Two years’ hair to shear for charitySunday, March 7, 2010 @ 6:20PMAFTER two years of growing her hair, Stephanie Comelli will chop her locks to raise money to help cancer sufferers.
Tom Hanks on 'Pacific' HBO Series, World War II, HistorySunday, March 7, 2010 @ 1:20PMWith his new miniseries The Pacific, Tom Hanks tells the story of America's Pacific theater in World War II. How did this actor turned producer become our chronicler in chief?
Drippy skies, grass skirts, Chuck Armstrong sings, and a lineupSunday, March 7, 2010 @ 10:05AMThey say it's raining at the airport this morning although, as George Carlin (Google him kids, because he's not the guy from Thomas the Tank) might have said, I don't know anybody who plays baseball at the airport.
Carlsbad Flower Fields are starting to bloomSunday, March 7, 2010 @ 2:18AMIt’s easy to lose perspective while standing in the heart of shimmering bands of white, gold, crimson and purple ranunculuses. The belts of color vibrate in the Pacific breeze like animated lollipops.
Just takes two strikes for ColomaSaturday, March 6, 2010 @ 12:52PMJACKSON - Carley Trainor rolls last for Coloma's bowling team for a reason.
Pitch perfect: the spruiker of OzSaturday, March 6, 2010 @ 7:19AMAndrew McEvoy has the right credentials to sell Australia, writes Julie Miller.
Renters can get creative if landlord allows itSaturday, March 6, 2010 @ 3:29AMThe new American dream: Renting, until the dust settles. More Americans are renting homes and giving up on home ownership — at least for now. Job loss and foreclosures are forcing some folks out of their family homes and into apartments and rental homes.
Bowling: Catholic Central boys win first titleSaturday, March 6, 2010 @ 3:10AMBATTLE CREEK — Novi Detroit Catholic Central made it four state titles this school year with a Division 1 boys team bowling championship Friday at M-66 Lanes.
Power Outages as Tennis Ball-Sized Hail Hits Victoria (Update2)Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 1:44AMMarch 6 (Bloomberg) -- Homes are without power, train services have been delayed and a horse race meet canceled in Melbourne, Australia’s second-most-populous city, after wind gusts and hail lashed Victoria state.
Storm in Victoria Cause Power Outages, Train Delays (Update1)Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 12:28AMMarch 6 (Bloomberg) -- Train services have been canceled and homes are without power in Melbourne, Australia’s second- most-populous city, after wind gusts and hail as big as 10 centimeters (4 inches) lashed Victoria state.
Mayor Visits City DepartmentsThursday, March 4, 2010 @ 9:54PMBalancing budgets has become more difficult as the nation struggles to get out of its current recession. But that's exactly what Pocatello's new mayor is tasked with doing as he joins the city council in writing the budget next month.
Pocatello's Department Heads Talk BudgetThursday, March 4, 2010 @ 6:09PMDepartment heads for the City of Pocatello are fighting to get every penny they said they deserve. The budget process may not officially begin until April, but they're already thinking about the upcoming year.
From a recession to a measured resurgence, Telluride enduresThursday, March 4, 2010 @ 11:43AMIf we learned anything about ourselves and about Telluride in 2009, it’s that we, and this town, endure. This last year was defined in simple economic terms for us, and we learned a lesson: Even our sno-globe town isn’t invincible. Our region made difficult financial decisions as revenues that once flowed ebbed. We braced against a recession and swallowed the passings of our friends. But for all ...
Moon man re-opens airportThursday, March 4, 2010 @ 11:38AMIn 1969, he guided the lunar module to the surface of the moon, but on Thursday he flew commercial. In 1969, he was first down the ladder, but on Thursday he let the other passengers off first.
Taxiway project to be done before fallThursday, March 4, 2010 @ 7:44AMFREMONT -- The parallel taxiway at the Sandusky County Regional Airport should be completed this summer.
D'Agostini joins Blues after 'whirlwind' dayWednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 11:57PMFirst career trade catches forward by surprise; he skates with Crombeen, Winchester in first practice.
$40 Million Launch into Regions Aviation FutureTuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 11:42AMIf you haven’t been to Redmond Airport for a while you’re in for a horizon-expanding experience – following the near completion of a $40 million project that has taken the cozy but often cramped terminal from almost 23,000 square feet to over six times that size on three levels.
Send smelters to cleaner countriesTuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 10:40AMSo the extension of electricity contracts for Alcoa will secure 2500 jobs, utilising the world's most greenhouse intensive energy source, brown coal (The Age, 2/3).
Slow storm blasts regionTuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 4:14AMThe worst of the weather was expected overnight with 4 to 8 inches of snow and wind gusts of up to 50 mph.
Big blast comingTuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 4:14AMAnd that will mean big business for bars and beer distributors.
Exeter/Hampton/Rockingham community calendarTuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 1:03AMn phillips exeter academy 2010 winter concert series: March 2: Winter Band Concert, featuring the Concert Band, Stage Band and Percussion Ensemble, at 7 p.m. at Phillips Church, Exeter. Free and open to the public. Information: www.exeter.edu.
The Controversy of Surgically Closing Your Foramen Ovale [On Becoming a Domestic and Laboratory Goddess]Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 10:41PMLast week I attended the International Stroke Conference in San Antonio. Scientifically, it was a very interesting conference. It was extremely clinically oriented, with heavy emphasis on the outcomes of clinical trials. The session that I found the most interesting was a debate on the surgical closure of a cardiac structure called the foramen ovale in patients who have had a cryptogenic, or ...
Designer helps Antiquarians celebrate 50th anniversarySunday, February 28, 2010 @ 4:06AMAs an impressive Montgomery welcome to a woman who is considered a high priestess of interior design, more than 475 guests showed up at Trinity Hall on a recent Thursday morning to meet and hear designer, decorator, author and lecturer Charlotte Moss.
Winded Moore recovers in time for fightSunday, February 28, 2010 @ 3:42AMWORCESTER - It was an eventful night for Sharks defenseman Mike Moore, who looked like he was seriously hurt, then came back and almost recorded a Gordie Howe Hat Trick.
LOOK BACK: Crash here killed two astronautsSunday, February 28, 2010 @ 3:26AMFILE 1966: Another view of the charred remains of the fuselage of the T-38 that two astronauts were flying to McDonnell Douglas in St. Louis. (Scott Dine/P-D)
Olympic Games proceed despite tsunami warningSunday, February 28, 2010 @ 2:22AMThe Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games may be the first in history to proceed under a tsunami advisory following a massive earthquake in Chile this morning. The Games are not expected to be affected, b...
Popular dish has an untraceable culinary pedigreeSunday, February 28, 2010 @ 2:21AMIt is arguably the most popular dish in Quebec, served in working-class homes and bourgeois mansions, greasy spoons and trendy bistros. Its preparation couldn't be simpler. "Steak, ble d'Inde, patates...
SeaWorld resumes whale shows after trainer’s deathSunday, February 28, 2010 @ 2:21AMST. PETERSBURG -- SeaWorld resumed its killer whale shows on Saturday, three days after a trainer was killed by a whale at the Orlando, Florida, theme park. Trainer Dawn Brancheau, 40, died on Wednes...
N.Y. Governor Paterson to drop out of electionSaturday, February 27, 2010 @ 9:51PMNEW YORK -- Embattled New York Governor David Paterson will withdraw Friday from the state governor's race amid questions of impropriety involving a top aide, according to local media and a government...
Bam! Bam! Bam! 3rd blizzard this month smacks EastFriday, February 26, 2010 @ 10:45PMALBANY, N.Y. - A slow-moving winter storm smacked the Northeast on Friday, unleashing heavy snow, rain and hurricane-force winds as it knocked out power to more than a million homes and businesses.
SeaWorld to resume killer whale showsFriday, February 26, 2010 @ 10:14PMSeaWorld said the shows would restart on Saturday and declared that an orca which killed its U.S. trainer was “an important part of our team
Bam! Bam! Bam! 3rd blizzard this month smacks EastFriday, February 26, 2010 @ 8:42PMA slow-moving winter storm smacked the Northeast on Friday, unleashing heavy snow, rain and hurricane-force winds as it knocked out power to more than a million homes and businesses. It turned Maine beachfront streets into rivers and piled on the misery in places hit by three major blizzards in less than a month.
Councillor recommends Debert as container terminal locationFriday, February 26, 2010 @ 8:18PMDEBERT – Debert is an ideal location for a controversial inland container terminal discussed for central Nova Scotia, says a municipal councillor.
New England bears brunt of massive winter stormFriday, February 26, 2010 @ 7:41PMHAMPTON, N.H. — An unceasing winter storm unleashed multiple dangers across the Northeast on Friday, blasting the coast with hurricane-force winds that fanned a New Hampshire hotel fire, flooding parts of Maine, dropping 2 feet of snow on parts of New York, and cutting power to at least 700,000 homes and businesses.
Tiger Woods dropped by GatoradeFriday, February 26, 2010 @ 5:16PMGolfer Tiger Woods was dropped by sports drink brand Gatorade on Friday, the latest corporate sponsorship he has lost since details of his adulterous affairs surfaced late last year
Bam! Bam! Bam! 3rd blizzard this month smacks EastFriday, February 26, 2010 @ 4:16PMALBANY, N.Y. - A slow-moving winter storm smacked the Northeast on Friday, unleashing heavy snow, rain and hurricane-force winds as it knocked out power to more than a million homes and businesses, turned Maine beachfront streets into rivers and piled on the misery in places hit by three major blizzards in less than a month. Every form of travel was miserable if not impossible. More than 1,000 ...
Storm rakes East; more than 1 million in the darkFriday, February 26, 2010 @ 4:10PMHAMPTON, N.H. (AP) ---- A persistent winter storm parked itself Friday over the Northeast, bringing hurricane--force winds, flooding and more than 2 feet of snow as it cut power to more than a million homes and businesses....
Storm lashes New EnglandFriday, February 26, 2010 @ 4:02PMHAMPTON, N.H. (AP) -- An unceasing winter storm unleashed multiple dangers across the Northeast today, blasting the coast with hurricane-force winds that fanned a New Hampshire hotel fire, flooding parts of Maine, dropping 2 feet of snow on parts of New York, and cutting power to at least 700,000 homes and businesses.
Last Train Home: Lixin Fan's latest doc doesn't travel lightlyFriday, February 26, 2010 @ 3:48PMFilm Review: Last Train Home (4 stars): “Taste the bitterness first, and the sweetness will follow,” says an old woman to her grandson during Lixin Fan’s moving documentary Last Train Home. She’s referring to the complex, acquired taste of bitter melon, but it’s a good metaphor for the film itself, which looks at the hardships of over 130 million migrant factory workers in China and questions ...
Snowstorm in Northeast, rain pounds New EnglandThursday, February 25, 2010 @ 5:51PMA slow-moving winter storm packing heavy, wet snow and potentially flooding rain spread over the Northeast on Thursday, disrupting air traffic and closing schools. Utility companies braced for possible widespread power outages overnight due to high winds and toppled trees.
City Council opts for flat water ratesThursday, February 25, 2010 @ 4:46PMThe Sterling City Council heard a report from engineer Thomas Ullmann on the comparison of a tiered structure and a uniform volume rate structure for determining water fees at their meeting on Tuesday night.
Midwest Airlines to resume service from New Orleans in MayThursday, February 25, 2010 @ 4:32PMAn airline that has not flown out of Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport since August 2005 soon will to return to service at the Kenner terminal, the airport announced Thursday. Midwest Airlines will begin operating one nonstop daily flight...
Snow Patrol: Airlines Brace for Storm Headed NortheastThursday, February 25, 2010 @ 4:32PMPHILADELPHIA (AP) — Another big, powerful snowstorm barreled into the winter-weary Northeast on Thursday, disrupting flights, closing schools and threatening high winds late in the day that could team up with the wet, heavy snow to topple trees and power lines.
Breaking NewsThursday, February 25, 2010 @ 3:14PMPosted: Thursday, February 25, 2010 11:26 am | Updated: 1:08 pm, Thu Feb 25, 2010.
Midwest Airlines Resumes Non-Stop ServiceThursday, February 25, 2010 @ 3:13PMMidwest Airlines is returning to the Louis Armstrong International Airport for the first time since hurricane Katrina.