| Regulators worldwide probe chocolate price-fixing claims
NEWARK, N.J. If you feel your Valentine's Day chocolates are not such a sweet deal this year, you're not alone. Regulators are investigating price fixing among candy makers in at least three different countries. In the last week, the German Federal Cartel Office raided the offices of seven of leading chocolate companies including Mars Inc., Kraft Foods Inc. and Nestle SA searching for documents. Three months ago, Canada's Competition Bureau searched the offices of several companies, many of the same ones as in Germany. The Canadian investigation sparked several American lawsuits accusing the world's biggest chocolate companies of violating antitrust laws. The U.S. Department of Justice declined to confirm it is investigating, yet several companies confirmed receiving inquiries.
Boothe, Gray unanimous selections to All-State teams
Sarah Boothe of Warren was the only unanimous choice to the Class 4A All-State girls basketball team released Wednesday, and Hope senior guard Zhaque Gray was the 3A team's only unanimous selection.
Boothe, who has signed with Stanford and is considered the No. 1 recruit in Illinois, received first-team votes on all 10 ballots cast by a statewide panel of sports writers and broadcasters. The 6-foot-5-inch center averaged 20.3 points, 11.1 rebounds and 2.8 blocks per game this season and eclipsed 2,000 career points during the postseason.
Gray, who has signed to play at Penn State, received first-team votes on all 11 ballots cast for the 3A team. She averaged 17.1 points, 4.2 assists and 2.5 rebounds per game and led Hope to the Chicago Public League championship over Marshall.
Cupid.com/PreDating Offers the Ultimate Blind Date with National ...
POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y., Feb. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Cupid.com/PreDating (www.cupid.com/predating), North America's largest speed dating company, will hold simultaneous speed dating events in more than 100 North American cities on February 12, 2008 during which one male and one female attendee will be chosen for the "ultimate blind date." Eric P. Straus, President & CEO of Cupid.com said, "As thousands of Cupid.com Pre-Daters will attest, speed dating is a really fun event. In recognition of Cupid's ultimate holiday, we want to find the hottest male and female speed dater in the country and match them in a blind date in Las Vegas." Bill Cloutier, Executive Vice President of Cupid.com commented, "This very special speed dating event will enable thousands of singles to meet their special Valentine.
10 CU frat pledges arrested
If the authoritarian, "it's-for-the-children" school system teachs kids to blindly acquiesce to petty authority, to swallow obvious lies without demur, and never to think for themselves, what happens when they get to college and don't have that ring in their nose? This isn't the Republic of Boulder culture: had it been, the students would have been smoking pot and holding a drum circle in the motel room while sweet hippie chicks danced! No, this was imperial-ruling-class, alcohol-pixilated, twighlight-of-democracy frat boy culture. .
Your Hometown News - Pascagoula
To do that, Northrop Grumman will have to win a $3 billion contract to build the Global Hawk Unmanned Aircraft for the U.S. Navy. Northrop is already building Global Hawks for the Air Force. As Patrice Clark reports, adding a Navy contract would mean jobs and more recognition in a growing industry.
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Weekend planner
A dinner of venison and other wild game, plus swamp cabbage cooked on site with an open bar, are part of the attraction. But then there's the auction and door prizes that include fishing and hunting gear. Money raised goes to local charities, including Rotary's Camp Florida, the Emergency Care Help Organization and the Brandon Outreach Clinic. Don't forget to bring your stories about the "one that got away." Tickets are $70 at (813) 315-6533 for more information or reservations. he young art lovers that make up Les Fauves, supporters of the Gulf Coast Museum of Art, 12211 Walsingham Road in Largo, will get a look at the new Liquid Metal exhibition but also get a chance to create their metal artwork Friday from 7 to 10 p.m. There also will be furniture and jewelry for sale, cocktails, nibbles and music by The Human Condition.
Clinton, Obama Split; McCain Takes Solid Lead
Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton battled to a tie on "Super Tuesday" and John McCain took charge of the Republican race in coast-to-coast presidential nominating battles in 24 U.S. states. In their hard-fought Democratic duel, Obama won 13 states and Clinton took eight, ensuring a protracted battle for the nomination. Clinton's wins included the key prizes of California and New York on the biggest day of U.S. presidential voting before the Nov. 4 election to succeed President George W. Bush. .
TV drama 'Quarterlife' is 100 percent self-absorbed
The drama quarterlife premiered on the Internet before jumping to NBC tonight. Jumping, however, is too positive a term. Skidding is more appropriate.
This little pipsqueak of a show doesn't deserve the wider forum of broadcasting. But that's what it will gain at 10 o'clock on WESH-Channel 2 and in its regular time slot at 9 p.m. Sundays, starting this weekend.
The series comes from executive producers Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick, who have a notable track record. Their ground-breaking thirtysomething wowed or annoyed viewers. The duo later delivered the tender dramas My So-Called Life and Once and Again.
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