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Savage Grace

Savage Grace

Rarely has a film lived up to its marketing hook so thoroughly. Rest assured that Savage Grace, Tom Kalins provocative but frustratingly shallow true-life portrait of a wealthy American familys interpersonal debauchery, proves quite convincingly that Truth is more shocking than f ... ...

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  • Toyota plans to increase lithium-ion car battery output-Nikkei

    TOKYO | Sun May 19, 2013 2:40am EDT TOKYO May 19 (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp is planning to increase production of lithium-ion batteries by six times, as the automaker prepares to eventually use them in its flagship Prius gasoline-electric hybrid cars, the Nikkei business daily reported on Sunday. Currently, most of Toyota's hybrid vehicles use nickel-metal hydride batteries but ...

  • Wall Street needs to pay its fair share

    I read with interest the letter by Congressman McKinley bemoaning the jobless recovery saying that " what's happening on Wall Street is not translating to Main Street across America." So true. Since he asked "What can Congress do to help?" I'd like to make some commonsense suggestions to our representative that would help our local Main Street businesses, struggling ...

  • China to issue 20 bln yuan in 50-year T-bonds

    The Ministry of Finance (MOF) announced Friday that it will issue 20 billion yuan (3.23 billion US dollars) in 50-year book-entry treasury bonds.The issuance marks the ministry's tenth issuance of book-entry treasury bonds this year, according to a statement posted on the MOF website.The interest rate for the bonds is fixed at 4.24 percent.Interest will be paid every half year on May 20 and ...

  • Breaking the Bonds of Biological Parenthood

    Defense of Marriage Must Be Merged With Defense of ParenthoodBy Denise Hunnell, MDWASHINGTON, D.C., May 08, 2013 (Zenit.org) - The push to redefine marriage to include relationships between same-sex couples is a movement to abolish the sociological connection between children and their biological parents. It is a movement to destroy the nuclear family. Lesbian journalist and homosexual activist ...

  • U.S. state cancels subsidy for investment from Pakistani company

    INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - Indiana has canceled subsidies for a planned $1.8 billion fertilizer plant in the state because of concerns that a Pakistani company involved in the project makes products used in improvised explosives that kill and injure U.S. troops in ...

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