Customer Service (Brandon Sun) ROME (AP) - Italian cyclist Luca Ascani tested positive for EPO and was suspended Thursday pending a hearing on his case. Ascani tested positive for the banned blood-boosting hormone at the Italian national championships on June 26, when he won the time trial, the Italian Olympic Committee said....more...Italian cyclist Luca Ascani suspended after testing positive for EPO (CP via Yahoo! Canada News) ROME (AP) - Italian cyclist Luca Ascani tested positive for EPO and was suspended Thursday pending a hearing on his case....more... Governor Perdue Announces Executive Appointments (The Weekly) ATLANTA (August 2, 2007) ? Governor Sonny Perdue announced today the following executive appointments. James "Jim" B. Hammock, Dublin, At Large Representative- Hammock is the president and chief executive officer of Omni Resource Group, Inc. He chairman, and the Board of Industry Trade and Tourism....more... TRAVEL: Got A Yen For Some Last-minute Travel? Let The Deal Pick You (Nasdaq) SAN FRANCISCO (Dow Jones) -- It's summer and you're trying to book a last- minute trip. There's no way you will find a great deal at this point. Wrong....more... Two-year inquiry: one man blamed (Times Online) Two years have elapsed since the de Menezes shooting. Since then the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has conducted two inquiries ? at a combined cost of £600,000 ? and concluded that only one man can be held to account....more... Analysis: Stockwell Two leaves both sides fuming (Times Online) Two years have elapsed since armed police shot Jean Charles de Menezes dead after mistaking him for a suicide bomber....more... Crystal Doubles Its Luxury Hotel Partnerships Worldwide (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) From the venerable Hotel Hassler atop Rome's Spanish Steps to the secluded oasis of Hotel Bel-Air in Beverly Hills, luxury travel specialist Crystal Cruises has doubled its number of luxury hotel partnerships for 2008, inviting guests to extend their travels with pre- and post-cruise stays at the world's most exclusive hotels and resorts....more... US tourists flock to Paris despite prices (The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News) For Americans, summer in Europe evokes fun and education: Soak in the Tuscany hills, visit storied castles, wander the Normandy beaches, take in a London play. Connect with the Renaissance and World War II. Hop a plane, pop in a Joni Mitchell CD, and dream of "a free man in Paris ... unfettered and alive."...more... US tourists flock to Paris despite prices (The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! Canada News) Despite a record exchange rate of $1.37 to the euro, Americans flock to the world's No. 1 tourist stop....more... |