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  • Offbeat News Tuesday, July 22, 2008 @ 8:33PMA blind dog has grabbed headlines in Norway after it was reported today that she is able to live quite a normal life, thanks to her own leader dog. Dea, a Toy Pomeranian, gets by with help from her two-year older brother, Lobo, and Kare the cat, the Farsunds Avis newspaper reported.
  • Summer travel to Canada should include unique historic site Tuesday, July 22, 2008 @ 7:59PMThe adventure continues as I head north out of Oregon through Washington State and into Canada. My destination this week was a well-known historic place called “108 Heritage Site” located north of Vancouver in British Columbia.
  • Day care unleashes fun for doggies Tuesday, July 22, 2008 @ 7:55PMThey arrive early and often, many of them harried parents dressed for work — heels, hose, dress shirts, ties — walking or trotting or being yanked from the parking lot through the day care door in Midtown by little Rusty, Oreo, Rufus, Scout ...
  • More beer doesn’t equate to more clubs in the city Tuesday, July 22, 2008 @ 7:41PMThe number of establishments serving beer is increasing sharply in Tooele, but that doesn’t mean more social clubs are opening in the city.
  • Cost Plus Alerts Consumers in Southern California Area of Suspected Electronic Funds Transfer Unit (PIN Pad) Tampering ... Tuesday, July 22, 2008 @ 7:30PM OAKLAND, Calif.----Cost Plus World Market recently learned that Electronic Funds Transfer devices at eight of its Southern California stores may have been tampered with between February 2008 and April 2008 and, as a result, certain account and PIN numbers used at those locations only may have been acquired by unauthorized third parties.
  • A good life, and getting better Tuesday, July 22, 2008 @ 7:08PMTROLAK: There are new "oil sheikhs" in town. More than 100,000 of them, in fact. Meet the settlers of Felda schemes who are raking it in, following the spectacular rise in the palm oil average price from RM1,400 a tonne in 2006 to about RM3,600 this year.
  • With No Frills or Tuition, a College Draws Notice Monday, July 21, 2008 @ 5:15AMBerea College, which charges no tuition and only accepts applicants from low-income families, provides an unusual perspective on how universities should handle endowments.
  • Regeneration and the condo crunch in Vancouver Monday, July 21, 2008 @ 4:07AMA new exhibition hails Vancouver as a model of regeneration. And so it is, says Julia Say – if you can afford to live there
  • Redecorate Your Yard and Help Reverse Global Warming Monday, July 21, 2008 @ 3:46AM(ARA) - With the growing popularity of green building practices, more companies are incorporating environmental and sustainability policies. These are all positive steps toward reducing the impact of global warming and caring for our earth.
  • 100 kids, 80 potential families at Assumption adoption mixer Monday, July 21, 2008 @ 3:41AMWORCESTER - More than 100 children awaiting adoption gathered with about 80 potential families at Assumption College for a "summer adoption mixer" Saturday.
  • Texas League baseball Sunday, July 20, 2008 @ 9:40PMMaps, Menus, Store hours, Coupons, and more... SIGN ON BO ... >MORE 2042-Office Manager Needed for Service type company. Computer knowledge a must: Excel, QuickBook, and Clip. Mail resumes to PO Box 1383, Mu ...
  • ON TV Sunday, July 20, 2008 @ 9:40PMMaps, Menus, Store hours, Coupons, and more... SIGN ON BO ... >MORE 2056-Program Specialist II The University of Oklahoma Center for Early Childhood Professional Development Program Specialist II Job ...
  • CCleaner frees up space and erases online activity Sunday, July 20, 2008 @ 9:26PMDownload of the Week: CCleaner
  • C-USA seeks BCS attention Sunday, July 20, 2008 @ 9:25PMMEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Conference USA football enters the 2008 season a league in search of a new set of marquee players — and perhaps a marquee team to push it onto the Bowl Championship Series radar.
  • Lot of N.H. characters found in debut novel Sunday, July 20, 2008 @ 8:42PM The Comfort of Our Kind
  • SW Florida residents turning hobby of bidding on abandoned storage units into profession Sunday, July 20, 2008 @ 8:17PMWith flashlights powerful enough to be the envy of spelunkers in hand, two dozen people file past a 25-square-foot self-storage unit in Estero to inspect its contents. A black trombone case and beige comforter are balanced atop a plastic crate of records. Boxes are stacked at least three-quarters of the way to the 8.5-foot ceiling. “No touching, folks,” warns auctioneer Jerry Mahaffey, ...
  • Economic bust is boom for area thrift stores Sunday, July 20, 2008 @ 3:14PMAccording to a recent survey of 185 stores by the National Association of Resale & Thrift Shops, 75 percent said they experienced an increase in sales from April 2007 to April 2008. The average reported increase was 30 percent.
  • Pioneer party: Small towns make July 24 their own Sunday, July 20, 2008 @ 2:32PMThere is something quietly refreshing about visiting a small American town in the middle of the summer, when life is often slower and simpler.
  • Gas prices keep field trips close to home Sunday, July 20, 2008 @ 2:19PMTwo groups of children spent Friday morning touring the USS Batfish, and climbing on tanks and empty gun turrets. Eight were Joyce Warren’s grandchildren from Sallisaw.
  • As Olympic glow fades, Athens questions $15 billion cost Sunday, July 20, 2008 @ 2:00PMMany venues stand empty four years after Greece hosted the summer Games.
  • Lot of thought goes into naming cats Sunday, July 20, 2008 @ 9:44AMSierra, Abby, Coco, Starbuck and Omelet have something in common. They’re all names of Schuylkill County cats.
  • Ridgemont Plaza upgrade Sunday, July 20, 2008 @ 8:15AMWegmans, which owns the shopping center, is in the midst of upgrading it
  • A New Ride at Valley Car Lots Sunday, July 20, 2008 @ 8:12AMLebanon -- A dark cherry Silverado truck is parked on an angle, just inside the showroom entrance at Miller Chevrolet on Labombard Road.
  • The sales tax sidestep Sunday, July 20, 2008 @ 7:32AMChicagoan Giao Nguyen thinks it only makes sense for savvy shoppers to try to minimize sales taxes on their purchases. The 32-year-old software developer does that by buying books, consumer electronics and camera equipment on the Internet, where he often pays zero in tax and shipping, compared with the 10.25 percent sales tax he would shell out in Chicago.
  • Langenbacher: And the dust settles Saturday, July 19, 2008 @ 8:04PMThe dust is finally beginning to settle. While Coast Guard families across the country are at different points in transfer schedules, ours is finally settling down.
  • Mayhew has not outgrown his love for make believe Saturday, July 19, 2008 @ 6:56PMCHANNAHON - A love of toy soldiers and hours of make believe is common for many boys.
  • A year after the Tewkesbury floods, dozens of families still cannot return to their homes Saturday, July 19, 2008 @ 6:07PM Sue Moisey looks in dismay over the building site that was once her family home. It is exactly a year since gallons of flood water poured into her house in Tewkesbury, leaving a trail of destruction.
  • Home of the Week: Saturday, July 19, 2008 @ 5:22PMLaurie Nilsen on her back porch at the Home of the Week. There’s nothing like driving into a neighborhood with mature trees, shaded lawns, manicured gardens and homes that are neither brand new nor cookie-cutter-like.
  • Welsh infant crushed by television Saturday, July 19, 2008 @ 4:48PMA 13-month-old Welsh boy died after a television fell on top of him, police say.Police investigators in Swansea said Ghazi Riyaz Mohammed apparently was fatally injured Thursday when he opened a drawer on a piece of furniture holding the TV and the set fell on him, the BBC reported Saturday.The child was rushed to a hospital following and had brain surgery, but died six hours later.Police do not ...
  • Welsh infant crushed by television Saturday, July 19, 2008 @ 4:35PMSWANSEA, Wales, July 19 (UPI) -- A 13-month-old Welsh boy died after a television fell on top of him, police say.
  • Stalking with Marco Pierre White Saturday, July 19, 2008 @ 3:23PMI’ve done some pretty bizarre, dangerous and disgusting things for this magazine. I’ve spent a day walking round London dressed as Mr Darcy. I’ve eaten the ark. I’ve been to Leeds. But last week was a new low.
  • Woman must stand trial Friday, July 18, 2008 @ 4:47AMLucia Reveles on Thursday was ordered to stand trial in the Nov. 23 slaying of Robert Bills, a furniture store manager. Photo by Gary Thompson . The woman facing murder charges in connection with the death of an Ashley Furniture Homestore manager will stand trial for the killing.
  • JapanToday: Japan News and Discussion ジャパントゥデイ:日本のニュースを英語で読む Thursday, July 17, 2008 @ 8:50PMA woman bent on revenge will stop at nothing, Spa! finds. Tit-for-tat is not enough. She wants “vengeance 100-fold.” More often than not, she gets it.
  • In brief Thursday, July 17, 2008 @ 8:44PMGazette-Times (Published Thursday July 17, 2008) Garfield seeks help to install playground Volunteers are needed to help install new playground equipment at Garfield Elementary School from July 25 through 27.
  • Demolition Company Goes Green Thursday, July 17, 2008 @ 8:05PMA Blair County business is taking the "go green" message to heart in a unique way.
  • Entertainment Thursday, July 17, 2008 @ 7:33PMA blind dog has grabbed headlines in Norway after it was reported today that she is able to live quite a normal life, thanks to her own leader dog. Dea, a Toy Pomeranian, gets by with help from her two-year older brother, Lobo, and Kare the cat, the Farsunds Avis newspaper reported.
  • Two-year-old falls head-first out of apartment window Thursday, July 17, 2008 @ 6:55PMCANBY, Ore. -- A Canby toddler was seriously injured after falling out of a second-story window head-first Thursday, officials said. The girl was transported via LifeFlight air ambulance to Legacy Emanuel Hospital. Her name and condition were not released.
  • Ang pow cops transferred Thursday, July 17, 2008 @ 6:48PMSEREMBAN: Four policemen from the Gemas police station have been transferred out after a colleague lodged a report alleging that they received “ang pow” running into thousands of ringgit every month from those involved in illegal activities.
  • Economist: State numbers point towards recession Tuesday, July 15, 2008 @ 9:12PMAccording to the state Economic and Revenue Forecast Council, which keeps tabs on everything, from cars to donuts, the tax revenue from June 11 to July 10 was $60 million less than it had predicted, even though the council had predicted a slowdown.
  • 5 air controllers sue, claim chemical exposure Tuesday, July 15, 2008 @ 7:54PMFive air traffic controllers are suing roofing contractors after they claim they lost their jobs after being unable to work because of toxic chemical exposure.
  • FEATURE-In slowdown, chairmaker finds comfort in tradition Tuesday, July 15, 2008 @ 7:04PMBy Peter Graff
  • iPhone = pill: high-tech male birth control Tuesday, July 15, 2008 @ 6:51PMVividly, indeed, do I remember the lovely and sordid tale my friend told me many years ago of the terrific guy she once dated, a strapping young thing who, because of of an unfortunate childhood event, had to have a remote-controlled robotic penis installed...
  • Bruno leaving office before end of term Tuesday, July 15, 2008 @ 6:47PMALBANY— State Sen. Joseph Bruno, the chamber’s Republican majority leader since 1995, said today that he will officially leave office by Friday.
  • Father Fred Benefit Ride ready to roll Tuesday, July 15, 2008 @ 6:37PMKick stands up! At 11 a.m. Sunday, 350 motorcyclists will launch the 16th Annual Father Fred Benefit Ride. A long, snaking train of riders will roar out of Classic Motor Sports on US 31 South in Traverse City and out to the Old Mission Peninsula lighthouse and back.
  • Tue, Jul 15 2008 Tuesday, July 15, 2008 @ 6:28PMKick stands up!
  • ‘Play ball’: Rex Clingan takes charge Tuesday, July 15, 2008 @ 2:25PMLife, like baseball, comes with its share of ups, downs and curve balls. No matter what has been thrown in his direction, Rex Clingan has always been one to negotiate the tough times and make the right calls for his life and happiness.
  • Overcoming obesity: Diet, exercise winning combination for losing Tuesday, July 15, 2008 @ 2:23PM(Selena Lowry works out at Curves.) About one-third of Americans are obese which is defined as 30 or more pounds over a healthy weight, and 66 percent are overweight or obese. And with 31.4 percent of its residents weighing in as obese, Mississippi rates as the fattest state in the nation.
  • Animal Crossing: City Folk Screenshots Tuesday, July 15, 2008 @ 2:09PMUtilises the new Wii Speak, TV-mounted microphone (images online later): If life were an endless...
  • July 15, 2008 Legals Tuesday, July 15, 2008 @ 1:37PMFICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT No. 2008F074 (Expires (06/06/13) First Filing The following person(s) is/are doing business as: MY FAVORIT THINGS 600 Main St. Susanville, Ca 96130 Angel Munoz 472-040 Diamond Crest, Susanville, CA 96130 Maria Munoz 472-0404 Diamond Crest, Susanville, CA 96130 This business is conducted by Husband and Wife.
  • Make Fleas and Ticks Feel Like Unwelcome Guests in Your Home Tuesday, July 15, 2008 @ 1:35PM(ARA) - When it comes to flea and tick control, a little precaution is preferable to a lot of fixing up afterward. Once these pesky critters have set up housekeeping on your pet or in your home, they can be a challenge to eliminate.