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UPDATE 2-California wine visionary Robert Mondavi dead at 94 - Reuters
SAN FRANCISCO, May 16 (Reuters) - Winemaker Robert Mondavi, the man most credited for turning California into a world-class wine producer and millions of Americans into wine lovers, died on Friday at his Napa Valley home at the age of 94. Mondavi ... (more...)
Audi A3 TDI(Diesel)40+ MPG Clubsport Quattro Concept - The Auto Chanel
May 16, 2008; Audi, the inventor of TDI, blazes a trail in the field of engine manufacture. At the 27th annual Lake Wörther Tour being held at the end of May in the Austrian province of Carinthia, the brand behind the four rings is showcasing this ... (more...)
Players and RFU to scrum down over England performance pay - Guardian Unlimited
The Rugby Football Union and the Professional Rugby Players' Association will next week resume talks over a new pay deal for the national squad which will run for the next four years. Players currently receive £9,000 for each appearance, regardless ... (more...)
Obstacles of shadows - Guardian Unlimited
Even before the rains hit Burma, the referendum of May 10 was looming as an assault on democratic values. Then the savagery of Cyclone Nargis guaranteed this poll would go down in history as not only one of the most undemocratic, but surely the most ... (more...)
Cambridge's Needham, China Explorer, Extolled in Bio (Update2) - Bloomberg
May 16 (Bloomberg) -- In ``The Man Who Loved China,'' Simon Winchester tells the fantastic story of Joseph Needham , the eccentric scientist who fell in love with his Chinese lab assistant, learned Chinese and then flitted off to the middle kingdom ... (more...)
Investors Aplenty For Pharmacopeia - Forbes
Pharmacopeia is good for its shareholders' blood pressure in two ways: Its stock jumped Friday on a report that its primary drug under development, a blood-pressure treatment, is exhibiting better benefits than competing medicines now on the market ... (more...)
On to next step: revising the way Washington teaches science - Seattle Times
State officials, paid consultants and interested volunteers are making efficient progress toward revising the Washington science education standards but the leader of the committee managing the effort says their work may be wasted if things don't ... (more...)
California wine visionary Robert Mondavi dead at 94 - Reuters
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Winemaker Robert Mondavi, the man most credited for turning California into a world-class wine producer and millions of Americans into wine lovers, died on Friday at his Napa Valley home at the age of 94. Mondavi steered ... (more...)
Idea could solve black hole information mystery - MSNBC
Physicists have come up with a way to explain how information could escape from a black hole, an idea that's been debated since the 1970s. But the new proposal leaves the long-held concept of a space-time continuum in tatters. Whether you've been ... (more...)
Cyclon Makes First Acquisition for its Entertainment Division - Forbes
Cyclon Capital Corporation (OTCBB:CYLO) announces the purchase of 51% of Der Greif Verwaltungs GmbH and 51% of Der Greif GmbH & Co. KG. Based on the purchase price paid by Cyclon Capital for a majority of the stock of both companies, the total market ... (more...)