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  • 88 couples to say I do again on SBS buses Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 11:13PMThe pair will be one of 88 couples in the Love Is 24/7 event, which will see the couples renew their marriage vows on board four SBS buses. -myp
  • Obituaries for July 18, 2011 Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 10:26PMEmilie Helen “Millie” Benchek, of Sonora, died July 7 at Avalon Care Center. She was 89. A native and longtime resident of Cleveland, Ohio, she also lived in Erie, Pa., after her retirement as a clerical worker, and moved to Sonora five years ago.
  • Plainville Police: Suspect Reached Toward Waistband Before Being Shot Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 8:47PMText messages sent by a Southington man to his wife shortly after she told police that he had child pornography were of "enough concern" that officers decided to confront him shortly after 2 a.m. Saturday in a movie theater parking lot, police said Monday.
  • Macomb County sues Kilpatrick, Ferguson over repairs to sewer Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 8:31PMDetroit— Former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was sued today in federal court over an alleged scheme to overcharge the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department for the costs of repairing a sewer collapse in Sterling Heights.
  • Fresh Coat Painters Opens Franchise in Portland, Ore. Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 3:33AMPortland natives Randy and Renee Ramos have expanded their knowledge of the home services industry to include a new enterprise. The couple has launched their Fresh Coat Painters franchise to serve their hometown and its surrounding communities. (PRWeb July 18, 2011) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/freshcoatpainters/portland/prweb8649027.htm
  • Va. re-evaluating DNA in 375 criminal cases Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 2:47AMJust over two years ago, William and Cynthia Bennett were viciously attacked as they went for a Sunday morning stroll. William Bennett was beaten to death, his wife brutally assaulted.
  • Metrodome roof up again, nearly ready for Vikings Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 3:11PMThe Minnesota Vikings have a roof over their helmets once again.
  • Metrodome repairs near completion Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 2:17PMMINNEAPOLIS -- The Metrodome has risen again.
  • Obituary: Durwood D. Fiedler Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 2:08PMDurwood D. Fiedler, 78, died on Tuesday (July 12, 2011) at Asbury Park in Newton. 
  • Local building inspectors, state unable to solve issue Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 1:06PMThe fate of two local building inspectors accused of signing off on homes and businesses that failed to meet the state codes is still unknown due to a complicated series of legal battles that has unfolded since the allegations were made in 2009.
  • Families seek answers in soldiers’ shootings - Army News | News from Afghanistan & Iraq - Army Times Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 10:25AMWASHINGTON — Nasir Ahmad Ahmadi was hired to work as an interpreter alongside American troops in Afghanistan. But soldiers were alarmed by his strange behavior, his inability to do the job and the foul condition of his living quarters, and they suspected he used drugs.
  • Target of 10 News investigation suspended Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 9:39AMThe city of St. Petersburg suspends landscape architect Elizabeth Hammond following a 10 News investigation, raising issues of conflict of interest with a city contractor.
  • Officials OK Veterans Drive plan Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 9:28AMAfter numerous delays, several state and federal agencies have approved the plans for the Veterans Drive extension project.
  • Nigeria: Dealing With Building Collapse Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 9:19AMAt a time developed and developing countries of the world are striving to take buildings to the skies, Nigeria is still battling with the worrisome menace of how to overcome the problem of building collapse.
  • Plans moving forward for YMCA at former Barry church site Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 7:59AMBARRY, Ill. A site once known for boosting spiritual health soon could do the same for physical health. The city of Barry and the Quincy Family YMCA are working together to redevelop the former Holy Redeemer Church site into the Western Community Center YMCA.
  • Atlantis blasts off on final space shuttle mission Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 4:24PMWeather had threatened the launch of Atlantis most of the morning, but NASA officials gave an OK just before launch time.
  • Delco couple get help to clean up home, site of standoff with Douglass shooter (video) Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 3:53PMWalking through the debris that used to be their home, Trish and Gary Krobath still seemed a little shell-shocked by the events of the past few days, starting with the moment fugitive killer Mark Geisenheyner showed up at their door.
  • Kendall accepts higher bid to build house Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 3:16PMYORKVILLE — The Kendall County Forest Preserve District has approved a $219,050 bid to build the caretaker’s house at the Hoover Forest Preserve.But that bid was actually the second lowest — by $40,000 — the Forest Preserve received. However, preserve officials decided to skip the lowest bid because it came from a contractor they felt was less qualified to build the house.Forest Preserve ...
  • Neo-Nazis ditch skinhead image in bid to entice voters Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 2:25PMThe summer fete was well under way in the normally sleepy village of Luebtheen in the Mecklenburg region of eastern Germany. Locals tending stalls outside low red brick houses offered home-baked bread and smoke-cured sausage.They...
  • Atlantis Shuttle Launch a Success for NASA Space Program Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 1:55PMAn estimated 1 million people from across the U.S. crowded the space coast to watch the final liftoff of the final space shuttle, Atlantis. The entire million went home happy
  • Information plentiful but money is not for personal storm shelters Sunday, May 29, 2011 @ 4:34AMA program organized by the Calhoun County Emergency Management Agency that pays a portion of the cost to build a storm shelter, cannot, at this time, take any more applications from residents seeking personal shelters, said Marissa Brimer, the agency’s public information officer.
  • Older houses, buildings offer look into the past Sunday, May 29, 2011 @ 4:33AMSALUDA - The Historic Saluda Committee will sponsor a Tour of Homes from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday as part of Saluda’s 130th anniversary celebration and as a fundraiser for preservation projects in Saluda.
  • Forest fires force conscription Sunday, May 29, 2011 @ 4:17AMDozens of mainly young and single Grande Prairie men stopping by the York, Park or Donald Hotels for a couple of quiet beers – or even minding their own business at pre-season baseball and fastball games out at Richmond Park – never made it back home for a couple of weeks in May 1961.[...]
  • Man commits suicide after killing daughter Sunday, May 29, 2011 @ 3:39AMJaipur, May 29 (PTI) A 32-year-old contractor allegedly committed suicide in Subhash Nagar area here after killing his minor daughter, police said.
  • Lockheed Martin hit by cyber attack Sunday, May 29, 2011 @ 3:11AMA major defense contractor says it sustained a "significant and tenacious" cyber attack but kept its secrets safe.
  • Building permits Sunday, May 29, 2011 @ 2:50AMAddition or alteration of commercial building, 1719 24th Ave. SW, $750,000. Owner, Atwoods Distributing LP. Contractor, Ward Rabb Co. New commercial construction, 3451 12th Ave. NE, Building 2, $41,387. Owner and contractor, Bryan Stambeck.
  • Nailing down home repair rip-offs, disputes Monday, April 18, 2011 @ 6:30PMSpring and summer are prime seasons for home improvement projects, and also for home improvement scams and fraud.
  • Green projects may help solve economic woes Monday, April 18, 2011 @ 6:22PMIs retrofitting homes to make it more energy efficient the answer to help solving some of the economic woes in our area? Binghamton City officials certainly think it can be and there are new plans to push the effort along. Our Rob Wu has more.
  • Warmth brings transient criminals Monday, April 18, 2011 @ 5:51PMThe arrival of warm weather is the prime season for roaming criminals who often direct their scams on older Pennsylvanians, state police say.
  • Federal, state storm damage assessors tour Mapleton Monday, April 18, 2011 @ 5:48PMMAPLETON - Karen Krusen was surprised Monday morning to learn that a yellow school bus filled with state and federal storm damage assessors was traveling through the streets of Mapleton.
  • Peachtree City UPDATES - Week of April 18, 2011 Monday, April 18, 2011 @ 5:46PMGeorgia Planners Conference, City Council Agenda, Mobile Street & Path Maps, Cart Path Closing, and more . . . read more
  • Lamar Avenue Motel Sells for $825,000 Monday, April 18, 2011 @ 5:16PMNPV LLC has bought a motel at 4000 Lamar Ave. from Alayna Corp. for $825,000. The purchase was financed with an $800,000 loan, with Alayna as the lend...
  • Northrup Grumman Corp. Lays Off 33 Local Workers Monday, April 18, 2011 @ 5:16PMNorthrup Grumman Corp. is laying off 33 people in its Primacy Parkway Memphis office according to a notice filed Monday with the Tennessee Department ...
  • Japanese worker inside stricken reactor recalls quake Friday, March 25, 2011 @ 9:12PMTOKYO (Reuters) - Hiroyuki Nishi narrowly escaped death the day the monster earthquake struck Japan two weeks ago when a 200-ton hook on a crane came crashing down a mere two meters (6 feet) from him during the convulsions.
  • State reps told to buck up or face stern action Friday, March 25, 2011 @ 8:44PMMALACCA: Chief minister Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam issued a gentle reminder to all senior state government department and agency directors to pull their socks up without showing a lackadaisical attitude towards responsibilities entrusted to them.
  • Four seats up on Jersey School Board Friday, March 25, 2011 @ 8:20PMJERSEYVILLE - Five names will appear on the ballot for the Jersey Community School Board, but there are lots of possibilities on how voters will sort out the winners of the four available seats.
  • Japanese worker inside stricken reactor recalls quake Friday, March 25, 2011 @ 8:18PMHiroyuki Nishi narrowly escaped death the day the monster earthquake struck Japan two weeks ago when a 200-ton hook on a crane came crashing down a mere 6 feet from him during the convulsions.
  • INTERVIEW: Japanese worker inside stricken reactor recalls quake Friday, March 25, 2011 @ 8:17PMHiroyuki Nishi narrowly escaped death the day the monster earthquake struck Japan.
  • Help for Man Living in Cold, Dark Home Friday, March 25, 2011 @ 7:38PMM. Rodney Dryden is a man who once had it all. Then he was sucked under by the downward spiral of the global economy. He now has no heat, no lights and no hot water -- just like olden times.
  • Former Costa Mesa resident, convicted child molester gets 30 years in prison Friday, March 25, 2011 @ 6:41PMFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - A child molester convicted in Florida of buying a young Vietnamese girl in the early 1970s and abusing her as a sex slave from age 5 until she was a young adult was sentenced Friday to the maximum 30-year prison term.
  • Volunteers build new bedroom for ill Knightdale boy Friday, March 25, 2011 @ 6:37PMVolunteers have come together in Knightdale to build a new bedroom for a 5-year-old boy who requires constant medical care.
  • Wind technology school coming to former Naval Station Ingleside Friday, March 25, 2011 @ 6:23PMTexas State Technical College officials on Friday said they will expand a wind energy technology program
  • Classified Ads: March 10 - 16, 2011 Thursday, March 10, 2011 @ 2:46PMNews-Press Classified Ads for the Week of March 10 - 16, 2011 Read more...
  • Fifth direct-connecting ramp to open Sunday on SRT/U.S. 75 interchange Thursday, March 10, 2011 @ 2:23PMThe fifth major direct-connecting ramp on the Sam Rayburn Tollway/U.S. 75 interchange will open this weekend, allowing motorists in east McKinney to directly access Allen and other destinations.
  • Beam blunder sore spot in Modale Thursday, March 10, 2011 @ 2:10PMTuesday is “Wing Night” at the Sour Mash Bar & Grill in Modale, but the crowd has thinned out lately.
  • Mallick: Attack on Lara Logan inevitable in retrospect Wednesday, February 16, 2011 @ 7:54AMThe sexual assault on the CBS correspondent happened as Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak stepped down.
  • Ex-Redding Council candidate McDilda wins appeal; Shasta District Fair sued over debt Wednesday, February 16, 2011 @ 2:26AMA former Redding City Council candidate known for his elaborate Christmas displays won a court appeal last week after he was sued by the Shasta District Fair for not paying a $7,500 debt.
  • Italian-Turkish joint venture wins Bidbid-Sur dualisation contract worth RO 125 million Wednesday, February 16, 2011 @ 2:21AMMUSCAT -- A joint venture of Italy-based international construction firm Astaldi and Turkish contractor Ozkar Insaat Sanayi ve Ticaret AS has won a contract to dualise a key stretch of the Bidbid-Sur carriageway at a cost of RO 125.231 million.
  • Chula Vista Man Guilty Of Remodeling Scam Sentenced Tuesday, February 15, 2011 @ 8:41PMA Chula Vista man who cheated at least five San Diego County residents -- three of them elderly -- out of thousands of dollars in a remodeling scam was sentenced Tuesday to a year in jail and five years probation.