It glides as softly as a cloud. Apu: Is there a chance the track could bend? Lyle Lanley: Not on your life, my Hindu friend. Barney: What about us brain-dead slobs? Lyle Lanley: You'll be given cushy jobs. Abe: Were you sent here by the devil? Lyle Lanley: No, good sir, I'm on the level. Wiggum: The ring came off my pudding can. Lyle Lanley: Take my pen knife, my good man. I swear it's Springfield's only choice... Throw up your hands and raise your voice! All: Monorail! Lyle Lanley: What's it called? All: Monorail! Lyle Lanley: Once again... All: Monorail! Marge: But Main Street's still all cracked and broken... Bart: Sorry, Mom, the mob has spoken! All: Monorail! Monorail! Monorail! [big finish] Monorail! Homer: Mono... D'oh! " " .

The Nokia N93 starts shipping

Boasting a 3.2 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics, 3x optical zoom and DVD-like video capture, the Nokia N93 also offers advanced connectivity and editing options. You can connect the Nokia N93 directly to your compatible TV for a widescreen movie experience, upload your images and video directly from the handset to select online albums or blogs, and even create high-quality home movies and burn them to DVD with the included Adobe Premiere Elements 2.0 software. 'The mobile video revolution is here,' said Satu Ehrnrooth, head of Nokia Nseries Cameras, Multimedia, Nokia. 'People are already using the internet as a forum for dialogue, and what better way to share your thoughts than through video! The Nokia N93 provides a perfect medium for this - you can shoot your short movies and share them instantly with others in the internet.

Hospira jumps on results, 2008 forecast

(AP) — Shares of medication delivery company Hospira Inc. rose sharply Thursday after the company forecast 2008 earnings and revenue in line with Wall Street estimates.

Hospira's stock jumped $2.81, or 7 percent, to $42.71. Over the past year, the stock has ranged between $36.88 and $44.64.

The company projected adjusted earnings per share for 2008 of $2.45 to $2.55, excluding acquistion-related charges and other items.

Analysts surveyed by Thomson Financial, on average, estimate earnings of $2.47 per share. You May Also Like .

Sri Lanka

On November 28, two bombings attributed to the LTTE killed 18 civilians in Colombo.

The Karuna group, which has been aligned with government forces since breaking away from the LTTE in 2004, openly engaged in child recruitment, extortion, abductions for ransom, and political killings. Its expelled leader Colonel Karuna was arrested by UK immigration authorities in London in October.

Internal Displacement
Nearly 315,000 people, mostly Tamil and Muslim, have fled their homes in the north and east because of renewed hostilities. Currently over 200,000 remain displaced in the east; many have been displaced multiple times. Returning IDPs face regular threats and occasional violence, including abductions, by both the LTTE and pro-government armed groups.

Cal team tops xACT challenge

A team of U.C. Berkeley students has won this year's PricewaterhouseCoopers' xACT Challenge, an extreme accounting competition among 354 teams from 43 top schools held at the firm's headquarters in New York.

As one of the five finalist teams, Cailin Trinh, Christina Ting, Davis Liu, Milan Agarwal and Stephanie Chien were required to present their case solutions, which focused on how to improve the corporate financial reporting model, to a panel of PwC national and New York leaders, who hosted and judged the competition.

Dog owner found guilty

Wednesday morning at Arvada Municipal Court, dog trainers and other witnesses will testify at a sentencing hearing about what makes the most sense for Rolo and his owner.