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CNN Technology News
Eco-fashion: Transforming trash into treasures
Fashion designers are giving new life to worthless candy wrappers, newspapers and plastic bags; turning trash into trendy tote bags, purses and jewelry.

Experts: 'Indiana Jones' pure fiction
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iPhone sold out online
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'Virtual watercooler' makes work fun
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New BlackBerry ups resolution
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CNN Space and Science
Hubble mission delayed to fix shuttle tanks
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Astronaut calls landing 'one big hit and a roll'
NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, along with two cosmonauts, rode in the Russian Soyuz spacecraft that made a gut-wrenching, off-target landing last month.

Russia probes Soyuz capsule's re-entry
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NASA extends Saturn mission
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NASA goes low tech for high-tech problem
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Forced to put retirement on hold
The economic downturn is hitting middle-aged and older American workers hard, forcing more than one in four to postpone retirement, according to a survey released Tuesday by the AARP.

Stocks turn lower
Stocks slipped modestly Tuesday morning as investors weighed Hewlett-Packard's nearly $14 billion acquisition of EDS, Wal-Mart's better earnings and tepid forecast and another record for gas prices.

Senate approves end to oil reserve shipments
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Bernanke: Markets still 'far from normal'
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Home prices sink
Single-family home prices dropped 7.7% in the first quarter in the largest year-over-year decline since the National Association of Realtors began reporting prices in 1982.



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Pfortner Receives Excellence Award - The Vashon Loop 5-09-08
Vashon’s Water Supply - The Vashon Loop 5-09-08
Cliff Mass On NW Storms - The Vashon Loop 5-09-08
Her Red Hat’s in the Ring - The Vashon Loop 5-09-08
The Third Tower - The Vashon Loop 5-09-08
A full moon from a Vashon Island viewpoint - KOMO TV News 5-07-08
Food prices on Vashon: Rising fast and steadily - Vashon Beachcomber 5-07-08
VAA purchases McFeed’s, hopes to expand - Vashon Beachcomber 5-07-08
HAPPENING - Vashon Beachcomber 5-07-08
A night of red-hot bidding - Vashon Beachcomber 5-07-08
VIPP searching for foster homes to ease crowding in county shelters - Vashon Beachcomber 5-07-08
A butterfly’s beauty can be captured in a snapshot - Vashon Beachcomber 5-07-08
Drummer’s identity shaped by his passion for music - Vashon Beachcomber 5-07-08
Scholarship fund supports our seniors - Vashon Beachcomber 5-07-08
Bravo, VAA - Vashon Beachcomber 5-07-08
There are reasons to use water wisely on the Island - Vashon Beachcomber 5-07-08
Norman Edson’s photographs — like old family ones — tell an intimate story - Vashon Beachcomber 5-07-08
Years spent experimenting can be years lost - The Vashon Beachcomber 5-07-08
Lavender tour seeks sponsors - The Vashon Beachcomber 5-07-08
SCENE & HEARD - The Vashon Beachcomber 5-07-08

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Do you know what to do? What would you do if your home were damaged so bad you could not stay there? How would you cope with the power being out for seven days or longer? How would you help your neighbor?
Making sure that not only you are ready but so will your pets. www.VashonBePrepared.org


Vashon Maury Island Forcast
Vashon, Washington Weather :: 50F Light rain
50F Light rain
Forecast for Today
Rain developing this morning. Highs in the mid to upper 50s. South wind 10 to 15 mph.
Forecast for Tonight
Rain likely. Lows in the mid 40s to lower 50s. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph.
Forecast for Wednesday
Cloudy with a chance of rain in the morning. Then partly sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the 60s. South wind around 10 mph.
Forecast for Wednesday Night
Mostly cloudy in the evening then becoming partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s to lower 50s. South wind to 10 mph.
Forecast for Thursday
Sunny and warm. Highs in the 70s to lower 80s. Light wind becoming north 5 to 15 mph.
Forecast for Thursday Night
Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s.

BBC News
BBC News
Basic rate taxpayers to get £120
The Tories accuse the chancellor of "panicking" as he announces a tax change which will see basic rate payers gain £120 this year.
Search for China quake survivors
A massive search and rescue operation is under way in China, after an earthquake in which at least 12,000 died.
Jury shown airline 'bomb impact'
Jurors see a video showing the likely impact of materials it is alleged eight men wanted to use to blow up transatlantic planes.
Boy detained after 110mph chase
A 14-year-old boy is sentenced after stealing a car and driving it at more than 110mph in a police pursuit.
Blasts rock Indian tourist city
At least 25 people are killed after a series of bomb blasts in the historic city of Jaipur in western India, police say.
'Last breath' heard over mobile
A woman tells a court she heard her sister dying after she was shot in the head as they spoke on a mobile.
Ministers' housing fears revealed
House prices could fall "at best by 5-10%" this year, photos of a minister's briefing notes reveal.
UN calls for Burma aid corridor
The UN urges the setting up of an air or sea corridor to channel large amounts of aid to the victims of the cyclone in Burma.

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Struggle to Reach Quake Survivors
Tens of thousands of people across southwest China remained buried beneath rubble after a massive earthquake that has left thousands dead.

The Lede: In China, Olympic Torch Protests Follow Quake
Officials decided to scale back the torch relay after criticism over today?s event.

?No Hope? for Children Buried in Earthquake
As dawn crept across the shattered town of Dujiangyan, the site of a school collapse became a center of mourning.

Robert Rauschenberg, Titan of American Art, Is Dead at 82
Mr. Rauschenberg, who time and again reshaped art in the 20th century, defied the traditional idea that an artist stick to one medium or style.

The Caucus: As West Virginia Votes, Obama Heads Elsewhere
With a big defeat expected in West Virginia today, Barack Obama is affecting the manner of a general election candidate.

?In the Heights? Leads Tony Nominations
The rap, hip-hop and salsa flavored musical received 13 Tony nominations, which were announced Tuesday.

Concerns Over Myanmar Junta?s Role
Myanmar continued to restrict most large-scale aid deliveries Tuesday, one day after the U.N. secretary general pressed the junta to accept international assistance.

Gates Wants Weapons Useful in Current Conflicts
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates told the military and its industrial partners that new weapons must prove their value to current conflicts, marked by insurgency and terrorism.


CNN Headline News
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Bodies dug out as quake toll tops 12,000
The death toll from the massive earthquake in central China topped 12,000 today, as rescue workers frantically tried to pull victims from the rubble and clear roads of debris so relief can be delivered.

50 dead after serial blasts in India
Seven quickfire explosions killed at least 10 people in India's northwestern city of Jaipur on Tuesday evening, local police told CNN-IBN.

Clinton pushes gas savings Obama dismissed
The outcome of West Virginia's primary Tuesday may best be foretold by where Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama plan to spend the day.

$10K offered for arsonist who ruined 50 houses
Assessment teams plan to fan out around Palm Bay, Florida, on Tuesday to gauge the damage done by a wildfire that continues to burn.

Purses made from candy wrappers go for $180
Fashion designers are giving new life to worthless candy wrappers, newspapers and plastic bags; turning trash into trendy tote bags, purses and jewelry.

Asthmatic teen uses text msging to stay healthy
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CNN Entertainment
Madonna: New, different, 'Hard'
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Cannes Film Festival: A brief history

R. Kelly juror: Child porn 'lowest of the low'
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'Heights,' 'South Pacific' top Tony nominations
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ABC will have only 2 new fall shows
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