| Murray, Baghdatis land in Marseille semis
Fourth-seeded Scotsman Andy Murray and sixth-seeded Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis were among Friday's quarterfinal winners at the $1.125 million Open 13 indoor tennis event. The world No. 11 Murray grounded France's Nicolas Mahut 7-5, 7-6 (7-5) on the hardcourts at Palais des Sports. Murray's semifinal opponent on Saturday will be another Frenchman, Paul-Henri Mathieu. An eighth-seeded Mathieu ended the Marseille reign of his countryman Gilles Simon, who lost 6-3, 6-4 on Day 5 here. Simon had won his last seven matches at this event, including a title bout victory over Baghdatis a year ago. .
D'Arrigo Bros., UFW reach accord after 32 years
After more than 30 years of gridlock, the United Farm Workers union and Salinas Valley vegetable firm DArrigo Brothers Co. have settled on a contract. The agreement, which took effect Oct. 21, was reached after a state labor board ordered the produce company to work with a mediator to resolve differences with the union. Employees had been working without a contract since agreeing to membership in the union in 1975. .
Kirsten Dunst
Unless someone drove her and she spent the whole trip downing booze like a convict on death row. In which case, I only have one thing to say to that: Kirsten Dunst, will you marry me? Obviously not in a church. I know how holy water burns your vampire skin. See, baby, I notice the little things. .
Nader launches exploratory website
Ralph Nader, the consumer activist whom many Democrats blame for costing them the White House in 2000, launched an exploratory committee website today. The site asks "Which side are you on?" and features a litany of criticisms of corporate America. In 2000, Democrat Al Gore won the popular vote but was edged out in the Electoral College by Republican George W. Bush after the US Supreme Court stopped a recount in Florida. Nader, the Green Party candidate, won about 2.8 million votes nationwide, or nearly 3 percent of the vote. But his vote in close, key states helped swing the election to Bush. .
Spotted in Seattle -- yet another wild cat
A wild serval cat, the second one found wandering around West Seattle in the past three weeks, was on its way to Sara's Sanctuary in Redmond on Friday. Terri Miner, the owner of the sanctuary, is working long hours to build a new enclosure. She knows what she's in for; it will be the third serval for her shelter. The elegant cats with long legs and graceful necks look like miniature cheetahs or leopards. They come from Africa and, like other exotic animals, are illegal to own in Seattle. "You can't put a serval with another animal. You can't put them with a dog, a cat or monkey. Everything we have on this property is prey to a serval," said Miner. "They can jump 15 feet straight up in the air. It means quite an enclosure is needed," she said.
SheKnows How to Sell: AtomicOnline's Leading Women's Destination ...
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- SheKnows.com (http://www.sheknows.com), one of the fastest growing online destinations for women, announced today the hiring of 8 new sales and sales support professionals in 3 cities to aggressively capitalize on the growth of the property, now delivering nearly 6 million unique visitors and 50 million page views per month. Aimee Gerry will be based in Los Angeles and responsible for leading sales efforts as West Coast Director of Sales. She brings over 8 years of experience in the interactive space beginning her online career at Avenue A Seattle as a Media Planner, and moving to ad sales as the Regional Sales Director for MetricsDirect in NYC. Aimee has since moved back from NYC where most recently she sold DART for Advertisers for DoubleClick.
Hawaii native finds happiness in Yuma
Say "Aloha" to the new president of Yuma Jaycees. Loke Aulds was born in Hawaii and loves the island paradise dearly, but she says she's a citizen of Yuma now - and she's getting busy. Aulds explains that she loves Yuma and wants to assure a bright and strong future for this community. That's why she's taken the helm of Jaycees. "I just believe in leadership development for the individual. With Jaycees that's our mission, to help develop young adults' leadership through training and getting involved in our community." Service to the Jaycees turns out to be a family thing for Aulds. She was just recently sworn in by her favorite local member - her husband. Eddie Aulds recently celebrated his own new milestone with the organization. He stepped into the state's highest role in the Jaycees, serving as Arizona's state president.
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