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March Madness sweeps blogosphere

March Madness is upon us, and odds are you have completed your tournament brackets, placed your bets and are tracking your picks via the Internet and TV as employers across the country brace themselves for drops in work productivity. The blogosphere is buzzing with talk of the tournament, and the influential bloggers have been having a field day this year. We started looking at the influencer's take on March Madness before the tournament began, and have seen how dynamic the conversations really are as the tournament has progressed.Â

New Movies And TV Shows For Xbox 360 In March

The Gamerscoreblog site has posted up word on what new movies and TV shows will be available to download for Xbox 360 owners in March. According to the post, "monthly sales are up more than 70% since September, 2007 and doubling month over month" (specific numbers were not revealed). Among the highlights are the Robot Chicken: Star Wars special on March 4 (released two months before it appears on DVD), new episodes of South Park beginning the week of March 10 and a free episode of the upcoming series Lewis Black: Root of All Evil (between March 13- March 20). ABC Family debuts on March 10 on the service with episodes of Kyle XY and Greek. As far as movies, classic films like Unforgiven and Bull Durham and new movies like Into the Wild and Gone Baby Gone will debut in both SD and HD versions.

Online Shopping Figures Equal March Madness for Brick and Mortar Businesses

Spring has arrived, Saint Paddy’s Day is here, The Easter Bunny is about to start hopping, and March Madness has gripped the country! What does all this mean? For 2008 retail chains, it means consumers are turning online to facilitate their buying needs. According to the latest Nielsen Global Online Survey on Internet shopping habits, more than 85% of the world's online population has used the Internet to make a purchase, increasing the market for online shopping by 40% in the past two years! “The numbers are merely representative of a growing trend� says John Horton, Vice President of Sales & Marketing for web hosting provider Advanced Internet Technologies, Inc (www.AIT.com/?pdkw=pr-march-madness-fr-03-17-2008), “businesses are losing their foot traffic and have to turn online to make up for those losses.

Tandy Leather Factory March Sales Down 17% - Quick Facts [TLF]

Tandy Leather Factory Inc. (TLF) reported that sales for the month of March were $4.4 million, down 17% from $5.3 million in the same month last year. Retail Leathercraft posted a 4% sales decrease for March, with sales totaling $2.1 million, compared to $2.2 million in March 2007. Wholesale Leathercraft posted sales of $2.2 million for March, down 25% from March 2007 sales of $2.9 million.

Astronauts Enjoying Own March Madness

In this image provided by NASA astronaut Robert L. Behnken, participates in the mission's fourth spacewalk Thursday March 20, 2008 as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. During the 6-hour, 24-minute spacewalk, Behnken and astronaut Mike Foreman (out of frame), replaced a failed Remote Power Control Module -- essentially a circuit breaker -- on the station's truss. The spacewalkers also tested a repair method for damaged heat resistant tiles on the space shuttle. The sample tiles will be returned to Earth to undergo extensive testing on the ground. (AP Photo/NASA)

Canadian astronaut Bjarni Tryggvason to retire

Canadian astronaut Bjarni Tryggvason is leaving the Canadian Space Agency in June after almost 25 years as an astronaut.Canadian astronaut Bjarni Tryggvason is leaving the Canadian Space Agency in June after almost 25 years as an astronaut.

From Astronaut to Public Ambassador for Science and Culture

Yi So-yeon is not only Korea’s first astronaut but also a female astronaut. What role will she play after her visit to space? Korea’s first astronaut is a woman, which has occurred only twice in the world, following the U.K.’s Helen Sharman, a British female who became that nation’s first astronaut among 13,000 candidates on December 25, 1989. She later gave science lectures and played a role as a public ambassador after traveling to the Mir Space Station on the Russian space craft Soyuz TM-12.

NPD Sales for March 2008

April 17, 2008 - Sales figures for the month of March are in from the NPD Group. Nintendo continues to dominate hardware sales, with North Americans picking up more than 721,000 Wii systems and 698,000 Nintendo DS units in the month of March. PlayStation Portable came in third with 297,000 units, followed by the Xbox 360 with 262,000 systems last month. The battle is getting closer for the PlayStation 3 as it came in oh-so-close to the Xbox 360 in March: 257,000 systems sold through to consumers. And bringing up the rear is the last generation of PlayStation, with PS2s still selling impressive numbers: 216,000 PS2 systems sold to consumers in March.

March Madness On Demand Stats: 4.7 Million Unique Video Player Users; 4.9 Million Hours Served

The final stats are in for CBSSports.com’s most-open March Madness on Demand ... it’s hard to do perfect comps to previous years given the way the offering has evolved to include all the games this year, no online blackouts and social media outreach. Some of the numbers to be announced Monday:

Ore. clinic: March Madness a good time to get a vasectomy

SPRINGFIELD, Ore. (AP) — For guys who park in front of the TV during college basketball’s March Madness, the Oregon Urology Institute has a suggestion: Why not use that time to recover from a vasectomy?

Institute offers March Madness vasectomies

A Eugene, Ore., radio station and the Oregon Urology Institute are encouraging men to have vasectomies in time for the NCAA March Madness basketball tournament.

Astronauts Enjoying Own March Madness

In this image provided by NASA astronaut Robert L. Behnken participates in the missions fourth spacewalk Thursday March 20 2008 as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. During the 6-hour 24-minute spacewalk Behnken ...

To Dominic Gorie, commander of the shuttle Endeavour, spaceflight has a lot in common with competing in the NCAA basketball tournament.

Endeavour crew answers questions as the shuttle docks. Front row, from left to right: NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Rick Linneha; NASA pilot Greg Johnson, Endeavour commander Dominic Gorie, NASA astronaut Mike Foreman and Japanese astronaut Takao Doi. Second row, left to right: Russian astronaut Yuri Malenchenko, NASA astronaut Garrett Reisman, Expedition 16 commander Peggy Whitson and French astronaut Leopold Eyharts.

March Museum Exhibits

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South Korea changes first astronaut candidate for ISS mission

SEOUL, March 10 (Itar-Tass) -- South Korea changed its first astronaut candidate for a mission on the ISS that is to be brought there by the Russian manned spaceship Soyuz, the South Korean Ministry of Education, Science and Technology told an urgent press conference on Monday. Russia asked South Korea to replace its primary astronaut candidate Ko San, 31, who repeatedly violated the training protocol. His backup candidate, Yi So-yeon, 29, a doctoral candidate for bio systems engineering, is now training for a ten-day ISS mission.

Dave Williams, record-setting Canadian astronaut, retires

The astronaut who set a Canadian record for space walks during his last mission is retiring to explore new frontiers, the Canadian Space Agency announced yesterday. With 18 million kilometres in space under his belt, Dr. Dafydd (Dave) Williams will be retiring from active astronaut status effective March 1, 2008. "Dr. Dave Williams has led a distinguished career in service to Canada and Canadians," Jim Prentice, the minister responsible for the Canadian Space Agency, said in a statement. "Over the past decade, his achievements have helped position Canada as a leading spacefaring nation, driving science and innovation, while actively inspiring young people across our country to take their place as members of Canada's next space generation." Born May 16, 1954, in Saskatoon, Sask.

SKorea's first astronaut replaced by backup who trained better

STAR CITY, Moscow region, March 19 (Itar-Tass) --The South Korean government has decided to replace its first astronaut Ko San with his backup Yi So-yeon because the latter had achieved better results in training at Star City, Choi Gi Hyuk, head of the South Korean government's Korea Astronaut Program, said.

Rite Aid March Same Store Sales Up 2.6% - Quick Facts [RAD]

Rite Aid Corp. (RAD) reported that same store sales for the month of March increased 2.6%. Pharmacy same store sales increased 1.0% which included an approximate 493 basis points negative impact from new generic introductions. Front-end same store sales were up 5.7%. March same store sales were positively affected by a shift to a March Easter this year from an April Easter last year.

XA Subsidiary Produces the Armory Show 2008, the International Fair of New Art March 27 - 30, 2008

NEW YORK, March 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- XA, Inc., (XA) (OTC BB: XAIN), a major national event marketing firm that serves many Fortune 500 companies, reports that its wholly owned subsidiary, The Experiential Agency, Inc., has been selected by THE ARMORY SHOW 2008, THE INTERNATIONAL FAIR OF NEW ART as the design and production agency of record. The annual exhibition will take place from March 27 - March 30 at Pier 94 in New York City.

XA Subsidiary Produces the Armory Show 2008, the International Fair of New Art March 27 - 30, 2008

NEW YORK, March 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- XA, Inc., (XA) (OTC BB: XAIN - News), a major national event marketing firm that serves many Fortune 500 companies, reports that its wholly owned subsidiary, The Experiential Agency, Inc., has been selected by THE ARMORY SHOW 2008, THE INTERNATIONAL FAIR OF NEW ART as the design and production agency of record. The annual exhibition will take place from March 27 - March 30 at Pier 94 in New York City.

Korea's first astronaut hopes to make peace with North

Urdu Times (News):South Korea\'s first astronaut voiced hope on Wednesday that her mission would bring peace with the north of the divided peninsula and said she had a spicy Korean feast ready for the crew. \"I will try and make peace between North and South Korea,\" Yi So-Yeon, 29, said at a press conference in Star City, a Soviet astronaut training centre in a snow-covered pine forest near Moscow, ahead of her launch on April 8. \"If it\'s helpful, as the first Korean astronaut I will try and help the North and South Korean problem.... I hope the North Korean people will also be happy with our flight,\" she said. A biosystems engineering student, Yi is set to blast off for the International Space Station (ISS) aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, which Russia leases from the Kazakh state.

Port City Java March Sales Increase

Port City Java announces its same unit corporate café sales increased 4.5 percent for March 2008 over the same period in 2007. Overall Corporate Café sales increased by 13.56 percent for March 2008 over March 2007. Management is pleased with the performance of the units and believes the guest is responding to the core basics execution, increased hospitality service and the Breakfast With That (BWT) Program. The Program features breakfast wraps and sandwiches, foods that pair well with coffee. Management feels it is creating a new niche, a third wave of gourmet coffee excellence and creating brand differentiation from other companies in the gourmet coffee segment with its hospitality service and operational execution. The company believes its consistent execution of its LAM (Local Area Marketing) continues to introduce new Guest to P

The South Korean government has decided to replace its first astronaut Ko San with his backup Yi So-yeon ...

STAR CITY, Moscow region, March 19 (Itar-Tass) --The South Korean government has decided to replace its first astronaut Ko San with his backup Yi So-yeon because the latter had achieved better results in training at Star City, Choi Gi Hyuk, head of the South Korean government's Korea Astronaut Program, said.

Proxibid Live Auction Service Sees Record Growth in March

Proxibid, a provider of live auction webcasting services, announced record-breaking results for the month of March. The service hosted 482 auctions in a single month representing $227 million worth of goods offered on the site. On March 29, Proxibid hosted 51 auctions, breaking its record for the most auctions ever hosted in a single day. Proxibid also said it experienced a record number of registered bidders during the month of March.

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