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WASHINGTON, Jan. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau:
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ESTES PARK, Colo., Jan. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- CBL Branding, LLC has recently licensed Smart Threads, Inc. to design, source, and market Men's and Women's Apparel under the Town & Country® Brand in the US. CBL Branding owns and manages several brand...
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WOODCLIFF LAKE, New Jersey, January 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
Das Research Institute for Fragrance Materials Inc. (Forschungsinstitut für Duftstoffe - RIFM) hat bekannt gegeben, dass eine Studie des RIFM über Duftinhaltsstoffe im zweiten aufeinanderfolgenden Jahr in der...
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Jan. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Pinpoint Genomics, Inc. announced the publication of key data relating to its Pinpoint Dx Lung™ Assay in the journal The Lancet, and the availability of its Pinpoint Dx Lung™ Assay to clinicians and patients...
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MANAMA, Bahrain, Jan. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Wednesday, the National Commission, tasked with overseeing the implementation of Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry (BICI) recommendations, prioritized more BICI suggestions in an effort to speed up the implementation...
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Products recalled due to undeclared allergen
LANDOVER, Md., Jan. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Giant Food, LLC, following a recall by Pinnacle Foods Group, announced that it removed from sale several varieties of Aunt Jemima Frozen Pancakes. The products may have been...
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NEW YORK, Jan. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Stone Phillips, former Dateline NBC and ABC News 20/20 reporter, returns to the field with "Hard Hits, Hard Numbers: The First Study of Head Impacts in Youth Football." This exclusive story, to be released on...
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INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The first official test of the 2012 American Le Mans Series season sits just two weeks away as race teams prepare for another exhilarating race season. This week, Team Falken Tire took delivery of its 2012 Porsche 911 GT3 RSR at...
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SAN FRANCISCO and MELBOURNE, Jan. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Following the opening of applications for new Top-Level Domains on 12 January, NCC Group (LSE: NCC.L), the world's largest IT assurance/software and data escrow company, and ARI Registry Services, a leading...
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NEW YORK, Jan. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Are New Yorkers different? Yes, they are, according to the filmmaking team of Nick and Colin Barnicle and Matthew Davis Walker, who today released the first of a new micro-series of documentaries about the unassuming lives of unique...
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HONOLULU, Jan. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- It has been one year since Podium Raceway Hawaii introduced the newest, thrilling activity on Oahu and celebrates their first anniversary this month. As part of Podium's Anniversary Month, there will be giveaways as well as events the last...
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KIEW, Ukraine, January 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
Die Ukraine hat sich beim World Press Freedom Index, der diese Woche veröffentlicht wurde, um 15 Positionen nach oben verbessert. Dies reflektiert eine Verbesserung der ukrainischen Medienlandschaft im Verlauf eines Jahres, in dem das...
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ATLANTA, Jan. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- I've been traveling down memory-lane this week. I remember when our son Caleb was four years old in the PK-4 class. I walked him into his classroom one morning—he was so cute with his little blue uniform on! His teacher Ms....
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NEWARK, N.J., Jan. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Journal of Commerce, the leading supplier of business information for people involved in transporting goods and commodities in the United States and internationally, is pleased to announce the winners of the JOC VIP Sweepstakes....
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NEW YORK, Jan. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASD: MNTA) will replace HealthSpring, Inc. (NYSE: HS) in the S&P SmallCap 600 index after the close of trading on Tuesday, January 31. S&P 500 constituent Cigna Corp. (NYSE: CI) is acquiring HealthSpring...
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LEXINGTON, Mass. and SUNDANCE, Utah, Jan. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Ever see a movie trailer and feel, "I must go see that film?" This seemingly simple reaction is big business for movies seeking success at the box office – especially smaller, independent films without...
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CHICAGO and BOCA RATON, Fla., Jan. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Incapital announced plans today to sponsor Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) All-American middleweight contender Chris Weidman on Saturday evening, January 28 as the UFC returns to FOX-TV for the network's first...
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Family Research Council (FRC) praised the opinion issued today by Judge Jeffrey Sutton of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Ward v. Polite. The Court reversed a district court's decision in favor of...
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SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Lucky Strike Entertainment announced this morning that they are now hiring in anticipation of the newest 22,247 Sq feet location on King Street at the ground floor of the Beacon near AT&T Park at the heart of the San Francisco...
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PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- expresscopy.com, leader in online design, print & mail postcards – in 24 hours, helps GV's Heating and Cooling grow sales with consistent postcard mailings.
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Want to get out and make a night of it? Here are a few tips from The Chronicle's Datebook staff on where to go and what to do around the Bay Area this evening. Take your pick: Check out our mini-review of a recommended...
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Staying in tonight? Here are some suggestions to help you make the most of your evening at home. Our staff has come up with all sorts of options, including the best of what's on television, a DVD to watch, a book you...
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Albert Nobbs RATING: (ALERT VIEWER)Drama. Starring Glenn Close, Janet McTeer, Mia Wasikowska and Aaron Johnson. Directed by Rodrigo Garcia. (R. 113 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.) Glenn Close has the title role in "...
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RATING: (POLITE APPLAUSE) Little Brother: Drama. By Josh Costello, adapted from the novel by Cory Doctorow. Directed by Costello. Through Feb. 25. Custom Made Theatre Company, Gough Street Playhouse, 1620 Gough St., S.F....
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RATING: (WILD APPLAUSE) Luck: Dramatic series. 9 p.m. Sun. on HBO. The word luck implies that the stars are capable of aligning in a certain way to nudge our lives in one direction or another. Luck can be good or bad....
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Pinchas Zukerman joined the San Francisco Symphony in Davies Symphony Hall on Thursday afternoon in a multitude of musical roles - as violinist, violist and conductor. That's a lot of hats to wear on just one head....
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In 2007, working on a commission from Paul Hillier's vocal quartet Theater of Voices, the composer David Lang undertook a brave and brilliant project. In an effort to decouple the pathos and emotional directness of Bach'...
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Its historic ships still aren't in any shape to hit the high seas. And the museum remains easy to miss, wedged in among restaurants and retail stores. But when the South Street Seaport Museum reopens this week, after...
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Thomas Jefferson wrote "all men are created equal" to declare U.S. independence from Britain, yet he was also a lifelong slave owner who freed only nine of his more than 600 slaves during his lifetime. That...
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In collaboration with Rotten Tomatoes and its parent company, Flixster, The Chronicle presents the critical consensus of this year's Academy Award nominees for best picture. (The figure listed is the percentage of...
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The Chronicle, in collaboration with Rotten Tomatoes and its parent company, Flixster, presents how the top movies from last weekend were rated by critics and audiences. (The movies are in order of how they fared at the...
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The Sundance Film Festival became the unlikely center of hip-hop's latest feud when actor-turned-rapper Drake and rapper-turned-actor Common came to town. Common was promoting his role in upcoming family drama "LUV,"...
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"Bike Smut is a touring international film festival celebrating human-powered transportation and sex positive culture," says an announcement of screenings (Saturday at Cyclecide Swearhouse on Jerrold; next Friday at the...
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It is my custom sometimes to have a small bowl of Wheaties. I liked the cereal as a child, then spent a long time ignoring it, and lately have returned to it. Please don't write me any letters about really healthy...
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To keep realism in painting from looking rote or academic requires a touch as lively as Ben Aronson displays in camera-assisted paintings at Jenkins Johnson. "Photorealism" does not fit what Aronson does. He apparently...
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RATING: (POLITE APPLAUSE) Another Happy Day This family drama has its ups and downs, but it has two considerable assets - a willingness to go for the jugular and a standout performance by Ellen Barkin, doing the best...
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The majority of San Francisco's historic waterfront was once neglected or forgotten, but the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency - responsible for driving waterfront transformation from Rincon Point's iconic...
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Declaration of War RATING: (POLITE APPLAUSE)Drama. Directed by and starring Valérie Donzelli. In French with English subtitles (Not rated. 100 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.) Sick children and their struggling parents...
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The Grey RATING: (SNOOZING VIEWER) Action thriller. Starring Liam Neeson. Directed by Joe Carnahan. (R. 117 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.) Men. Snow. God. Toss in a pack of unusually vindictive wolves and Liam Neeson...
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Man on a Ledge RATING: (POLITE APPLAUSE)Drama. Starring Sam Worthington, Elizabeth Banks, Ed Harris and Edward Burns. Directed by Asger Leth. (PG-13. 102 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.) "Man on a Ledge" doesn't aim high,...
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Miss Bala RATING: (POLITE APPLAUSE)Drama. Directed by Gerardo Naranjo. With Stephanie Sigman, Noe Hernandez. In Spanish with English subtitles. (Not rated. 113 minutes. At the Sundance Kabuki.) There's almost no hint of...
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Sing Your Song: This HBO documentary about Harry Belafonte now playing at the Roxie is filled with the names of giants - Martin Luther King Jr., Robert and John Kennedy, Eleanor Roosevelt, Nelson Mandela - all men and...
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ARIES (March 20-April 18): You don't like settling for half-measures, but that might be the best you can expect from current circumstances. At least it keeps you in the game. TAURUS (April 19-May 19): Are you trumpeting...