fitch Ratings assigns ratings of 'AAA/V1+' to the Dreyfus Institutional Reserves Government Fund, Dreyfus Institutional Reserves Treasury Fund, Dreyfus Institutional Reserves Treasury Prime Fund, and Dreyfus Institutional Reserves Money Fund. Concurrently, Fitch withdraws the 'AAA/V1+' ratings on the BNY Hamilton U.S. Government Money Fund, BNY Hamilton Treasury Money Fund, BNY Hamilton 100% U.S. Treasury Securities Fund, and BNY Hamilton Money Fund. These rating actions reflect the transfer of all assets of the previously-named BNY Hamilton funds to corresponding Dreyfus funds as listed above. The Dreyfus funds were established for the sole purpose of effecting the reorganization of the .. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 http://www.pr-inside.com/fitch-assigns-aaa-v1-ratings-to-r855567.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/fitch-assigns-aaa-v1-ratings-to-r855567.htm Finance (PR-inside.com) NEW YORK (AP) - Gold and silver plummeted Friday after Wall Street posted another big loss and forced investors to dump holdings in precious metals to raise badly needed cash. Gold for December delivery fell $27.50, or 3.1 percent, to settle at $859 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange earlier falling as low as $829. The metal has dropped for two straight sessions, at least temporarily halting a big move upward as investors shifted funds into gold and silver to take advantage of their perceived safe-haven appeal. But as U.S. stocks .. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 http://www.pr-inside.com/gold-silver-prices-plummet-as-fear-r855566.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/gold-silver-prices-plummet-as-fear-r855566.htm Finance (PR-inside.com) BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - An Argentine truck production plant furloughed 998 workers Friday, blaming faltering demand in Brazil amid concerns about the global economic slowdown. The Iveco plant, a division of Fiat, in the northern Argentine city of Cordoba, temporarily suspended the workers because of a «drop in demand from Brazil,» said the local head of the Mechanics' Union, Angel Tello, on Argentina's Radio Continental. The union represents the suspended workers. Meanwhile, 225 workers at a meat packing and export plant in neighboring Uruguay were suspended indefinitely because of a .. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 http://www.pr-inside.com/argentine-truck-assembly-plant-halts-production-r855565.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/argentine-truck-assembly-plant-halts-production-r855565.htm World News (PR-inside.com) LIMA, Peru (AP) - Peru President Alan Garcia has accepted the resignation of 16 Cabinet ministers who offered to leave their posts in the wake of an oil scandal. Cabinet chief Jorge del Castillo is one of the officials who has resigned. He announced the president's decision Friday, a day after del Castillo and the others submitted their offer. Peru's energy minister and the president of the state oil company were forced to resign late Sunday. On Monday, Garcia suspended five oil contracts with Norwegian oil company Discover Petroleum after audiotapes surfaced that allegedly .. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 http://www.pr-inside.com/peru-president-accepts-resignation-of-r855564.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/peru-president-accepts-resignation-of-r855564.htm World News (PR-inside.com) TORONTO (AP) - Bombardier Inc. is trapped in the middle of a protracted legal battle between former enemies Iraq and Kuwait, as Kuwait Airways seeks to get its hands on 10 aircraft that Iraq commissioned from the Canadian plane maker. The Montreal-based company is denying that it defied a court order barring deliveries of planes to Iraq, arguing that it sent one plane to Iraq after the court order was lifted last week but before it was effectively reinstated after Kuwait Airways appealed. The Bombardier case is part of a larger effort by .. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 http://www.pr-inside.com/bombardier-is-caught-up-in-iraq-kuwait-r855561.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/bombardier-is-caught-up-in-iraq-kuwait-r855561.htm Business (PR-inside.com) - Fitch Ratings affirms CD Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2007-CD5, commercial mortgage pass-through certificates as follows: --$38,885,163 class A-1 'AAA'; Outlook Stable; --$88,500,000 class A-2 'AAA'; Outlook Stable; --$39,400,000 class A-3 'AAA'; Outlook Stable; --$52,000,000 class A-AB 'AAA'; Outlook Stable; --$958,880,000 class A-4 'AAA'; Outlook Stable; --$284,696,538 class A-1A 'AAA'; Outlook Stable; --Interest Only class XP 'AAA'; Outlook Stable; --$168,726,000 class AM 'AAA'; Outlook Stable; --$40,693,000 class A-MA 'AAA'; Outlook Stable; --$111,780,000 class AJ 'AAA'; Outlook Stable; --$26,959,000 class A-JA 'AAA'; Outlook Stable; --Interest Only class XS 'AAA'; .. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 http://www.pr-inside.com/fitch-affirms-cd-2007-cd5-commercial-mortgage-r855560.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/fitch-affirms-cd-2007-cd5-commercial-mortgage-r855560.htm Sport (PR-inside.com) CONCORD, North Carolina (AP) - Dale Earnhardt Jr. once used a questionable pass below the yellow line to beat Matt Kenseth at Talladega. Looking back at that 2003 victory, Earnhardt can't figure out what he did differently than Regan Smith did last week at the same track. Smith's last-lap pass of Tony Stewart was below the out-of-bounds line and ruled illegal, which denied Smith his first victory. «It was exactly the same. I was forced below (the yellow line) and that was declared OK,» Earnhardt Jr. said Friday at Lowe's Motor Speedway. «I know .. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 http://www.pr-inside.com/earnhardt-believes-smith-won-talladega-r855559.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/earnhardt-believes-smith-won-talladega-r855559.htm Sport (PR-inside.com) EDEN PRAIRIE, Minnesota (AP) - The NFL fined Minnesota Vikings player Antoine Winfield $10,000 for his celebration of a touchdown on Monday against the New Orleans Saints. Winfield returned a blocked field goal for a score, then jumped onto the goalpost and slid down it like a fire pole. He was flagged for excessive celebration and then fined for using the goalpost as a prop. Linebacker Chad Greenway was fined $7,500 for his facemask pull of Reggie Bush even though referee Ed Hochuli's crew did not flag him for a penalty. The missed call .. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 http://www.pr-inside.com/nfl-fines-3-vikings-for-actions-r855558.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/nfl-fines-3-vikings-for-actions-r855558.htm