Azerbaijan won the annual Eurovision Song Contest with the romantic ballad "Running Scared" on Saturday, watched by a television audience of more than 100 million people.
The song about a love-struck couple was performed by 21-year-old student Eldar Gasimov and Nigar Jamal, 30, a mother-of-two who lives in London. The duo, known as Ell-Nikki, won a total 221 points.
s Irish Hills managed by Michigan’s Department of Natural Resources.
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Even if no other car caused the crash, an injured motorist or the family of one who dies in a single-car wreck may still recover compensation for damages that can include medical bills, funeral costs, lost income, lost support and pain and suffering,” said Louthian, a partner of The Louthian Law Firm, P.A., which representsvictims and their families throughout South Carolina in personal injury and wrongful death claims.
“That’s why it’s important to contact an experiencedwho can assess the accident and help to determine which claims and insurance policies apply.”
s no password to enter or set up; you simply put the devices in close proximity to each other and bam!--you're connected. NFC chips can be embedded in both devices and stickers that store information. For example, an NFC sticker can store a Web page or contact information like a QR code.
Ice Cream Sandwich Gets NFC Love
The Texas House of Representatives late on Thursday approved a bill that would make invasive pat-downs at Texas airports a crime, after a former Miss USA said she felt "molested" at the Dallas/Fort Worth airport last month.
Transportation Security Administration agents could be charged with a misdemeanor crime, face a $4,000 fine and one year in jail under the measure.
Former Springbok skipper and Rugby World Cup-winning scrum-half Joost van der Westhuizen has been diagnosed with a serious muscle-related neural disease and is on treatment, his publicist said.
The diagnosis was made after the 40-year-old's doctor noticed that the 1995 champions squad member was having problems with his arm and ran a series of tests, said Bridget van Oerle in a statement.
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Key Libyan rebel official Mahmud Jibril was to hold his first White House talks Friday, but his appeals for diplomatic recognition and cash looked unlikely to yield an immediate US response.
Jibril, one of the main interlocutors for rebels battling Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi, was due to meet National Security Advisor Tom Donilon, but officials said there were no plans for him to see President Barack Obama.
s most conservative Republican members. But some are crying foul over the special treatment that the government would be providing to the natural gas industry, arguing that it is not Washington’s role to “choose winners and losers” by offering tax credits to promote one energy industry over another. The bill’s proponents, however, say promoting natural gas — a plentiful resource in the United States — will help wean the country off foreign oil, provide resources to alternative energy sources and increase the nation’s energy security.
A coalition of nearly two dozen free-market and conservative groupsto members of Congress in March urging them to avoid new subsidies and tax credits, and they plan to blast anyone — especially Republicans — who do.
"Empower Our Future" Fundraising Campaign Underway
NEW YORK, May 9 , 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Manhattan's Robert Louis Stevenson School's 50th Anniversary and fundraising campaign kicks off on Monday, May 16th at NYU's Rosenthal Pavilion with their annual Gala Spring Benefit Cocktail Reception and Dinner. This year's fundraising focus is "Technology to Empower Our Future" and the Stevenson school has prepared a comprehensive view of cutting edge technology solutions for the classroom.
The venerable Millrose Games indoor athletics meeting is changing venues, departing Madison Square Garden after nearly a century for the Armory Track and Field Center.
The Armory, a smaller building in the upper Manhattan neighborhood of Washington Heights, is home to an athletics center run by New Balance.
In an era when so much music is digital, Moog Music is doing fine with analog, thank you very much.
Sales of synthesizers, guitars, effects pedals and Theremins are up 35 percent through April 2011 over the same period last year, says Moog (mohg) President Mike Adams. And the North Carolina-based company is moving next week to renovated buildings in downtown Asheville where passersby will be able to watch the instruments being made and musicians working in the studio space.
t theby Arizona's official Tea Party license plates -- the Arizona Tea Party is too.
In a statement released Friday by a coalition of local Tea Party groups, the limited government advocates say the plates are exactlythey oppose.
s first dedicated tablet processor may not be a monster hit among consumers like Apple's iPad, but they could find adoption in enterprises, analysts said this week.
Apple's iPad is the poster child, but Intel's Oak Trail processor could bring a new wave of tablets that are more closely aligned to security, software and hardware needs in enterprises, analysts said. By supporting the Windows 7 OS, Oak Trail tablets will blend more smoothly than the iPad into IT environments relying on Windows.
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may settle with the Department of Justice in a case surrounding online ad campaigns run by drug companies.The case alleges that certain online pharmacies illegally selling prescription drugs ran ad campaigns through Google's various ad programs.
Congress is putting off changes to Social Security, but the massive retirement and disability program still faces long-term financial problems from an aging population and an economy that has been slow to rebound.
Those problems are getting new attention Friday as the trustees who oversee Social Security and Medicare release their annual reports on the programs' finances.
There is an increased awareness that a CT scan is not always needed," said study co-leader Dr. Lise E. Nigrovic, of Children's Hospital Boston. "An effective strategy is observing the child's symptoms over time and, if they improve, don't do a CT."
Future studies will establish the appropriate length of observation to minimize the risk of missing a serious brain injury, Nigrovic said. The median age of the children in this study, published online May 9 in Pediatrics, was 5.6 years.
Employees come first,” explains Sue Bennett, director of marketing, The Care of Trees.“We’ve increased the development opportunities and benefits offering available to employees.We also have a variety of recognition program to celebrate and encourage employee contributions.”
Companies that care respect employees and are committed to community service. They demonstrate 10 Characteristics that go to appreciating people, work/life balance, and giving back. This uniqueness defines the standard for all organizations that strive to be recognized as best places to work and being socially responsible.
