Reminder Program News
- Kyrgyzstan: Mayhem at Activist's Trial Highlights Lingering Interethnic Tension Thursday, September 9, 2010 @ 10:42AMWith shops, schools and even nightclubs in southern Kyrgyzstan re-opening, daily life in the strife-torn region is slowly assuming a veneer of normalcy.
- US scholar says Pak had ceded control of Gilgit in PoK to China Thursday, September 9, 2010 @ 10:39AMUS scholar said that there has been an influx of engineering and communication units of the People’s Liberation Army into Gilgit-Baltistan, under the command of Xinjiang military district.
- NASA satellites reveal surprising connection between beetle attacks, wildfire Thursday, September 9, 2010 @ 9:28AMIf your summer travels have taken you across the Rocky Mountains, you've probably seen large swaths of reddish trees dotting otherwise green forests. While it may look like autumn has come early to the mountains, evergreen trees don't change color with the seasons. The red trees are dying, the result of attacks by mountain pine beetles.
- PepsiCo Names 10 Tech Start-Ups for Pilot Digital Marketing Programs Thursday, September 9, 2010 @ 9:21AMPURCHASE, N.Y.—PepsiCo today announced the 10 start-up companies, which will make up the inaugural PepsiCo10, an innovative incubator program that matches technology, media and communications entrepreneurs with PepsiCo brands to activate pilot programs in digital media and social marketing.
- Adding fuel to Koran bonfire? Thursday, September 9, 2010 @ 9:17AMMedia Notes | Are media turning this Koran-burning scheme into the next Manhattan mosque? Qur'an - United States - Mosque - Politics - Islam
- Where were you? Recalling Sept. 11, 2001 Thursday, September 9, 2010 @ 9:17AMTwin beams of light mark the site of New York's World Trade Center towers, toppled on Sept. 11, 2001.
- Link Found Between Beetle Attacks, Wildfire Thursday, September 9, 2010 @ 8:08AMIf your summer travels have taken you across the Rocky Mountains, you've probably seen large swaths of reddish trees dotting otherwise green forests. While it may look like autumn has come early to the mountains, evergreen trees don't change color with the seasons. The red trees are dying, the result of attacks by mountain pine beetles.Mountain pine beetles are native to western forests, and ...
- Readington Museums make history come alive for township students Thursday, September 9, 2010 @ 6:41AMREADINGTON TWP. -- Spinning, pottery making, ciphering, orthography, and blacksmithing are just a few of the skills and trades students experience through Readington Museums’ “Partners in History” program.
- Shore partners get help to lure tourists Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 3:41AMMELFA -- Specialty foods purveyor Blue Crab Bay Co., YMCA Camp Silver Beach and the Eastern Shore of Virginia Tourism Commission recently received approval for funding of more than $18,000 from the Virginia Tourism Corp.'s Marketing Leverage Program.
- Sentinel girls drop Hellgate 4-1; Knight boys win thriller, 1-0 Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 12:58AMThe brace on her left knee serves as a reminder of anaggravating sophomore season spent on the sidelines.
- Schoolâs PSA is tribute to student killed by drunk driver Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 12:29AMTen years after she was tragically killed by an impaired driver on NM 528 in Rio Rancho, Karen Ferreira is still in the city’s consciousness.
- City of Southlake briefs Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 12:22AMThe first day of the 2010-2011 CISD school year is Aug. 23. The Southlake Department of Public Safety will have officers in school zones enforcing traffic laws. The officers will be enforcing the speed limits as well as the use of hand-held cell phones.
- BEN column - Kid's Don't Bounce raising funds to replace stolen tricycle; all seven men accounted for at Vietnam ... Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 11:35PMGood morning! Another good day on the horizon.
- Seneca's Cruise Night 'a big success' Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 11:32PM Village of Seneca council members met Tuesday evening and among other business heard a report from chairman of the Prairie Shipyard Cruise Night committee, Gary Hamilton,
- Dispatches, Sept. 8, 2010 Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 11:21PMAn ATV rider impaled his right leg on a tree branch while riding.
- Saturday brings a new fight Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 11:16PM The much-anticipated season opener turned into a 40-point drubbing for Texas State football at the hands of Case Keenum and the Houston Cougars. What the Bobcats must do now is put the debacle in their rearview mirror. The team must focus on the task at hand, and it would benefit greatly if the fan base joined the Bobcats in the effort. read more
- Former UNC associate coach had agent on speed dial Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 10:47PMJohn Blake was in frequent communication with sports agent Gary Wichard while Blake was the University of North Carolina's associate head football coach, calling into further question their relationship as the NCAA continues its investigation of the football program.
- A Return to Baghdad Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 10:44PMWhat had only been lines on a map, forbidden and dangerous, were places that had come alive, places that I could now see with my own eyes. I was in Baghdad in mid-2009 for my second time.
- Despite Austerity, Romania, Serbia, And Hungary All Have Failed Bond Auctions Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 8:33AMIn fact, Romania has failed to sell debt at every auction since July. Serbia failed to attract enough bids to cover offers in six out of 25 debt auctions since the start of June, while Romania failed to sell any debt in four auctions since the launch of an austerity program in July and had only partial sales in 10 other auctions.
- Yen Gains to 15-Year High Versus Dollar as Bank of Japan Maintains Stance Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 8:29AMThe yen reached a 15-year high versus the U.S. dollar as the Bank of Japan refrained from announcing a fresh increase to bank loans at its policy meeting.
- North Korea puts itself on show Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 8:17AMNorth Korea held secretive national day celebrations at the Shanghai Expo on Monday, shutting out most visitors and media for a singing and dancing extravaganza.
- Bound by oil: Gulf Coast residents seek lessons from Exxon Valdez Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 8:08AMEyes closed as ice-cold water laps at the shore, one woman is transported to her bayou porch. Staring out at an enormous iceberg, some laugh, convinced it could pass for a Mardi Gras float. Inside a visitor's center, they see a decades-old photograph of an oil-slicked bird and agree: It looks just like the ones back home.
- Bernards Township discussion to focus on library as next chapter in job search Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 7:53AMBERNARDS TWP. – Ruth Lufkin, supervising reference librarian at the Bernards Township Library, will discuss using the library as a job search tool from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 14, in the library’s Program Room.
- AstraZeneca Encourages All Americans to Take Steps to Manage Their Cholesterol This National Cholesterol Education Month Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 7:00AMAstraZeneca urges Americans to take important steps to manage their cholesterol during National Cholesterol Education Month in September. Based on current estimates, 102 million Americans aged 20 years or older have borderline high or high cholesterol.
- Behind the scenes of ABC's 'Detroit 1-8-7' Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 5:26AMWhile the Motor City will sparkle with Hollywood glitz and glam at tonight's "Detroit 1-8-7" premiere party at the MGM Grand Detroit, the behind-the-scenes action has been anything but flashy.
- We're building up to 'beach-house bailout' Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 5:26AMNot that I would wish anyone harm, but it wouldn't have been such a bad thing for Florida if Hurricane Earl had maintained its wind speed and then hung a left at latitude 40 degrees north.
- Police officer offers school safety tips Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 5:24AMThe North Platte Telegraph Officer Rod Brown will be the featured speaker Saturday at the North Platte Area Children's Museum. His presentation will be a general overview about school safety.
- Fundraisers Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 4:00AMAurora 65 Miles for Jerry The third annual 65 Miles for Jerry Bicycle Ride will be held from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 11, departing from Maple Park. Three routes are available. The 65 Miles for Jerry Bicycle Ride is sponsored by the Jerry A. Sondgeroth Educational Foundation, with proceeds to be used for the scholarship fund in Jerry's name at Aurora University and for educational opportunities ...
- Dear Abby 09/04 Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 11:00PMDear Abby: A few weeks ago, I met a group of friends at a local pub. “Charlie” was the designated driver. As the evening progressed, I noticed Charlie was drinking beer. When I mentioned it, he said he’d had only three. Then he insisted he was fine and “it was only beer.”I tried to explain the danger of driving while “buzzed” and told him I’d walk home. Charlie then became insulted that I didn’t ...
- Designated driver needs a refresher course Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 9:02PMDEAR ABBY: A few weeks ago, I met a group of friends at a local pub. “Charlie” was the designated driver. As the evening progressed, I noticed Charlie was drinking beer. When I mentioned it, he said he’d had only three. Then he insisted he was fine and “it was only beer.”
- Car sales plummet as consumer incentives dry up Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 8:38PMAmericans nervous about the drumbeat of bad economic news stayed away from auto showrooms, and automakers nervous about their bottom lines didn't offer deals to lure them in.
- Facing the challenge Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 7:47PMOn April 20, 1999, the worst high school shooting in American history took place in less than one hour. Twelve students and one teacher killed. Twenty-four injured.
- Dear Abby | Designated driver needs refresher course Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 7:32PMDEAR ABBY: A few weeks ago, I met a group of friends at a local pub. “Charlie” was the designated driver. As the evening progressed, I noticed Charlie was drinking beer. I tried to explain the danger of driving while “buzzed” and told him I’d walk home.
- UConn opens at Michigan Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 7:15PMThere will be plenty of pomp and circumstance at the Big House on Saturday as Michigan and UConn open the season in Ann Arbor, Mich., amid $226 million in renovations. But it will mean little to the Wolverines if they can't beat a highly-regarded UConn team.
- Hologram of girl warns B.C. drivers to be alert Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 6:35PMA 3-D image of a young girl chasing a ball into the street is the newest effort to prevent pedestrian accidents in West Vancouver.
- After devastating car wreck, Wallace-Rose Hill's Nate Irving is back for the Pack Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 6:32PMOn Saturday evening, Nate Irving and his Wolfpack teammates will emerge from a tunnel on its ground floor to take the field in the season opener against Western Carolina.
- Texas and Big 12 Capsules: 'Horns begin new era with Gilbert against Rice Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 6:26PMHOUSTON (AP) — No. 5 Texas has more than a dozen freshmen on its depth chart. Coach Mack Brown doesn’t see that as cause for concern as the Longhorns prepare for Saturday’s opener against Rice.
- DeWall seeking to change culture of Thompson Valley football Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 6:01PMThere are first week jitters and there are first-week-at-a-new-school-that-didn't-win-a-game-last-season jitters. First-year Thompson Valley coach Michael DeWall has the latter.
- Al Eisele: Hiroshima: Anniversary of Armageddon Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 8:46PMThe U.S. sent its first official delegation to a ceremony marking the 65th anniversary of the August 6, 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima last month,...
- Lake Nona QB Kevin Sousa has a chance to shine on BHSN's Game of the Week Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 8:28PMOnce again it’s time to toss out a few of those bits of tid from the Bright House Sports Network extended I-4 corridor. First a reminder. The BHSN Game of the Week for Central Florida viewers is Harmony vs. Lake Nona, Friday at 7:30 p.m.
- Locker not dwelling on the penalty Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 8:12PMSEATTLE -- A couple hours before the University of Washington football team took the practice field to begin its final few days of preparation for the 2010 season opener, quarterback Jake Locker was making a public vow Monday afternoon.
- August auto sales hit lowest level since 1983 Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 8:04PMAssociated Press Wednesday, September 1, 2010 Toyota’s U.S. sales fell 34 percent last month vs. August 2009. DETROIT — Americans nervous about the drumbeat of bad economic news stayed away from auto showrooms in August, while automakers nervous about their bottom lines didn't offer deals to lure them in. As a result, it was the worst August for U.S. auto sales since 1983, when the country ...
- Auto industry has worst August sales month since 1983 Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 7:36PMLast month was the worst August for U.S. auto sales since 1983, when the country was at the end of a double-dip recession. General Motors, Toyota, Honda and Ford all reported declines from the month before and from a year earlier.
- U.S.auto sales wilt in August Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 7:32PMAmericans nervous about the drumbeat of bad economic news stayed away from auto showrooms. Automakers nervous about their bottom lines didn't offer deals to lure them in. As a result, it was the worst August for U.S. auto sales since 1983.
- Jeff Rasmussen Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 7:20PMWashburn opened its football season with a 34-to-16 win over Kidder County last week. The Cardinals were led by senior quarterback Jeff Rasmussen who completed 6-of-7 passes for a whopping 181-yards and 2-touchdowns, this comes on the heels of a junior season that will go down in Washburn history.
- US auto sales weak in August Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 7:17PMDETROIT - AMERICANS nervous about the drumbeat of bad economic news stayed away from auto showrooms. Automakers nervous about their bottom lines didn't offer deals to lure them in. As a result, it was the worst August for US auto sales since 1983, when the country was at the end of a double-dip recession. General Motors, Toyota, Honda and Ford all reported declines from the month before and from ...
- Southern achieves county’s only ‘excellent’ rating Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 7:08PMRACINE — The Southern Local School District is the only district in Meigs County to achieve an “Excellent” rating on its annual report card, according to the Ohio Department of Education. As a dis...
- The worst August for auto sales since 1983 Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 6:55PMDETROIT — Americans nervous about the drumbeat of bad economic news stayed away from auto showrooms. Automakers nervous about their bottom lines didn’t offer deals to lure them in. As a result, it was the worst August for U.S. auto sales since 1983, when the country was at the end of a double-dip recession. General [...]
- Iraq says it's independent as US ends combat Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 4:13PMIraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said the end of American combat operations Tuesday leaves his country independent and an equal to the United States and he assured his people their own security forces will protect them.
- D&B Announces Acquisition of Dun & Bradstreet Australia Holdings Limited for $205 million; Reconfirms 2010 Guidance Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 4:07PMSHORT HILLS, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--D&B (NYSE: DNB), the world's leading source of commercial information and insight on businesses, today announced it has acquired a member of the D&B Worldwide Network, privately held Dun & Bradstreet Australia Holdings Limited (“D&B Australia”), the leading credit and information services provider in Australia and New Zealand, for approximately $205 million in ...