REGION Jewelry school graduation held
The Paris News Mon, 11 May 2009 14:18 PM PDT
The Texas Institute of Jewelry Technology, a division of Paris Junior College, held spring graduation ceremonies in the Ray Karrer Theater on the PJC campus. |
Boonen fined, not fired over cocaine abuse
Yahoo! Canada Sports Mon, 11 May 2009 14:12 PM PDT
Former world cycling champion Tom Boonen will be given a heavy fine by his team on top of his indefinite suspension after testing positive for cocaine a second time. The Belgian will be allowed to stay with the Quick Step team. The winner of the Paris Roubaix classic last month tested positive out of competition. |
Bombardier to supply double-deckers to Paris
Metro Magazine Mon, 11 May 2009 13:45 PM PDT
The Alstom-Bombardier consortium has received official confirmation from the Regie Autonome des Transports Parisiens (RATP) for a firm order of 60 trainsets as announced on April 8, 2009. |
The show must go on
Las Vegas CityLife Mon, 11 May 2009 13:32 PM PDT
Paris 36 has been roundly trounced by stateside critics, perhaps unfairly. Maybe it was the overwhelming buzz director Christophe Barratier's ode to pre-war music halls was a heaping helping of fromage. For certain, a sentimental foreign language film that looks back 75 years has a different impact on people who can fully relate to its cultural and historical context. |
Facebook helps find missing Nepalese skier in Paris
PhysOrg Mon, 11 May 2009 13:02 PM PDT
A teenage skier from the Nepalese national team who went missing while training in the Alps has been found wandering the streets of Paris thanks to a Facebook campaign, his team said Monday. |
French urged to protect Lankan interests in Paris
Daily News Mon, 11 May 2009 12:38 PM PDT
The Sri Lankan Embassy in Paris has requested the French authorities to take effective measures to ensure the safety of the religious places and commercial establishments of the Sri Lankan community in France soon after the cowardly attack on the International Buddhist Centre at Le Bourget in Paris by an unidentified group on Sunday (May 10). |
Awkward retro video: George Plimpton for Intellivision
amNewYork Mon, 11 May 2009 12:20 PM PDT
As a kid, we knew nothing of the Paris Review, but we did know George Plimpton. In the 1980s, he was busy hawking the doomed Intellivision home video-game system and later, microwave popcorn. But it's as the Intellivision pitchman... |
(AFX UK Focus) 2009-05-11 19:45 France Tel CEO says Richard to take over in 2011
Interactive Investor Mon, 11 May 2009 12:08 PM PDT
PARIS, May 11 (Reuters) - Stephane Richard, a top aide to France's economy minister, will take the reins of France Telecom in 2011, Chief Executive Didier Lombard told newspaper Le Parisien in an interview due to be released on Tuesday. Last week, France Telecom said Richard would join the management team in an unspecified role in the second half of the year, fuelling speculation that he would ... |
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