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  • 'Despicable low-life' Thursday, September 9, 2010 @ 11:10PMGranddaughter condemns the assault of a 94-year-old Brisbane man who was bashed in his own home.
  • Proud granddad 'would want despicable low-life brought to justice' Thursday, September 9, 2010 @ 11:08PMThe granddaughter of a 94-year-old bashing victim has condemned the "despicable low-life" who attacked the war veteran in his own home, leaving him in a critical condition in hospital.
  • Statement Of Thanks From Family Of Trooper Brown Thursday, September 9, 2010 @ 11:03PMThe following statement is being released at the request of the family of Trooper Jason Brown, who tragically lost his life in action in Afghanistan.
  • Volunteers needed to clean up cemetery Saturday morning Thursday, September 9, 2010 @ 9:42PMArthur Mobley stood over his parents’ graves, not far from where large brush piles lay, the leaves brown and dead, having been left to rot.
  • Murder trial starts on Greco’s birthday Thursday, September 9, 2010 @ 9:13PMVictim Renee Greco was struck at least 13 times in the head with a table leg, prosecutors said.
  • Industrial park job awarded to SJM Construction Thursday, September 9, 2010 @ 9:04PMGALLIPOLIS — The Gallia County Board of Commissioners awarded a bid for the Dan Evans Industrial Park speculative building during their regular meeting on Thursday. The job was awarded to the lowe...
  • Landon goes to London Thursday, September 9, 2010 @ 9:01PMLandon Watson, 8-1/2, has quite the story to tell when asked the perennial back-to-school question: “How did you spend your summer vacation?”
  • Feminist icon Gloria Steinem says battle for equality is far from over Thursday, September 9, 2010 @ 8:15PMAll you people out there working for a just and equitable society, who thought you could rest a bit After all, women can and do perform all types of work. Men take a more active role in parenting in many families. We have our first black president. Gloria Steinem has a little message for you abou...
  • Personal Finance Daily: Condo owners may be ruing their decision to buy Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 5:01PMDuring this economic downturn, as more homeowners fall behind on their dues, some condo associations are struggling to get by. That means they're coming down hard on homeowners -- and not only those who are behind on their payments.
  • Donald Bloomer Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 4:28PMDonald James Bloomer, 72, of Peabody, died Sept. 3. He was born Nov. 27, 1937, in Peabody, to Henry and Caroline (Peterson) Bloomer. He was a welder at the former Hesston Manufacturing.
  • subscriber's area Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 4:16PMCome join us for StoryTime each Wednesday at 11 a.m. upstairs at the Shepard-Pruden Memorial Library. We read, sing songs, do fingerplays and an activity; there is no charge to participate.
  • The audacity of mope Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 3:24PMThe audacity of mope
  • Nothing Is Certain but Joe Paterno and Penn State Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 3:02PMPenn State will play at Alabama on Saturday, which is sure to remind Coach Joe Paterno about his friend and rival Bear Bryant, who died in 1983.
  • Michelle Obama In Louisiana: Hello, Yellow! (PHOTOS) Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 2:30PMFirst Lady Michelle Obama swung by Brock Elementary School in Slidell, Louisiana on Wednesday to talk about her "Let's Move!" campaign. She brightened up the room in an embellished yellow frock with a sparkly waistband. Check out her dress and scroll down to read her full remarks.
  • iPod shuffle (fourth generation, late 2010) Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 1:54PMI’m on the record somewhere as saying that my favorite iPod of all time is the second-generation (2G) iPod shuffle. There was just something about that little guy, with its clip-on body and its circle of easy-to-navigate control buttons, that I found irresistible. I still have a battered old silver one that I take on trips and use when I’m mowing the lawn.
  • Trash Out Company REO RESQ Founder, Frank Patrick, On The Foreclosure Trash Out Money-Making Opportunity Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 1:49PMScottsdale, Ariz. September 8, 2010 In a recent article by Frank Patrick, one of the countrys top property preservation and trash out experts, Frank writes that with a high percentage of joblessness persisting and with fears of a double-dip recession continuing, one business sector continues to thrive property preservation.In the article titled Foreclosure Trash Outs: The Money-Making...
  • Celebrating Founder’s Day 2010 Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 1:31PMThe 31st annual Saugus Founder’s Day, celebrated each year in front of Saugus Town Hall, will take place Saturday, Sept. 11, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
  • Remarks by the First Lady at "Let's Move Back to School" Event in Slidell, Louisiana Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 1:06PM10:13 A.M. CDT MRS. OBAMA:  Thank you so much.  (Applause.)  Thanks, everyone.  Good morning!  Well, let’s start by thanking Mr. Malik -- (applause) -- for just being so awesome.  (Laughter.)  Well done.  We’re very proud of you.  We’re proud of all the students here.  I can’t tell you just how thrilled I am to be here with all of you today at Brock Elementary School.  We are kicking off this ...
  • UF’s Wellness Center holds health fair on North Lawn Wednesday Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 6:25PMThe University of Florida Counseling and Wellness Center, which recently moved from Peabody Hall to a new facility on Radio Road, invites students to celebrate its grand opening Wednesday at the “Live Optimally” Fair on the Reitz Union North Lawn.
  • E. P. “Pat” Henry Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 6:05PME. P. “Pat” Henry, 67, of Baytown was born October 30, 1942 in Orange, TX and passed away Sunday, September 6, 2010 in a Houston hospital of a stroke.
  • Man's trial starts without him Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 4:06PMBROWNSTOWN — Jury selection in the trial of an Illinois man accused of gaining access to a home in Seymour by claiming to be a utility worker in March 2009 began Tuesday in Jackson Circuit Court. But the defendant, 30-year-old Rocky Miller of...
  • Roswell cemetery battle left up to a judge Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 4:04PMA Roswell cemetery battle that has been going on for nearly a year is now in the hands of a judge.
  • The Gospel According to Paul: Louisville Magazine's inside look at U.S. Senate candidate Rand Paul [News] Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 3:58PMThis article appeared in the September 2010 issue of Louisville Magazine . To subscribe, please visit loumag.com . It’s a story Ayn Rand could almost have written herself: The world economy is in shambles. The debt is ballooning. The government is out of control. It falls to one brilliant small-town doctor to save us. read more
  • Leesburg Utility Rate Appeal Case To Be Heard Sept. 13 Monday, September 6, 2010 @ 10:55AMThe Town of Leesburg's next chance to argue in favor of significantly higher out-of-town utility rates will come in two weeks.
  • Onondaga County sheriff candidates face their boss at the polls Monday, September 6, 2010 @ 9:55AMKevin Walsh challenged by three deputies in his department.
  • Wife furious with husband over housework Monday, September 6, 2010 @ 9:32AMA reader writes: "I've finally put my foot down and told my husband our discussion about housework is over and he needs to increase his share of the work, or else. "
  • Sept. 4 Friends & Neighbors Monday, September 6, 2010 @ 9:31AMSpeaking of Health ‘Speak Up’ is topic Wednesday Teresa Simpson, quality improvement education coordinator at McFarland Clinic, will present the September Speaking of Health program, “Speak Up,” at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 8, in the South Auditorium at Mary Greeley Medical Center, 1111 Duff Ave., in Ames. The program focuses on empowering citizens to become active participants in their health ...
  • Little Rock stores, car dealers offering big Labor Day deals Monday, September 6, 2010 @ 9:06AMIt's what bargain hunters have been waiting for all summer: Labor Day weekend sales! And there are a ton of them. Ads and flyers filled the Sunday papers promising 50 percent off or zero percent financing.
  • News Briefs for Monday, Sept. 6, 2010 Sunday, September 5, 2010 @ 5:21PMSMU hosts Young Alumni reunion
  • Q&A: Key on SCF and Quake Sunday, September 5, 2010 @ 4:53PMPAUL Prime Minister John Key got into Christchurch yesterday afternoon to check out the damage and to show solidarity with his old home town. He flew home again last night, and is with us on Q+A this morning, thank you for coming in.
  • Phillies' Baez to Rehab at CCP Monday Sunday, September 5, 2010 @ 4:26PM(Allentown, Pa.) -- Phillies right-handed reliever Danys Baez, recovering from back spasms, will appear on a Major League rehab assignment with the Lehigh Valley IronPigs on Monday at Coca-Cola Park, the Phillies announced today.
  • On a mission: Members of local churches help those near and far during summer service trips Sunday, September 5, 2010 @ 2:42PMEvery summer, church and other community groups in Lenawee County take part in service trips — some close to home, others far away.
  • âGreen Fair of the Chathamsâ beckons young and old Sept. 11 Sunday, September 5, 2010 @ 2:19PMTHE CHATHAMS – Get ready to “go green” with Chatham Borough and Chatham Township’s joint third annual “Green Fair of the Chathams” from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 11, at Reasoner Park, site of the Chatham Community Gazebo off Fairmount Avenue in Chatham Borough.
  • Rector of St.Paul's Episcopal Church in Chatham is moving on Sunday, September 5, 2010 @ 2:19PMCHATHAM – The rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church is preparing to move on.
  • Monday, August 9, 2010 12:45 am Sunday, September 5, 2010 @ 1:05PMWater planners for Northeast Texas are set to OK a 50-year plan Tuesday that recommends rebates for buyers of green appliances and school field trips to the local water treatment plant.
  • Welcome to Iowa’s 6th-largest ‘city’ Sunday, September 5, 2010 @ 11:17AMNot everyone’s a farmer who attends the 2010 Farm Progress Show this week in Boone.
  • Where the sales are Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 1:20AMNews of a recent 27 percent drop in housing sales in July has captured headlines across the country and painted a gloomy outlook for the nation's economic recovery, but the news is not all doom and gloom for every part of the country.
  • Wet Zone goes to the dogs Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 12:38AMThe Wet Zone Water Park, located on Main Street, will end its season Sunday with the annual Rowlett Dog Swim from 6:30-8:30 p.m.
  • Teary reunion for good Samaritan, crash victim Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 12:16AMWhen you have a serious auto collision, an emergency airlift and trauma surgery, you don't really expect a feel-good story.Yet happily-ever-after is how it turned out as good Samaritan Holly Swaim of Oak Lawn met Beth Wallace, a young woman she comforted after a terrible wreck near Elburn.
  • Good Samaritan, accident victim reunited at hospital Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 12:05AMSix days after a violent crash along the Reagan Tollway left her injured and trapped in a wrecked SUV, Beth Wallace was reunited with the young woman who came to her aid.
  • WMU fraterntiy loses charter, house condemned after fall from balcony leaves Jordyn Sanderson, 18, in critical condition Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 11:51PMAs the sun set Wednesday, news vans sat parked along the cul-da-sac on Fraternity Village Drive.Police cars went by about every 10 minutes. One of the fraternity houses was vacant, it’s sign removed from the front lawn. This was not a normal back-to-school welcome week.
  • News Near You for Sept. 2 Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 11:38PMNEWS NEAR YOU RichmondArmed robbers confronted a man in South Richmond late Tuesday night and stole lottery tickets. Richmond police Lt. Herman Loney III said the victim was not injured in the robbery, which occurred at 11:14 p.m. in the 500 block of West 21st Street, just east of Jefferson ...
  • DOL’s OSHA issues fine exceeding $3 million against Whitesell Corp. for safety and health violations at 2 Alabama ... Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 3:41PMThe U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration today fined Whitesell Corp. $3,071,500 and cited the company with 72 safety and health violations for exposing workers to amputation hazards and other problems at its manufacturing plants in Tuscumbia and Muscle Shoals, Ala.
  • Top things to do in Fort Collins: A three-day planner Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 3:37PMHigh school football, three new movies, a bike-in movie film series, some concerts and more are some of the things happening the next three days in Fort Collins. Details on these and other events follow.
  • State Fair reps embark on tour Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 3:27PMThe North Platte Telegraph Moving the Nebraska State Fair from Lincoln to Grand Island means more room and better facilities, but likely decreased attendance. That's according to NSF executive director Joseph McDermott and public relations and marketing director Jana Hafer, who were in North Platte on Thursday as part of a statewide media tour.
  • Dave’s Place eyes early ’11 opening Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 3:08PMLocal and regional contractors are renovating the future location of Dave’s Place, 3140 Plank Road, Keokuk. Renovation efforts are under way to have Dave’s Place, 3140 Plank Road, Keokuk, open within the next six months.
  • Homegrown Gardener: Sylvia Rose Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 2:35PMSylvia Rose may be 70, but she's well up to the task of replacing her lawn with an edible garden.
  • Shelter discovers 28 look-alike cats owned by hoarder Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 2:29PMSCOTIA -- The Animal Protective Foundation now has 28 extra cats to care for, after a homeowner dropped off an evicted tenant's animals at the shelter Wednesday afternoon.
  • Library news Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 1:58PMThe following programs are offered by Worthington Libraries. Old Worthington Library is at 820 High St., Northwest Library is at 2280 Hard Road and Worthington Park Library is at 1389 Worthington Centre Drive. Call (614) 807-2626.
  • Painting for Humanity: Neighbors pitch in to help friend battling cancer Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 1:52PMWhen the opportunity arose to paint his neighbor's house, Storm Laker Jack Kooker says he jumped at the chance, if it meant he would no longer have to stare at that 'dang ugly,' pinkish colored hue...