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Bob Sutors weblog See their press release 8220Microsoft Votes for Choice Company backs the addition of ODF to American National Standards list.8221My responseAny real and full support for ODF from Microsoft is most welcome. Any time they actively encourage people to adopt ODF that rate of adoption will

Kottke.org remaindered links Winners of the 2007 National Design Awards including Apples Jonathan Ive and Chip Kidd.

The New Republic Weblogs The Plank All four Democratic presidential candidates voted for yesterdays Feingold amendment to cut off funds for the Iraq war by March 2008. But several Democratic freshmen known for frontally challenging Bush voted no. Another surprise vote national-security moderate Dianne Feinstein went with Feingold.

The national average price for a gallon of regular gasoline hit a new all-time high this week at 3.09 up more than a nickel in the past week. During the same time period 19 states set record highs.

National clinical trial to uncover long-term effects of west nile virus begun (science daily)
A national clinical trial to identify the long-term health effects of West Nile virus infection and to learn more about the diseases progression symptoms and mortality has been initiated. In the trial researchers at 13 U.S. sites are observing the natural course of the virus over a year in people who have either a fever or neurological diseases due to West Nile infection.

Local girl wins national missing children poster contest (cleveland - newsnet5 via yahoo! news)
A student at St. Mary School in Elyria received a state award Wednesday for winning the national missing childrens poster-essay contest.

Kalam visits national library (indian express via yahoo! india news)
The staff of the National Library today met President A P J Abdul Kalam and highlighted problems faced by the library. The President toured various parts of the library including the reading room and the rare books section and opened a two-day workshop titled Development of Eastern India Strategic Issues in the National Perspective . We were overwhelmed. The President not only met us but he

Ut southwestern joins national clinical trial to uncover long-term effects of west nile virus (eurekalert!)
DALLAS May 17 2007 UT Southwestern Medical Center has joined a national clinical trial to identify the long-term health effects of West Nile virus infection and to learn more about the diseases progression symptoms and mortality.

Giuliani’s abortion figures are compared to national trend (new york times)
The decline of abortions in New York while Rudolph W. Giuliani was mayor mirrored a national trend.

Wachovia unit to buy national grid wireless us (bizjournals.com via yahoo! finance)
National Grid plc has agreed to sell its U.S. subsidiary to Wachovia Capital Partners and MC Venture Partners for 290 million.

Vietnamese to vote for influential national assembly (reuters via yahoo! news)
Vietnamese go to the polls on Sunday to elect delegates to the next five-year term of the National Assembly the steward of the communist-run countrys socio-economic transformation.

Barclays event moves to liberty national (sports illustrated)
JERSEY CITY N.J. AP -- The PGA Tours Barclays tournament will be played at the recently completed Liberty National course in 2009.

Dale mitchell hired as canada national-team coach (sports illustrated)
Dale Mitchell was hired Thursday as Canadas soccer coach inheriting a national team that is ranked 94th and has not been to the World Cup since 1986.

National league leaders
Herald Tribune - BATTING_DeLee Chicago .390 Helton Colorado .363 Holliday Colorado .356 HaRamirez Florida .342 Rowand Philadelphia .340 JBReyes New York .337 Renteria Atlanta .331. RUNS_HaRamirez Florida 37 JBReyes New York 35 Rollins

Ex-w&m worker to lead national library group
Hampton Roads Daily Press - James Rettig the university librarian at the University of Richmond has been elected president of the 64000-member American Library Association in nationwide voting completed last week according to a news release. After serving a year as

National basketball association
USA Today - 011 82 84 PHO Steve Nash free throw good PHOENIX AP -Amare Stoudemire and Boris Diaw accepted their one-game suspension with little criticism on Wednesday. Their coach had plenty to say. You know we do have the most powerful microscopes and

National grid fy pretax up 2 pct at 1.75 bln stg, to return 300 mln ...
Forbes - LONDON Thomson Financial - National Grid PLC the national power networks company has unveiled full year results showing pretax profits up 2 pct at 1.75 bln stg. The company intends to return 300 mln usd to shareholders through share buybacks in

National credit union administration - home page
An independent federal agency that supervises and insures 7152 federal credit unions and insures 4240 state-chartered credit unions. It is entirely funded by credit unions and receives no tax

Super-kids saving planet
And themselves. The pupils have been working together to implement a School Travel Plan as part of a national initiative to get kids active. The school has been working on the environmentally friendly and fat fighting plan over the last term with the