They're dogged by lint and dog hairThursday, March 11, 2010 @ 10:55AMHere are Answer Angel Ellen Warren's strategies on how to cope with friends who have dog hair and grooming problems. Here are Answer Angel Ellen Warren's strategies on how to cope with friends who have dog hair and grooming problems.
Man charged with possession of child pornThursday, March 11, 2010 @ 10:54AMA Kingston businessman who worked in the construction industry has been charged with possession of child pornography. Fred Stelpstra, 47, was among nearly three dozen people arrested in 19 cities in what police call a "massive, co-ordinated" child pornography investigation.[...]
Jan IPI figures exceed analyst expectationsThursday, March 11, 2010 @ 10:54AMKUALA LUMPUR: The Industrial Production Index (IPI) for January 2010 beats analyst expectations, rising 12.7% from a year earlier and a 2.9% improvement month-on-month, while the December 2009 IPI figures were revised to 7.5% year-on-year.
Planet Election Guide: Glider pilot runs on working background, common sense policiesThursday, March 11, 2010 @ 10:52AMBob Saunders sees himself as the working person’s voice on the town council. In addition to selling glider airplanes through his business based at the Telluride airport, Saunders also worked as a furniture-maker when he first moved to Durango in 1974.
Ashtabula County Red Cross set to honor heroesThursday, March 11, 2010 @ 10:48AMASHTABULA — The Ashtabula County Chapter of the American Red Cross will honor local heroes at the annual Community Heroes Breakfast 9 to 11 a.m. March 20 at Mount Carmel Community Center. Held in conjunction with Red Cross Month, the breakfast is also a fund-raiser, allowing the Ashtabula County Chapter to provide assistance within the county for fire families.
Springfest Flower and Garden Show starts todayThursday, March 11, 2010 @ 10:44AMNip cabin fever in the bud with a visit to the Springfest Flower and Garden Show at the Sussex County Fairgrounds in Augusta.
Fear and rage as builder goes bustThursday, March 11, 2010 @ 10:44AMANGRY tradies ripped roller doors from a half-built Designer Homes Wide Bay house yesterday, after news broke the company has gone into liquidation.
Buffett's salary unchanged, but security costs upThursday, March 11, 2010 @ 10:44AMWarren Buffett brought home less pay than Berkshire Hathaway's chief financial officer again last year, but the company is paying more to protect the billionaire these days. Buffett, chairman and chief executive of the Omaha, Neb.-based company, received $519,490 total compensation in 2009, an increase of 6 percent, according the proxy statement mailed to shareholders this week. The reason ...
Industrial output posts double-digit expansionThursday, March 11, 2010 @ 10:41AMINDUSTRIAL production in January jumped 12.7 per cent from a year ago, returning to a double-digit growth after almost five years. A Business Times poll of 17 economists had expected a 11 per cent year-on-year growth for January. Month-on-month, the industrial production index (IPI) rose 2.9 per cent. "The increase in January 2010 was due to the increases in all indices," the Statistics ...
Rosemead looking for developers to take over troubled hotelWednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 8:28PMROSEMEAD - The hotel on Glendon Way and Ivar Avenue, right off the 10 Freeway, used to be a haven of drug dealers, gangs and crime. All that disappeared after the city bought the property two years ago.
Appearance matters: City looks for ways to require upkeepWednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 8:23PMThe brown shingles on the former Palomino nightclub are flaking off into the parking lot next to crumbled pieces of white ceiling plaster and broken glass.
Blaze doesn't raze dreams for park in Ocean CountyWednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 7:56PMOcean County Superintendent of Recreation Mary Jane Mehorter tries to focus on the bright side when thinking about the fire that destroyed the visitor center at Cloverdale County Park in Barnegat Township.
Meabon to be featured at Pioneer Arts FairWednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 7:45PMCustom furniture maker Rex Meabon will make his first appearance at this year’s 37th annual Dexter Pioneer Arts Fair. The fair features over 50 artisans who demonstrate and sell their art. This year’s fair will take place 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 17 at Creekside Intermediate School in Dexter.
PAL fundraiser set for Saturday in ColtonWednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 7:41PMCOLTON - Whether its teaching kids to box, execute a judo throw, the ins and outs of what it takes to be a police officer or setting troubled teens back on the right path, these's no shortage of positive programs offered by the Police Activities League.
Kindergarten transition underwayTuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 10:39PMIt’s a major undertaking but the transition of kindergarten into the public school system on P.
UPDATE: Lee County school system announces honorsTuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 10:38PMSALTILLO – Jason West believes that for children to be successful, they must have positive role models. Candace Moore feels her mission is to educate children with skills that apply to real-life situations.
Lawmakers approve $3.8 million for Rapid City prisonTuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 10:33PMState lawmakers have approved spending $3.8 million in state and federal funding for a minimum security prison in Rapid City.
Canal Terrace endorsed by councilTuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 10:28PMWELLAND — They won't give Niagara Falls much competition. But a series of waterfalls will tickle down the wall of the recreational canal along King St. by this summer, if plans by the Welland Recreational Canal Corporation come to fruition.[...]
Fairfield basketball historyTuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 10:25PMFairfield boys basketball coaches, records and scoring leaders from 1967-present.
'Spy' fled to China with wife's cashTuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 10:21PMA CONMAN had been found guilty of fraud after taking off with his new bride's money while posing as a spy.
BSO will stage its own flying circusTuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 10:20PMAround Town The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra will share its stage with contortionists, aerialists and strongmen when it holds a series of concerts called Cirque de la Symphonie Thursday-Friday, March 11-12, at 8 p.m. and Sunday, March 14, at 3 p.m., in the Meyerhoff Symphony Hall. For the occasion, conductor Marin...
Trustees happy with downtown establishment openingTuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 10:11PMAfter months of speculation, renovations and refurbishment, McGonigal's Pub and Park Avenue Wine Bar opened this week in downtown Barrington.
Middlebury administrators to take pay cutTuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 10:09PMMIDDLEBURY — Administrators at Middlebury Community Schools will not receive a pay increase this year and will take a one percent pay cut next year, after the Middlebury School Board took action Tuesday.
Defence expenses under investigationTuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 12:54PMDefence Minister John Faulkner has ordered an investigation into claims of millions of dollars of dubious expenses were racked up by the Department of Defence.
Cronin seeks control of DuPage Water CommissionTuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 12:52PMMissing money, increasing water rates and taking on new debt isn't exactly a picture Sen. Dan Cronin, R-21st, of Elmhurst wants to see painted of the DuPage Water Commission.
FEMA trailers being hauled out of HopeTuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 12:48PM HOPE, Ark. -- Transport drivers today began the process of hauling away 15,000 FEMA travel trailers that have been stored at Hope's airport -- some of the final reminders of the agency's botched response to Hurricane Katrina. Ten thousand trailers were brought to the airport after Katrina devastated New Orleans in 2005, but they were never used. The number grew in the ensuing years to 15,000 ...
Belleville: Police blotter, March 6Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 12:43PM* Police arrested and charged Charles View, 45, of Belleville with possession of several wax folds of heroin, possession of a hypodermic syringe, and possession of drug paraphernalia at 7:45 p.m. Police were called to a residence in the 30 block of Montgomery Place on a medical emergency.
Currie provides progress update on kindergarten transitionTuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 12:43PMSeveral milestones have been reached in the process to bring kindergarten into Island schools by September 2010, says Education and Early Childhood Development Minister Doug Currie.
County getting whipped by windsTuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 12:40PMWAILUKU - Two high-pressure weather systems - one to the north and one to the northeast - generated gusty winds that raked areas of Maui County on Monday, and those blustery winds were expected to continue this week, said Glenn James, senior weather analyst with the Pacific Disaster Center in Kihei.
Souza season in Raza rajTuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 12:39PMFrom big-ticket works to bargains and antiques the spring auctions are hoping to bring the buzz back into the market.
OHS students create literary villageTuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 12:38PMThere is a village ensconced within the walls of the Opelousas High School library. The houses that make up the village are familiar to those who are acquainted with British literature.
Milan Museum Honors Chair Designer MagistrettiFriday, March 5, 2010 @ 8:31PMMILAN (REUTERS).- A new museum commemorating Italian designer Vico Magistretti, famous for his creation of the stackable plastic chair, opened on Wednesday to pay tribute to a key figure in Italian modernism.
London International Fine Art Fair at Olympia RelaunchesFriday, March 5, 2010 @ 8:28PMBronze and Ormolu candelabra on marble plinths, 32 in. LONDON.- The relaunched London International Fine Art Fair (LIFAF) at Olympia will kick off the Summer Season presenting the most broad ranging fine art and antiques event in London when it opens to the public on Friday 4 June 2010 for ten days of summer fair excitement.
Dish Network Call Center ClosedFriday, March 5, 2010 @ 8:23PMIn 1998, EchoStar opened a call center in an industrial park along the Mon River in McKeesport. EchoStar later formed Dish Network to provide satellite television to consumers. It was Dish Network that decided to close the center last November, leaving a lot of workers without a job.
Search the Furniture classifieds:Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 8:07PMDisplaying 1 records found. Baby Crib & Dresser-Changing table Matching baby crib and Dresser/changing table. Natural color good condition. Combined 250.00 Call 770-752-8693
IT'S ALL HERE! THE HOME SHOW AT THE RHODE ISLAND CONVENTION CENTERFriday, March 5, 2010 @ 8:05PM(East Providence, Rhode Island) The largest and oldest Home Show in southern New England is returning to the Rhode Island Convention Center next Thursday March 11 through Sunday March 14. Rhode Island’s longest running show with over 300 exhibitors, how- to- seminars, children’s entertainment and cooking demonstrations!
Have you Heard? Furniture shop having its final saleFriday, March 5, 2010 @ 7:34PMDespite talk that employees who own stock in Holliday Furniturewould take over the business, the downtown location started itsgoing-out-of-business sale Saturday.
Recruiter creates self as redesignerFriday, March 5, 2010 @ 7:17PMDana Brandt, Vernon Hills, started her career in executive recruiting over 14 years ago. During that time she worked for a leading search firm placing executives in Fortune 100 companies. The downturn in the economy has made her have to rethink her career path.
Stand off: No one hurt after man threatens suicideFriday, March 5, 2010 @ 7:14PMButte police had to force their way into a second-story apartment to prevent a suicidal man from harming himself after about a two-hour standoff at Silver Bow Homes Thursday afternoon.
Carla Smith: Home Alone and Loving ItFriday, March 5, 2010 @ 7:10PMThink the recession is over because you keep hearing so-called "experts" debating endlessly about the impending recovery? But, with the jobless rate still stuck in...
Falling hay bales kill Nevada truckerFriday, March 5, 2010 @ 1:57PMEUGENE, Ore. — Oregon State Police say several 1,000-lb. hay bales that fell from a tractor-trailer rig traveling southeast of Eugene demolished the cab of an oncoming commercial truck, killing a 37-year-old Sparks, Nev., driver.
Stacy Mitchell: Putting Wal-Mart's Green Moves in ContextFriday, March 5, 2010 @ 1:57PMWhat journalists and even environmentalists so often fail to do in reporting on Wal-Mart's sustainability announcements is to provide some context. Context is everything. Consider...
Chips in crystal can be repairedFriday, March 5, 2010 @ 1:48PMQ. I have two expensive crystal wine glasses with small chips in the base of the stem. My neighbor told me she thought there were places you could take them to have the chip filed down, or perhaps this could even be done yourself with a file of some sort. Do you know if this is possible?
City prepares for a new administrator as McGuire bids farewellFriday, March 5, 2010 @ 1:47PMBAYPORT - The shift is on. Last week, Mitch Berg moved into his new digs in Bayport City Hall. His desk and walls are mostly bare, as he's still moving in. A newly minted placard on his desk reads "city administrator."
Trial put off in armed-robbery caseFriday, March 5, 2010 @ 1:46PMA jury trial slated to start Thursday for the Hampton woman charged with armed robbery was continued to April 26 for a final pretrial hearing.