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Ryanair 6-month profit up 28 pct

LONDON (AP) ? Budget airline Ryanair has reported a 28 percent increase in profit in the six months ending Sept. 30 as the company extracted more revenue per passenger. The net profit of euro543.5 million compared to euro424 million in the comparable period a year ago. The Irish-based airline said Monday that revenue was up 24 percent to euro2.7 billion, while passenger numbers rose 12 percent to 44.7 million. Associated Press Source: http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/f70471f764144b2fab526d39972d37b3/Article_2011-11-07-EU-Ireland-Earns-Ryanair/id-e853d434e8a44c588f755d2d885b973b gnomeo and juliet abortion network sheryl crow psn back up vnc angels

Housing starts hit 1.5 year high in November (Reuters)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) ? Housing starts surged to a 1-1/2 year high in November and permits for future construction were the highest since March 2010 as demand for rental apartments rose, offering hope for the weak housing market. The Commerce Department said on Tuesday housing starts jumped 9.3 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 685,000 units, the highest since April last year. October’s starts were revised down to a 627,000-unit pace from a previously reported 628,000 unit rate. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast housing starts rising to a 635,000-unit rate. Compared to November last year, residential construction was up 24.3 percent. (Reporting By Lucia Mutikani; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama) Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20111220/bs_nm/us_economy snl 60 minutes infiniti elizabeth hurley justin timberlake volcano iceland harold camping family radio

Four fun food-and-drink fundraisers | Dining with Denise Neil …

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Four fun food-and-drink fundraisers. It's fundraiser season, which is my favorite season. Over the course of February and March each year, several organizations put on fancy parties that include food, wine and frivolity. Source: http://blogs.kansas.com/dining/2012/02/15/four-fun-food-and-drink-fundraisers/ gog shavuot eliza dushku bacteria power ball p90x boston globe

Excavating key differences among GOP candidates (AP)

WASHINGTON ? The Republican presidential candidates sound much alike in their zeal to shrink government, cut taxes and replace President Barack Obama’s big health care law with, well, something entirely different. It takes some digging to see the distinctions. That’s when Mitt Romney, for example, emerges a few steps removed from the deeply conservative drift of the pack. Sure, he says constitutional abortion rights should be overturned. But unlike Michele Bachmann and some others, he’s not up for clashing with the current Supreme Court over it. Yes, he wants to sweep away regulations that interfere with business. But unlike the slashers and burners, he wants the rules to be “updated and modern,” not thrown as a heap in the trash. Altogether, it’s a familiar pattern on the cusp of party primaries. The candidates play to their ideological base so hard that true differences among them are blurred. The presumed favorite caters to the same crowd without getting locked into positions that might prove a disadvantage with the broader and more moderate electorate next fall. That pattern results in an array of positions that sound good to the true believers but have little or no chance of becoming law. And it can produce flat-out contradictions. Witness Herman Cain’s assertions that no abortions should be allowed ? and that the government has no business telling a woman she can’t have one. Or the position of several candidates that gay marriage should be outlawed in the Constitution ? and that states should be….

The 2012 Classical Arts Awards | News | Gambit New Orleans News …

The Big Easy Foundation recognized achievements in the classical arts and paid tribute to former director Gloria Powers at the 18th annual Tribute to the Classical Arts awards luncheon on Thursday, Feb. 9. Host and sponsor John Burr, WWL TV anchor and master of ceremonies Angela Hill, and Gambit publisher Margo DuBos began the event by saluting Powers, who died Feb. 7, for her contributions to the New Orleans arts community, and several artists mentioned Powers while accepting awards. ??The children of Young Audiences brought the audience to its feet with an exuberant performance of African song, dance and drumming, and the group received the Arts Education Award following the performance. Other nominated artists who performed included Jeanne Swinley singing an excerpt from Loyola Opera Theatre’s Susannah and dancers from Lula Elzy New Orleans Dance Theatre performing a piece from the company’s 20-year anniversary retrospective. Closing out the luncheon was the New Orleans Trombone Choir, directed by Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Milton Bush. Bush, a lifelong New Orleanian, is known for his work as a musician and as director of the University of New Orleans band program and conductor of the New Orleans Pops Orchestra. ??Samuel L. Steele III, a businessman and philanthropist who has supported a host of local arts organizations and other causes, received the Arts Patron Award. Other special recognition was given to CORBiAN Visual Arts and Dance founders Ian Carney and Corbin Popp, whose original piece Darwin the Dinosaur combined dance and innovative technology. ??Tribute to….