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1.4 Million Michigan Residents to Travel During Thanksgiving Holiday Despite the economy, many will travel by car and air this holiday weekend. An estimated 1.4 million Michiganians said they will travel during the 2008 Thanksgiving holiday period, a 6-percent decrease November 21, 2008 11:06 AM Safeco, Ohio Casualty Name New Mid-Atlantic Regional Operation Heads Safeco Insurance and Ohio Casualty, both Liberty Mutual Agency Markets companies, recently announced key management appointments to lead their respective personal and commercial lines operations in th November 21, 2008 10:27 AM Massachusetts AG Wants Hearing on Insurance Company's Auto Rates Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley has asked the Division of Insurance to initiate an administrative rate proceeding to review the new auto insurance rates of Premier Insurance Co., a subsi November 21, 2008 10:26 AM California Announces 2009 Workers' Comp Insurance Assessment Rates The California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) has issued 2009 assessment rates for User Funding, the Uninsured Employer Benefit Trust Fund, the Subsequent Injury Benefit Trust Fund, the Occu November 21, 2008 10:21 AM A.M. Best Affirms Rating of The Republic Group Companies The Republic Group (Republic) announced A.M. Best Company has affirmed the rating of "A-" (Excellent) for each of the group's companies. In addition to affirming the group's current financial strength November 21, 2008 10:19 AM Oklahoma Physician Liability Insurer Declares Policyholder Dividends Oklahoma City-based Physicians Liability Insurance Company (PLICO), announced it is declaring a dividend for its 2008 policyholders who renew their policies for 2009. The dividend will be either 3 November 21, 2008 10:17 AM Safeco, America First Insurance Announce Central Region Leaders Safeco Insurance and America First Insurance, both Liberty Mutual Agency Markets companies, announced key management appointments in personal and commercial lines operations for the central United Sta November 21, 2008 10:15 AM Texas Governor Blasts FEMA, Creates Hurricane Recovery Commission Texas Gov. Rick Perry has established the Governor's Commission for Disaster Recovery and Renewal, an advisory panel of public and private sector experts who will create a plan to assist Texas communi November 21, 2008 10:07 AM Japan Approves Tokio Marine Acquisition of Philadelphia Insurance Philadelphia Consolidated Holding Corp. reported that the Financial Services Agency of Japan has approved its acquisition by Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc. Tokio Marine is acquirinsg all outstanding s November 21, 2008 9:59 AM Ohio City's Cameras Catch Legal Red-Light Turners A southern Ohio mayor has asked his police department to dismiss many of the traffic citations written with the help of new red-light cameras. Chillicothe City Councilman Dustin Proehl says Mayor November 21, 2008 9:43 AM

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Google to shut down virtual world website (Reuters) Reuters - Google Inc said it would shut down its three-dimensional virtual experience website by year end to focus more on its core search, advertisements and applications business. November 21, 2008 12:38 PM Google unveils custom search, kills Lively (AFP) AFP - Google has unveiled a new tool which allows users to customize search results and announced it is ending its virtual world experiment, Lively. November 21, 2008 12:15 PM New European online library crashes under weight of interest (AFP) AFP - The EU's new Europeana digital library has swiftly become a victim of its own success, forced to shut down for weeks within hours of its launch due to the enormous amount of interest. November 21, 2008 11:04 AM Study Finds Online Activities Help Teens' Development (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - Online games, social-networking Web sites, and chat rooms are empowering and motivating for teens and help with their development, according to a study released Thursday by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation at the American Anthropological Association's annual meeting. The study covered three years and 5,000 hours of observing teens online. November 21, 2008 10:46 AM Bra for the boys an online bestseller in Japan (Reuters) Reuters - Who said bras are only for women? A Japanese online lingerie retailer is selling bras for cross-dressing men and they've quickly become one of its most popular items. November 21, 2008 10:02 AM `Chinese Democracy' album: a 17-year evolution (AP) AP - When the last new Guns N' Roses album came out, there were no iPods or digital downloads. There was no "American Idol." No music blogs. No MySpace. November 21, 2008 7:38 AM Nokia offers vision for services, applications (InfoWorld) InfoWorld - Seeking to bridge "the now to the next," Nokia has set its sights on Internet services, next-generation wireless technology, and mobile application development. November 21, 2008 7:00 AM One More IE8 Update Planned (PC Magazine) PC Magazine - Microsoft says via a blog post that an additional update is expected before Internet Explorer 8 is expected in the first quarter of 2009. November 21, 2008 6:31 AM Yahoo Sells Euro Shopping Site Kelkoo (PC Magazine) PC Magazine - Yahoo has sold its European shopping comparison site, Kelkoo, to a U.K.-based venture company, Jamplat, the ex-chief executive reported. The service could also come to the U.S., Kelkoo's ex-chief executive blogged. November 21, 2008 4:14 AM Google empowers users to edit search results (AP) AP - If Google delivers useless search results, just erase them and you won't see them again. November 20, 2008 6:15 PM