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Rocchi for 40-day recovery Tuesday, August 19, 2008 @ 3:27AMLazio striker Tommaso Rocchi will be sidelined for around 40 days with the injury he picked up during the Olympic Games. More Napoli midfielder Mirko Savini is on the brink of leaving the Partenopei with Parma a likely destination.
ND valley saw historic hunt Tuesday, August 19, 2008 @ 3:26AMHAYNES, N.D. (AP) -- Bushy Bluff, a wooded hill rising from the grassy floor of Hiddenwood Creek Valley, was prized for years as a good picnic spot.
Ice cream and more at UMC Aug. 15 Tuesday, August 19, 2008 @ 3:24AMWith Ox Cart Days almost here, it can only mean one thing - the University of Minnesota, Crookston will be hosting the annual Old Fashioned Ice Cream Social. Enjoy free ice cream, music, prizes and family fun on Friday, Aug. 15 from 3 to 5 p.m. near the Peterson Gazebo on the campus mall. The rain site is the Northern Lights Lounge in the Student Center.
Perkasie Antique Vehicles Wanted For Parade Tuesday, August 19, 2008 @ 3:11AMThe Perkasie Historical Society is seeking antique, custom and vintage cars and trucks to participate in a parade at 1 p.m. Sunday in Perkasie.
Front Porch Digital Names LineUp its Latin American Distributor of the Year Tuesday, August 19, 2008 @ 3:11AMDMN Newswire--2008-8-18--Front Porch Digital today announced that LineUp Engenharia Electronica Co., Ltd., has been named its Latin American distributor of the year. Based in Sao Paulo, Brazil, LineUp achieved the highest volume of Front Porch sales in Latin America for 2007.
Georgia Highway 133 project garners local support Tuesday, August 19, 2008 @ 3:03AMThe Albany-Dougherty Convention and Visitors Bureau’s new digs impress county officials.
Philips launches “Energy Saving Rice, Energy Saving Lamps” campaign Encouraging Thais to save more energy and combat ... Tuesday, August 19, 2008 @ 3:02AMPhilips Electronics (Thailand) Ltd’s Lighting Sector is pressing ahead its energy efficient management concept for Thai consumers to save more energy and fight for global warming by launching new camp
A fairly good time Tuesday, August 19, 2008 @ 3:01AMFair season is upon us. The annual events range from small and quaint to large and boisterous, but each offers a glimpse into the agricultural world. Whether visitors like riding the amusements, watching the animal shows, sampling the fun fair food or just gazing at beautiful produce and handcrafted items, a country fair offers something for everyone.
Inter-town competition on the horizon Sunday, August 17, 2008 @ 2:05PMSome people may be feeling a little more bite in their water bills this month as they prep and primp their gardens for the upcoming arrival of the Communities in Bloom judges.
Couples look for ways to prevent dream wedding from turning into financial nightmare Sunday, August 17, 2008 @ 2:02PMBy Lisa Tolin Associated Press NEW YORK -- Khris Cochran splurged for her wedding seven years ago. The ceremony was in a rose garden overlooking San Francisco Bay. The cake was made by a star baker featured on the Food Network. The honeymoon was in French Polynesia.
Sunday Profile: Nancy Siebens-Binz Sunday, August 17, 2008 @ 1:49PMNancy Binz proudly displays a photo of the fish she caught in 2006. A full life isn’t always measured by years, but rather experiences. And Incline Village’s Nancy Siebens-Binz has plenty of the latter.
Toward Plastic Spin Transistors Sunday, August 17, 2008 @ 12:53PM(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Utah physicists successfully controlled an electrical current using the "spin" within electrons - a step toward building an organic "spin transistor": a plastic semiconductor switch for future ultrafast computers and electronics.
Chuck Akre Buys Bally Technologies Inc, Enstar Group Ltd., Franklin Street Properties Corp, Sells CSK Auto Corp., ... Sunday, August 17, 2008 @ 12:52PMValue investor Chuck Akre likes to stay fully invested, at good times and bad. This has helped him generated long term above average returns, although it seems not working at this moment. These are his buys and sells during the second quarter. Chuck Akre owns 41 stocks with a total value of $1.4 billion.
Event puts emphasis on health Sunday, August 17, 2008 @ 7:54AMThe North Platte Telegraph Good habits are hard to keep at the beginning, but get easier later. Bad habits are easy at first, but usually extract a hard price later. North Platte has a lot to offer those who want to make healthy choices and the annual Rail Fest celebration is hoping to bring them all together in one place.
OUTLAWS TO SALUTE PUBLIC SAFETY EMPLOYEES Sunday, August 17, 2008 @ 7:48AMCHICO, CA - This summer has been a particularly busy one for public safety employees throughout Butte County and surrounding northern California communities - and the Chico Outlaws professional baseball club are setting aside a day to acknowledge their tireless efforts.
Lancaster Referendum Could Turn Town Wet Sunday, August 17, 2008 @ 7:23AM...No one in the town of 4,500 can confidently predict which way the vote will go on Tuesday
Welcome to ... GLOW-BAL FEST Sunday, August 17, 2008 @ 7:09AMCalgary has the whole world in its hands this GlobalFest, embracing cultures from across the planet through food, fireworks and tons of family fun.
Clowning Around: Sneads Ferry celebrates 38th Shrimp Festival Sunday, August 17, 2008 @ 1:14AMSNEADS FERRY - The 38th Shrimp Festival parade moved up the hill and turned the corner by the skating rink, right on time at 10 a.m. Saturday morning.
Looming large Sunday, August 17, 2008 @ 1:13AMMohammed Ali Al-Abaar owns a private golf course that stretches across the front yard of his enormous home. He is the chairman of the United Arab Emirates Golf Association.
Thunderstorm batters Outer Cape with hail Sunday, August 17, 2008 @ 1:12AM A severe thunderstorm pounded some Outer Cape towns last night with hail and lightning.
All fired up! Sunday, August 17, 2008 @ 1:11AM Pushing red coals around a forge and checking the color of the metal to gauge the temperature, James Ellis is practicing the century-old family tradition of blacksmithing in Barnstable.
Wigwam Festival: Mohegans display, celebrate culture Sunday, August 17, 2008 @ 1:04AM Mohegan tribal members cannot say exactly when the annual Wigwam Festival began, but they are sure it was many years ago.
Lucy Mangan: These so-called Games are less than sporting Friday, August 15, 2008 @ 6:33PMLucy Mangan: Gone are the days when a man could put down his cigarette, brush the crumpet crumbs from his front and break the four-minute mile in a manner that even the octogenarian in charge of the clockwork stopwatch could measure
Rolling back time at Kipling Museum Day Friday, August 15, 2008 @ 6:17PMStaff Photo By: Darcie Thom Don Flemming, of Kipling, with a 1940 Model H John Deere owned by Maurice Poirier (front); the Museum’s 1927 IHC, the fore-runner of Case IH, driven by Cliff Johnson of Kipling (middle); and Joe Molnar of Kennedy with his 1945 Model H John Deere Tractor and attached Hay Mower (back). Staff Photo [...]
Canadian Forces connects at Airshow Friday, August 15, 2008 @ 6:13PMOperation Connection hit its mark with a bang at this year’s Abbotsford International Air Show, as a fiery display of close air support showcased the CF’s increasing skill at joint operations.
Lenovo slips out the new ThinkPad X301: new CPUs, 128GB SSD, still thin as hell Friday, August 15, 2008 @ 6:12PM Filed under: Laptops In a weirdly casual move, Lenovo has let details slip on the next iteration of its MacBook Air-challenging laptop -- the ThinkPad X300 -- unsurprisingly dubbed the X301. The new device ups the processor ante by adding the as-yet-unreleased Intel Core 2 Duo ULV (ultra low voltage) U9300 (1.2GHz) and U9400 (1.4GHz), both with a 6MB L2 cache and 1066MHz FSB. ...
Landscape with natives Friday, August 15, 2008 @ 6:10PMNatives, how have we lived without them in our landscape? There are 4,000 species to choose from across Colorado in the plains to the alpine region. All these natives bring us more than beauty.
3-D TV not ready for prime time Thursday, August 14, 2008 @ 8:06PMA panel on the future of 3-D technologies agreed that more electronics advances are needed to make 3-D ubiquitous in the next five years without the need for special viewing glasses.
Cricket alive and on the move in the Upper North Thursday, August 14, 2008 @ 7:33PMCricket is alive and on the move in the Outback of South Australia.
8 p.m.: Brothers donate hair to needy causes Thursday, August 14, 2008 @ 7:12PMANDERSON — Sonny, Sterling and Shiloh Thompson gave away a little bit of themselves Thursday to help kids and animals. The brothers each donated long strands of hair to two organizations, one that helps children who have lost hair due to illness and another that uses clippings to soak up oil spills.
Electricity Meters Spark a Debate Thursday, August 14, 2008 @ 7:10PMHigh-tech models can transit data wirelessly and save energy. But their cost is a cause for concern
Digital TV: Rough on Rabbit Ears Thursday, August 14, 2008 @ 7:08PMWhat to expect when the analog signal goes dead on Feb. 17—and how to get ready
NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 12 August 2008 Tuesday, August 12, 2008 @ 8:24PMAll ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
Five Beijing Olympic volunteer posters released Tuesday, August 12, 2008 @ 8:15PMMedal: "Every success is a result of our hard work"Photo Gallery(BEIJING, August 1) --A set of five ...
Yahoo lets users knock back ads Tuesday, August 12, 2008 @ 8:02PMNEW YORK - Yahoo will let its web visitors decline ads targeted to their browsing habits, becoming the latest internet company to break from a common industry practice as Congress steps up scrutiny of customised advertising and consumer privacy.
Pining for visitors to premium pineapple booth Tuesday, August 12, 2008 @ 7:34PMSERDANG: Sahdan Salim is interested in everything that involves pineapples.
AddonSoftware enhances accounting suite Tuesday, August 12, 2008 @ 7:31PMAddonSoftware, a provider of enterprise resource planning software, and Basis International, a provider of business applications, have released version 8.0 of Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, and General Ledger modules of the AddonSoftware suite of accounting software. These are the accounting modules re-factored using Basis Internationals new Barista RAD tool.
Widening project public hearing Tuesday, August 12, 2008 @ 7:27PMTuesday, August 12, 2008 at 6:42 p.m. The South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) has scheduled a public hearing Thursday, August 21, concerning the proposed US 52/401 (North Governor Williams Highway) widening project in Darlington County.
Yahoo Launches Fire Eagle Tuesday, August 12, 2008 @ 7:19PMYahoo announced the general availability of Fire Eagle, its location-sharing platform.
Harmony and the Dream Tuesday, August 12, 2008 @ 4:38AMChina?s rise is an example of how the ideal of a harmonious collective may turn out to be as attractive as the ideal of the American Dream.
McCain’s campaign will make donation to Flight 93 memorial Tuesday, August 12, 2008 @ 4:38AMArizona Sen. John McCain’s campaign will donate $5,000 to the Flight 93 National Memorial.
Party to mark Deere milestone Tuesday, August 12, 2008 @ 4:38AMWATERLOO --- John Deere is getting set to celebrate another milestone in its long history in the Cedar Valley.
Are we wise enough to nurture our assets? Tuesday, August 12, 2008 @ 4:23AMFAMILIARITY can breed contempt, but we in Inverness must never forget all that we have working in our favour. We have an exceptional city in an exceptional setting. What do we do to protect and promote this?
12.08.2008 - DJ DGAP-Adhoc: DATA MODUL AG: Good business development despite economic expectations Tuesday, August 12, 2008 @ 4:22AMRelease of an Ad hoc announcement according to § 15 WpHG, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
Valley Briefing Tuesday, August 12, 2008 @ 4:22AMFox Valley
PROFILE: Pastor says globalism impacts life, people, church Tuesday, August 12, 2008 @ 4:20AMThis week we profile Bennie Boles, senior pastor for Church of the Living Water. He is also a police chaplain for the Deer Park Police Department.
ViewSonic broadens its big screen leadership in the Middle East with a new 26-inch LCD Tuesday, August 12, 2008 @ 4:17AMViewSonic Corp. introduces the latest addition to its complete range of LCDs with the affordable, feature-rich VA2626wm LCD monitor.
LETTERS Sunday, August 10, 2008 @ 6:22AMWal-Mart will be good for North Tonawanda
Works of artists, students to be showcased tonight in Harvard Sunday, August 10, 2008 @ 6:14AMHARVARD – This summer, 35 aspiring artists had the chance to explore their craft with accomplished artists from all over the world.
Fashion rocks the Classroom Sunday, August 10, 2008 @ 6:14AMMusic rules fashion. Of course, that isn’t exactly news. The most diehard young rock fans have long pledged their love by imitating artists’ styles — be it rocking a mohawk in tribute to punk mascot Sid Vicious of the Sex Pistols in the 1980s or sporting the trademark flannel button-down of grunge hero Kurt Cobain of Nirvana in the 1990s. But if music’s influence on the teen dress code was ...