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- Local News Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 6:14PMHoquiam Fingerprints ties man to burglary Modern computer networking and a little old-fashioned police work has tied a suspect to a Hoquiam crime after two months of uncertainty. Deputy Chief Jim Maloney reported a 44-year-old Hoquiam man has been named as a suspect in a June 5 burglary after...
- Island Scanner Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 5:25PMIsland Scanner
- Sky Harbor baggage handler accused of stealing from luggage Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 5:06PMChandler resident is third person in a year to be arrested on suspicion of luggage theft at airport.
- 11 arrested in sting on unlicensed conractors Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 8:03PMLocal and state authorities announced Tuesday the arrest of 11 people in a recent sting operation meant to round up unlicensed people working construction jobs in Camarillo.
- Wheels are turning for Eli Terry park Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 7:34PMPLYMOUTH — Trans-forming the Eli Terry waterwheel into a park that can be a focal point for the town has been a long slow process, but the head of the Historic Property Commission said people should see some progress at the Route 6 site later this year.
- Ruptured gas line forces evacuation in Shelton Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 7:30PMSHELTON -- Repair crews from Yankee Gas Services were working through the night to return service to 320 White Hills homes that lost gas when a line was ruptured Tuesday afternoon.
- River affordable housing slated for October Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 7:28PMGUERNEVILLE — Ground-breaking is set to begin this fall on the $20 million affordable apartment complex that will occupy an entire city block in downtown Guerneville.
- Sony launches competition to "crowdsource" green tech ideas Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 7:23PMBusinessGreen.com staff, BusinessGreen , Wednesday 1 September 2010 at 00:15:00 Open Planet Ideas initiative invites designers, students and technology fans to suggest how devices could be repurposed to tackle environmental challenges Sony has today launched a global search to find green technology ideas from around the world, the best of which will be turned into reality by the electronics ...
- Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company Prepares as Hurricane Earl Approaches East Coast Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 5:51PMCOLUMBUS, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As the National Hurricane Center issues a hurricane watch for the North Carolina coast, Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company claims representatives and agents are preparing to assist customers should Hurricane Earl become a weather-related disaster. As weather alerts and reports from around the country track the storm patterns, Nationwide has people and resources ...
- Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company Prepares as Hurricane Earl Approaches East Coast Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 5:47PMCOLUMBUS, Ohio----As the National Hurricane Center issues a hurricane watch for the North Carolina coast, Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company claims representatives and agents are preparing to assist customers should Hurricane Earl become a weather-related disaster.
- Increased food concerns cause canning growth Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 3:10AMFREDERICKSBURG, Va. - When Krista Ehlert started canning last year, she wondered if anyone else spent time cleaning, snapping and stuffing green beans into jars.
- Inmates grumble, but M-C jail saving with new food service Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 2:08AMBURLEY — Ask a jailer to list inmates’ favorite pastimes, andone option will invariably surface — complaining.
- Historic home’s fate unknown Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 8:07PMThe possible expansion of the Kroger on Salem Road could signal the demise of a Conway home listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
- Investigator sentenced for falsifying security checks Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 8:07PMAnother investigator for the agency that conducts security checks for about 90 percent of the federal government was sentenced in District Court in D.C. for falsifying her reports.
- AC Tool Supply Offers Stimulus to Florida HVAC Contractors for Air Conditioning "Cash for Clunkers" Rebate Program Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 8:07PMMESA, AZ--(Marketwire - August 24, 2010) - AC Tool Supply launches an exclusive for the Florida HVAC "Cash for Clunkers" program offered by the Florida Department of Energy. In an exclusive program for Florida home energy auditors, HVAC/R testing & air balancing contractors, AC Tool Supply has agreed to offer these professionals their own $1,500 stimulus program. This program is for rebates off ...
- Outsourcing a U.S. war: Ugandans in Iraq Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 7:57PMLast week the Pentagon proclaimed that the last U.S. combat forces had left Iraq. The U.S. has long outsourced the Iraq occupation to troops from some of the world’s poor nations, and many of the mercenaries due to replace other U.S. troops will also come from those countries, especially from Uganda.
- Slidell gets tough on code violators Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 7:55PMFor all you homeowners in Slidell who have not fixed up their blighted houses, and continue to disregard building codes, beware, because the new administration is getting tough on violators.
- Norwood Police Department dispatch log for Monday, Aug.23 through Tuesday, Aug. 24 Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 7:20PMNorwood Police Department dispatch log for Monday, Aug.23 through Tuesday, Aug. 24
- Burlco school to construct replica of old facility Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 7:16PMUnlike most school construction projects that focus on tearing down the old to make way for the new, a historic private school is trying to recapture its past.
- Prepare for backups: school starts amid heavy tunnel construction Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 6:54PMThe morning rush hour on Kearns Boulevard has been bad enough in recent weeks as work crews have been building a pedestrian-bicyclist tunnel
- Another chapter for future library site Monday, August 23, 2010 @ 1:09AMThe former Abbott United Methodist Church is in the last stages of being reborn into the Osterhout Free Library’s North Branch.
- Sunshine and spirits add zest to Valley winery event Monday, August 23, 2010 @ 12:33AMBy D.A. WILKINSON wilkinson@vindy.com BERLIN CENTER Rural Mahoning County took on a European
- Franklin County area police log Monday, August 23, 2010 @ 12:15AMTRESPASS: Two juveniles were arrested Saturday evening for allegedly entering Chambersburg Area Senior High School, 511 S. Sixth St., without permission.
- Moneyman or straw man? Monday, August 23, 2010 @ 12:04AMHow Jim Cooper’s unlikely challenger engineered a high-dollar campaign without raising a dime More
- MEET THE CANDIDATES: County Commission, District 4 Republicans Sunday, August 22, 2010 @ 10:39PMGuy Tunnell Current occupation: Consultant (Emergency response/homeland security) Experience: College (B.S., M.S.) and FBI academy graduate; proven executive leadership abilities with almost 35 years in public safety, with progressively more complex...
- Another chapter for future library site Sunday, August 22, 2010 @ 10:07PMThe former Abbott United Methodist Church is in the last stages of being reborn into the Osterhout Free Library’s North Branch. Library officials met Friday morning with the contractor to discuss the final renovation projects. The library hopes the North Branch will be operating in its new space in October. The library was forced to close its previous North Branch after its former the building’s ...
- Xenia woman took winding road to her own business Saturday, August 21, 2010 @ 4:01PMThe road to owning a package delivery company, where each truck has 80 to 100 stops per day, was anything but a straight line.But Nicole Huffman learned something at each stop on the way to running A.R. Huffman Inc., a FedEx Ground contractor recently honored as one of that company’s entrepreneurs of the year. She is the first woman owner to receive the award.
- Police seek man who approached youngster Saturday, August 21, 2010 @ 3:52PMPolice are asking for help to find a man who they say approached a young girl in New Hartford. Friday, a 10 year old girl told police that she was riding her bike on Westminster Road near Oneida Street when she was approached by a man in a white van. The man reportedly called to her.
- Sewer error will be examined Saturday, August 21, 2010 @ 1:56PMMonths of waiting for an answer over who will pay the bill and how much it is going to cost to move sewer lines may soon be over. Camden County commissioners, Stan Schulz, the project engineer, and a representative of Sterling Excavation, the company that built the Camelot wastewater treatment plant, are making a site visit to determine just how much it is going to cost to move hundreds of ...
- Letters - Army Community - Army Discussions - Army Times Saturday, August 21, 2010 @ 1:23PMIt is intriguing to know almost 40 percent of homeless men in America today are veterans of the military who have fought for your freedom. The sad fact is that of this estimated 40 percent, almost 75 percent of those served in the Vietnam War.
- Build your way into an economic player Tuesday, August 17, 2010 @ 8:02PMYOU may have heard so many discouraging stories about people who have been conned out of their life savings, but my advice to the Zimbabwean Diaspora is that brick and mortar still represents a viable investment option back home.
- Bethel cold case suspect pleads not guilty Tuesday Tuesday, August 17, 2010 @ 8:01PMDANBURY -- The suspect in the cold case murder of a Bethel contractor waived his probable cause hearing Tuesday at state Superior Court in Danbury and entered a plea of not guilty.
- Zimbabweans flock over border to SA Tuesday, August 17, 2010 @ 7:35PMAlmost 15 000 Zimbabwean citizens have crossed the South African border illegally since the beginning of the year - and the problem is being exacerbated by corruption.
- News staff writer Tuesday, August 17, 2010 @ 7:31PMChris Haffner, owner of an engineering firm in Mosier, volunteered to help get a home built in Parkdale for Ssgt. Christian Bagge to “give back in some small way.”
- Contractor sues BBB for libel, says group has grudge against him Tuesday, August 17, 2010 @ 7:01PMThe St. Louis Better Business Bureau went out its way to punish a home-remodeling contractor who complained that the watchdog group was treating him unfairly, according to a libel suit against the BBB.
- Council reconvenes to address Rankin pool bid Tuesday, August 17, 2010 @ 6:47PMDespite its customary August recess, the City Council is holding a special meeting on Wednesday primarily to keep the municipal wheels turning; the key agenda item is approval of the work bid for the Rankin Pool replacement. Reeve Knight Construction of Roseville submitted the lowest responsible bid for the project at $4,306,915, according to City Engineer Tim Tucker. more...
- Tip helps Jenkintown police catch burglary suspect Tuesday, August 17, 2010 @ 6:40PMAn alert Jenkintown resident led to the arrest of a burglar Aug. 7.
- A century of memories Tuesday, August 17, 2010 @ 6:25PMBY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — Anna Bowman has seen it all: Two world wars. The Great Depression. The landing on the moon. The assassinations of President John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. The turn of the century. The new millennium. Bowman, who currently resides at the North Brunswick Senior Housing Building at 740 Hermann Road, celebrated her 100th birthday Aug. 12 ...
- ResCare gets takeover bid from stakeholder Onex Monday, August 16, 2010 @ 5:18PMShares of ResCare Inc. surged 22 percent Monday after the provider of home health services to the disabled said it received a buyout offer from Canadian private-equity firm Onex Corp. that values the company at about $370 million.
- Former Bennigan’s Set to be Razed Monday, August 16, 2010 @ 5:03PM5336 Poplar Ave.Memphis, TN 38119Permit Amount: $775,000Project Cost: n/aPermit Date: Applied August 2010Completion: Late fourth quarter 2010Owner: Da...
- Morcha core member in net for hill murder Monday, August 16, 2010 @ 4:53PMDarjeeling, Aug. 16: A central committee member of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha and the prime accused in the Madan Tamang murder case was arrested from Bijanbari last night.
- Gurung ‘friend’ in hack net Monday, August 16, 2010 @ 4:50PMDarjeeling, Aug. 16: A Gorkha Janmukti Morcha leader and prime accused in the Madan Tamang murder case was arrested in Darjeeling last night.
- Local News Monday, August 16, 2010 @ 4:45PMBY STEVEN FRIEDERICH The Daily World An environmental assessment from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on the future of a new Doppler radar system for tracking coastal weather has determined that the new station "will not have a significant effect on the human environment."
- Child falls one floor at West Edmonton Mall Monday, August 16, 2010 @ 4:40PMA 3-year-old boy suffered minor injuries Monday after he climbed over a second-level railing at West Edmonton Mall and fell to the first floor.
- Hospital smoking ban flouted: activist Monday, August 16, 2010 @ 4:25PMSmoking bans outside Alberta hospitals are not enforced strictly enough, anti-smoking activists say.
- 3 charged in Red Deer stabbings Monday, August 16, 2010 @ 4:25PMPolice have charged three men in connection with a fight on Aug. 12 in Red Deer in which two men were stabbed.
- Connector for 210, 215 freeways could reopen around end of month Monday, August 16, 2010 @ 4:07PMA connector linking the southbound 215 Freeway to the eastbound 210 Freeway was initially expected to reopen at the end of July, but delays forced Caltrans officials to revise their estimates to the end of the month or first week of September.
- US Muslims prep for Islamic holiday _ around 9/11 Friday, August 13, 2010 @ 8:31AMThe lunar calendar that Muslims follow for religious holidays is creating a potential for misunderstandings or worse in a year when American Muslims are already confronting a spike in assaults on their faith and protests...
- Small claims now not so tiny Friday, August 13, 2010 @ 8:30AMPITTSFIELD -- Small-claims court is looking a bit more like big claims court. Or at least bigger claims court. The maximum amount for small claims rose from $2,000 to $7,000 last week, when the governor approved a measure that raised court-filing fees and boosted the maximum claim amount.
- Fightin’ 55th notes 20 years in Mideast Friday, August 13, 2010 @ 8:09AMThe 55th Wing has been patrolling the skies of the Middle East so long that the wing’s youngest airmen weren’t even born when the unit’s reconnaissance planes first deployed.
