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WESTCHESTER, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 19, 2007--Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc., a leading provider of automotive salvage and claims processing services in the United States, today announced financial results for the fourth quarter and full-year 2006. The Company's strong performance in 2006 was driven by successfully integrating acquisitions and greenfields along with increased buying activity as a result of the Company's live auctions combined with Internet bidding capability. The Company recorded revenues for the quarter of $92.6 million, compared to $69.9 million in the fourth quarter of 2005, an increase of 32.5%. Fee income in the fourth quarter increased to $79.2 million versus $59.6 million in the fourth quarter of last year. The Company reported Consolidated EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization) consistent with the definition in the Company's senior credit agreement of $15.8 million during the quarter compared to $10.1 million for the fourth quarter of 2005, an increase of 56.4%.

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Insurance.com Buys 4insurance.com

Online agency Insurance.com has purchased personal lines insurance shopper 4insurance.com, one of the original insurance sites on the internet.

As a result of the acquisition, 4insurance.com will offer car insurance quotes from over a dozen auto insurance companies.

Launched in 1996 by iHomeowners, 4insurance.com offers consumers the ability to shop for auto, life, home and health insurance products.

At 4insurance.com, consumers answer one set of questions in order to get multiple rates from top companies, and can then select and purchase a policy online or over the phone with in-house licensed agents.

Insurance.com, based in Solon, Ohio, is owned and operated by Insurance.com, Inc., a ComparisonMarket Company. In addition to car insurance, it sells life, health and home insurance as well as travel, dental and pet health insurance.

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Oscar Predictions: What will the nominees wear?

You've seen my trend predictions, we've raided the couture shows for tips, and now I'm ready to make wild claims that'll no doubt prove untrue. It's time for the Catwalk Queen pre-Oscar predictions. Nope, I'm not guessing who'll win the gongs, but which designers and looks the female nominees will go for. My money's on Cate Blanchett (shown left at the Berlin Film Festival in a purple Yves Saint Laurent number I picked up on a few days ago) and Kate Winslet looking the best....

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Penélope Cruz in "Volver" Penélope is a big fan of subtly romantic, timeless looks from designers like Oscar De La Renta and Georgio Armani, and usually goes for strapless shapes and dramatic colours. She's done yellow, black and green so perhaps this year she'll be one of the ladies in white or pale peach or blue? It wouldn't surprise me, though I'd like to see her in something more dramatic, perhaps deep red or a bold blue, or really detailed beading or embroidery.

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Jury finds Springfield man guilty of killing Sheila Wilson

DECATUR - A Macon County Circuit Court jury took less than three hours on Friday to find Tony A. Rolfe guilty of first-degree murder in the May 4, 2003, stabbing death of Sheila M. Wilson.Associate Judge James Coryell set Rolfe's sentencing hearing for April 24.The 30-year-old Springfield man faces 20 to 60 years in prison when he is sentenced, said Assistant State's Attorney Steve Langhoff, who prosecuted the case with Assistant State's Attorney Elizabeth Dobson.Rolfe will have to serve 100 percent of whatever sentence he receives, Langhoff said.Wilson, 30, suffered at least 50 stab and cutting wounds from a box cutter-style knife and died from loss of blood in the basement of her mother's house in the 1900 block of East Prairie Avenue. Police found bloody shoe impressions in the basement and kitchen of the house.A theory of the case presented by state witnesses was that Wilson was killed when Rolfe went to her house to steal up to a pound of marijuana.Key testimony in the weeklong trial came from Torre Wilson, Sheila Wilson's boyfriend at the time of her death.

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Accessories for iPods proliferates

From a solar-powered battery charger that fairly shouts "eco-friendly rawk!" to a clock-radio fit for a space odyssey, there are better ways to run your iPod.

Feeding, clothing and caring for your iPod with accessories has become a major American growth industry, seeing as how Apple sold 21 million of its media players in the last three months before Christmas. Estimates put the sales market for iPod add-ons at $1 billion a year, and growing fast.

Companies like Griffin, Belkin, JBL and Bose have either launched or revived entire brand names by jumping on the iPod's goodwill marketing train.

Many of the accessories are ridiculous, of course. Do you need the $40 iFish that amplifies your iPod and flops around on the floor in time to the music? Or the iPod dock for the bathroom that also dispenses toilet paper? We think not.

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Wilson's rise proclaims the revenge of the nerd

Rainn Wilson -- perhaps better known to you as sycophantic, promotion-obsessed paper salesman Dwight Schrute on NBC's The Office -- has a dream for his deluded character. Dwight will marry his love interest Angela (Angela Kinsey), procreate feverishly and create, in Baron Von Trapp fashion, a dynasty of singing Schrutes. "They could sing Amish war anthems, if such a thing exists," says Wilson.

Dwight Schrute is among the most enjoyably cringe-worthy characters TV has produced. "I love that the writers keep throwing me different things to do," says Wilson. "I can be a crypto-fascist nerd, but show a lot of colors and textures."

It was another nerd -- Arthur on HBO's Six Feet Under -- who got Wilson an audition for the lead in The Office. The part of Michael ultimately went to Steve Carell, but Wilson nailed Dwight, drawn, as he told one reporter, on "a whole slew of white trash middle managers and gun enthusiasts in my family."

Two years and a Dwight bobblehead doll later, Wilson, 41, is taking a turn for the serious in the new film The Last Mimzy, in which he plays a likable science teacher named Larry White who is drawn into an E.T.-like spiritual quest.

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Man, 30, charged in hit-and-run death

Police on Friday charged a township man in connection with the hit-and-run death of an 84-year-old township woman, who was struck after leaving the diner where she had been a regular customer.

Timothy J. Napolitano, 30, of Sharon Drive was charged with leaving the scene of an accident that resulted in a fatality and with tampering with evidence, according to the Monmouth County Prosector's Office.

The victim, Helen Adams Gilman, initially survived the crash on Feb. 9, but died eight days later at Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune.

Gilman sustained a severe head injury and a broken left leg when she was hit about 8:15 p.m. after leaving the Sunset Diner on Sunset Avenue. The force of the impact carried her up into the car's windshield and back onto the roadway, according to the police investigation.

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Mullaly drops in at highest-volume Ford dealer for some face time

Last week Ford CEO Alan Mulally visited a Blue Oval dealership in Dearborn and helped move three units off the showroom floor in 40 minutes. This week he further fulfilled his promise to walk in the shoes of a dealer for a day by visiting Galpin Motors in North Hills, CA. Galpin isn't a Ford dealership, it's the Ford dealership, regularly posting the highest volume of sales in the country. It's side business, Galpin Auto Sports, is where MTV tapes Pimp My Ride. Automotive News didn't report that Mulally got to sell any vehicles during his stop off at Galpin like he did at Village Ford in Dearborn, but the CEO did spend some time touring the dealership's entire facility. We're not sure if Mulally has satisfied his verbal commitment to be a dealer for a day, or if visits like this might become common place in the future.

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Video games grow up as ownership by adults rises

LOS ANGELES: Video games aren't just for the kids anymore. More than one in three US adults who go online, or 37%, own a video game console and 16% own a portable gaming device, Nielsen//NetRatings said. The majority of those console owners, 71%, are married, and 66% have at least one child in the household. "As game consoles have become increasingly sophisticated, families have incorporated them into their centralised home media centres, which include the television, digital recording device, digital music player and the PC," said Carolyn Creekmore, senior director of media analytics, Nielsen//NetRatings. Microsoft and Sony are positioning their Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 consoles as entertainment hubs for gaming, music and photo viewing amid a fierce battle for dominance in the $30 billion global video- game market.

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Skin Care Treatment Products for Acne May Exacerbate the Problem

Although acne is generally considered to be an oily skin problem caused by excess sebum production, those with dry skin are just as susceptible. In fact, it is possible that that adult acne now affecting about 20 percent of the population and climbing - is caused by years of using harsh skin care treatment products that eventually result in dry skin, which then leads to acne. Acne treatment products then further dry the skin and youre off into the vicious cycle of the cure becoming the cause. How do you handle this? As always, prevention is the easiest route - best done by choosing skin care treatment products that dont cause dry skin or other damage but, no matter what your skin type, if you understand what causes acne, you will find it much easier to prevent, and cure. Heres how it works.

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Help Your PC's Graphics Make Vista and XP Sparkle

Windows Vista clearly ups the ante on PC graphics power. No matter how basic or advanced your machine, chances are you can upgrade its graphics hardware to run Vista's Aero interface--or improve XP--for viewing online videos, playing games, and using other graphics-heavy apps.

Find the connection: If the video connector on the back of your PC is next to the USB, PS/2, and other ports that are attached directly to the motherboard, your system has integrated graphics. Make sure your computer has an open AGP or PCI Express x16 slot.

If your PC does not automatically disable the old graphics processor when a new card is installed, enter your system's BIOS (watch for the key to press when your system starts but before Windows loads) and disable the setting for integrated graphics.

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The Undoubtedly Negro Sport of Hockey?

This article is part of a series in celebration of a new, dynamic voice in Black America: the NUBIANO Exchange. Brace yourself for the NUBIANO experience. by Michael HutsonFor as long as anyone can remember, the performance of the organized sport has been one of the most cherished pastimes of American culture. From an entertainment perspective, sporting institutions have created many financial gains for corporate entities.

From a social perspective, they have served not only as blatantly visible achievements for young athletes, but also as a divider for who’s who among the social hierarchy. Few other countries have succeeded in cultivating as many mainstream sports as the United States; however, few countries have succeeded in creating such racial boundaries within these sports as well.Just about every sport has a predominant race that is supposedly "the best" at doing it.

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Three decades ago when then-Gov. Marvin Mandel heard from constituents about the high cost of automobile insurance, he bucked opposition from industry and pushed through legislation that set up a unique state agency to act as an insurer of last resort.

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In the Autoblog Garage: 2007 Chevy Aveo LT

With cars, first impressions carry a lot of influence. Bad first impression? Then it's on to the next candidate. But when a car connects at that first meeting, you're inclined to hang around a bit to see what else it has to offer. And so goes the story of my time with the Chevy Aveo.The Aveo arrived after we spent a week with the luxurious and capable Cadillac SRX. To say that personally-held expectations regarding the rebadged Daewoo were low would be understating the matter. The previous generation, despite being a strong seller for GM, was stylistically uninspiring, and it would not have been the least bit surprising to find more of the same in the new one. Upon taking delivery of Autoblog's shiny blue loaner, we were taken aback. The Aveo, you see, makes quite a good first impression. .

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HOPE -- It isn't easy putting into words the lure of place like Hope, a rush-hour-free zone of self-reliant folks, great dogs, a healthy mix of respectable vehicles and a few rust buckets with license plates that expired sometime in the previous millennium.

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Reliant Now Fully Accessible under the Filogix System and an ...

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Reliant Home Warranty Corporation (OTCBB:RHWC), Steve Hamilton, SVP Reliant, announced today Reliant's Canadian subsidiary, Reliant Home Mortgage Canada Inc., has completed its contract with Filogix Inc. and Reliant's mortgage products are fully accessible under the Filogix mortgage delivery system. When the system was activated May 4, 2007, the Filogix system had archived 109 mortgage applications that had been submitted for Reliant's underwriting for a total of $33,170,471.77 in mortgage applications submitted. The Filogix system will allow Reliant to be accessible to the bulk of Canadian mortgage brokers and should allow for an increase in the volume of mortgage applications under adjudication by Reliant's underwriting department.

Steve Hamilton stated, "Reliant's mortgage delivery platform and mortgage volumes submitted will help ensure Reliant stays on track and increase overall accessibility to the Canadian Mortgage Broker community as evidenced by the mortgages archived in the Filogix system."

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Reliant Home Warranty Corporation (www.relianthwc.com) offers the sub-prime residential mortgage market High-Ratio to value mortgages that includes self-employed consumers and those with difficult credit.

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Man Confesses to 9/11 Attacks

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, in detention in Guantanamo Bay, has confessed to masterminding the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States, as well as the 1993 attack at the World Trade Center and attempted shoe-bombing attacks.

"I was responsible for the 9/11 operation from A to Z," Mohammed said in a statement that was read during the session, which was held last Saturday.

Mark Denbeaux, a Seton Hall University law professor who represents two Tunisians held at Guantanamo, said that Mohammed is likely the only viable suspect at Guantanamo Bay, adding, "None of the others [at Guantanamo Bay] rise to this level."

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RREDC executive director entreats innovation in education, technology

Last year, the Rio Rancho Economic Development Corp.'s annual meeting came with a major announcement when Lionsgate Films officially announced its commitment to build at the City Centre.This year's annual meeting came not with an announcement but rather with a challenge for the future.

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Guess the port loves fast cars more than ships

In a surprise announcement made on the steps of the Legislative Building in Olympia on Saturday, officials from NASCAR and the Port of Tacoma inked a deal to bring a world-class auto racing facility to Tacoma.

Just as NASCAR's chances of succeeding with the Washington Legislature were dimming, the port moved into the pole position. The $368 million track, expected to be ready for racing by 2010, will be built between Highway 509 and the Blair Waterway.

"Gentlemen – and ladies," port Commissioner Jake Fabulous said with a smile, "start your economic engines."

"They bought it. I can't believe they bought it," said Florida Speedway Corp. President Jon Swift, before realizing that his microphone was on. He then quickly added something about a win-win situation and it being a great day for race fans.

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Botswana: Satmos to Be Privatized

Struggling Mascom Premier League side FC Satmos is undergoing a transformation. After the deep financial crisis following the death of club owner Sam Sono, the Satmos management has resolved to privatise the outfit that is currently run as a community-based organisation.

In the meantime, the officials have agreed to hand over control to former national goalkeeper, Mooketsi 'China' Mading. The conditions of the impending privatisation are still being worked out. In a recent meeting to brief supporters, the management explained that it has been finding it difficult to run the club hence the decision to privatise. Publicity officer Mpenzeni Sambandawe told Mmegi Sport after the meeting that supporters agreed to the proposal.

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