The XK Coupe also topped all cars in its category as the 'Best Coupe', out-beating competitors in the BMW 6 Series and the Porsche 911. The launch of the new XK earlier this year marked the beginning of an exciting era for Jaguar in terms of design and engineering which further extenuates the brand's reputation for building beautiful, fast cars that are thrilling to drive and gorgeous to look at. This award is yet another feather in Jaguar's cap as the new XK was awarded the 'Most exciting car to be launched in 2006' awarded by What Car? Magazine, the 'Engineering and Technology Award' at the prestigious Prince Michael International Road Safety Awards and the 'World Traffic Safety Symposium's Traffic Safety Achievement' Award in the Automaker category. It has been recognized for an all-new industry-leading feature - the pedestrian deployable bonnet which is designed to help mitigate the severity of injuries to pedestrians in the event of a collision with a car.

Metro-based bigwigs’ involvement in Cebu car smuggling exposed

Bayan Muna party-list Rep. Teddy Casio yesterday said the big-time car smuggling mafia in Cebu involves top-level officials in Metro Manila.

In yesterdays hearing of the House committee on good government, Casio presented documents obtained by Bayan Munas Central Visayas chapter from sources in the Land Transportation Office central office showing 40 plate numbers of late model luxury cars and sports utility vehicles, including 2 Lexus 2007 models, 5 BMWs, 3 Range Rovers, 6 Mercedes Benzes, 2 GMC Explorers, 5 Toyota Land Cruisers 2007 models, 2 Toyota 2007 Prados, a Porsche Cayenne and a Ford Mustang, that were registered from August 2006 to July 2007 had plate numbers issued by the LTO office in Diliman.

Under existing LTO rules, license plates should be issued and released by the same district office where the vehicles are originally registered.

COLUMNIST: Ex-Lions coordinator Mike Martz a 'dubious' hire for 49ers

That's what the upcoming 49ers season will be like. It is hard to say whether Nolan or Martz will play the role of Hooterville mayor. But we are bound to witness some comical cultural head-butting between them.

Let's review these two main characters, shall we?

Nolan is the endorphin-soaked defensive guy who views every football game in terms of field position and grunting. His favorite 49ers offensive play last season, no joke, was an onside kick.

And Martz? He is full of passphetamine - a hormone I just invented - and is aggressively offensive. He throws as many wild X's and O's onto the field as possible, to see which of them stick. Then he throws some more.

Anyone else sense a possible conflict brewing?

In an ideal world, Nolan would control the defense and Martz could coach the offense to create a better 49ers universe on both sides of the ball.

Dialogues aim to foster healing within church

It worked in post-apartheid South Africa. It works for thousands of couples in bitter divorces. Can structured mediation and conflict resolution work to reconcile disaffected Catholics with the Catholic church? A group is trying it in Boston.

Last year, in Boston -- the city that was at the epicenter of the clergy sexual abuse scandal and its cover-up by the Catholic hierarchy -- the Paulist Center began a campaign to foster reconciliation between aggrieved Catholics and the Boston archdiocese. Last fall, Catholics and former Catholics sat down with Richard Erikson, the archdiocese’s vicar general. They told their stories and attempted to arrive at understanding, not as enemies, but as fellow Christians. On Jan. 25, at their national conference, the Paulist Fathers -- an order of Catholic priests founded in 1858 as missionaries to North America -- will decide whether to expand the ministry to their 14 Paulist centers around the country.

Movie Cars Make Cinematic History

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Ann Coulter Speaks At CPAC

Ann Coulter wasn't invited to CPAC this year but she came to CPAC anyway and gave a speech just down the hallway from the ballroom where John McCain spoke Thursday. The speech was only open to 1000 attendees but you can watch it here on Townhall.com. I guess we'll name this speech, "Ann Coulter's 2008 not-at-CPAC-CPAC speech."

Challenger in 2001, titleholder in 2003 ...

In the best-of-seven series, Takao took a 3-0 lead, meaning that he needed only one more win. Cho managed to win the fourth game to stay alive. The opening of the fifth game was bizarre, but despite his bad start, Takao took home the title and 32 million yen. Let's have a look at the opening of this decisive game. Cho is black.

Diagram 1: Up to 9, everything is normal. White 10 is the first difficult decision. Instead of this move, he could have cut at 12 immediately. After 14, black 15 is a good move as it is an extension from his corner enclosure (shimari) at top right, preventing a white extension there. White 16 performs the same function. Black 17 is an attempt to sow panic. However, White responds calmly with 18. Black has little choice but to play at 19. The next move, white 20, seems strange and unprofessional.

Transfer deadline day: 9am-1.30pm

1.30pm: Algerian international defender, Abderaouf Zarabi has just signed for Hibs from French side Gueugnon, according to Euan Barker and top sources Mr SSN Ticker. Benjani has just yelped in fear after Daruis Vassell offered to help him with his finishing.

1.27pm: Newcastle are on the verge of meltdo... signing Atalanta's teenage striker Fabio Zamblera. "Scarlett Johansson has been seen discussing terms with Ronnie Moore about a possible move to Prenton Park," drools Robert Brown. "Personally, I can't see it happening now that they've got Jennison Myrie-Williams until the end of the season, but you can't afford to take that risk, so best get the picture up now, eh?" Nope, Johansson is a Rochdale fan, it's the only club up that way she'd sign for.

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