Daily Archives: June 9, 2012

Jun
9
  • Ufone Inter-Media Cricket Tournament kicks off

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    Islamabad?Daily Asas, News Mart, Jang, Waqt TV, Bureaus XI and Sindi Media XI thrash their opponents on the opening day of Ufone Inter-Media Cricket tournament at MNA Hostel Cricket Ground here Under the auspices of National Press Club (NPC) Islamabad and collaboration with Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and Capital Development Authority (CDA), 37 teams are taking part in week long event which played on knock out basis. Chairman CDA Engineer Farkhand Iqbal was the chief guest of opening ceremony who [...]

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9
  • Cheetah-Dog Duo Visits Seminole Heights 3rd-Graders

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    Snapping instead of clapping so as to not excite their potentially dangerous visitors, an ecstatic crowd of third-graders welcomed a crew of Busch Gardens handlers and their animal friends, Kasi and Mtani, to Seminole Heights Elementary on Monday. #13; Kasi, a cheetah abandoned by her mother and adopted by Busch Gardens last year, has been raised alongside a golden lab puppy, Mtani, that the facility attained last year. Students at more than 40 Florida elementary schools followed the growth of [...]

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  • US: Top German automakers post strong gains in May

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    Daimler AG’s Mercedes-Benz held onto the US luxury-vehicle sales lead for the year over BMW and Audi Ag. Mercedes lead is due mostly to increased US sales of its M-Class sport utility vehicles, which are made in Vance, and its C-Class sedans, which will join the Vance production line next year. The M-Class sales rose 66 percent in May, and the C-Class sales rose 35 percent, according to Mercedes. Mercedes sold 22,515 luxury vehicles in the US in May. Sales [...]

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9
  • Hanna, animal friends visit area

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    BELMONT – Jack Hanna, perhaps the planets most notable animal expert, made a return visit to Belmont County this week. A longtime supporter of the Captina Creek Watershed, which makes up more than 200 square miles and is part of the Ohio River drainage basin, Hanna delighted dozens of elementary-aged children and their parents during a special presentation inside Ohio University Easterns Health AND Physical Education complex. Hanna, more popularly known as Jungle Jack for his years of service domestically [...]

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9
  • BMW Group U.S. Reports May 2012 Sales

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    WOODCLIFF LAKE, NJ, June 1, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ — The BMW Group in the US (BMW and MINI combined) reported May sales of 28,321 vehicles, an increase of 7.1 percent from the 26,452 vehicles sold in the same month a year ago. Year-to-date, BMW Group is up 12.2% on sales of 130,843 in the first five months of 2012 compared to 116,656 in the same period in 2011. The auto business looks to be the strongest part of the economy [...]

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9
  • MTR Gaming Group’s Newest Gaming Facility at Scioto Downs Racetrack in …

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    CHESTER, W.Va., May 31, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) – MTR Gaming Group, Inc. (nasdaqgs:MNTG) announced today that the new Scioto Downs, the latest addition to its gaming properties, will open as scheduled this Friday, June 1. The last two hurdles leading up to this Friday’s opening were cleared yesterday when the Ohio Roundtable’s lawsuit against allowing video lottery terminals (“VLTs”) at the state’s seven racetracks was dismissed, and when Scioto Downs Inc. entered into an agreement with the Ohio State Racing [...]

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