Today is Friday, April 1, the 91st day of 2011. There are 274 days left in the year. This is April Fool's Day.
Today's Highlight in History:
On April 1, 1945, American forces launched the amphibious invasion of Okinawa during World War II.
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In 1853, Cincinnati, Ohio, established a fire department made up of paid city employees.
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The Associated Press Amherst players celebrate after defeating Washington University in the championship game at the Women's Division III Final Four at Shirk Center in Bloomington, Ill., Saturday, March 19, 2011. (AP Photo/The Pantagraph, Carlos T. Miranda)
Editor's note: This edition includes all games played as the women's NCAA tournament opened Saturday.
Pair of No. 10 seeds and an 11-seed provide biggest fireworks
The last time a school from outside one of the "big six" conferences made it to the Women's Final Four, it did so going through a regional in Spokane, Wash.
STORRS -- There was a time when Maya Moore was a starry-eyed youngster looking on in awe of UConn All-American Diana Taurasi, easily influenced by her every move both on and off the court. She was sitting behind one of the baskets with her Georgia Magic AAU teammates at the 2003 Final Four at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta.
Despite Kathleen Nash putting up 19 points, Tatiyiana McMorris hit a 3-pointer with 10 seconds left to send Marquette on to the Second Round.Longhorns Go Down In First Round
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Despite Kathleen Nash putting up 19 points, Tatiyiana McMorris hit a 3-pointer with 10 seconds left to send Marquette on to the Second Round.
UConn coach Geno Auriemma has met thousands of people and coached hundreds of them, many of whom get Christmas cards from his family and eat dinner in his home.
When he discovered his first-round game in the Philadelphia Regional would be against Hartford Sunday at Gampel Pavilion, he shrugged his shoulders and gave one of his it is what it is looks.
NCAA WomenÂ’s Basketball Tournament (11 a.m., ESPN2) After winning a school-record 72 straight games, all by double-digits, Geno AuriemmaÂ’s Connecticut Huskies are expected to have a cakewalk to the Riverwalk in San Antonio, site of the Final Four. ThatÂ’s where a possible semifinal against Tennessee looms, as Pat SummittÂ’s Lady Vols have rebounded from last yearÂ’s first-round exit to garner a No. 1 seed and restore order in womenÂ’s hoops. Pat leads Geno 8-6 in the all-time NCAA-title race, but 62 other teams (including top seeds Stanford and Nebraska) are out to trump that story line, beginning with this weekendÂ’s wall-to-wall first-round action.
More people will be watching when OU's next men's basketball coach is hired.
Joe Castiglione thinks outside the box when it comes to basketball hirings.
OU athletic director Joe Castiglione thinks outside the box when it comes to basketball hirings. Photo by Nate Billings, The Oklahoman
And I don't even mean a 31-year-old Jeff Capel , a stealth candidate by any description.
No, they aren't teachers and DMV clerks, shivering outside the Wisconsin state capitol, marching for a future.
But the parade of zeros on an NFL player's contract does not mean he has to wear a "Kick Me" sign to work, even if his work is done in front of 70,000 swaying idolators.
The NFL Players Association is on the right side here.
But few choose helmet that offers better protection
FORT MYERS, Fla. — One afternoon last season, not long after Justin Morneau suffered what would end up being a season-ending concussion and just one day after he told reporters that when he did come back he almost certainly would wear a batting helmet designed to withstand significantly greater impact than the helmet most players wear, the first baseman's teammates pulled a little prank.
CHARLOTTE — Ask North Carolina’s John Henson what the method behind his free throw shooting improvement is, and he won’t tell you.
Seriously.
“Just little secrets that I’m not going to let out. It’s just things that will work for me,” Henson said, guarding the intricacies of his pre-shot ritual.
Whatever they are, they’ve allowed the Tar Heel forward to become more of a presence as the postseason moves along.
By Chanda Temple -- The Birmingham News
This new book is now in stores. It is $35. (The Birmingham News / Voncille Williams)
Fashion journalist Kate Betts talks about more than Michelle Obama's sense of style in her new book, "Everyday Icon: Michelle Obama and the Power of Style" (Clarkson Potter, $35)
Somewhere, Ryan Renolds feels jealous because he will never get a chance to actually wear the Green Lantern suit. In a recent interview with Zack Snyder , the director shot down the rumor that Superman’s old red and blue would be done in a motion capture style similar to the Green Lantern movie.
Reality TV recently met its match, as members and guests of the Newcomers’ Club of Conway attended the club’s annual style show held this year at the Hilton Garden Inn in Conway.
Top billing went to the age-old dilemmas of “What Not to Wear” and “How Not to Look Old”. Attendees were treated like a “studio audience” as the room was decorated to look like a TV show set, complete with lights and camera.
It’s hard to think of someone as glam as Lady Gaga mulling over a makeup bag. But in the latest issue of PEOPLE , the superstar singer opens up about her surprisingly normal beauty routines (hint: the last thing she does before bed is brush her teeth!). Gaga, who calls her mother Cynthia Germanotta and Princess Diana her beauty influences, says her mom taught her to wash her face with Ivory soap. But that doesn’t mean the singer always follows directions. When asked how many nights per week she goes to bed wearing makeup, she replies, “Seven. That is not good for your skin, but I’m blessed with good genes.” What is good for her skin? The sunblock she carries around in her beauty bag. “I don’t like to tan my face because it’s bad for wrinkles,” she explains. The natural brunette, known for her now white-blonde locks, says she misses her dark hair when she has to “get a chemical haircut because my blonde hair is falling out.” And that’s not the only damage fame has done: she admits that she’s dying for a foot massage, to relieve her achy feet after all those days spent walking in sky-high heels. But Gaga — whose favorite fragrances growing up were Versace Baby Rose Jeans and Revlon’s Jean Naté — says that above all, the best beauty tip is to be yourself. “Just go with your gut,” she urges. “Whenever you try to be someone else, it’s boring.” Perhaps that’s why she’s skipping mascara and fake lashes these days. “I think it’s more modern not to wear [either]. I just wear eyeliner.” For more on Gaga’s beauty secrets, pick up the March 28 issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands now. – Rennie Dyball and Samantha McIntyre
Days of Roses has established itself over the last two years as an exciting series of readings in London. Taking its name from Tom Waits’ song ‘Martha’ (‘And those were the days of roses, poetry and prose’), as a date in the informal literary calendar it has experienced a swell in popularity, with organisers Declan Ryan and Malene Engelund creating a liveliness and warmth that sets the night apart from similar events in the capital. Although Ryan and Engelund completed the Royal Holloway Creative Writing MA course, it hardly belongs to any collegiate coterie; from its inception, Days of Roses has offered a wide pool of participants. Part of the success of the reading nights is that it never feels as if there is a headline act: it treads the balance between an inclusive and a broad-reaching line-up, with well-known names regularly slotted in between novices. Perhaps this is what lends a slight festival-like feel to many of the nights rather that the stillness offered by other readings: snug rather than starchy, couched in talent rather than bombast, the readings are a pleasure to attend and it was with great interest that I picked up a copy of the new
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Try this exchange between Ryan and host Darren Smith in talking about the quarterback class in the upcoming NFL draft
Smith: “Ryan Mallet’s the quarterback out of Arkansas – everybody says this guy has the potential to be the next Ryan Leaf. I wonder what Ryan Leaf feels about Ryan Mallett being called the next Ryan Leaf.”
1. Ryan Mallett is a legitimate possibility for the Dolphins in this draft. I liked it when his lukewarm stats at the end of games became a talking point. I short-term loved it when he channeled his inner-Ryan Leaf at the NFL combine. Only by those things becoming Topic A around him and turning off several teams would the Dolphins have a chance at landing him.
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Everyone loves what-ifs in terms of going back to previous NFL Drafts. Perhaps the most memorable one of the last 15 or so years is that supposedly at least half of the league's general managers would've taken Ryan Leaf in favor of Peyton Manning back in 1998. What a bizarre top-4 that was, huh? Manning will obviously be a Hall of Famer. Leaf was arguably the biggest bust in the history of the draft, finishing with a 50.0 rating, 36 interceptions and 14 TD passes. The third pick was defensive end Andre Wadsworth, who played a grand total of 36 games and registered eight sacks. However, the No. 4 pick was Charles Woodson, who is also destined for Canton, possibly a first-year inductee like Manning. That was also the memorable Randy Moss draft, as he dropped to 21st because of non-football related issues.
On his good days, Ricky Watters could outdo Roger Craig, making him one of the key players that came out of 1991 draft. Simon Bruty/Getty Images
WHAT A DIFFERENCE a year makes. When 1090-AM radio in San Diego called Ryan Leaf last spring asking for an interview, both sides were a little uneasy. After all, it had been a decade since Ryan had talked with anyone in San Diego media circles. Nowadays, Ryan is a periodic guest on 1090. And for good reason. His 23 minutes on air the other day, for example, were pure gold.
With its rap battles, scheming girlfriends, hoodies, drunken mothers, and everyone saying "shady" a lot, this episode was like an homage to 8 Mile . Also, we're now legitimately concerned that by writing these recaps we'll be called to testify in the SamRon murder/suicide that looks more and more likely to occur. There were plenty of other notable events, too, as you'll see in the penultimate Filthy Dozen of the season.
After a rather lengthy absence from the Opinion page of this newspaper, I was very pleased to see the return of Prof. Livio Di Matteo’s commentary Another Plan For The North (March 12). I felt inspired and impressed by his knowledge and understanding of all things economic/political in Northwestern Ontario.
Hospital Sisters Mission Outreach will distribute the collected donated items to people in Haiti, Jamaica and more than 50 other countries.
"In the past three years, our efforts have allowed caregivers around the globe to receive shipments of medical equipment and supplies valued at over $24 million. These donations have improved access to quality health care in more than 58 countries," said Pamela Perlmutter, Mission Outreach Development spokeswoman.
The world is in a sad and sorry state right now. Laughter will be hard come by for many people. When it is available we need to grab hold hard and enjoy.
The UK's annual Comic Relief Day is today, 18th March 2011. This annual fund raiser was spawned from the ashes of the original Band Aid in 1980 something. Comic Relief was the brainchild of UK comedy writer Richard CurtisRichard Curtis and Alexander Mendis, in 1985. The idea was to raise money for the starving in Ethiopia.
Nasty. That's how so many people describe artichokes. Many are afraid of those thorny, tough leaves that, if one is not careful when handling them, could require a Band-Aid or two.
But, in reality, artichokes are one of the glories of spring and fall. Their color hues range from delightful purples to all shades of green. Artichokes are members of the thistle family, and there are many varieties. The most common variety for us is the Globe artichoke: big, meaty and thorny.
The QuickShield textile-based armor is applied as a 'band aid’ for bar armor' enabled armored vehicle crews to rapidly replace damaged bar (slat) armor on military vehicles in the field. Photo: MOD
QuickShield, a textile-based, lightweight net designed to stop rocket-propelled grenade threats (RPG) from penetrating vehicle armor was unveiled by the U.K. Ministry of Defense netting today, as part of the ministry’s National Science and Engineering Week. QuickShield is applied as a ‘band aid’ for bar armor’ enabling armored vehicle crews to rapidly replace damaged bar (slat) armor on military vehicles in the field. The QuickShield net is stowed in the vehicle, and can be fitted immediately without any tools. It is due to be delivered to Afghanistan in April 2011 as part of a £2.6m contract.
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The clock continues to tick on Peyton Manning's imperssive career. Andy Lyons/Getty Images
Bored?
So is the rest of America. It's reality—and the feeling is yet to sink in.
Mitchell Kaneff, chief executive of Arkay Packaging in Manhattan, took over his family's business in 2004 after a seven-year transition from his father. He joined the company at age 15, spending summers working alongside employees involved in jobs such as packing, before he earned a B.S. in printing management and sciences from Rochester Institute of Technology. After his graduation, his father began grooming him to take over. Today, Arkay Packaging generates $50 million a year in revenue by providing packaging for products from Oil of Olay to NyQuil.
NORMAL, Ill. -- Host Illinois State defeated Central Michigan 72-59 Thursday in the first round of the Women's NIT.
The Chippewas (20-11) committed 19 first-half turnovers and shot 24 percent in the second half, as the Redbirds (21-10) stayed undefeated at home.
CMU trailed 23-18 with eight minutes left in the first half, but Illinois State pulled away to take a 35-25 lead into the break. The Redbirds then built the lead to as much as 22 in the second half.
Lisa Leslie presents Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis with the Gatorade National Girls Player of the Year Award
Thursday March 17 was no ordinary day for Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis, as she and her teammates gathered in the Mater Dei high school gym in Santa Ana, Calif. She knew WNBA legend and former Los Angeles Spark Lisa Leslie was invited to speak to the team during a pep rally as it prepared for the state championship game. What she didnÂ’t know was that she would soon join LeslieÂ’s elite company as the 2010-11 Gatorade National Girls Player of the Year, an accolade given to the nationÂ’s best high school girls basketball player.
HARTFORD, Conn. – Connecticut coach Geno Auriemma laughs as he recalls a greeting he received from another coach during last year's Final Four.
"Hey, congratulations. You guys had a nice year," the coach told Auriemma.
A nice year? UConn was about to win its seventh national title, and 78th consecutive game. But to many UConn followers, that was considered "a nice year."
March 18, 2011 — Morehead State senior Kenneth Faried has been named a finalist for the John R. Wooden Award, which encompasses the Top 20 candidates for one of college basketball’s most prestigious awards.
Faried, who already received his second consecutive OVC Player of the Year and third straight OVC Defensive Player of Year honors, led MSU to its second OVC Tournament championship in the last three years. He has already been named to four different All-American teams, which include U.S. Basketball Writers Association, Fox Sports, Yahoo, and Sports Illustrated.
For all of her statistical milestones, national accolades and basketball skills, Courtney Vandersloot's greatest strength as a point guard remains nothing more complicated than her ability to make everyone around her that much better.
But after piloting Gonzaga to the first Sweet 16 appearance in program history last season, she reflected on the postseason run and realized there was one player on the court whose limitations she felt might hold the team back at a time of year when championships are decided. So it was that the best point guard in the country decided there was one more player she could make better.
Dayton's Kari Daugherty makes a pass during the practice in the first round of the NCAA women's college basketball tournament, Friday, March 18, 2011 in State College, Pa. Dayton plays Penn State on Saturday. (AP / AP)
Dayton's Kari Daugherty makes a pass during the practice in the...
DePaul's Keisha Hampton dribbles during practice in the first round of the NCAA women's college basketball tournament, Friday, March 18, 2011 in State College, Pa. DePaul plays Navy on Saturday. (AP / AP)
STORRS, Conn. -- Maya Moore can barely take another bite of salmon. Her eyes transfixed on the TV set, she's about to lose her lunch.
"C'mon!" she shouts. "How could they get that wrong?"
A blown call? A missed shot? A messed-up play?
Nope, this is much more riveting. This is how she watches the TV game show "Family Feud" every day, and today the best player in women's college basketball is hollering at yet another poor, overmatched contestant.
Freshman point guard Bria Hartley enters her first NCAA tournament on a roll, earning all-tournament honors last week as UConn swept to another Big East title. (Photo by Leslloyd F. Alleyne / Journal Inquirer)
Frosh excited to finally realize goal of reaching NCAA tourney By Carl Adamec
STORRS — Bria Hartley couldn’t get enough of the NCAA Tournament growing up. It was just that school would get in the way of those weekday men’s games.
Independence coach Paul Riley has high hopes for forward Tasha Kai this season, after unsuccessfully trying to acquire her from Sky Blue FC in 2010. “I think if we had pulled that trade off, we would have won the championship.”
As an expansion team least year, the Philadelphia Independence shocked WomenÂ’s Professional Soccer by advancing all the way to the league championship game before falling to the Marta-led Bay Area FC Gold Pride.
By Press-Register staff
The Fairhope High School Band will be performing Friday at the Arts and Crafts Festival in downtown Fairhope at 12:30. Come out and see them.
Also Friday is Mrs. Calhoun’s field trip to the World War II Museum in New Orleans.
Tryout clinics for those interested in becoming an FHS cheerleader will be from 3-5 p.m. on March 21, 22 and 23, followed by tryouts on the 24.
By Plain Dealer staff
The capsule reviews are based on full reviews by Plain Dealer restaurant critics. We also include capsules of older reviews of some of the region's more prominent eateries. The critics make at least two anonymous visits to each restaurant and do not accept complimentary meals. The writers include Plain Dealer food and restaurants editor Joe Crea (JC); Plain Dealer reporters Tony Brown (TB) and Debbi Snook (DS); freelance writers David Farkas (DF), Bob Migra (BM) and Beth Segal (BS); and former reporter Wilma Salisbury (WS). Opinions reflect the restaurant's performance at the time of the original review; Changes in quality can occur because of menu and/or personnel changes and more. Dollar signs ($) reflect price, with $ being the least expensive and $$$$ being the most.
Oak Mountain pitcher Jake Hubbard has a 2-1 record with a 2.47 ERA and 32 strikeouts in 22 2/3 innings. He’s also batting .390 with a home run, eight RBIs and 17 runs scored. (The Birmingham News/Mark Almond)
Jake Hubbard looks back on the 2010 Oak Mountain baseball season with disappointment.
Despite having a squad that included a number of players who would garner the attention of college recruiters, the Eagles finished with a 12-17 record.
Dennis Clark The Tribune-Star The Tribune Star Thu Mar 17, 2011, 09:46 AM EDT
ROCKVILLE — The Mahurin family is taking “March Madness” to a whole new level.
To wit, Indiana State redshirt freshman R.J. Mahurin will be competing in the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament in Cleveland beginning Friday.
ATLANTIC: 15 N. Main St. Friday: To All My Friends, The Boswellians, The Impossible Shoelace. Saturday: Whiskey and Co. Hawks & Doves, GYPSY BARFTENDER.
BACKSTAGE LOUNGE: 1315 S. Main St. 373-0281. Tonight: Silent Sleep, Kirkwood Gap, Somethin Sticky. Friday: Kings of Awesome, Moodhosa, Validus, The Munchees, Xiphoid Process. Saturday: Nancy Luca. Monday and Tuesday: Karaoke. Wednesday: Bear Suit Sucker Punch.
By Alec Harvey -- The Birmingham News
Get your Irish on.
If ever you’re going to do it, this would be the night.
The parades and other daytime events have ended, making way for the partying that St. Patrick’s Day has become known for.
By Lawrence F. Specker, Press-Register
The Friendly Sons of St. Patrick parade through downtown Mobile in March 2010. (G.M. Andrews/Press-Register)
According to the calendar, St. Patrick’s Day lasts 24 hours and will already be at least partly over by the time you read this.
NEWPORT, Ky. - A Tri-State couple made sure they were the first to tie the knot this St. Patrick's Day with a midnight wedding.
Local firefighter Jack Shields and his new wife Tricia are big fans of St. Patty's, so they decided to get married at the stroke of 12 a.m. Thursday.
The wedding was held at Beef O' Brady's in Newport, a venue the couple says they visit a few times a week.
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Manhattan Beach resident Tommy Reid, who produced and directed the documentary Danny Greene: The Rise and Fall of the Irishman and produced the newly-released feature film Kill the Irishman.
Accused Matamoras bank robber James Heller carries legal papers in a plastic bag as he is led into court Wednesday. Heller, who is representing himself, was escorted by Eastern Pike Regional Police Officer Daniel Parks and followed by Assistant Chief Eric Stewart. Beth Brelje/Pocono Record
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A double dose of clopidogrel (Plavix) following percutaneous coronary intervention does not appear to reduce cardiovascular events among stent patients with high platelet reactivity on a standard dose of clopidogrel, according to results of the GRAVITAS trial.
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WAKEFIELD—For the first time in five or six years, the Tidewater Academy boys’ baseball team won its season opener with a 6-2 victory over Alliance Christian Monday.
“So it was a good start to the season,” Tidewater Coach Paul Rogers said about the non-league game. “The kids were happy, and everything is upbeat right now. We’re a work in progress.”
Bishop Guertin High School in Nashua has announced its honor roll for the second quarter of the 2010-11 school year.
GRADE 9: Jillian Barbaro, Emma Brooks, Joseph Carr, Olivia Crane, Mary Cunningham, Andrea Fitzgerald, Melissa Fitzgerald, Katelyn McGaughey.
GRADE 10: Margaret Desmond, Rebecca Hack, Sean Olbert, Nicole Parsons, Alexander Thurston.
Beal , Valerie Kay, 60, nurse’s aide, died Friday. Services 11 a.m. Saturday, St. James Church of God in Christ (Criswell, Ada). Goodwin , William “Hoot,” 81, Transportation Department worker, died Monday. Services 10 a.m. Saturday, Worstell Church of God of Prophecy (Smith-Phillips, Ada).
Holt , Barbara Jean, 71, homemaker, died Monday. Services 2 p.m. today (Kincannon, Altus).
It was fashionable at the end of the 1970s, after a dreary parade of presidential failures punctuated by Jimmy Carter, to say the presidency had grown too unwieldy. The historian Barbara Tuchman spoke for all the academic and journalistic believers in the theory of the impossible presidency when she mused, “Maybe some form of plural executive is needed, such as they have in Switzerland.”
A total of 36,278,332 Americans or 11.9-percent of the population reported Irish ancestry in the 2008 American Community Survey conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau. The only self-reported ancestral group larger than Irish Americans is German Americans. Of more than 3,500 Irish surnames, Smith is the most popular in the U.S.
This year marks the Sesquicentennial (150th) anniversary of the American Civil War and this month is Women’s History Month.
Therefore, to commemorate these two facets of American History, Top Secret Writers would like pass along the story of Wild Rose , the Civil War spy.
With some 50,000 books published on the American Civil War – and many more in the pipeline this year as 2011 marks the 150th anniversary of the war’s beginning – you can be forgiven for asking, “Another?” But David Goldfield’s America Aflame: How the Civil War Created a Nation is a riveting, comprehensive, and delightful piece of historical writing.
-"The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood," by James Gleick; Pantheon (531 pages, $29.95)
Partway through "The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood," author James Gleick describes a technological innovation so transformative that it was heralded as "one of the grand way-marks in the onward and upward march of the human intellect" by the New York Times. "What was the essence of the achievement?" Gleick asks. "'The transmission of thought, the vital impulse of matter.' The excitement was global but the effects were local. ... Information that just two years earlier had taken days to arrive at its destination could now be there - anywhere - in seconds. This was not a doubling or tripling of transmission speed; it was a leap of many orders of magnitude. It was like the bursting of a dam whose presence had not even been known."
The Sox added both first baseman Adrian Gonzalez and outfielder Carl Crawford during the offseason and became the darlings of baseball again. Injuries decimated the team a year ago. With Dustin Pedroia, Kevin Youkilis, Jacoby Ellsbury and Josh Beckett returning, Boston can talk World Series again. When healthy, the offense has few holes. Pitcher Clay Buchholz seems poised to become top pitcher and Jon Lester is a true No. 1 already.
Spring preview: Who replaces Jenks for the White Sox? by Mike Dodd on Mar. 15, 2011, under USA Today Sports
For the last 5½ years, the ninth inning on the South Side of Chicago meant one thing: Bobby Jenks.
The burly closer is a different Sox now, Boston Red variety, creating headlines last month with a war of words/tweets with Oney Guillen, the Twitter-active son of the White Sox manager. The competition to succeed Jenks has created fewer re-tweets but is obviously worth several hash marks if the White Sox are to contend for the American League Central title.
ORLANDO, Fla. — Off Martin Prado’s bat, the ball appeared headed safely into center field for a leadoff single off Lester — possibly the start of a nice inning for the Atlanta offense. And against last year’s Red Sox defense, that’s where it would have ended up.
This year, though, Marco Scutaro is healthy again.
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It's that time of the year again. It seems like yesterday I was watching theSan Francisco Giantsstroll down Market St. in their decked out cable cars. In fact, I still remember the odd mixture of moisture in my eyes and joy as the Giants celebrated one of the most unlikely championship seasons in a while.
Really, the whole experiment lasted just three months. And in relative terms, the whole thing was eons ago.
Dustin Pedroiawas in college. Daniel Bard was in high school.Terry Franconawas not yet the Boston manager at a time when the 2003Red Soxdabbled in the dark art of a closer-by-committee, an experiment in relief alchemy that is now punishable by stoning.
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FORT MYERS, Fla. — Dan Wheeler made the two-mile journey down Edison Road to pitch two innings for Class A Greenville today.
It was a successful trip. Wheeler faced seven batters and put only one on base, that coming in the first inning when he hit a man on a 3-1 pitch. He was otherwise perfect, throwing 11 of his 18 pitches for strikes against Baltimore prospects.
The White Sox might have the only rotation that could compare to the vaunted Phillies -- Gavin Floyd, John Danks, Mark Buehrle, Jake Peavy and Edwin Jackson. Peavy tore a tendon in his right arm last July and may be questionable to start the season. The bullpen will not have Bobby Jenks for Ozzie Guillen to kick around anymore. Instead, the No. 1 pick from last June, left-handed pitcher Chris Sale, may just come in and close games. The club has also added Jesse Crain from the Twins.
The big three of Jonathan Papelbon , Daniel Dard and Bobby Jenks have been getting all the hype this spring training, but Rhode Island native Dan Wheeler 's homecoming will likely be just as important to the Red Sox' success this season.
. For the second year in a row, FSU had an excellent offensive line that powered one of the best offenses in the country. That line is schooled by Rick Trickett, considered one of the finest offensive line coaches in the country. But that line wasn't very good to open the year as multiple starters missed time with injury. Early in the year FSU allowed a sack once every 13 pass plays. By the end of the year 'Noles improved it to one every 20, an excellent rate of sack prevention.
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The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union No. 814 ("the Union") appeals from a judgment entered against Anthony Monsees for the tortious removal of a sign maintained by the Union. The jury awarded the Union $15,000.00 in actual damages but the Union contends that it was entitled to statutorily enhanced damages or to submit the issue of punitive damages to the jury. Monsees cross-appeals, contending that the trial court erred in failing to enter a directed verdict against the Union because the evidence was not sufficient to establish trespass.
Dana White made Jake Shields (top) prove himself when he moved from Strikeforce to UFC. Will others face the same scrutiny?
Dana White used that phrase around 10,000 times as he spoke about the continued operation of Strikeforce during Saturday's surprise announcement that a subsidiary of UFC parent company Zuffa had purchased its mixed martial arts rival.
Two “Ultimate Fighter” alums will meet at the reality show’s 13th season finale, as Matt Brown and Rich Attonito are set to lock horns in a welterweight tilt.
Sherdog.com has confirmed the booking with a source close to one of the fighters. Heavy.com first reported the matchup on Monday.
While not officially announced by the promotion, “The Ultimate Fighter 13” Finale will likely take place June 4 at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas. The evening’s main card will air on Spike TV and is expected to feature a lightweight attraction between former World Extreme Cagefighting 155-pound champion Anthony Pettis and divisional stalwart Clay Guida.
A light heavyweight match-up has been added to for the UFC this June.
Rising contender Kyle Kingsbury will be taking on Brazilian Fabio Maldonado at “The Ultimate Fighter 13 Finale”, which takes place on June 4 at The Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas. The main-event of the evening will put WEC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis against perennial contender Clay Guida. The show will serve as the culmination for the upcoming season of “The Ultimate Fighter” which pits former champ Brock Lesnar against top contender Junior dos Santos, coaching a new wave of a talent in the welterweight class.
One thing I've found most curious since this weekend's shocking announcement that the UFC's parent company has purchased Strikeforce is a little nugget Dana White keeps dropping:
He mentioned it during the original breaking news interview with Ariel Helwani and he mentioned it during yesterday's official conference call discussing the acquisition. It's a rather curious statement considering the UFC brass has been attacking its roster with a scythe following numerous recent events. One uninspiring performance ( Gerald Harris ) or one untimely misstep (the very first UFC appearances for Willamy Freire and Antonio McKee ) can see you exiled from the Octagon. It's the weeding out of the roster, something every sports franchise must do from time-to-time.
The UFC's lightweight title picture is currently among the cloudiest of any of the promotion's seven weightclasses.
Sure, we know that current champion Frankie Edgar will face top challenger Gray Maynard at May's UFC 130 event, but after that, who's next?
In our latest MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) poll, we asked our readers to play UFC matchmaker and decide who should get the next crack at the 155-pound title. The response was overwhelmingly one-sided.
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Police rescued 230 children and arrested nearly 200 suspects at conclusion of three-year investigation
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Police said Wednesday they have smashed a huge international pedophile ring, rescuing 230 children from abuse and arresting 184 suspects -- including teachers and police officers.
Parents in Chorley will be tearing their hair out next month, as schoolchildren are set to get 23 days off in the space of just 28.
With Easter, bank holidays, the Royal wedding and local government elections falling so close to each other this year, some pupils will only be in class for five days in four weeks.
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Prince William Valor Awards to honor heroes in public service
MANASSAS — The Prince William Chamber of Commerce announces the Prince William Valor Awards on March 23 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Foxchase Manor in Manassas. Honoring the men and women in public service who protect the homes and businesses of greater Prince William , the awards are in their 25th year and are sponsored by Sentara Potomac Hospital . Jim Vance, NBC4, will narrate the stories of the heroes being honored. To register to attend, call (703) 368-6600. Registration is $30 and includes lunch and a commemorative program.
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY , Va. — County students are deciding what food will be on their lunch menus next school year.
Prince William County Public Schools held their 21st annual food show at Hylton High School on Spriggs Road on Tuesday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — The maps are drawn, and the judging is set to begin.
Using fresh population data from the 2010 U.S. Census, teams from 13 colleges and universities from across Virginia have drawn 68 maps proposing new political boundaries for the state.
The College and University Redistricting Competition is aimed at creating “alternatives to gerrymandering,” according to a competition news release.
Prince William County Public Schools recently lost two members of the system, an elementary school principal and a former school board member.
Henderson Elementary School principal Lisa Reinshuttle succumbed on March 9 after a long battle with an unspecified illness, according to a release from the school system.
Manchester High School’s Brooke Tabaka is a second-team selection on The Associated Press Divison III All-Ohio girls basketball team.
Tabaka, a four-year letterwinner who helped lead the Panthers to four PAC-7 titles, averaged 15.7 points. She also was voted PAC-7 Player of the Year and named first-team All-Northeast Inland District.
Cory Joseph, left and Tristan Thompson, right, are two Canadian freshmen making their mark with the Texas Longhorns this season. (Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)
The 2009-10 season didn't end so well for the Texas Longhorns men's basketball team — a meltdown in the final seconds of last year's first-round matchup against Wake Forest saw the Longhorns seal the earliest of March Madness exits for the first time in six years.
Bishop Gorman's Shabazz Muhammad was hardly an unknown quantity entering the season.
The junior swingman had been a productive player for Gorman since stepping onto the court as a freshman.
But the numbers Muhammad posted in his first two seasons for the Gaels were nothing compared with what he did as a junior.
As soon as Elkridge Elementary School announced it was putting together a team for the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life, fifth grade teacher Kathy Shilling jumped on board.
Her mother, Molly Kay McKelvey, passed away in 2001 from complications associated with Hodgkin’s disease, a rare cancer that targets the lymphatic system. Participating in the relay was a way to keep her mom's memory alive, said Shilling.
Saqib Ali, a former Democratic member of the House of Delegates, says a bill in Annapolis is a union-busting tactic. Brandon Rippeon, a Republican candidate for Maryland's 6th congressional district, argues "right to work" gives workers more rights.
Ali's point:
As the drama in Madison unfolds, the whole nation is witness to Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's attempts to destroy public sector unions. While there have been copycat attempts by governors in Indiana and Ohio, few people are aware that there is a similar (albeit lesser) move in Maryland to achieve some of the same goals. State Senator Allan Kittleman (R-Howard County) has proposed legislation to make Maryland a "Right To Work" state. Are these union-busting bills a good idea? For Maryland and for the entire nation, the answer is an unequivocal no.
Jon Browne went to bed early Sunday, weary from attending a St. Patrick's Day parade and seeking a good night's rest before another day of school at Oakland Mills.
When the Scorpions coach awoke to seven missed calls and several text messages, he thought "what in the world happened last night?"
Browne quickly discovered what all the fuss was about. Greg Whittington, who led Oakland Mills to a 25-1 season, made an earlier-than-expected commitment, picking Georgetown over Clemson, DePaul, Maryland and Texas.
CRESCO – The northeast Iowa Food & Fitness Initiative (FFI) is one of nine national sites funded by the WK Kellogg Foundation Food and Community Program. “Our focus is to improve polices, practices and systems that determine how food arrives on our tables and how our communities can grow opportunities for physical activity,” said Deb Obermann, Crestwood High School Home Economics Teacher and Food & Fitness Director. “We are about people working together to create vibrant communities where the healthy choice is the easy choice and that the healthy choice means that every day all people in northeast Iowa have access to healthy, locally grown foods and abundant opportunities for physical activity and play.”
“Your mind knows how to do everything, but you have to let it...you’ve got to know and trust that you did everything you could to prepare to do this.” ~ Perry Yutzy, Bull rider ~
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HOWARD COUNTY – Perry Yutzy, 26, originally from Hazelton, Iowa, started bull riding two years ago, and ever since then he has taken well to the sport. And how does one get into such a sport? Strictly by chance, of course – at least for Perry.
Nine games into the season, the Rams were 4-5 and treading water. But after a loss to Glenelg Country School, the eventual MIAA B Conference champs, dipped their record below .500, the Rams pounded Glenelg High of Howard County one day later and have never looked back. Their win against Easton in the Class 2A final was their 11th win during their last 13 games, though it was their semifinal win against Gwynn Park two days earlier that had the fans and coaches around the state buzzing.
Council President Kennedy, members of the Kokomo Common Council, elected officials, distinguished guests and citizens of Kokomo, welcome. I would especially like to welcome my wife Kelli, and my family and friends who took the time to be here tonight.
Our community has faced so many challenges over the past few years. More challenges than any of us could have imagined four years ago. Like most cities, foreclosures plagued Kokomo's neighborhoods. A depressed economy hit our automotive sector very hard. Our two largest employers went through bankruptcy reorganization, and many national commentators wrongly assumed that Chrysler would cease to exist.
Last year, Maryland announced that it would begin work on connecting 4,200 square miles of cities, towns and anchor institutions to an ultra high-speed broadband network called One Maryland Broadband. Howard County was deemed the project lead and yesterday, they released their first RFP. The county is looking for small and minority-owned businesses to help build the state’s $115 million stimulus-funded network.
Sony Pictures kündigt für den 21. April 2011 die Veröffentlichung von insgesamt 15 neuen Backkatalog-Titeln an. Es handelt sich ausschließlich um DVD-Erstveröffentlichungen, die unter anderem aus den Archiven der Columbia Pictures stammen. Die Filme erscheinen in einheitlicher Optik in der neu geschaffenen Platinum Classic Film Collection . Alle DVDs enthalten neben der englischen Originaltonspur auch die deutsche Synchronisation sowie deutsche und englische Untertitel. Auf Bonusmaterial muss man allerdings verzichten.
Note: 3-point contest during Game 21. Dunk contest during Game 22.
First team - (MVP) Tanner Roderick, Bozeman, senior; Sesar Bonilla, Billings West, senior; Danny Little, Billings Skyview, senior; Riley King, Missoula Sentinel, junior; Lincoln Powers, Bozeman, senior.
Second team - Brady Gustafson, Billings West, junior; Connor Woodill, Missoula Hellgate, senior; Danny Robison, Billings West, junior; Matt Fuhrman, Billings Skyview, sophomore; Zach Peevey, Missoula Hellgate, junior.
By Jim Cook Jr. / The News of Cumberland County
Staff photo by Cathy Cramer A proposed asphalt plant would be built near Menantico Wildlife Management Area in Millville.
MILLVILLE — The commission chamber at City Hall in Millville will be packed to capacity this coming Tuesday night.
By TERRY COOKSTON Herald-Banner The Zope Gazette Tue Mar 15, 2011, 05:05 AM CDT
ROCKWALL — Rockwall-Heath’s baseball Hawks won their first four games at the Burleson Classic last weekend to improve to 8-0 for the 2011 season.
But, the Hawks then posted a 4-4 tie against Crowley to kick off Saturday’s two games and dropped the final tournament matchup versus Westherford 6-3 to end their 9-game undefeated streak.
From Staff Reports The Daily Citizen The Dalton Daily Citizen Tue Mar 15, 2011, 12:32 AM EDT
Dalton swept a pair of matches against Northwest Whitfield in non-region action Monday at Edwards Park.
The Catamounts’ singles victories came from No. 1 Hunter Carson, 6-0, 6-0, No. 2 Price Puryear, 6-1, 6-0, and No. 3 Nathan Bryant, 6-2, 6-1. In doubles, winners for the Cats (5-1) were No. 1 B.J. Rowland and Thomas DeLay, 6-2, 6-1, and No. 2 P.K. Bhatter and Mitchell Wilson, 6-0, 6-2.
A BOOK chronicling the trials, tribulations and achievements of Orange’s medical fraternity is about to be launched.
In Sickness and in Health tells the story of the of how medicine shaped the history of Orange.
Beginning in the earliest days, the story stretches through to the construction of the new Orange Base Hospital.
Bay Street Theatre is already starting to celebrate its 20th Season. The first Mainstage production of 2011 will be TRU, with Darrell Hammond staring as Truman Capote. The show runs May 31 - June 26. To start the 20th Season, Bay Street is pleased to announce a very special event on April 3, with all proceeds helping to support Bay Street's 20th Season. The event celebrates the East End's own Truman Capote. Beginning at 11:30 am, enjoy a fabulous "Breakfast at Tiffany's brunch" at The American Hotel with special guest "Saturday Night Lives" Darrell Hammond. Following the brunch the fun continues at the Bay Street with a champagne toast, live piano music, and a raffle with the chance for ticket buyers to this event to win a Tiffany & Co. sterling silver necklace. Plus there will be other additional raffles at the event. At 1:30 pm the film BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S will be shown on the big screen. The cost for all of this fun is $125. A $50 ticket is also available for the champagne toast, chance to win the sterling silver necklace and the film; the fun with this ticket begins at 12:30 pm at Bay Street. PLUS, come dressed as Audrey Hepburn or Holly Golightly and you may win the prize for best costume!
Collingwood's Nick Maxwell can't believe an umpiring decision during the AFL Round 19 match between the Geelong Cats and the Collingwood Magpies at the MCG, Melbourne.
Geelong’s Mark Blake is a ruckman of the old school variety. His game plan: come off the bench to give number one big boy Brad Ottens a rest for a few minutes, sprint to the next ruck contest as quickly as possible and tap the ball to a teammate’s advantage. Then sprint back to the bench again.
A former Virginia lieutenant gubernatorial candidate is a champion for Lyme disease because it affects his wife and some of his children.
Mike Farris and Vickie Farris say chronic Lyme disease has greatly affected their family, including Vickie and seven of their children.
San Francisco – Let's cut to the chase -- the iPad 2 that Apple just released pulls further ahead in the battle with the only real competitor on the market: the Android OS 3.0 "Honeycomb" Xoom tablet from Motorola Mobility. In our previous comparison of the first-gen iPad and the Xoom, the Xoom showed its mettle as a serious contender, beating the iPad in areas such as its inclusion of cameras and ability to mirror its video display.
I'm running around SXSW this weekend, so let's just get right to it. On the insightful side there were simply no standouts this week. A bunch of comments all were pretty closely ranked, so we'll go with the top two and then an editor's choice (which was ranked 4th). The comment that came in third in insightful dominated the funny category, so we'll revisit it in the second half of this post. First up, the winner this week is crade for his comment concerning why a music tax is a bad idea :
's sexiest girl next door, having won 'FHM' magazine's infamous High Street Honeys. But Irish Model Katie Larmour is ambivalent. Although her parents liked the 'FHM' shoot, she certainly won't be getting into glamour modelling, preferring instead to carve out a career in television.
The other day, I received a postcard from the city of Palo Alto. No, it didn’t say it was missing me (I’d been on vacation). The card told me Our Fair City was considering allowing AT&T to install a “wireless communication antenna” just around the corner from my house. In fact, the city is considering allowing AT&T to install all sorts of “antennas” in the neighborhood. Soon, if AT&T has its way, we’ll be a veritable forest of “antennas.”
Chris Neloms knows what it's like to be alone.
To feel like an outcast.
To come from a place the rest of us would never dare to go.
To see horrible things we couldn't imagine, and wouldn't want to.
Neloms is a United States Army veteran. He served two tours overseas during Operation Iraqi Freedom at the height of the conflict, in 2003 and 2005.
Shutdown likely averted, but for how long? ... Daniels on Meet the Press: ‘blissful’ the presidential contest hasn’t started in earnest yet. Plus, he didn’t really help himself with the base. … Japan's nuclear meltdown threat and what it means for nuclear power ... Obama to push for stricter gun background checks and an overhaul of No Child Left Behind. And the president loves talking about the payroll tax cut.
hasn't had its last word on social networking. Details about Google Circles, a new social networking-based product, have emerged at the ongoing SXSW (South By Southwest) Festival at Austin, Texas, an annual event themed primarily around film and music.
Sean Parker, the man who became a billionaire as a consultant for Facebook and who started the controversial music sharing service Napster is considering buying Warner Music Group.
Forbes is reporting that Parker has reportedly joined a group of investors, including fellow billionaire Ron Burkle, in bidding for the music giant, which is expected to fetch over $2 billion when the sale is completed next month.
As if breaking hold of exclusivity to the PlayStation series of gaming platforms wasn't enough, now Insomniac Games is targeting an altogether different platform -- in this case, the social gaming platform.
The new social gaming initiative will be headed by a new business unit within the studio, to be known as Insomniac Click. In the announcement post on the studio blog, Insomniac Chief Creative Officer Brian Hastings states that he will play a role in the new business unit, although the other employees assigned to the unit are newly-hired specifically for the purpose of targeting Facebook to deliver the studio's social gaming experiences.
Last week on March 8, the world celebrated International Women's Day for the 100th year.
It is an occasion to salute the women of the Middle East and North Africa, along with women all over the world who are taking great risks to stand up and fight for dignity, justice and human rights for themselves and for their compatriots.
Speaking at the South by Southwest Interactive conference in Austin, Texas, over the weekend, 4chan founder Christopher Poole sparked a bit of controversy when he emphatically declared that Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg was "totally wrong" about online identity. Zuckerberg -- and Facebook -- argues that individuals should have one online identity that follows them from site to site. Poole, who is probably better known by his 4chan username, "moot," believes in anonymity.
Former Allen Superior Court Judge Ken Scheibenberger will begin a new gig today.
Scheibenberger announced on Facebook late last week that he is Fort Wayne’s new drug house ordinance coordinator, a job that has gone unfilled for about a year and a half because of a lawsuit challenging city law.
There is no such thing as Circles, the Google social network that ReadWriteWeb reported on yesterday.
That's what Google told AllThingsD reporter Liz Gannes a few hours after the ReadWriteWeb story "broke."
One of the people supposedly working on Circles, Chris Messina, said he didn't even know what the story was talking about. In fact, Messina is not a member of any product group -- he's a developer evangelist, and promotes Google technologies to the developer community. That's what he's doing at SXSW -- not preparing to launch a new Facebook-killer.
As a wife, a stay-at-home mom, a green parenting blogger and an author, I get asked all the time how I balance my life. It isn't easy. The fact is, whether you're a working mom or a stay-at-home mom, life can be tough to balance. So how do you find balance as a WAHM?
Here are a few tricks that make it easier:
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Welcome to The NFL Lockout.
As far back as May 2008, it became a possibility.
As recently as a week ago - when owners and players agreed to extend the deadline for a new collective bargaining agreement - Commissioner Roger Goodell made it sound avoidable.
And yet here we are: The country's most popular sport - water-cooler fodder for six months of Mondays; generator of more than $9 billion in annual revenues; responsible for the two most-watched programs in U.S. TV history, the 2010 and 2011 Super Bowls - is stuck in a holding pattern, thanks to its first work stoppage in nearly a quarter of a century.
A summary of the major commodity market reports:
Crude oil prices slumped on Friday after a the earthquake in Japan, the world's third-largest economy, raising fears of a shock to the global economic recovery.
Traders eyed lower consumption in Japan, the world's third-largest oil importer and consumer, after a week of worrying about prices jumping due to Middle East instability.
The world’s attention has been riveted by the horrendous natural disaster in Japan. Naoto Kan, the Japanese prime minister, somberly described the damage wrought by the shattering earthquake and tsunami the nation’s “worst crisis since World War II.”
That tragedy — and no one can watch the video footage of what happened in northern Japan without a feeling of horror — is everywhere in the news. Another story, smaller in scale, but no less horrific, has received scant notice. Late Friday night, some yet-to-be-identified people — the sort of people President Obama would doubtless describe as “lone extremists” — cut their way through a security fence and entered the Israeli town of Itamar in the West Bank. They then broke into the house of Udi and Ruth Fogel (36 and 35 years old, respectively), and stabbed them to death along with their 3-month-old daughter, Hadas, and two sons, Elad (3 years old) and Yoav (11).
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The Girls Aloud star and her partner Tom Crane moved out of London and into a house in the English countryside in 2009, and s she loves to spend her time creating culinary treats in the kitchen.
She said: ' like my food too much to be that thin. I try to keep in shape but me and Tommy love cooking. Now we're out of London I do a lot more home cooking. Spaghetti Bolognese is my speciality. I love pasta and bread ' all the wrong things unfortunately.'
Before we get to Charlie Sheen, first let me say that it is feeling slightly to mostly springy out there today, so ... what better way to celebrate Daylight Savings than partying in Princeton for Pi Day?
Pie-eating contest at McCaffrey’s ... rides with Albert Einstein on the Dinky ... pi recitation contests ... it’s — as co-founder Mimi Omiecinski puts it — a “geek freak weekend.” Celebrations started Friday and continue through the day today.
Where were you when you heard the news? The news that the UFC’s parent company, Zuffa, bought Strikeforce. I was playing with my children and decided to hop on Facebook because I hadn’t been on for three or four hours. There it was. On every other post streaming down my news feed.
The Facebook question was simple enough: Are you watching the State of the Union address tonight? Tell us what you think of the president's speech? What followed in the Comments was an interesting combination of political banter from many of the readers. Few of them actually answered the question. Inevitably, the insults were hurled and names were called.
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A Lackawanna School Board member accused of posting anti-Arab, profanity-laced comments on his Facebook page resigned under pressure Saturday, but emotions over the controversy run deep.
Despite the resignation of School Board member Kevin Rozwood by midday Saturday, as many as 150 protesters -- most from the Muslim community -- rallied on the steps of Lackawanna City Hall in the afternoon.
Christopher Poole, the founder of controversial online image board 4chan , outlined his vision for Web-based community today at the South by Southwest Interactive conference — and yes, his ideas are in pretty sharp contrast to those of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.
There are lots of next-big-things at South by Southwest Interactive, the tech-tinged festival that is consuming Austin this weekend. But several stood out in a whirlwind of parties, panels, meets-and-greets, barbecue joints, beer halls and luxury buses that doubled as portable video studios. And that was the just the first day.
As you read this, victims of the tragic earthquake in Japan are waiting to be rescued under piles of rubble. Here’s a way for you to help them, and you barely have to lift a finger.
Explore.org founder Charlie Annenberg Weingarten, who’s also Director of the Annenberg Foundation, challenged the interactive community from the floor of the SXSW convention center, saying Explore.org will donate up to $100,000 to the National Disaster Search Dog Foundation. Its dog rescue team is on its way to Japan to help with earthquake search and rescue operations.
As Japan grappled with the most fearsome natural disaster in its history, the social networks Twitter and Facebook stepped into the gap when other forms of communication broke down. With hundreds known to be dead and thousands more missing the social networks - together with Skype - proved to be the vital link that kept families in touch in the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami. Google also had a big role to play.
In addition to keeping track of the kids and grandkids, Facebook and Twitter can help farm families keep positive messages in front of the ever-increasing number of people who have no direct connection to agriculture.
"Farmers have a heck of a story to tell," said Dan Toland, communications specialist with Ohio Farm Bureau Federation. "There's no better way than to connect with people and tell it."
Recent rumors have suggested that Netflix (NFLX) may be working with Facebook, instead of Facebook taking on Netflix.
An analyst at Pacific Crest Securities, Andy Hargreaves said,
Facebook integration could boost global subscriber growth. We believe Netflix is working with Facebook to tightly integrate Netflix into Facebook's platform. This could help increase time spent in Facebook and drive incremental Netflix subscribers domestically and in new international markets.
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Facebook ‘s Hacker Cup is the Olympics of hacking.
Twenty-five finalists from 10 countries were flown into Palo Alto to compete. These few represent the elite cream of the crop, the top coders in the world, and as this post is being written, they’re all sitting in Facebook’s cafeteria, chewing pencils, staring at monitors and typing furiously.
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• "Montgomery, Ala. -- Governor Emmet O'Neal to-night announced the staff, which is to serve as his escort of honor on all state occasions during the next four years."
By Dave Alexander | Muskegon Chronicle
Chronicle News Service file photo A bud, from a medical marijuana plant legally grown in West Michigan basement, is the most potent part of the plant.
MUSKEGON — Few believe that the Muskegon City Commission's final votes later this month on medical marijuana zoning and regulations will be the last time commissioners address the issue.
The candidate for Ward 1 alderman: Mike Crews, challenger, and incumbent Frank Edwards.
Voters next month will elect a new Springfield City Council.
In addition to the position of mayor, city clerk and city treasurer, all 10 aldermanic seats are on the April 5 ballot.
Does anyone involved with the Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association ever listen to the people they govern? They must use the same hearing aids as our professional politicians. You know, the hearing aids that are turned off. Why is it that the people who oversee and administrate state high school athletics seem to forget who they are supposed to be serving?
Calling the potential situation “bleak” and “catastrophic,” Phoenixville Area School Board members and administrators stare down a potential $2.3 million shortfall if the proposed state budget goes through as outlined.
That's in addition to $1.75 million in reductions already made and a potential tax increase of 4.43 percent in the district's preliminary budget.
Residents in a Potomac neighborhood are upset over discussions of building a soccer field in an empty lot which sits in some resident's back yards. In Potomac, MD on Thursday March 10, 2011.
The locals call it "horse country" for its riding schools, breeders and stables. Their backyards house tennis courts and sprawling swimming pools. But Potomac residents say building soccer fields in the middle of its upscale River Falls neighborhood is "not for us."
Phyllis Albritton (second from left) appears with board members of Church Women United. From left are Mary Lee Hendricks, Albritton, Jane Carr, Emily Bender and Evelyn West.
Phyllis T. Albritton received the Human Rights Award from Blacksburg Church Women United on March 5 for her years of devoted service in the cause of human rights.
Jefferson County Public Schools has proposed nearly $40 million in budget cuts for 2011-12 that would ax jobs, trim workers' pay, close two elementary schools and suspend outdoor education for sixth-graders.
The proposed package — which the school board will vote on in May or June — also would impose transportation fees and and increase athletics fees.
In Montgomery County, school officials passed up at least$12 million because they didn't agree with Maryland state officials on how teachers should be evaluated.
State and county education officials in the D.C. area have been sparring with increased intensity recently over who has the best ideas for educating students, in bureaucratic battles that have put millions of dollars at stake and, some say, compromised children's learning.
NORRISTOWN — Public support for Gov. Tom Corbett’s proposed budget was scarce Friday afternoon outside Montgomery County Courthouse, where a number of passersby were surveyed as to their reaction to Tuesday’s address before the General Assembly.
Among the most controversial of the governor’s plans are to cut funding for public schools and universities, while not implementing any new taxes.
Here is another update of recent events just in case you have not had the chance to view eight to 10 different websites for news regarding the West Virginia Mountaineer football team.
The only offensive coach retained by WVU after Dana Holgorsen took over the offense has decided to leave and coach the same position (receivers) at Wake Forrest. The Mountaineers will have to hurry now to find a replacement for Galloway who also had recruiting responsibilities in several regions also.
Three-time world silver medallist Johannes Rydzek has finally found his way to the top of the podium, scooping gold at the season-ending FIS Nordic combined World Cup in Lahti, Finland.
The 19-year-old made a name for himself at the Nordic Ski World Championships earlier this month, securing three silver medals but the German youngster ruled the roost on Saturday.
South Africa beat India by three wickets in a World Cup Group B match on Saturday.
AGAIN I ASKING NEHRA.....ARE U A BOWLER? IF U SAY YES THEN WHO IS LASIT MALINGA?
Well,India proved today how to lose a match in hands.WELL DONE NEHRA(Only u can ball a final over like this..R U A BOWLER?PLEASE LEARN HOW TO BOWL FROM ZAHEER)...KEEP SMILING AS U DONE TODAY.HARBAJAN DESERVES THAT LAST OVER.But Dhoni proves that he had not learn anything from the match against england.Dhoni bhai,this is worldcup...Stop Experimenting.....Please
New York Knicks leading scorer Amar'e Stoudemire avoided a one-game suspension when his 16th technical foul of the season was rescinded, the NBA told Reuters on Friday.
Stoudemire and Dallas centre Brendan Haywood were called for offsetting technicals when they became entangled during the second quarter of the Mavericks 127-109 win on Thursday.
Alexandre Bilodeau stormed to his second victory in Are, Sweden, to ensure the FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup men’s moguls will go right down to the wire.
The 23-year-old again pipped Guilbaut Colas to the win to further chip away at the Canadian’s overall lead heading into the final round in Norway on March 20.
By Sarah Jacobsson Purewal | PC World | Published: 13:00, 12 March 11
Yes, we know it's hard enough to remember to back up your desktop, your laptop, your smartphone and your tablet, and now we want you to think about backing up your cloud-based email account, too.
This may seem like a drag, but we're not being paranoid. Recently, 150,000 Gmail users were left in the dark when a glitch in Google's system deleted all of their e-mail messages and disabled their Gmail accounts. Sure, only 0.02 percent of Gmail's user base was affected, but that 0.02 percent was pretty ticked off, to say the least.
BuzzLogic named Dave Hills, formerly of LookSmart and 24/7 Real Media, as its CEO.
Hills told ClickZ, "All online content is social over the course of time. When someone posts an article online it sparks a conversation. The conversation is horizontal, as people will either comment on the publication or link to it via their blog or a social network in some form or another."
after stunning last season's grand slam winners with a 22-21 victory in Rome on Saturday.
Italy had lost their 11 previous Six Nations matches to France.
Felicitations Italia!!!
STUNNING, STUNNING, STUNNED..............
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Yahoo (YHOO) competes with Google (GOOG), Microsoft (MSFT), AOL (AOL) and Facebook in the display as well as search advertising market. Here we explore upside and downside scenarios for Yahoo’s display and search advertising business, which account for around 18% and 17% of our $17.88 price estimate for Yahoo stock respectively. Our price estimate is roughly 5% ahead of market price.
With 28 league games completed, we are exactly two-thirds into the World Cup qualifying stages. We take a look here at how the nine test-playing nations are shaping up, primarily on their tournament form displayed so far (see also notes below).
Terms:
Strengths:
Batting: Preserving wickets (average of 52.1 runs per dismissal and 182.0 runs per dismissal during powerplays)
There were plenty of eyes on Owensboro Catholic sophomore Becca Greenwell, who made her highly anticipated Houchens/KHSAA Girls’ Sweet Sixteen debut Thursday against Clay County at E.A. Diddle Arena.
The state’s leading scorer at more than 32 points a game, Greenwell’s performance was monitored from the stands by coaches from Duke, Kentucky, Louisville and Western Kentucky.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) The 2010-11 Associated Press Northeast Inland All-District basketball teams based on the recommendations of a media panel:
FIRST TEAM: Nyles Evans, North Canton Hoover, 6-0, sr., 21.9; Michael Shull, Massillon Jackson, 5-10, sr., 18.1; Jehvon Clarke, Canton Timken, 6-1, sr., 17.4; Larry Nance, Richfield Revere, 6-7, sr., 16.5; Darius Carter, Akron Firestone, 6-7, sr., 22.0; Pat Forsythe, Brunswick, 6-10, sr., 22.5; TJ Lanier, Warren Howland, 6-5, sr., 21.2; Tre' Brown, Warren Harding, 6-5, sr., 14.0; Alex Lalonde, Wooster, 6-5, sr., 18.8; David Walker, Stow, 6-6, jr., 15.0.
In addition to getting that emergency preparedness kit ready and checking out SFist's ongoing Tsunami coverage , here's some other stuff to do this weekend. Also, it's Spring Forward on Sunday. Hooray!
2011 St. Patrick's Day Parade and Festival: Yet another excuse for amateur and career drunks to collectively imbibe. The parade starts at Second and Market and ends at Civic Center for a festival celebrating Irish music, dancing, and art. But the real question is, where's the green beer? (Answer: Head a few blocks up to Harry Harrington's Pub. We assume they have green beer.)
| Aired Mar 10, 2011 'Jersey Shore' recap: The Case of the Sexting Sweetheart The gang solves some mysteries, and Sammi and Ronnie get back together just in time to break up again By Darren Franich | Published Mar 11, 2011
Last night's episode of Jersey Shore actually told three distinct stories, and all of them centered on a mystery. I'm talking real hardcore potboilers, noir thrillers, the sort of mystery you'd read about in an Encyclopedia Brown book, if anyone still reads anything in this miserable modern era. Let's run down the night's three brainteasers. Remember: only two of them were actually solved during the episode.
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Princess Grace of Monaco at Heathrow Airport, 1979. Photo: BBC
When it comes to poised, polished commoners marrying into royalty, Kate Middleton 's not the first to have every detail of her wedding reported upon breathlessly by the world's press. Take Grace Kelly , the Hollywood actress whose marriage to the Prince of Monaco over half a century ago was a sensation on both sides of the Atlantic. Kate may not be a movie star, but like Grace she has been hailed as a style icon and her marriage to William may bring new popularity to the Royal family, just as the princess from Philadelphia did all those years ago.
SACRAMENTO — The Foothill High School boys basketball team woke the Dragons on Thursday night — and played them within an inch of their postseason lives.
The Cougars ultimately fell 66-62 to host Sacramento in the Northern California quarterfinals of the CIF State Division III championship. But it took the Dragons all but the last 3.5 seconds to put away the dogged No. 8 seed.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - A Mississippi high school is back in the news and accused of violating a student's first amendment rights.
This time, a high school senior boy is suing.
Itawamba Agricultural High School in Fulton was sued by a lesbian student who wanted to attend the prom with another girl.
Taylor Bell was suspended and then sent to an alternative school over a rap song he wrote, and then posted to his Facebook page.
Developing into one of the most well-rounded guards in college basketball, Nolan Smith has answered some questions about his NBA future by filling in for Kyrie Irving on one of the nation's best teams, while leaving some still unanswered. Standing at 6'3”, with a solid frame and good length, whether or not teams view Smith as capable of running the point for an extended period of time may determine how high he goes on draft night.
By Charley Hannagan / The Post-Standard
Mike Greenlar / The Post-Standard Syracuse Police Capt. Richard Walsh holds a bullet fragment while in the basement of the department's former firing range. Walsh retired Tuesday after 40 years with the department.
DES MOINES -- Maybe it was the heart-pounding semifinal a year ago that made this Bishop Heelan basketball team feel compelled to produce a little more drama.
Or, maybe it was just that it took everything the Crusaders had to subdue Mount Pleasant in a 64-63 overtime semifinal Thursday night at the Class 3A Boys State Basketball Tournament.
By Staten Island Advance Sports Desk
The Roundball Basketball Clinic, featuring Felician College women’s basketball coach Steve Fagan, has openings for its Wednesday night sessions at Holy Child parish. The clinic is for boys and girls in grades 3-8. Small group instruction will focus on ballhandling, shooting and footwork. Call 917-817-4310 or email coachlanza@aol.com .
Los Lunas, NM {KRQE} - Kids with guns aren't the only worry for one school district, what about people from the outside?
School resource officers in Los Lunas will soon be packing heat to protect students.
School officials said they are concerned a threat from the outside could endanger students, and every minute wasted waiting for backup could cost lives.
Brewers ace Zack Greinke is one of many big-name players to suffer an injury this spring and hamper their team's prospects.
MESA, Ariz. -- The weather's been ideal during spring training, especially in the Cactus League. But there have been several unsettling issues, including three DUIs, several injuries to prominent players and one big dugout scuffle between teammates.
By Eric Gaertner | Muskegon Chronicle
Chronicle illustration/Linda DeVoogd
MUSKEGON COUNTY — The countdown to summer in Muskegon County has taken on a new significance this year.
After a summer of violence in 2010 that left four people dead and a resident referring to the area as the “wild, wild west,” community leaders, government officials and local organizations have used the winter months to seek ways to prevent a repeat of the gunplay when the mercury rises.
Talking baseball while looking forward to NCAA brackets:
1. Dayan Vicideo probably wasn't going to be on the White Sox's Opening Day roster. His injury pales next to the one that sidelined Jared Mitchell on this weekend a year ago, but it is the first really negative development in what has been a very productive Sox camp.
The N.C. Department of the State Treasurer is holding over $460,000 in unclaimed cash and property that belongs to current or former residents and companies of Wilkes County.
Because of its length, the list will run as a series in this and upcoming issues of the Wilkes Journal-Patriot.
This unclaimed property consists of bank accounts, wages, utility deposits, insurance policy proceeds, stocks, bonds, and contents of safe deposit boxes that typically have been abandoned for one to five years. Funds become unclaimed because the company loses track of the consumer, due to an incorrect address or other missing information.
In the past week, I’ve been writing at Baseballin’ on a Budget about the A’s recent history with compensation picks lost or gained through free agency. The A’s added players such as Huston Street, Nick Swisher and Joe Blanton with draft picks that weren’t originally their own. I thought it would be interesting to see what other steals have been found with “free” draft picks. (Note: I only looked at first-round and sandwich picks that a team got for losing a player).
Manuel has signed a two-year extension with the Phillies, Senior Vice President & General Manager Ruben Amaro Jr. announced Thursday. Manuel's contract was set to expire after the upcoming season.
“We are pleased to have come to terms with Charlie,” said Amaro. “He has been an integral part of the success we’ve had over the past several years. There was little doubt that he was going to continue to be our skipper past his current contract and we look forward to the next three years with the hopes of continued success.”
Posted by Denny Basens BREAKING NEWS , Infielders , MLB , National League , News , Phillies Friday, March 11th, 2011
Whenever a star player goes down, the natural reaction of the fans is to call for the team to make a move to acquire the best available name on the market. With the concerns of Utley’s status growing by the minute, the calls for the Phillies to make a move grow as well. But here’s the reality: it’s far too early for the Phillies to be seriously considering a dramatic trade, such as pursuing Michael Young from the Texas Rangers.
Spring break arrives in March for most high school and college students. What has turned into a wild week of sun, parties and sometimes wild behavior didn't start out that way. Here's a look at the origins of spring break and how it turned into the phenomenon it is today.
Time magazine reports spring break may go back to ancient Greece and Rome when people would celebrate spring by having the "rite of spring" when people of a "mate-able" age would relax, play outside in the warm water and then enjoy their bodies.
Tillakaratne Dilshan has sent out a warning to other teams that Sri Lanka will start playing their best cricket from their game against New Zealand on March 18 onwards, and keep improving as the tournament reaches its knockout stages.
Dilshan's all-round performance on Thursday - he scored a century and took four wickets - helped Sri Lanka qualify for the quarter-finals with a win over Zimbabwe, but he said it was from now on that they had to be on the top of their game.
Dispatch OSU football beat writer Tim May fielded readers' questions about recent developments within the Buckeyes' football program during an hourlong chat.
Here's the transcript of the Q&A:
[Rob_(moderator)] Hi, Tim. Should be a fun hour. Ready for some questions?
Ravens look forward to getting Kindle for 2011, Reed for 4-5 years
Titans' Chris Johnson ready to trade cleats for sprinter spikes?
WASHINGTON -- A day after NFLPA executive director DeMaurice Smith indicated that an 18-game schedule was off the bargaining table amid the ongoing CBA talks between the union and NFL, a person with knowledge of the talks refutes the claim, saying the union hasn't expressed that during the negotiations and that the 18-game schedule is still on the table as far as the league is concerned.
A few days ago NHL.com provided fantasy hockey fans with 10 under-the-radar pickups for the final stretch. Four of those players were guys that had recently been traded. Today we break things down even further by looking at any relevant fantasy player that was traded prior to the NHL's deadline on Monday, Feb. 28. It's always difficult to gauge exactly how a newcomer will perform with his new squad, but 10 days after the deadline, we should start to see some trends.
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I developed my man crush on Durant during his short stay at the University of Texas, and it has blossomed into full blown infatuation. The NBA needs 10 more just like him. Ten more who just shut up and play. Ten more who are the epitome of cool, calm and collected on the court at all times. Ten more with deadly inside and outside games. Ten more who are clutch. Ten more who bring you back when you're down, or step on your neck if you're struggling. The guy is just a stud. Period. And he's still only 22. Wednesday he dropped 34, grabbed 16 boards, hit a three with five seconds left with a hand in his grill to put it into overtime, and the bucket to give them the lead for good in OT. Ho-hum.
’s basketball coach last spring, Tad Boyle flew to the hometown of his star player.
Alec Burks scored 24 points in front of his hometown fans.
Boyle, though, didn’t travel to Kansas City to visit with reigning Big 12 Freshman of the Year Alec Burks. He went to meet his mother. The only way to keep Burks from transferring or entering the NBA draft, Boyle figured, was to reach out to the person who knew him best.
Greensboro, NC - Here's a look at the first-round matchups of the 2011 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament on Thursday, March 10.
Hurricanes vs. Cavaliers: Miami claimed a 70-68 overtime victory over the visiting Cavs on Feb. 5. Miami overcame a seven-point deficit with 1:45 left in regulation to force OT. The Cavs shot 47 percent from the floor but went 9-for-22 from the foul line. ... The teams have met once in ACC Tournament play. The 11th-seeded Cavaliers upended the No. 6 Hurricanes in Miami's first appearance in the event, the first round of 2005.
Ireland Wolfhounds 'A' Head Coach Alan Robinson has today named his 17 man match day squad for the upcoming Donnybrook Cup which sees his side take on the USA Tomahawks in Philadelphia.
The Ireland squad includes two full internationals in the form of Paddy Barcoe and Brendan Guilfoyle who were both selected in the recent Alitalia European Cup competition.
Tags: FDA regulation of mHealth | GE MedHelp | Mayo Clinic smartphone app | Medtronic mobile health | pacemaker smartphones | Preventice smartphone app | skin allergies |
Skin allergy app: Preventice teamed up with the Mayo Clinic to create a web-based app and a native iPhone app called CARD System, which provides physicians and patients with access to information about chemicals, preservatives and fragrances in skin care products that cause allergic skin reactions. The apps will help patients find safe products and track allergic reactions should they occur. According to Preventice’s press release: A National Ambulatory Medical Care survey conducted in 1995 estimated that 8.4 million people visit their doctor because of skin allergies. The company also found that allergic reactions to skin care and cosmetic products were the second most frequent dermatologic diagnosis. CARD stands for Contact Allergen Replacement Database and it contains more than 8,100 known ingredients found in more than 7,000 commercial skin care products. Mayo originally created CARD in 1999, but the product release with Preventice is the first instance of it going mobile. More details
After a grueling first half and a red bull like induced second half, the Colonials just looked gassed in overtime.
"That definitely was a factor,” said GW Head Coach Karl Hobbs. “We obviously expended a great deal of energy to put ourselves in position to win the game at the end. We had one costly turnover that led to an easy basket by them, and it was an uphill battle from that point on.”
Brien Taylor was a highly touted pitcher whose name most Yankee fans will know by the tragic story of the way his career was derailed. He was the first player selected overall in the 1991 draft, and was ranked the #1 prospect in the minors by Baseball America in 1993. But being selected first in the draft guarantees you nothing, as Bryan Bullington and Matt Bush can attest. So let’s take a look at the two seasons he pitched in the Yankee organization and see if we had someone who was truly exciting, the next big thing, or someone who was already showing troubling signs in his time in the minors. Here are his stats:
A conservative activist who served in George W. Bush's White House, Suhail Khan has lately found himself at odds with certain figures who should be allies, like fellow activists on the right and some leading lights of the Republican Party.
Khan, a Muslim, has chafed at recent remarks about Islam from potential Republican presidential contenders like Sarah Palin, who has called on "peaceful Muslims" to oppose a proposed Islamic center near New York's ground zero, and Newt Gingrich, who has called for a federal ban on Sharia, or Islamic law.
By Paul Hoynes, The Plain Dealer
View full size Chris Carlson / Associated Press Indians shortstop Adam Everett takes a tumble over San Diego's Aaron Cunninghan in the fifth inning, but his relay to first couldn't double up Anthony Rizzo.
Terrapin Sports Radio Network - Johnny Holliday (Play-by-Play) and Chris Knoche (Analyst) have the call. Bob Haynie starts the action on the Terrapin Sports Radio Network with the pregame show 60 minutes prior to tip. Stay with the network after the game for a full hour in the Geico Postgame Show. Click here tolisten liveonline through Terps TV. The game will also be available on national radio via the Compass Media Network.
HUNTINGTON -- A new bagel place is getting ready to open in the Frederick Building downtown.
New York Bagel Cafe and Deli will open at 944 4th Ave., which is the spot formerly occupied by Quiznos. It should open in two to four weeks, franchisor Joe Smith said.
The restaurant will open at 6 a.m. weekdays and offer more than bagels. It also sells breakfast sandwiches, wraps and omelets in the morning and throughout the day, as well as bagel sandwiches, wraps, paninis, salads and soups for lunch.
Austin family dentist and owner of About Smiles Dental Care, Dr. Joe Smith, D.D.S., recently attended the Southwest Dental Conference in Dallas, Texas. During the conference, Dr. Smith took part in continuing education clinics and lectures related to dental implants and periodontal disease, including new uses of antibiotics to control gum infection.
In the view of Democratic and Republican political operatives, the potential 2012 GOP White House hopefuls whose fortunes are most on the rise are Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels and former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty , while former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is a rapidly depreciating asset, according to this week's National Journal Political Insiders Poll.
* Alive After Five — Paula Michelle, 6-8:30 p.m. Friday, March 18, Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park. Cost: $9; students/members, $5; children, free. Info: 865-934-2039 or http://www.knoxart.org.
* Black Box Concert Series — British guitarist Adrian Legg, 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 18, the Arts Center, Sue E. Trotter Theater, Athens, Tenn. Tickets: 423-745-8781 or http://www.athensartscouncil.org.
John T. Briley Jr. of Glenside passed away Tuesday, March 8, 2011. He was 89.
He was the beloved husband of the late Margaret L. (Campbell); loving father of Blanche Buchanan, John T. III and Renee Nichols (Rick); and brother of Wilma Tierney. He also is survived by six grandchildren, Ken Jr., Mark Sr., John IV, Matt, Michael, and Lisa; his six great-grandchildren, PFC Ken III, Andrew, Mark Jr., Maggie, Marian, and Mason; a great-great grandchild on the way; and special friends, Lynn Briley and Ken Lake Sr.
People were lined up early Wednesday morning outside the new Food Lion supermarket, 7276 Mason Dixon Highway, Meyersdale.
“We’re happy to have it here,” said Millie Brown of Salisbury. She was accompanied by Betty Showalter, also of Salisbury, who was anxious to see what the store has to offer.
The first 200 customers received a brown bag of nonperishable items. People also were treated to doughnuts and were able to register for drawings.
SEAN Freaney last night began a life sentence behind bars after jurors took just 20 minutes to convict him of murdering his partner.
The 51-year-old builder, who showed more interest in a football score than the death of his girfriend, will serve a minimum of 15 years, minus the year he has already been in custody, before he is eligible for parole.
MONTREAL—Cellphone users can expect fewer dropped calls in big buildings, service in elevators and better coverage outside cities when wireless carriers build new networks on what’s being called the “beachfront” property of the airwaves.
The federal government is expected to auction off these premium airwaves, called radio spectrum, late next year to wireless carriers.
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Mar 09, 2011 (SmarTrend(R) News Watch via COMTEX) -- Below are five top stocks (share price over $20) in the Cable & Satellite industry with the highest upside potential. Upside potential represents potential gains between the current stock price and the projected average analyst target.
Liberty Global (NASDAQ:LBTYK) has a potential upside of 32.9% based on a current price of $41.37 and an average consensus analyst price target of $55.00.
A dodgeball tournament for men and women ages 16 and older begins at 11 a.m. March 26 at the Ketterlinus Gym to benefit cancer research. Friends and families have organized the gathering to honor Chris McDaniel, whom has been diagnosed with brain cancer. This is the second annual event. The benefit is entitled Dodging Cancer. McDaniel, a lifelong resident of St. Augustine, is a 1997 graduate of St. Augustine High School and a Navy veteran. He was diagnosed several years ago.
More on health care reform » Health-care law supporters call U.S. judge's new ruling a reversal; Fla. gov says nothing's changed Judge: States must continue with health overhaul Freshmen spur GOP-run House on big spending cuts Obama appeal keeps overhaul provisions alive Cerabino: Scott needs disaster to see feds as friends More health reform news
SACRAMENTO, Calif.--(ENEWSPF)--March 9 - Senator Christine Kehoe (D-San Diego) has introduced a resolution (SJR 2), sponsored by Equality California that calls on President Obama, the U.S. Congress and Defense Secretary Robert Gates to stop levying fines against lesbian, gay, and bisexual service members who were discharged under the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (DADT) policy.
Rochester running back and CS8 Player of the Year Colten Glazebrook is headed to St. Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa. along with teammate Traves Everly.
ROCHESTER - Two of the Central State Eight Conference’s most explosive running backs are among three local players who have signed to play football with St. Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa.
The Florida Senate voted largely along party lines Wednesday to put a Republican-sponsored response to President Barack Obama's health care overhaul on the November 2012 ballot.
The proposed state constitutional amendment (SJR 2) is aimed at blocking a requirement for most people to get insurance coverage or else face financial penalties.
