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BlackBerry 8900 Curve to Arrive February 11 from T-Mobile - Specs ...

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Zimbabwe State Press: New Government by February

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Timeline: Spain

A chronology of key events

Timeline: Turkey

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Nasa reveals final shuttle dates

The US space agency fixes the dates of its last shuttle missions - with Endeavour making the final flight in May 2010.

Timeline: Denmark

A chronology of key events

Timeline: Somalia

A chronology of key events

Timeline: Thailand

A chronology of key events

Q&A: Iran and the nuclear issue

BBC News examines the escalation of Iran's nuclear crisis, which has culminated in sanctions over Tehran's nuclear programme.

Arrest made in murder inquiry

Police investigating the murder of a man in west Belfast in February arrest a man in County Fermanagh.

Timeline: Colombia

A chronology of key events

Double killing trust criticised

A mental health trust is criticised after two of its patients killed people over the same weekend.

Timeline: Kosovo

A chronology of key events

Timeline: North Korea

A chronology of key events

Timeline: Alexander donations row

How did the problems surrounding donations to Wendy Alexander's Scottish Labour leadership campaign unfold?

How MSPs voted in the parliament

A guide to how MSPs voted during business in the main chamber of the Scottish Parliament.

Timeline: N Korea nuclear stand-off

BBC News Online charts the escalation of tensions on the Korean peninsula over North Korea's nuclear weapons ambitions.

US consumer gloom deepens in June

US consumer confidence in June fell to its lowest level since February 1992, a survey suggests.

Regions and territories: Kosovo

An overview of Kosovo including key facts, leaders and notes on the media

Timeline: Serbia

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Timeline: The EU's reform treaty

The events leading up to the current ratification debate on the Lisbon Treaty.

Timeline: South Korea

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March Madness - Here We Come

With “March Madness” beginning to bud, that means that the conferences are winding up their seasons, and the tournaments are at the door. Tournaments are always interesting. Most often the number one teams emerge with the championship, but the “what if” is fun to watch.

Take for example the largely unsung Mountain West Conference. BYU is in the driver’s seat with a record of 23-6 overall and 12-2 in conference. They are also ranked at 24 in the nation by ESPN.

If they win their last two games (Wyoming at home, and TCU in Ft. Worth) the conference title is theirs. But, even if they do that, (and they should) the conference tournament still looms, and it looms in Las Vegas.

“So what”, you say?

Well, Las Vegas is home to the Runnin’ Rebels of UNLV. UNLV happens to be in the number two spot in the Mountain West Conference standings with a 22-6 overall record, and 11-3 in the conference.

Last January, when the BYU Cougars waltzed into town, the Rebels sent them home with a 29 point drubbing that had the Cougars seriously questioning their team chemistry. Then why aren’t the Rebels in first place you ask? The answer is simple if you follow the sometimes ( no most times) wacky Mountain West.

In February the UNLV Rebels played the away side of this “home and home” set and ran into problems in the Marriott Center. That night, BYU returned the favor by beating UNLV by 26 points.

What happened?

According to Dick Harmon of the Salt Lake Deseret News,

The Cougars are playing their best defense of the season right now during a stretch in which they've won 11 of their last 12 games. The lone slipup was at San Diego State, where they failed to slow down a career performance by Lorrenzo Wade.

Even at New Mexico, a hot J.R. Giddens scored 30 points but had to shoot the ball 26 times. After Steve Alford played him 44 minutes to keep the Lobos in that game, he faded when it counted, including three doughnuts from the line on a 3-point foul.

On Saturday, adjustments to BYU's help-side defense practically brought the Falcons' offense to a state of rest.

Ben Murdock, who started Saturday despite playing on a sore ankle, claims this week comes down to not fading or playing in spurts, getting off and then back on track.

"We need to play the full 40 minutes of a game and not have these ups and downs. If we do that, we'll be all right if we execute," said Murdock.

It also helps that the Cougars might be playing with as much confidence as they've had all season.

The turning point may have been the embarrassing humiliation UNLV handed the Cougars in the Thomas & Mack Center back in January. Since that game, Rose said he's seen his team work hard individually and collectively, relying on one another instead of going off on their own.

As is often said, That’s why they play the game” Even if you are only a fan of the “major conferences”, this matchup in Las Vegas should worth watching.

Fuel Trends In 2007

With 2007 not far behind us, we can certainly remember the roller coaster ride that gas prices took us on. However, when looking back at the fuel trends in 2007, the prices fluctuations were rather staggering. We all remember looking at the price on the gas station’s sign and cringing at the sight of $3.00 per gallon but a couple of days later feeling the relief when seeing it under $3.00 per gallon- if only to $2.99 per gallon the single penny lessened the blow. to our pocket books.

Prices in 2007

The gas prices in 2007 put a dent in the wallets of many individuals and businesses alike. However, it is the business that really felt a punch. With many large businesses running large fleets of vehicles, they had to develop cost-efficient ways to transport goods despite the rising gas prices. Although these fleet management techniques worked to curb costs, large retailers began offsetting costs by increasing their prices thus creating a vicious circle of rising prices. Whether it was truly necessary, no one knows, but they touted fuel costs as being the reason why.

Just as crude oil rose to astronomical prices per barrel, diesel took a punch as well.

Let’s take a look at the roller coaster ride 2007 took us:

• January 1st opened up with gas prices at $2.38 per gallon, which is nothing compared to the prices we are seeing now. With crude oil at $58.85 per barrel, we thought it was the end of the world and even diesel had reached $2.58 per gallon.

• Luckily, by February 5th, the price of crude oil had decreased to $58.27 per barrel and gas prices were showing a promising $2.23 per gallon and diesel was down to $2.43.

• But by March 5th, we were biting our nails again when crude oil spiked to $60.37 per barrel and the gas prices reached a very uncomfortable $2.55 per gallon. Diesel reached $2.62. Seven days later, crude oil was $59.95 per barrel and gas was $2.60 per gallon with diesel hanging at $2.68 per gallon.

• By April 2nd, we witnessed gas prices hit $2.75 per gallon and diesel was only 4 cents more at $2.79 per gallon. Crude oil prices had hit $68.92 per barrel.

• But it was on April 30th that the punch was truly felt when the signs at the gas stations read $3.01 per gallon for gasoline and diesel was actually showing a lower price at $2.81 per gallon. Crude oil prices had hit $67.16 per barrel, which was actually less than earlier in the month.

• By May 28th we saw gas prices spike at $3.25 per gallon and a crude oil price of $69.20 per barrel. Diesel was still hanging around the $2.81 mark and we were being warned that it would be rare to see gasoline prices go below the $3.00 mark.

• However, we did have a little bit of a reprieve in August when gasoline reached $2.82 per gallon and diesel was once again a tad bit higher at $2.84 per gallon. But the crude oil prices were hanging around at $71.51 per barrel.

• As for the end of 2007, crude oil prices continued to hang between the $70 range and we didn’t see the prices drop below $3.00 per gallon very often. Prices in the range of $2.92 to $2.96 per gallon were what we saw the most of.

The trends of 2007 definitely took the public for a loop. Despite the rising prices in crude oil, the prices in gasoline did not increase at the same rate, which is good for individuals and businesses trying to operate on a budget. Hopefully 2008 is going to be less of a roller coaster ride.