| Use Caution when it Comes to Cooking, Storing Food After Power Outage
Recent ice storms across central and northeastern Nebraska knocked out power to thousands early this week. For Nebraskans dealing with power outages, cooking meals, storing cold foods and making sure drinking water is safe are all priorities, said Julie Albrecht, a University of Nebraska-Lincoln food safety specialist. .
EU Boosts Its Security Efforts by Stefan Nicola UPI Germany Correspondent Berlin (UPI) Jan 17, 2007
The European Union's interior and justice ministers have drafted several measures to improve border security and the fight against terrorism and organized crime. Meeting in Dresden from Sunday until Tuesday, the justice and interior ministers vowed to expand their law enforcement cooperation, backing efforts to give all EU countries access to national databases containing fingerprints, DNA samples and license plate information. Such an agreement has already been struck by Germany, Austria, Belgium, Spain, France, the Netherlands and Luxembourg, but the ministers said it should be expanded to include all EU member states. A similar data-sharing plan could be signed between the EU and the United States in a bid to improve the joint fight against terrorism, said German Interior Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, who chaired the Dresden meeting.
Mr. Entertainment
Comedy lovers and haberdashers have a bright weekend ahead when Cedric the Entertainer brings his stand-up routine at 8 tonight to the Detroit Opera House. The performance comes on the heels of the release of Cedric's new movie, "Code Name: The Cleaner," about a regular guy who gets hit on the head and becomes convinced he's a government spy. When he becomes involved in an actual conspiracy, more bad guys decide they want him out of the way. Stand-up, acting and more stand-up is just part of the funnyman actor's routine. "After a movie, I just need to go tell some jokes," Cedric told The Detroit News last week. "I like to perform before shooting a movie just to keep my comedy jones up to speed, then right after a movie comes out to get an immediate response." Cedric -- whose full name is Cedric Antonio Kyles -- added "The Entertainer" to his name because he also sang and danced early in his career.
Hewlett-Packard leads global PC sales at end-2006
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - US computer maker Hewlett-Packard reveled in news that it had extended its lead as the world's top personal computer vendor late last year, pressuring arch-rival Dell. HP ended 2006 with annual sales growth of 24 percent and took "a clear lead in worldwide shipment volume" in the last three months of the year, according to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker. Dell Inc., meanwhile, did not recover from a slow third quarter and "stumbled through the end of the year" with international growth dropping to 1.5 percent, IDC said. .
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