Rose Tremain wins Orange prize

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LONDON (AP) — English writer Rose Tremain has won Britain's Orange Prize for fiction by women. The judges of the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction awarded the prize to Tremain Wednesday for her novel, The Road Home , about an Eastern European migrant in Britain. Tremain set the novel in London and has said she wanted to draw out the individuality of an immigrant. Submitted by: me4you | Visited 5 times | Comments 0

♦ Author Tremain wins Orange prize

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Author Rose Tremain has been named as the winner of this year's Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction for her tenth novel The Road Home. She won through a shortlist of six writers to take the prize, together with a 30,000 cheque, at London's Royal Festival Hall. Author Joanna Kavenna won the new writer's award for novel Inglorious. Submitted by: fly4food84 - Visited 2 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Orange County research program aims to improve severe trauma survival rates

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Irvine, Calif., July 8, 2008 A method of resuscitation for victims of severe traumatic injury will be the subject of a clinical trial to be undertaken by a team of Orange County emergency care providers. The Orange County Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium will include UC Irvine, Orange County Health Care Agency, Mission Hospital, Western Medical Center Santa Ana, Orange County Fire Authority... Submitted by: splatcatballa99 - Visited 5 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Pink Floyd wins Polar Music Prize

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STOCKHOLM — Pink Floyd and soprano Renee Fleming were named winners of the 2008 Polar Music Prize on Wednesday for their contributions to their musical genres. The British rock group and Fleming will each receive a cash prize of $168,000 at an Aug. 26 awards ceremony in Stockholm, organizers said. The Polar Music Prize is Sweden's biggest music award. It was founded by Stig Anderson... Submitted by: Blogmaster - Visited 6 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Rose McGowan and Robert Rodriguez are Still Together

1 vote	Rumors have surfaced that actress Rose McGowan and her fiance Robert Rodriguez have split and called off the engagement. Despite the incessant gossip, sources for People magazine are saying that Rose, 34, and Robert, 40, are still very much together. Rose and Robert met in 2006 and announced the engagement in October 2007. Submitted by: HH - Dan - Visited 4 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Rose out to hit form at Wentworth

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Justin Rose wants to kick-start his season at the PGA Championship which tees off on Thursday at Wentworth. Rose was pipped to the 2007 title by Anders Hansen in a dramatic play-off and is determined to go one better in his first event on home soil this year. "It's been a tough year and I'm expecting this week to be very challenging," said Rose, 27. Submitted by: XTREMETUNING - Visited 0 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Al Gore wins $1 million prize from Israeli fund

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TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Al Gore, the former U.S. vice president turned environmentalist, on Monday received a $1 million prize for his work from an Israeli fund. The Dan David Foundation awarded Gore its annual "present" prize for alerting the world to the crisis from overuse of fossil fuels. It also gave prizes in "past" and "future" categories. Submitted by: dannywwww - Visited 0 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Improving Severe Trauma Survival Rates

1 vote	The Orange County Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium will include UC Irvine, Orange County Health Care Agency, Mission Hospital, Western Medical Center Santa Ana, Orange County Fire Authority, and fire departments from other Orange County cities. Submitted by: tempscript - Visited 4 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Naipaul book nominated for prize

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prize winning writer VS Naipaul is among six books shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction. The true story of a Victorian murder, a book on the lives of rooks and jackdaws and a chronicle of Stalin's Russia are also nominated. The winner, to be announced on 15 July, will receive £30,000 the UK's biggest prize for non-fiction. Submitted by: aaron_nimocks - Visited 0 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Pedigree Puppy Ruins Slash, Rose, Bach & Stone Supergroup Plans.

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Pedigree Puppy Ruins Slash, Rose, Bach & Stone Supergroup Plans.... A high-priced puppy ended a dream collaboration between feuding Guns N' Roses founders Axl Rose and Slash and funk legend Sly Stone. Stone had tentatively signed on to re-record some of his obscure tracks with former Skid Row star Sebastian Bach, who had suggested his friends Rose ... Submitted by: Kelf - Visited 4 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Heath Ledger Painting Wins Australian Art Contest.

1 vote	Heath Ledger Painting Wins Australian Art Contest.... A painting of late actor Heath Ledger has won a prestigious Australian art prize. The portrait, titled Heath and painted by Ledger's friend Vincent Fantauzzo, landed the prestigious People's Choice honour at the Archibald Prize art awards on Friday (09May08) morning. Submitted by: Mazaonline - Visited 3 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Orange announces iPhone 3G pricing and plan details for France

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France's Orange is now in the spotlight when it comes to the iPhone 3G launch. A few weeks ago, there was talk of the carrier offering a discounted upgrade to the new model, but such a program was never confirmed. Now, French paper Les Echos and AppleInsider are reporting on Orange's release of the full set of iPhone 3G pricing information. Submitted by: Dannyboyonline - Visited 7 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Rose in hunt for Memorial title

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England's Justin Rose overcame a poor start to boost his chances of winning the Memorial Tournament in Ohio with a two-under-par 70 in the third round. Rose dropped two shots early on, but holed a bunker shot for an eagle at 15 to help him finish on five-under. It put him in a five-way tie for second place, three strokes behind Australian Matthew Goggin, who carded a 71. Submitted by: techboss - Visited 0 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Rose Mcgowan And Rodriguez Split?.

1 vote	Rose Mcgowan And Rodriguez Split?.... Rose McGowan has reportedly split with fiance Robert Rodriguez because of financial difficulties on forthcoming film Barbarella. The Grindhouse star was set to take the lead in a remake of the 1968 cult classic... Submitted by: BlohG - Visited 4 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Rushdie wins 'Best of Booker' award

1 vote	Having already won the Booker Prize in 1981, 'Midnight's Children', again in 1993 showed its continuing popularity when a celebratory award 'Booker of Booker' was created for the prize's 25th anniversary and Rushdie won it. When voting closed at midday on July 8... Submitted by: netsinteractive - Visited 3 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ McQueen Picks Up Cannes Prize For Film Debut.

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Steve McQueen Picks Up Cannes Prize For Film Debut.... Artist-turned-director Steve McQueen has been awarded the prestigious Camera d'Or prize at the Cannes Film Festival for his movie debut Hunger. Hunger details the final days of Irish Republican Army (Ira) hunger striker Bobby Sands played by 300 star Michael Fassbender who died aged 27 in M... Submitted by: Dr.Sell - Visited 0 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Rose out of Carolina tournament

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Justin Rose withdrew from the Verizon Heritage tournament with back trouble, after struggling to a first-round 76 in South Carolina. Rose, who had four bogeys in six holes on Thursday, decided not to risk further aggravating the problem. Englishmen Nick Dougherty and Brian Davis both shot 67 to share second at four under after the first round. Americans Justin Leonard... Submitted by: bestija - Visited 7 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Abortion increase in young girls

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The number of abortions among girls aged under 14 rose by 21% to 163 in 2007 official figures for England and Wales show. In the under 16s, the number of abortions rose by 10% from 3,990 in 2006 to 4,376 in 2007. The number of abortions in all women rose by 2.5%. Government advisors called for high quality sex education at school and investment in contraception services for young people. Submitted by: DaisyDaisy - Visited 4 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Comedian Brand wins radio prize

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Wild-haired comic Russell Brand has won a Gold award for his BBC Radio 2 show at this year's Sony awards. Radio 1's Chris Moyles took home the prize for Best Breakfast Show, beating Jonny Vaughan from Capital 95.8. Simon Mayo, Jonathan Ross and Dermot O'Leary also won awards, while Radio 4 was named UK station of the year. Jenny Abramsky... Submitted by: spark23 - Visited 3 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Beckham angry over auction blunder

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David Beckham is upset with a charity auction that offered a meeting with him as a prize without his agreement. Mum Jeanne Kelly paid £3,500 for her son Conor to have a date with the England footballer, but the prize was cancelled by organisers at the last minute. The auctioned prize also included VIP flights and a signed jersey. Kelly's £3... Submitted by: Prikol - Visited 9 - Comments 0 - Write first comment