International Mini Cooper News.......

August 20
MINI and ABF build the world's fastest Cooper S
Autoblog - Santa Monica,CA,USA
The MINI drag racer, a 2002 MINI Cooper S, has been extensively engineered and tuned by ABF Performance and performed flawlessly over one week of grueling …

Ripley Entertainment opens London attraction
Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA
The new attraction will be located in London's West End and will include more than 500 exhibits, such as a Swarovski Crystal-covered Mini Cooper and a …

New Automotive Momentum for HD Radio(TM) Rollout Spans Factory …
Earthtimes (press release) - London,UK
… Lincoln and Mercury vehicles), Hyundai (Genesis rear-wheel drive premium sports sedans), MINI USA (MINI Cooper and Cooper S hardtops), Toyota (Scion), …

UK's best hot hatch? The new MINI John Cooper Works!
carpages - UK
It's only been on sale for a month, yet the new MINI John Cooper Works has already claimed the title of Best Hot Hatch 2008, awarded by Auto Express.

Tailgating Gone Wild: Trailer Packs Home Cinema, Grill, Satellite TV
Wired News - USA
Do we hell. The whole lot can be fitted into a 1965 Mini Cooper, which -- surprisingly -- is still the car driven by over 90% of the British population.

Bones stars hop across the pond for filming
Houston Chronicle - United States
GREENWICH, ENGLAND — Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz are stuck in a Mini Cooper, just steps from where East meets West. The little red car has just been …

Mini Cooper Rally
Richmond.com - Richmond,VA,USA
Mini and wine lovers alike come together this weekend at the 5th annual Mini Cooper Rally. Wine and Mini-lovers alike will enjoy the 5th annual Mini Cooper …

Last of MINI convertibles rolls off production line
Earthtimes (press release) - London,UK
Munich - The last of the current generation MINI convertibles has rolled off the production line at the Oxford plant in England with the white MINI Cooper S …

August 19
HSBC Brings Relationship Banking Online for Start-up Companies …
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
… including: A&E, The Campbell Soup Company, eBay, HBO, HSBC, Kraft Foods, LeapFrog, Neutrogena, MINI Cooper USA, TJX, QVC and many others.

China's New Car Tax Could Make Luxury Cars an Endangered Species
Seeking Alpha - New York,NY,USA
Maybe Mercedes will introduce its first subcompact, or Audi will come out with a spunky rip-off of the MINI Cooper. In the meantime, Laura Cadden's latest …

SLIDESHOW: Traction, not tractor - see slideshow of Honda CR-V …
Bedford Today - UK
It's comfortable, well equipped, has superb ride quality and can even boast lower emissions, higher mpg and better pedestrian safety than a MINI Cooper …

Baron Automotive expanding Mini Cooper dealership, will no longer …
Kansas City Star - MO,USA
… selling new Volkswagens and doing factory-authorized warranty work on the vehicles to make way for a $2 million expansion of its Mini Cooper dealership.

UPDATE: First Ave South Paving Postponed (For Now)
The B-Town Blog - Burien,WA,USA
Personally, we're going to go do a reckless circular pattern around that area, so look for the speeding green Mini Cooper with the BTB stickers on the …

Stars of 'Bones' film season 4 premiere episode in England
The Canadian Press - GREENWICH, England
GREENWICH, England — Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz are stuck in a Mini Cooper, just steps from where East meets West. The little red car has just been …

'Bones' uncovers UK mores and monuments on Greenwich Mean Time
Chicago Tribune - United States
By BRIDGET BYRNE | For AP GREENWICH, England (AP) _ Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz are stuck in a Mini Cooper, just steps from where East meets West.

Conspiracy Theorists Rejoice
Autochannel (press release) - USA
So it was a natural choice to electronically engineer the very latest R56 generation MINI Cooper S into the new video game, and thereby putting control of …

Mini Rickshaws, Verizon Hates Disco, Brad Pitt Works Up a Lather
Adrants - Groton,MA,USA
Diggin' these Beijing Olympics-based efforts for Mini Cooper and Samsung. Well, the Samsung one might have confused me if I saw it in person, but the Mini …

August 18
Clio a hottie with wide appeal
The Australian - Sydney,Australia
But it's $3500 cheaper than them, and a lot less expensive than the hottest Mini JCW, or even the Cooper S. The 197 joins the finely calibrated Renault …

August 17
Ecocars not as green as they would seem
Mirror.co.uk - London,UK
… closest at 57.5mpg, but still more than 5mpg shy of its maker's 62.8. Even the much-vaunted Mini Cooper D only managed 61 instead of the quoted 72.4.

Sweet as candy
Malaysia Star - Malaysia
That quirky story came out the moment the MINI Cooper S Clubman appeared at the parking lot of our apartment. Whether or not it was true, …

Fiat 500 Abarth
Independent - London,England,UK
The 500 isn't quite as deft or supple as a Mini Cooper, and the Fiesta ST shades it for control sensitivity, particularly its steering, but the differences …

Next time, we must be ready for our visitors
Kenilworth Today - Leamington Spa,England,UK
I had a call this week from a man on Rouncil Lane who came back after a holiday to find his Mini Cooper S taken, using the keys, as well as laptops and TVs.

August 16
Steven Gerrard buys Alex Curran a £40000 car for her birthday
Fametastic - UK
Liverpool FC captain Steven Gerrard has reportedly spent £40000 on a custom Mini Cooper for wife Alex Curran's birthday. A source close to the WAG, …

A Mini Beast: The Mini John Cooper Works
Financial Times - London,England,UK
By John Griffiths George Orwell would have approved of the "classless" transport I chose for retracing his road to Wigan Pier: a Mini.

The New Mini Cooper
Cityfile - New York,NY,USA
Those teeny little smart cars that seat two people and look like they'd collapse like an accordian if you had a fender bender with a taxi?

Honest John's agony column
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
I would like to buy a MINI Cooper or Fiat 500 diesel. Which should I go for? You pay £10900 for a Fiat 500 1.3 MJet Lounge, in white, with no extras, …

Super Cooper
Bournemouth Daily Echo - England, UK
This is achieved on the John Cooper Works Mini by giving the four cylinder unit the same modifications found on the Mini Challenge race cars this centres on …

Ferrari Red Letter Days: Teenage kicks
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
… at best, a dog-eared rental kart), they are initially weaned on a MINI Cooper in which an instructor calmly explains a few basics about clutch control, …

How Olympic athletes get their fuel
CNN - USA
A limousine needs more gas than a Mini Cooper," said Clark, who has worked with Olympic athletes. "Hunger is simply a request for fuel.

Are smart Cars Daimler's Little Engines That Could?
mediabistro.com - New York,NY,USA
… "FOR-twoh") is fuel efficient, but would Americans swap their SUVs for a car that, at 8.8 feet long, makes the Mini Cooper look lanky? Apparently, yes.

August 15
Steven Gerrard splashes out on brand new Mini Cooper for wife Alex …
Sunday Mirror - UK
… Steven Gerrard's missus asked for something small for her birthday this year - so the Liverpool captain splashed out £40000 on a brand new Mini Cooper.

Phil Dirkx: Suitcase scare puts security in perspective
San Luis Obispo Tribune - San Luis Obispo,CA,USA
I had parked in the shade next to a Mini Cooper convertible. Sandy and I were getting her bag from the rear of our van when the two uniformed men reached us …

2009 Corolla, Matrix: Great mileage isn't the only economy …
Seattle Times - United States
On the other hand, some (Volkswagen Jetta, Mini Cooper) would kill for Toyota's reputation for reliability. And the Corolla's mileage is almost as good as …

First Drive: 2009 Mini John Cooper Works
The Gazette (Montreal) - Quebec,Canada
There's 208 horsepower under the hood of the 2009 Mini John Cooper Works, enough to move the little Cooper to 100 km/h in just 6.5 seconds from a standstill …

Small is smart: Tiny European car impresses some American drivers
Canton Repository (subscription) - Canton,OH,USA
It is a microcar, even smaller than a mini. It's three feet shorter and weighs 700 pounds less than a Mini Cooper, according to information found on the …

Fiat's robotised manual is a dud.
Bangkok Post - Thailand
vLet's get one thing straight: we are comparing the Fiat 500 to a Mini One. But since we couldn't get hold of a One, we got the Cooper to fill in just for …

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Roller Derby News.......

August 20
Ready for roller derby?
Southern Voice - Atlanta,GA,USA
The girls aren't looking for folks who can't skate at all, but they're happy to introduce you to the fast and furious sport of roller derby.

Russia's Larisa Ilchenko wins 10-km swimming
Hindu - Chennai,India
… Olympic women's 10-kilometer marathon swim race Wednesday, overcoming a battle of kicking and underwater grabbing that resembled roller derby in water.

ROILED WATERS Contact is all part of slam-bang action
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
… especially during the dock start and around the turn buoys, where the racers bunch up and you see elements of stock-car racing and roller derby.

Revamped Midtown park to reopen
KTUU - Anchorage,AK,USA
Among the many events are performances by the Alaska Theatre of Youth, a roller derby exhibition, and a climbing wall. Parks and Rec officials say the newly …

The Register-Guard
The Register-Guard - Eugene,OR,USA
The four are among 33 middle and high school girls participating in Eugene's inaugural Junior Roller Derby summer camp. "I love roller derby," said Tinker …

Jimmy Fallon Wears A Roller Derby
Cinema Blend - USA
That’s all over now, though, as he breaks back into serious and important acting work with his appearance as "Hot Tub Johnny" in the roller derby movie, …

The Dailies: August 19, 2008
MTV.com - USA
(Vanity Fair) - Jimmy Fallon to "Whip It" for Drew Barrymore. Funny man cast in roller derby comedy as "Hot Tub Johnny." (/film) …

New roller derby league plans fundraiser
Rankin Ledger - Flowood,MS,USA
The Magnolia Roller Vixens are also taking donations for the Ronald McDonald House. If you are unable to donate items at the event, please e-mail …

California Skate School, Inc. announces new ownership
openPR (press release) - Hamburg,Germany
He is also the founder of the Professional Derby League (PDL), which aims to re-establish Roller Derby as a legitimate sport through sanctioned leagues and …

Russkies repelled at the Queens gate
Arizona Daily Star - Tucson,AZ,USA
Season four for Tucson Roller Derby draws to a close with the first of two bouts on the 2008 championship night. The first bout is for third place between …

August 19
Jimmy Fallon Cast in Drew Barrymore's Whip It!
/FILM - Natick,MA,USA
Fallon has been spotted by /Film sources on set of the roller derby dramedy playing "Hot Tub Johnny", a cheesy hungover announcer who makes nasty comments …

NEWS: Eve Rolls W/ Drew Barrymore In Upcoming Flick
SOHH - Jersey City,USA
… rapper/actor Eve will co-star in Drew Barrymore's directorial film debut, Whip It!, based on a beauty-pageant contestant turned roller derby competitor. …

Panama City Roller Derby
WMBB-TV - Panama City,FL,USA
Marry Murder lead the way for the PC Roller Derby girls, but the Atlanta RollerGirls end up getting the best of Panama City Sunday, 98-64.

Virgin Festival | 08.09 & 08.10 | Baltimore
JamBase - San Francisco,CA,USA
Their back-up singers were styled in roller derby apparel; the lead singer, Eugene Hutz, wore Capri pants and a long headband, and his thick East-European …

Move scene shot in Birch Run Township
WEYI NBC25 - Clio,MI,USA
Drew Barrymore directs the movie, and even though this part is shot in Mid-Michigan. The movie is about a Texas girl who joins a roller derby league.

Mother Truckers do XXX soundtrack
Austin 360 (subscription) - Austin,TX,USA
The film is based on the roller derby revival that started in Austin, though it doesn't seem that they'll be much skating. The Truckers were discovered by …

New roller derby team hosts fundraiser
Clinton News - Clinton,MS,USA
The new Magnolia Roller Vixens roller derby league will sponsor a benefit, "Fast Times At Derby High: An 80's Themed Prom," at 8 pm Aug. …

'Whip It' Crew Begins Production
WNEM - Saginaw,MI,USA
A new comedy film about female roller derby is skating its way to Birch Run Township Monday. Crew members from the Drew Barrymore-directed movie "Whip It" …

August 18
Rock, rumble and roll
London Free Press - Canada
It's roller derby. The Forest City Derby Girls, an often overlooked sports league, is recruiting in London. "You need to have a lot of endurance.

Skaters dish it out; take it, too
Tucson Citizen - Tucson,AZ,USA
Saturday night was all about roller derby in Tucson. The Vice Squad won the 2008 Tucson Roller Derby league championship, out-jamming the Furious Truckstop …

August 17
50 people who make Chicago a better place: Part 1
Chicago Sun-Times - United States
Donations have gone to the Chicago Abused Women Coalition, the Paul Green School of Rock and a fund to pay medical expenses for injured Roller Derby star …

Vets roll over derby rookies
Canoe.ca - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
Egan, 35, saw the roller derby booth at the SuperEx and decided to put her wheels to good use. Rolling around the arena on four wheels seemed natural for …

Not in sync with Olympic agenda
The News-Press - Fort Myers,FL,USA
It was the center of my pretend roller derby track. I strapped skates on my shoes and buzzed around the table till I was dizzy. I dreamed of athletic glory …

Coos County Roller Girls to host Aug. 23 bout with Lava City club
Coos Bay World - Coos Bay,OR,USA
The Coos County Roller Girls' Rockin' Roulettes will battle Lava City Roller Dolls' Cinder Kittens in "Playground Punishment," a roller derby home bout at 6 …

August 16
Local calendar
Dailyrecord.com - Parsippany,NJ,USA
Roller Derby Bout. The Mayhem Roller Girls take on the Boardwalk Brawlers in all-women's flat track rollerskating, 7 pm at Excel Rollerskating Center, …

Being a Derby Girl Means Never Saying 'Sorry'
New York Times - United States
By NANCY HAGGERTY AT the Halloween parade last fall in Tarrytown, Karen Kuhn, a stay-at-home mother of two there, watched a group of roller derby women …

Cajun Rollergirls to roll out with New Orleans, Austin
Houma Courier - Houma,Louisiana,USA
The local league, formed six months ago, will add a landmark to bayou-region history by staging the first-ever flat-track roller-derby event in this area, …

Roller Derby fundraiser set
Madison County Herald - Madison County,MS,USA
By Leah Square The Magnolia Roller Vixens, Jackson's newest roller derby league, is holding a fund raiser Aug. 22 at 9 pm at Dick & Jane's in Jackson.

Fairgrounds Big Boy serves up nostalgia
DetNews.com - Detroit,MI,USA
Waitresses will take your order which will then be delivered to car by car hops on roller skates." One of the car hops will be former national roller …

US women's quarterfinal hero Kai marches to beat of her own drum
CNN - USA
If Kai wasn't scoring goals for the US soccer team, I figure she might be bombing around a roller-derby track somewhere in a town near you.

Here's what's happening this weekend
Tallahassee.com - Tallahassee,FL,USA
By Reporter Name • DEMOCRAT STAFF WRITER • August 15, 2008 The Tallahassee Rollergirls fierce Capital Punishment roller-derby squad takes on The Hustlers …

Suburbia Roller Derby Flat Track Fever
Westchester.com - Westchester,NY,USA
The Country Clubbers take on the Indian Point Sirens in the final bout to determine which two teams are stayin' alive to compete for Suburbia Roller Derby's …

Roller Skating With An Edge
KOKI FOX 23 - Tulsa,OK,USA
Green Country Roller Girls is putting on a Roller Derby Bout and Car Show this Sunday. The car show goes from 4-6pm, the Derby Bout starts at 7pm.

• READY TO RUMBLE
Kalamazoo Gazette - MLive.com - Kalamazoo,MI,USA
If you've never been to a roller derby game before, Killamazoo team captain Lily St. Smear says this is your chance to see a unique sport.

August 15
Word Balloons: Yukon writer's story debuts in comic book
NewsOK.com (subscription) - Oklahoma City,OK,USA
By Matthew Price Two odd characters seek action and adventure at a post-apocalyptic roller derby in an Oklahoma writer's debut comic-book story.

YOUR OPPORTUNITIES
Corvallis Gazette Times - Corvallis,OR,USA
Sick Town Derby Dames — The Sick Town Derby Dames are a newly forming women's flat-track roller derby league. The group practices during open skate sessions …

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