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New FBI field office in Brooklyn Center seen as a catalyst Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 8:59PMThe $61 million project is expected to help spark development in the city and the region.
Sockeye: a new kind of gold rush Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 5:07PMThe gold is mostly gone but the Fraser River still has many treasures to share... including the bountiful run of sockeye that is currently teeming past Hope on their way to their spawning grounds in the Interior.
First Person: Hurricane Season an Annual Stressor Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 3:52PMMOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. -- Hurricane Earl, a Category 4 storm, is expected to stay offshore of the Carolinas as it moves it way north along the East Coast of the United States. Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center believe that a high pressure system off the coast of North and South Carolina combined with a low that has been in place across the upper half of the country will steer the ...
Exterminators say demand for treatment of bedbug infestations has risen in last three to four years Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 9:49AMBedbugs, those bloodsucking pests of nursery rhyme fame, are making a big comeback in America, and they're in the Quincy area.
As unemployed lose benefits, more seek welfare benefits Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 12:19AMOne morning in July, Lisa Carstarphen climbed out of her husband's car and walked into the beige brick building that houses the offices of Camden County's social services, wondering how at age 46 she ended up there.
Hotel tax to be on ballot Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 5:46PMSt. Joseph voters will decide on an increase in the city’s hotel-motel tax in November. After nearly an hour of discussion, the St. Joseph City Council, in a special meeting Monday, voted to place a 5 percentage point increase in the hotel-motel tax on the Nov. 2 ballot.
Simmons back in Hays County to face capital murder charge Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 12:47PMBuda murder and arson suspect Mark David Simmons was extradited back to Hays County last week after the county district attorney filed a governor’s warrant to release him from Missouri, officials say.
Dangerous connection Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 12:18PMNadia Kajouji was one of many suicidal individuals who explore suicide websites and chat-rooms online. Sometimes, they find support; other times, they encounter people hoping to push them over the edge.
Make vacation plans at these environmentally friendly hotels Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 11:14PMAt the Arizona Biltmore, an employee "green committee" has spent the last two years dreaming up ways for the Phoenix luxury hotel to be more environmentally conscious.
Tacoma group pushing for smoke-free apartments Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 3:30AMIn parody media source The Onion’s version on YouTube, a somber news anchor intones: “The nation’s anti-tobacco lobby won another victory today when Congress passed legislation restricting smoking to a single room in Iowa.” Absurd? Sure. Yet restrictions on smokers continue.
Revisiting Katrina: My Story Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 2:11AMFive years. It’s hard to imagine it’s been that long. It feels like a lifetime ago, but at the same time, it’s like it happened yesterday. While many memories can, with time, become blurred, everything that happened because of Hurricane Katrina’s wrath and unrelenting force are still as crystal clear to me as the day it happened.
Revisiting Katrina: My Story Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 12:41AMFive years. It’s hard to imagine it’s been that long. It feels like a lifetime ago, but at the same time, it’s like it happened yesterday.
Two boys. One roof. One left in school. Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 10:41PMThey last saw each other months ago, when a friend treated them to dinner at Portofino's on Eastway Drive .
Nova Scotia's Cape Breton is a hotbed of musical talent Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 11:30PMWhen the idea arose of vacationing in Nova Scotia, it was immediately stamped as a music-chasing adventure by my musical girlfriend linda.
Interview: Misha Collins: The Planning Behind The Random Act Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 3:50PMYou may know Misha Collins from his recent stint on Syfy's "Stonehenge Apocalypse." You certainly know him from his recurring role on CW's Supernatural , where he plays the angel Castiel.
Would you buy a used car from Yanukovych? Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 1:07PMAlexander J. Motel writes: Yanukovych is to not be trusted? His personal and political background shows this clearly.
Bear encounters of six kinds Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 2:44AMNICK BULEY/Press A grizzly cub crosses the Going to the Sun Road on Sunday morning.
Fishing Line: 08/26/10 Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 7:43PMAMERICAN RIVER-Good steelhead fishermen were enjoying some decent steelhead fishing, and smaller striped bass continued to be caught as well.
Moving 'Beyond Katrina' Through Poetry And Prose Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 5:48PMIn a powerful memoir, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Natasha Trethewey surveys the storm-battered landscape of the place she once called home. Beyond Katrina is a powerful meditation on things long gone that will never come back.
Curtains Up Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 4:11AMAugust Theatre, Music, Dance Choregus Productions August 27-29 // Dance on Camera Festival Galleries Gilcrease Museum Through August 29 // The West of Olaf Seltzer and To Run with Charles M. Russell Retrospective Opening concurrently with the The Masterworks of Charles M. Russell is The West...
2010 Cadillac CTS-V Impresses on the 2010 Bullrun Rally Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 10:18AMNow in its seventh year the Bullrun Rally brings together a unique mix of cars and personalities and takes them on annually-changing routes that criss-cross the USA, in a rolling cavalcade of horsepower, testosterone and, mostly, good clean fun.
Community members pose questions over proposed sewer system rate hike Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 4:52AMCLEARLAKE, Calif.
Retiring Chicago Cubs manager Lou Piniella is emotional on his last day in uniform Sunday, August 22, 2010 @ 10:26PMNo fairy-tale ending for manager's last day in uniform, but his journey was spectacular
Haynesworth Complains, Last Hurrah At Ocean City Sunday, August 22, 2010 @ 8:39AMNeed a quick look at D.C.-area news? Local Leads is your one-stop shop. Read it. Use it. Love it. Washington Redskins - Baltimore Ravens - Mike Shanahan - Coach - Albert Haynesworth
Sleep with the fishes; sail at half-price Sunday, August 22, 2010 @ 4:16AMHere are travel bargains around the globe, by land, sea, and air. Deals sell out quickly and are not guaranteed to be available. Restrictions such as day of travel, blackout dates, and advance-purchase requirements may apply.
State house candidates make big push during last days of campaigning Saturday, August 21, 2010 @ 6:27PMVERO BEACH — More than $200,000 went out from the campaign coffers seven state House candidates up for election in the northern half of the Treasure Coast as early voting got underway.
Sportswrap Saturday, August 21, 2010 @ 2:19AMSHS Bears at Lucas Oil The season-opener between Shelbyville and Greensburg, played at Lucas Oil Stadium in the second game of the PeyBack Classic, was a showcase for the punters.
Crime Free program expanding Saturday, August 21, 2010 @ 12:01AMThe Wichita Falls Police Department is getting ready to unveil the newest facet of its successful Crime Free program in early September .
Condemned inmate's death from cancer leaves unanswered questions Friday, August 20, 2010 @ 11:21PMCondemned for a brutal rape and killing, Sheldon Ward died of brain cancer.
'Lottery Ticket' no jackpot, but has good payout Friday, August 20, 2010 @ 11:10PMLotto and Powerball players should consider this film required viewing as what not to do when in possession of a winning ticket. Director Erik White seems heavily influenced by "House Party," an underrated 1990 comedy starring rapper Christopher Reid and the late Robin Harris as a son coming of age with a strict but loving single father. Bow Wow stars as Kevin, who lives with his strict but ...
News, briefly Friday, August 20, 2010 @ 7:39AMSee what's going on and around Kington
U.S. 72 extension construction work is 3 to 5 years from starting Friday, August 20, 2010 @ 6:31AMThe state hopes to start final design on the project in fiscal 2011. Right of way acquisition could begin in one to two years, and start of construction on the up to $30 million project depends on when the money becomes available.
Movie Review | Lottery Ticket: Comedy a consolation prize Friday, August 20, 2010 @ 5:11AMIf any of the central characters in Lottery Ticket had a bit of sense, the movie would be over in five minutes. But what the movie's protagonists lack in intelligence and self-preservation, they make up for with heart. If you can get over the anxiety that comes from watching a skinny kid stick a piece of paper worth $370 million in his wallet and walk around the projects for 72 hours, it's easy ...
Review: 'Lottery Ticket' Friday, August 20, 2010 @ 2:27AMLottery Ticket RATING: (ALERT VIEWER) Comedy. Starring Bow Wow, Loretta Devine, Brandon T. Jackson and Ice Cube. Directed by Erik White. (PG-13. 99 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.) If any of the central characters in "Lottery Ticket" had a bit of sense, the... Lottery Ticket - Erik White - Ice Cube - Bow Wow - Gambling
Your Town for Aug. 11 Friday, August 20, 2010 @ 2:15AMElection results: brentwood Lateral sewer line fee hike gets OK Brentwood voters on Aug. 3 approved Proposition A by a vote of 1,035 to 425. The proposition asked a maximum charge of up to $50 be assessed annually on residential property for each lateral sewer service line. The fee will pay for certain repairs. The current amount allowed to be assessed is $28. It will affect properties with ...
South Bend Budget-$500k to Hall of Fame Thursday, August 19, 2010 @ 11:52PMSouth Bend - More questions about why the city of South Bend continues to pay for the College Football Hall of Fame. The Hall is moving to Atlanta, but will stay here through next year. City budget talks are underway and once again, funding for the Hall is in it.
BRIEFLY: Aug. 18 Wednesday, August 18, 2010 @ 10:14AMRead about what's happening in and around Plymouth.
Collapsing wall poses an imminent risk, city says Wednesday, August 18, 2010 @ 12:11AMRuth Steger stood in her like-new condo kitchen of granite and hardwood counter tops and cabinets where half-ton cement blocks fell akimbo just beyond the patio door. That was four years ago.
Auburn parents pay price to watch Little League champs take on world Tuesday, August 17, 2010 @ 10:30PMAuburn Little Leaguers' parents will stop at nothing to see their kids finish their dream run all the way to the World Series in Williamsport, Pa.
Ongoing Investigation into Eastern Kentucky Man's Death in Florida Tuesday, August 17, 2010 @ 10:30PMThe body of Clifford Bryant of Olive Hill, Ky., was found Saturday in the parking lot of a Lake City motel.
Ocean City to host first Hotel Week Tuesday, August 17, 2010 @ 10:26AMOCEAN CITY -- As the peak of summer tourism begins to ebb, resort hoteliers are teaming up for the first time ever to offer free and discounted overnight stays as a means to keep heads in beds.
Vail Valley Voices: Red necks, white shirts and blue jeans Tuesday, August 17, 2010 @ 5:44AMThey were my friends, cohorts, brothers-in-arms and, according to my mom, perpetual partners in crime. It was 1975, and I was, in their rural eyes, the poor little rich boy from high-falutin North Dallas whose dad had just taken over the local town bank.
BP funnels money to Panhandle so it can lure tourism dollars Tuesday, August 17, 2010 @ 5:27AMBP LLC has quietly distributed $7 million in marketing money to seven counties in the Panhandle directly affected by its giant Gulf oil spill after having rejected Florida's request for another $50 million to promote tourism across the state.
Vail Valley Voices: Red necks, white shirts and blue jeans Tuesday, August 17, 2010 @ 1:19AMCopyright 2010 Vail Daily. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Vail Daily Vail Valley Voices: Red necks, white shirts and blue jeans August, 16 2010 8:57 pm MST They were my friends, cohorts, brothers-in-arms and, according to my mom, perpetual partners in crime. It was 1975, and I was, in their rural eyes ...
Ohiopyle's extreme makeover dedicated Tuesday, August 17, 2010 @ 1:01AMOHIOPYLE - Mayor Mark McCarty called the Ohiopyle Green Infrastructure, or Green Streets, project an "extreme makeover." Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) Secretary John Quigley said the project was a cooperative effort between his department, other agencies and the borough that should serve as a national and state model for combining environmental protection ...
Manchester expects more local option tax revenue from state soon Monday, August 16, 2010 @ 3:02AMMANCHESTER – The town’s earnings on local option taxes were close to expectations this quarter, but may be a little bit better next time because of a new law put forward by Rep. Jeff Wilson. ... - By Patrick McArdle STAFF WRITER
Roving Romanians walk their way to friendship Monday, August 16, 2010 @ 12:20AMIn their first weeks in Fargo, Oana Fletan and Lupu Adelaida racked up serious mileage on foot.
Knoxville building permits August 16 Sunday, August 15, 2010 @ 11:00PMBuilding permits filed in the city of Knoxville in July
Work to start on Super Wal-Mart in Pine River Township Sunday, August 15, 2010 @ 5:10AMIn just a couple of weeks, construction of the Super Wal-Mart in Pine River Township is scheduled to be fully under way.
Transition of power Sunday, August 15, 2010 @ 3:12AMA changing of the guard is taking place to prepare the way before four new Rutherford County officials take their oath of office by Sept. 1.