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  • NewsWatch: LaSalle buys Philadelphia and San Francisco hotels Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 3:52AMLaSalle Hotel Properties is spending upward of $300 million to buy three hotels, while shedding a fourth.
  • Zsa Zsa Gabor's Daughter Accused Step Father of 'Media Circus' Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 3:51AMConstance Francesca Hilton said through her representative that ' Zsa Zsa is at the mercy of whoever is supposed to be taking care of her.'
  • Demon deacon Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 3:51AMNATCHITOCHES -- Faith and football.
  • PNG islanders farewell plane crash victims including Kiwi Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 3:51AMResidents of Papua New Guinea's remote Misima Island today farewelled the four victims of Tuesday's plane crash who included a New Zealander and three Australians
  • Concerns about flooding Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 3:50AMCOVINGTON - Many of the 80-plus people who crowded City Hall on Thursday night expressed concerns about health issues from the floods that soaked the city in July and asked the city to prevent similar floods in the future.
  • Davis nearly became LSU's coach Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 3:50AMBATON ROUGE -- When North Carolina coach Butch Davis looks across the green carpet in the Georgia Dome to an LSU football team not besieged by serious sports agent and athletic tutor investigations like the ones going on with his program, he may think to himself: "I could be over there right now."
  • Officials fight STDs with free testing Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 3:50AM“Free condoms” written in white shoe polish on the back of a vehicle is the only advertisement necessary for a mobile STD testing unit in the parking lot across from the Golden Lady on Ninth Street.
  • Legislator's legal woes cause little stir Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 3:50AMSenators and State House observers on Thursday downplayed the political fallout surrounding the 18-count indictment one day earlier of Senate Budget & Taxation Committee Chairman Ulysses Currie.
  • Labor market showing signs of recovery Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 3:50AMA year ago, Maryland workers faced a shrinking job market and slowing growth in wages. This Labor Day, workers are better off. The unemployment rate has declined ever so slightly in the past year, having almost doubled during the previous year.
  • MYANMAR: Rural poor hit by arbitrary "taxes", says report Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 3:49AMSource: IRIN Myanmar's military government, with soldiers scattered throughout the country, is arbitrarily levying fees from the rural poor, pushing some into hunger and debt, experts say.
  • Events Calendar Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 11:02PMCalendar Tip: Click on a date to see what's happening in your community! Add An Event Tip: Keep the community up to date with our shared Events Calendar. You can have your event up and posted in just a couple of minutes with our easy to use Event Information form.
  • Govt denies epidemic dengue levels as numbers cross 1,000 mark Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 11:02PMNew Delhi, Sep 2 : The government today once again denied that dengue was taking epidemic proportions in the city, stressing that the disease was only an outbreak that ''will be contained soon''.
  • Planning Commission panel on Bundelkand to meet on Sep 8 Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 11:02PMNew Delhi, Sep 2 : A committee formed by the Planning Commission for the effective execution of the schemes for the drought-ridden Bundelkhand region, will meet for the first time on September 8 here .
  • Invasive hydrilla found in Mystic Lake Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 11:02PMThe invasive weed hydrilla was found earlier this month in Marstons Mills Mystic Lake, a discovery that mobilized the Indian Pond Association to quick action.
  • Small businesses hot topic in debate Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 11:01PMPaul LePage and Eliot Cutler may have been addressing a room full of loggers, pulp mill operators and professional foresters Thursday night.
  • Lismore Performing Arts Festival 2010 | Northern Rivers Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 11:01PMPhotographs published on our website are available for purchase. To enquire about purchasing a photograph, please call us on (02) 6620 0500 or email: starswitch@northernstar.com.au.
  • Cell towers a seemingly hard sell Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 11:01PMResidents of the Palm-Aire community in southern Manatee County have fought for an entire year to
  • Youth and violence expert offers advice for Tulsans Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 11:01PMThe solution to community violence can’t rest entirely on the correctional system, but a concerted effort must be made by the community to give youths a better path and provide necessary mental health services, a University of Chicago professor said Thursday.
  • Whooping cough on the rise Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 11:01PMOnce a major health scourge that brought illness and death to hundreds of thousands, pertussis -- better known as whooping cough -- has been making a comeback in recent years.
  • SodaStream Launches New 'Fizz' Home Soda Maker at IFA Exhibition Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 11:01PMToday at the IFA exhibition in Berlin, SodaStream has unveiled the Fizz, the latest in its portfolio of home soda makers.  The new model features the interactive Fizz Chip⢠digital screen, a high-tech indicator designed to aid consumer understanding of their individual carbonation technique and usage.  The patented Fizz Chip displays the amount of CO2 remaining in the carbonator and also ...
  • db x-trackers UK Regulatory Announcement: Net Asset Value(s) Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 5:05AMLONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--FUND ¦ db x-trackers DJ STOXX@ 600 Health Care Short Daily ETF DEALING DATE ¦ 27-Aug-10 NAV PER SHARE ¦ EUR39.0899 NUMBER OF SHARES IN ISSUE ¦ 120,192 CODE ¦
  • On the campaign trail with Tom Barrett Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 5:05AMEditor's note: This is the first in a three-part series about the race for governor in Wisconsin. Wednesday we will be featuring Mark Neumann and Thursday we will be featuring Scott Walker.
  • Can miners last underground until December? Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 5:05AMCopiapo, Chile - Engineers were in the early stages of drilling an escape route on Tuesday for 33 Chilean miners trapped deep underground, but officials warned their ordeal may last until Christmas.
  • Oops, we made a mistake Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 5:04AMA man who went into hospital to have a cyst on his face removed, but was mistakenly told that he was HIV-positive and on his way to having full blown Aids as well as tuberculosis, is claiming more than R980 000 in damages from the Gauteng Health MEC.
  • Rock Cats pitch in with Habitat for Humanity Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 5:04AMNEW BRITAIN — Boom, boom, boom, whack, clatter, clatter, bang, bang. The noise coming from 148 Wilcox St. Saturday morning was the sound of what it feels like to help someone else get their own home.
  • Research shows no evidence of cardiac fatigue on prolonged exercise Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 5:04AMIn a research project aimed at understanding the effect of prolonged exercise on the heart, the Karolinska Institutet and the Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences studied a group of competitors taking part in the Adventure Racing World Championship. The results show no evidence of cardiac fatigue despite the fact that this is a continuous endurance event lasting between five and seven days.
  • Cops to probe nurse's abduction Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 5:04AMPolice are investigating allegations that striking public servants kidnapped a nurse from Stanger Hospital and threatened to kill her if the hospital was not completely shut down on Monday.
  • Death toll expected to rise as flooding subsides in some parts of Pakistan Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 5:04AMPakistani government officials say the death toll from the country's flooding stands at more than 1,600 and it could rise significantly as flood waters recede and more bodies are identified, CNN reports (8/28). "There is no official estimate of the number of missing because mass displacements have made accounting for them almost impossible," according to Reuters (Haider, 8/29).
  • More Yoloans without health insurance Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 5:03AMNearly one-fifth of Yolo County residents have no form of health insurance, and experts say the problem has only gotten worse as tough economic times continue.According to a study released last week by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, only 65 percent of the county's residents were
  • UBC researchers lead development of new 'toolbox of MiniPromoters' for gene research and therapy Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 5:03AMUniversity of British Columbia researchers have led the development of a new "toolbox of MiniPromoters" for research and future therapies on brain, spinal cord and eye function.
  • Trapped miners speak to loved ones Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 10:15PMChile & #39;s 33 trapped miners have spoken for the first time with their loved, reassuring each other in moving conversations after 24 days underground.
  • Health conscious UAE Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 10:14PMOn several occasions in the past so many years His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has reiterated the need for a healthy lifestyle to create a healthy country.
  • Winona school-board candidate drops out after arrest Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 10:13PMA candidate for Winona's public school board has dropped out of the race after she was arrested for domestic assault.
  • Smoking kills, says big tobacco on hacked plain packaging campaign site Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 10:13PMRetailers and big tobacco have ended their campaign against plain cigarette packaging, according to the campaign's website. Looks like it's been hacked, writes Jason Whittaker .
  • Obama hails New Orleans "resilience" Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 10:12PMU.S. President Barack Obama, marking the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans Sunday, praised the city’s resilience and pledged support for rebuilding "until the job is done."
  • Obama hails New Orleans 'resilience' post-Katrina Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 10:12PMUS President Barack Obama, marking the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, praised the city's resilience and pledged support for rebuilding "until the job is done."
  • Trapped miners speak to loved ones Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 10:11PMChile's 33 trapped miners have spoken for the first time with their loved, reassuring each other in moving conversations after 24 days underground.
  • Janet Storm: Challenging corporate food factories, one green bean at a time Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 10:11PMA few weeks ago, a friend loaned me a film called “Food, Inc.” “I think you’ll find it interesting,” he told me. “It will definitely change the way you think about the food you eat.”
  • A Crisis in Care Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 10:10PMPublished: Sunday, August 29, 2010 at 11:08 p.m. Last Modified: Sunday, August 29, 2010 at 11:08 p.m. Polk County, like Florida, faces a major shortage of nurses in the coming years as a huge group of baby boomer nurses retires.
  • Berkey files complaint alleging violation in state Senate race Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 10:10PMState senator alleges her foes violated election law by not disclosing the financial source of two mailers sent in the final days of the primary.
  • Local Beat 8/29/10 Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 7:09PMA list of meetings and events of interest throughout Navarro County
  • Conservatives flood Washington rally Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 7:08PMWashington, Aug 29 : Conservatives from the US heartlands packed the nation's capital Saturday, answering a call from right-wing TV commentator Glenn Beck and Republican politician Sarah Palin to "restore honour" to the country.
  • Afghan militants in US uniforms storm 2 NATO bases Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 7:06PMU.S. and Afghan troops repelled attackers wearing American uniforms and suicide vests in a pair of simultaneous assaults before dawn Saturday on NATO bases near the Pakistani border, including one where seven CIA employees died in a suicide attack last year.
  • Beck: Help us restore traditional American values Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 7:06PMConservative commentator Glenn Beck and tea party champion Sarah Palin appealed Saturday to a vast, predominantly white crowd on the National Mall to help restore traditional American values and honor Martin Luther King's message. Civil rights leaders who accused the group of hijacking King's legacy held their own rally and march.
  • Ryan Williams and Darren Evans may have to fight for carries in Virginia Tech's backfield Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 7:06PMVirginia Tech is loaded at running back with Ryan Williams and Darren Evans, who missed last season with an injury.
  • Richard Jepsen 1925 - 2010 Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 7:05PMMANHATTAN — Col. Richard “Dick” L. Jepsen was born June 29, 1925, to Verna Francisco and Raymond Jepsen in Ash Grove. He passed away Aug. 26 in the Meadowlark Hills/Bramlage House, Manhattan.
  • On a mission of honor, compassion Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 7:05PMFrank Richards was too young to understand what was going on when the first telegram arrived, saying that his Uncle Bobby had been killed in battle at Guadalcanal. Guadalcanal - World War II - History - Pacific - Twentieth Century
  • Fatigue plagues surgeons in NSW Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 7:05PMFatigued surgeons have been ordered to work up to 80 hours a week to cut surgical waiting lists.
  • Rays Tales: Broadcaster Joe Morgan discusses the Tampa Bay Rays Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 7:05PMBy Marc Topkin, Times Staff Writer Saturday, August 28, 2010 ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball crew makes its second ever visit to the Trop, and first since the dark days of 1999, for tonight's series finale with the Red Sox. We checked in with analyst and Hall of Famer Joe Morgan for his take on the Rays and the race, and what the Reds did for "dress-up" road trips, and here are some excerpts: On ...
  • A Palin of Our Own Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 7:02PMDemocrats have done nothing to stop an anti-choice, pro-abstinence, socialist-bashing Tea Party enthusiast from becoming the 21st century symbol of women in politics.