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Definitely, Maybe (PG-13, 122 min.) A romantic comedy in flashback, as dad Ryan Reynolds tells daughter Abigail Breslin how he met her mother. Peabody Place 22, Forest Hill 8, Stage Cinema 12, Collierville Towne 16, DeSoto Cinema 16, Cordova Cinema, Paradiso, CinePlanet 16. Enchanted (PG, 107 min.) A naive Disney princess named Giselle (Amy Adams) is ejected from her fairy-tale cartoon world into the flesh-and-blood chaos of Manhattan in this charming, clever and upbeat family film, directed by Kevin Lima and scripted by Bill Kelly. Never insulting as it moves toward its inevitable happily-ever-after ending, the movie maintains a delicate balance between wish-fulfillment fantasy and a recognition that the real world inhabited by its audience is filled with disappointment as well as with joy.
American Axle strike becomes personal to workers
It was a good work atmosphere, and it made me feel like part of the family." But now Monterosso said he feels betrayed. He's one of 3,600 American Axle workers on strike since Tuesday morning in a labor dispute that has become particularly personal for workers at American Axle, running deeper than their fight against demands for steep wage and benefit cuts. Over the years, many workers say they've gotten to know Dauch. They've seen him on the plant floor, shaken his hand and noticed when he knew their names. Dauch, a veteran of Chrysler Corp. and Volkswagen of America, has led the company since buying five General Motors parts plants with a group of investors in 1994. Since then, workers have ridden the rollercoaster with Dauch, from the highs of the SUV and pickup boom to the lows of recent years as sales slow for those products.
Amid Fight for Control, IAC Reshuffles M&A Unit
Since we announced our intent to spin off our businesses in the fall, we're trying to streamline management because we'll be a smaller company," she said. The terms of the breakup—and current management's control of the company—is far from clear. Chief Executive Barry Diller's breakup plan calls for a core IAC, including Ask.com, to remain after the spin-off of the Ticketmaster, HSN home shopping network, LendingTree mortgage, and Interval International vacation timeshare units. As part of the plan, Mr. Diller proposed to the IAC board that the five companies convert to a single-tier stock structure after the breakup. That move would halve Liberty Media's voting control from its current 62 percent to its 30 percent economic interest. Liberty's 22.8 percent share of the Class A stock carries one vote per share, but it also owns Class B stock, with 10 votes per share, and preferred stock with two votes per share.
GIRLS BASKETBALL: Region teams face tall order on road to semistate
Oh, for the days of West Side and North Judson making their run to the girls basketball state finals. That seems so long ago, but it was only three years. The last two years have been hard to swallow for fans of region girls basketball. No regional champions after having at least one every year for the previous 30 years. In fact, only four teams have won a morning regional semifinal in the last two seasons. And the outlook doesn't look too promising for this Saturday's regionals at Valparaiso, Rensselaer, Culver and Caston. In fact, according to the Sagarin ratings found on John Harrell's Indiana Girls Basketball Web site (indianagirlsbasketball.homestead.com), it's downright scary. Our seven teams still alive in the tournament have an average percentage chance at winning of 4.3 percent.
When Student Writing Could be a Red Flag
Falco, in fact, says that Virginia Tech's guide largely outlines procedures that were already informally in place prior to the April massacre. The document – which Falco stresses is meant only to provide guidelines, and is open for revision – offers suggestions regarding when and how faculty members should speak with the student directly, and when to involve department leadership, the counseling center, dean's office or university-wide justice system. The document also reflects the tightrope its drafters were walking, leaving ample room for intuition and judgment in identifying disturbing writing and offering a series of questions instructors might find helpful in distinguishing creative and literary explorations of themes like violence, drugs and suicide, from a threat or cry for help.
Kiplyn Davis Case: Murder suspects will stand trial
The 13 years since Kiplyn Davis disappeared have produced five perjury convictions, countless leads and enough witness testimony to fill a phone book, but no murder convictions. Now, prosecutors will get their chance to put two suspects behind bars for the girl's death. At the end of the sixth and final day of their preliminary hearing, 4th District Judge Lynn Davis on Tuesday ruled that there was enough evidence to send Timmy Brent Olsen and Christopher Neal Jeppson to trial on murder charges. Both defendants pleaded not guilty. The defendants are charged with killing Kiplyn, who disappeared from Spanish Fork High School on May 2, 1995, at the age of 15. No body has been found, but she has not been seen since and has long been presumed dead. "We made another hurdle and Kiplyn's smiling," Richard Davis, Kiplyn's father, said as he choked back tears after the hearing.
Cardiff woman offers a naked truth: Bald is beautiful
Bald is sexy. Know it. Own it. Wear it! That's the motto of Renee Linnell's e-tail company that offers T-shirts carrying the words "Bald Men Rock."But another facet of her business is the "Bald Babes Rock" line, which encourages women who are losing their hair while undergoing chemotherapy. To observe October as Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Linnell will give 20 percent of the sale of her shirts to the Young Survival Coalition, which supports breast cancer victims age 40 and under. The "Bald Babes Rock" T-shirts come in pink and white. Some have rhinestones and declare that women undergoing treatment are "Bald, Beautiful and Brave." They're priced about $25. .
Merck will pay $671 million in refunds
TRENTON, N.J. -- Merck & Co. will pay $671 million to settle claims it overcharged government health programs for four popular drugs and gave doctors fees and gifts to induce them to prescribe its drugs, U.S. prosecutors and company officials said Thursday. .
Reshaped Braves aim toward spring training
We've pretty well exhausted this Kotsay topic since I first posted a blog last Wednesday speculating the Braves' interest in the 32-year-old Oakland outfielder, especially after Kotsay told me Friday that A's GM Billy Beane called him that morning and said a possible trade was in the works with Atlanta. So we'll not devote this blog to more debate over whether it was a good trade, though you are certainly free to continue that topic if you'd like. My last word (for now) on the subject: I think it was a very good trade provided Kotsay is healthy, because the Braves only pay $2 mill (A's paying other $5 mill of his $7 mill salary, plus the $350,000 bonus he gets for moving, which was part of his contract). And they give up a hard-throwing reliever who hasn't panned out yet and probably wasn't going to be more than a middle man if he made this year's bullpen.
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