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- Primeline Secures New Petroleum Contract Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 9:30AMHONG KONG, CHINA--(Marketwire - July 19, 2011) -
- Burning questions: After arson ruling, burned wires found in wall Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 6:26AMA “peer review” in March by the state Division of Criminal Investigation and the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives found that the arson ruling was flawed and the prosecutor dropped all charges.
- McAllen to close Nolana-Bicentennial intersection Aug. 1 Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 9:14PMMcALLEN — McAllen plans to close Nolana Avenue at the intersection with Bicentennial Boulevard during the first week of August while construction crews replace a bridge. Starting Aug. 1, traffic will be diverted south onto Harvey Drive and north...
- Cisco to shed 14 percent of workforce Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 8:06PMNetworking equipment maker plans layoffs and sale of factory in Mexico in effort to save $1 billion annually.
- Chattanooga Housing Authority Set To Demolish Edward Steiner Apartments Prepares For $8.8 Million Construction Of 48 ... Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 3:12PMChattanooga Housing Authority officials will begin demolition of Edward Steiner Apartments, located at 1900 N. Chamberlain Ave., on Wednesday to prepare for the development of a new $8.8 million, 48-unit family housing community.
- Grapevine building low-water boat ramps Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 2:23PMGRAPEVINE - As water levels continue to drop at Lake Grapevine, preparations are now under way to make sure boaters can still launch their boats safely no matter how low they drop. Construction got under way Monday on a brand new low-water boat ramp at Meadowmere Park, one of the most popular boat launching spots on the lake. Construction is likely to take six months to complete. Lake Grapevine ...
- Tips for do-it-yourselfers Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 6:55PMThe U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission offers advice and information on its Web site (www.cpsc.gov) for do-it-yourselfers. Here is a sample:
- New Navigation Satellite Launches on Nighttime Rocket Flight Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 3:39PMA Delta 4 rocket blasted off in a spectacular night launch in Florida.
- Foster parents still a need in SEK Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 3:29PMAll children need a safe, stable home, but sometimes the home they’re born into is not a good place for them to be.
- Building collapse in Ghaziabad leaves 5 dead, contractor arrested Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 10:04AMThe toll in the collapse of a five-storey under construction building in Ghaziabad rose to five toda...
- Alabama tornadoes: After home is gone, do residents rebuild or move on? (slideshow, video) Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 9:07AMAlabama tornado victims decide whether to leave or rebuild based on several factors.
- Building collapse in Ghaziabad leaves 4 dead, contractor arrested Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 7:04AMFour people were killed and 18 injured when a four-storey building under construction collapsed in G...
- East Aurora School Board Plans for Tax Cap Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 3:35AMNewly elected School Board member Jessica Armbrust and the recently re-elected Daniel Brunson and Steven Zagrobelny were sworn into office at the Board of Education’s annual reorganizational meeting on July 6. Brunson and Kathyann Lorka were re-elected by their board colleagues as board president and vice-president, respectively.
- BBB warns of recent scams targeting senior citizens Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 1:34AMA June 2010 survey conducted by Investor Protection Trust estimated that 7.3 million older Americans — 1 out of every 5 citizens over age 65 — have been victims of financial scams.
- Joy Theatre in downtown New Orleans has happier days ahead Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 10:35PMVacant moviehouse will become a live music venue after $5 million renovation
- James Kelly returns to guide a faltering Seattle Urban League Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 2:59PMJames Kelly, the longtime chief of the Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle who left the job seven months ago, is coming back to temporarily guide the civil-rights group.
- Real Estate Weekly – 7/15/11: Curator sought for state-owned home in Baltimore County Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 12:27PMCurator sought for state-owned home in Baltimore County The Maryland Department of Natural Resources will hold an open house on July 23 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the historic Barrans House in Baltimore County. The home was built around 1930 as a prefabricated kit house from Sears Roebuck & Co., and contains original design features [...]
- Construction continues on recycling center Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 11:16AMDiscussion has become stagnant over the costs associated with building a new recycling center, but that hasn’t stopped the building from being erected.
- Pentagon hit by cyber-attack Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 11:14AMA foreign intelligence service stole 24,000 computer files from an American defence contractor in March in one of the largest-ever cyber-attacks on a Pentagon supplier, a top US Defence Department official has revealed.
- Rolladen shutter company under scrutiny Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 10:08AMA leading South Florida hurricane shutter company may have violated state-mandated work timelines, as it struggles in a bad economy to complete orders after taking tens of thousands of dollars in deposits.
- Condemned house’s owner wants back inside Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 2:13AMA unique house in the Blocks has become an eyesore through what housing officials would term inaction or neglect and what the owner thinks is official interference.
- Hackers gained access to sensitive US military files Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 1:19AMThe Defence Department suffered one of its worst digital attacks in history in March, when a foreign intelligence service hacked into the computer system of a corporate contractor and obtained 24,000 Pentagon files during a single intrusion, senior officials said Thursday.
- The NPP Minority Makes Me .... Want to Piss!! Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 12:16AMBy Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor E-mail: mjbokor@yahoo.com July 13, 2011 There is pissing everywhere. By whatever the NPP might mean or do to him, the former Minister of Local Government, Kwamena Ahwoi, may not be the only person to be prompted into pissing.
- Mountain biking 101 Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 10:41AMMontana Tech could add a course in mountain biking as part of its curriculum if a proposed skills course near Whiskey Gulch becomes a reality.
- New blow for Tiger as Thailand blocks budget airline Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 10:20AMTIGER AIRWAYS, still smarting from the grounding of its entire fleet in Australia, has been dealt another blow after the Thai government blocked its plans for a budget airline in Thailand.
- Berlusconi Survives First Confidence Vote on Austerity Plan Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 10:17AMPrime Minister Silvio Berlusconi survived a confidence vote on a 40 billion-euro ($56 billion) austerity package that aims to protect Italy from the region’s debt crisis.
- Kenya: Gichuru, Okemo Out On Bail in Power Fraud Drama Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 10:15AMIn public, and for many years, Samuel Gichuru cut the image of a gentleman. He appeared in crisp Savile Row suits that matched his image as the managing director of the then well-oiled Kenya Power and Lighting Company.
- San Francisco shoves projects into neighborhoods without input Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 10:13AMThe road of good intentions is filled with unavoidable obstacles, which makes you wonder why San Francisco insists on adding to the clutter. And for a town bent on community input for decisions big and small, you would have to question why city officials seem to go out of their way to avoid their own designated process. All these conflicts will be part of a formidable lineup today when the ...
- Berlusconi Survives First Confidence Vote on Austerity Package Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 10:02AMPrime Minister Silvio Berlusconi won a confidence vote in the Italian Senate on an austerity package aimed at balancing the budget in 2014, paving the way for final passage of the plan tomorrow.
- Link Building by Starting a Market Research Firm Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 9:34AMOne successful link building strategy is to start a market research firm for your specific industry. This strategy is so great because it forms a reusable, multi-usable, and specifiable asset that can become its own link building machine. Here&rsq...
- Perkasie Borough Council to continue discussing trolley tunnel improvements Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 9:20AMFlowers are beginning to replace the weeds outside the Seventh Street trolley tunnel in Perkasie. Since the Liberty Bell route closed in 1951, the tunnel has become known more for graffiti and broken bottles than for its historic interest.
- EPA awards Sitting Bull College $300K grant Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 4:25PMRAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency has awarded Sitting Bull College a $300,000 grant to teach students how to clean up and remove toxic waste and other hazardous materials.
- Mike Tyson, Reggie Bush to Appear on CBS’ ‘Same Name’ Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 4:20PM*CBS announced today that Mike Tyson and Reggie Bush will be a part of its new reality series “Same Name,” premiering Sunday July 24 at 9 p.m. The show places its celebrity guest stars in the lives of someone who happens to share their name. Viewers will watch as each person takes over the other’s [...]
- Demolition work underway on VIMS campus Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 2:59PMThe Virginia Institute of Marine Science has begun demolishing a number of older buildings on its Gloucester Point campus as part of its goal to become more energy efficient and environmentally friendly.
- Shrinking jobs market casts doubt over Work Programme Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 2:27PMFresh doubts have surfaced over a new Government scheme to get a million people off benefits and back to work after weak unemployment data showed a dwindling pool of vacancies and a fragile labour market.
- CIA officer examined in Army Iraq prison death - Army News | News from Afghanistan & Iraq - Army Times Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 2:11PMWASHINGTON — A CIA officer who oversaw the agency’s interrogation program at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq and pushed for approval to use increasingly harsh tactics has come under scrutiny in a federal war crimes investigation involving the death of a prisoner, witnesses told The Associated Press.
- EPA Awards Sitting Bull College $300K Grant Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 6:43AMThe EPA has awarded Sitting Bull College a $300,000 grant to teach students how to clean up and remove toxic and hazardous waste.
- White’s Farm options still split in Durham Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 10:50PMDURHAM — As promised, First Selectman Laura Francis began Monday night’s Board of Selectman meeting with a report on White’s Farm and the plan the board is proposing that would put the brook back on a historical route.
- Patty Goes to Therapy? Ellen Takes on Private Military? Things Turn Upside Down on Damages Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 10:34PMWhen Damages returns Wednesday (at 10 on DirecTV) for its fourth season, Patty Hewes will be alone and seeing a shrink, while Ellen Parsons takes aim at her first big case against a powerful private military contractor. Wait, what? Turns out three long years have passed and much has changed since that day on the dock in the third season finale when Ellen asked Patty: "Was it all worth it ...
- Patty Goes to Therapy? Things Get Flip-Turned Upside Down on Season 4 of Damages Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 10:23PMWhen Damages returns Wednesday (at 10 on DirecTV) for its fourth season, Patty Hewes will be alone and seeing a shrink, while Ellen Parsons takes aim at her first big case against a powerful private military contractor. Wait, what? Turns out three long years have passed and much has changed since that day on the dock in the third season finale when Ellen asked Patty: Was it all worth it? Series ...
- Shared services: Learning the lessons from Queensland and WA Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 9:24PMReally, they should have seen it coming. All the signs were there. Queensland Health, a state government department responsible for paying its 78,000 staff some $210 million in salaries fortnightly, was in dire need for a replacement to its existing payroll system.
- Two more enter bridges project suit Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 9:15PMShe said River Fields is not trying to stop the bridges project, only that an east-end bridge isn’t required and the needs are better met by completing the downtown portions of the project.
- Nigeria: Anxiety Mounts Over Healthcare Delivery At FMC Ebute Metta Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 8:48AMHealthcare services at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Ebutte-Metta, Lagos is under serious threat following disagreement between the Medical Director, Dr. Yewande Jinadu and the workers.
- Pakistan could "pull troops Afghan from border" if U.S. cuts aid Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 7:22AMISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan could pull back troops fighting Islamist militants near the Afghan border if the United States cuts off aid, the defense minister said on Tuesday in an interview with Pakistani media.
- News Categories Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 6:12AMFatah Ahmed, 42, who works for a car sales company, said the attack against the president made him decide to evacuate his family to the countryside. “I expected the situation to reach a dead end, and that retaliation for what happened to the president might harm the residents of Sanaa,” Ahmed said.
- Kodiak moving forward with renewable energy program Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 6:24PMKODIAK, Alaska - Kodiak is moving forward with a plan to have more than 95 percent of electrical power generation come from renewable sources within just a few years. The Kodiak Electric Associati...
- Hackers Say They Hit Another Military Contractor Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 6:02PMA group of hackers intensified its assault on government-related targets Monday, claiming to have infiltrated the computer network of Booz Allen Hamilton , a top technology contractor to the United States military and many federal government agencies, and boldly threatening more attacks.
- Carnegie Corporation: We love POGO, so does the entire U.S. Government Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 5:47PMIn the spring of 2010 the Carnegie Corporation issued a glowing report on their favorite government watchdog Project on Government Oversight (POGO) . The report was meant to justify and showcase the large grants given to POGO by the corporation over the last few years.
- Lake Developers Detail Plan, Hope for Corps Blessing Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 3:41PMA Jackson oilman who has long lobbied for ambitious development along the Pearl River in Jackson is hoping that the U.S. Corps of Engineers will give at least an initial nod to his latest lake plan this Thursday at a meeting in Vicksburg.
- Pennoyer’s allegiance to the flag is unwavering Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 1:06PMBy MARTHA SMITH 6-23 penoyer-1.jpg NORTH KINGSTOWN – If you enjoy seeing the 40-plus American flags flying in Wickford during this year’s Fourth of July celebration, you can thank Bill Pennoyer who started the tradition in 2004, aided by Updike’s Newtown Cub Scout Pack 1. Bill, a U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War, is 68 and is passionate about Old Glory.
