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NEW YORK, April 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Legacy Recordings is proud to announce the release of Playlist: The Very Best of Dixie Chicks, the career-spanning collection of chart-topping hits, classic tracks and personal favorites selected by America's top-selling female group, available everywhere Tuesday, June 1. The latest installment in Legacy's acclaimed Playlist Series of artist-assembled "Very Best Of" career-overviews, Playlist: The Very Best of Dixie Chicks includes key tracks and essential...

SMITHFIELD, R.I., Jan. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- In many occupational Hearing Conservation Programs, solutions often become a problem - a seemingly endless cycle of behaviors and tactics that yield minimal results and little real-world data. A new free white paper case study titled "QuietDose(TM) In-Ear Dosimetry is a 'Foundational Element' of Dixie Industries' Safety Program" details how the Chattanooga, Tennessee, specialty forging and assembly operations company, was able to use new QuietDose...

Georgia-Pacific Professional Food Services Solutions Launches 'Food & Drinks on Dixie' Brand Campaign Featuring Unique Characters ATLANTA, May 11 /PRNewswire/ -- How would a hamburger, a cup of coffee or scoop of ice cream prefer to be served? On Dixie(R) products, of course! Menu favorites speak their mind through the new integrated Dixie brand campaign launched by Georgia-Pacific Professional Food Services Solutions. The multi-media campaign, Food & Drinks on Dixie, features...

By Jeri Rowe Whistle the tune "Dixie,'' and in some corners of the South, you're in for a scrap. For some, it's a heritage thing. For others, it's a racist thing. For Justin Robinson, a Gastonia native, it's simply a good thing. No argument there. But Robinson is black, and you wouldn't think he'd like the widely accepted anthem of the Confederate South. Robinson is a fiddle player. And he plays with the Carolina Chocolate Drops, a trio of young black musicians who play the old- time...

A song the U.S. country band the Dixie Chicks wrote for "The Lucky Ones" reportedly was dropped from the film's soundtrack for financial reasons. A source told the New York Post the band couldn't reach an acceptable deal regarding payment with Lionsgate, the movie's distributor. Neil Burger's new film, which is about a trio of Iraq war veterans returning home, stars Rachel McAdams, Tim Robbins and Michael Pena. It screened this week at the Toronto International Film Festival and is slated...

With wanton disregard for public resources, a few "uncaring" and selfish people have done great damage to historic national forest guard stations and trails resources on the Dixie National Forest. The stations, built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s on the Cedar City and Pine Valley Ranger District, have been victim to multiple instances of vandalism. Recently the doors and windows of the Bear Valley Guard Station were destroyed. Similar acts have been perpetrated on forest...

By Anonymous Winn-Dixie Stores Inc. has announced plans to sell the two dairies it operates - in Plant City, Fla. and Hammond, La. - to Southeast Milk Inc. (SMI). Both facilities will remain in full production with current employees. Southeast Milk is a Florida- based cooperative of more than 300 familyowned dairy farms, mainly in Florida, but also in Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee and Alabama. As the largest operating co-op of dairy farmers in Florida, Southeast Milk supplies milk to...

As the wood-frame walls were raised by volunteers more than 18 weeks ago at a construction site on Shangri La Drive, in Atlantic Beach, Fla., Susan Pastrana's dreams of a better life for her family were one step closer to reality. Today, she was presented with keys to her newly completed home. Adding to the excitement for Pastrana's children was the surprise appearance of Jerome Bettis. The retired NFL running back turned broadcaster was a special guest of Kellogg, whose partnership with...

By William G. Schmidt Contributing Writer NEW LEBANON -- For a small, rural school district, producing financial statements that adhere to GAAP -- Generally Accepted Accounting Principles -- is simply too costly, according to New Lebanon School District Treasurer Michael Lau. "These statements are expensive to produce," he told members of the board of education at the regular July 28 meeting. But failure to produce the reports means the district will face a $750 annual fine from the...

By Tom Mayer, Sun Journal, New Bern, N.C. Jul. 31--Testing the theatrical waters with a new comedy is risky for even the most dramatic of playhouses: With an unfamiliar story and no buoyancy from past reviews the proposition is often sink or tread the boards for producers and actors alike. Yet even with this caveat, New Bern's 3PW, Inc. should have an easier time of it than most when it opens "The Dixie Swim Club" in early August. Not only is the storyline one with which local audiences...