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- Christie Spares DRPA Head, Gets Tough Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 10:17AMHard-charging New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie didn’t fire DRPA head John Matheussen on Thursday, but said he is holding all the DRPA’s leadership accountable for immediate reform.
- Outdoors briefs for Thursday, September 2 Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 9:16AMSee stars and more at Bannack Park
- COMEX 2010 expects sales of S$67m Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 9:04AMSINGAPORE: The country's biggest IT and consumer technology show, COMEX, expects to rake in sales of S$67 million this year.
- Buffaloes bank on John Craig to run the spread offense Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 5:18AMFaced with the lack of an experienced quarterback, Newport football coach Mike Gunkle and his offensive coordinator Stew Kirk, considered their options, settled on converting senior tailback John Craig and dusted off the playbook Kirk developed with his son Stewart at the controls.
- Blaze landlords fined Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 4:04AMTHE owners of a cheap rental property opposite the Normanby Hotel have been stung $26,000 for breaking fire safety regulations after a blaze earlier this year.
- Water safety task force approved Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 5:21PMAfter four summer drownings this year off Marquette’s shoreline, the city commission decided to go forward with a safety task force. The 7 member volunteer group will look into various options on how to create a safer beach front.
- Lee County underfire for overstepping state gun laws Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 4:57PMLee County is under fire for posting signs outlawing guns in public parks. A Fort Myers attorney is suing the county, saying the signs are in conflict with state law and only keeping guns out of the hands of the good guys.
- Bull Fire Community meeting Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 4:24PMValerie CassitySpecial to the Sun Last Thursday and Friday, the Forest Service held two special meetings at the Senior Center in Lake Isabella and the Oddfellows Hall in Kernville to update the community on the status of the Bull Fire. The fire began around 1:30 p.m. on Monday, July 26, and is now 95 percent contained, with one or two stubborn hot spots.
- PFT: Kurt Warner going on 'Dancing with the Stars' Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 2:38PMIt's official. Former Rams, Giants, and Cardinals quarterback Kurt Warner will become the latest former NFL player -- and the first former quarterback -- to trade in his steel-tipped cleats for tap-tipped dancing shoes.
- The Vikings are suddenly short on cornerbacks Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 2:37PMNine days from a season-opening game against the high-flying Saints, the Vikings have a problem with their secondary depth.Judd Zulgad of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports that rookie cornerback Chris Cook will be sidelined at least two weeks after suffering a...
- PFT: Roethlisberger and Goodell to meet on Friday Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 2:07PMSteelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell will meet on Friday, and at that meeting Roethlisberger may find out whether he'll be suspended for four or six games.
- Man arrested for hanging illegal billboards near LAX entrance Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 10:15PMIn an ongoing crackdown on illegal billboards and supergraphic signs in Los Angeles, a businessman was arrested Monday for allegedly hanging a pair of giant advertisements on an office building near the entrance of Los Angeles International Airport,
- R.I. News Digest: Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 9:47PMPRoVIDENCE
- Penn State-York limits smoking to parking lots Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 8:30PMKyla Kirby tossed her cigarette butt into an ash urn at the edge of the parking lot on her way to Penn State York's Grumbacher building on Monday.
- UN Urges Action Amid Violence Against Press Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 6:17PMThe recent murder of a radio journalist in Honduras brings to nine the number of media professionals killed there so far this year, and prompted a senior United Nations official to call for urgent action to stem the rise in violence against members of the press.
- L.A. Makes 2nd Arrest In Billboard Crackdown Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 5:07PMLOS ANGELES (AP) -- Los Angeles city prosecutors have made their second arrest in their avowed crackdown on illegal billboards.
- Building owner arrested for 'supergraphics' Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 4:52PMThe owner of a vacant office building was arrested Friday for allegedly installing and maintaining supergraphic signs.
- Final touches put on center for its debut Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 3:15PMLos Banos Community Center is preparing for prime time.
- LA makes 2nd arrest in billboard crackdown Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 2:34PMLos Angeles city prosecutors have made their second arrest in their avowed crackdown on illegal billboards. The city attorney's office says Siamak Rahimi was arrested Monday on charges that he installed and maintained a giant advertisement on a vacant office building he owns near Los Angeles International Airport.
- Hard Hats & Flip-Flops Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 2:29PMOn that late summer day in 1980 we received an excellent pre-flight safety briefing in the departure area before, immersion suits donned, we boarded the helicopter and charged out into the South Atlantic.
- City Arrests Building Owner for Erecting Supergraphics Near LAX Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 1:54PMAn example of a supergraphic | Photo by troshy via Flickr Another supergraphic, another arrest . The L.A. City Attorney's Office on Friday arrested a building owner on 48 misdemeanor charges. 56-year-old Siamak Michael Rahimi, a Santa Monica resident, is accused of violating city law by installing and maintaining supergraphic signs at 9800 South Sepulveda Boulevard , across the street from LAX ...
- New year not all that is new for District 150 Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 9:25AMTuesday marks the start of a new school year for more than 13,000 students at Peoria School District 150. But a new school year is only the beginning of the newness. The school district begins the 2010-11 year with a new superintendent and largely new administrative staff; a couple of new principals; two mulit-million-dollar state-of-the-art new schools; many schools freshly refurbished to ...
- Compiled by Bailey Shertzinger from USA Today and the Tallahassee Democrat • August 30, 2010 Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 7:35AMVolcano quiet for 400 years erupts in Indonesia A volcano in western Indonesia spewed hot lava and sand high into the sky early Sunday in its first eruption in 400 years.
- Plea to 'weed out' cannabis farms Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 4:54AMA campaign is asking the public to look out for cannabis farms across Scotland.
- Drugs agency in plea to 'weed out' cannabis farms Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 8:23PMA campaign is being launched to encourage the public to help weed out cannabis factories. The Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency (SCDEA) wants people to provide anonymous information on houses and flats they suspect are being used to cultivate cannabis.
- Plea to 'weed out' cannabis farms Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 7:04PMA campaign is asking the public to look out for cannabis farms, as figures show £40m of plants have been seized since 2006.
- Washington Township Boy Scout makes good on promise Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 8:02AMBoy Scout Steve Stulock is making good on his promise to spruce up a veterans' memorial in Washington Township.
- Owner vents frustration in bold type Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 6:00AMPeter Carmichael operated an antiques business in his building on McPherson Street in Marianna for several years.
- Fresh produce draws crowds to celebration Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 5:59AMENTERPRISE - For Nathan Hanks, Enterprise's annual Corn Festival was the perfect place to introduce Katie to the community.
- Around the Region for August 29, 2010 Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 5:08AMNews from around the region.
- Driver is rescued from car in flooded wash Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 12:48AMFirefighters rescued a motorist Saturday night after his vehiclegot stuck in a midtown wash during a monsoon storm, authoritiessaid.
- Hancock pushes downtown progress Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 12:12AMTim Hancock began is his third consecutive term as mayor of Killeen after winning re-election for the second time in May. Before becoming mayor in 2006, he served three consecutive terms as an at-large city councilman.
- BRIEFLY: Aug. 28 Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 9:57AMRead about what's happening in and around Plymouth.
- Car crashes into pensioners' Scarning home for third time Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 7:09AMA pile of bricks in the garden, police tape along the hedges and support poles propping up the bay window. When a car crashed through the wall of Brian and Pauline Coleman's home, it left a trail of destruction which will take months to put right.
- Yuma County residents picking up pieces after Thursday's storm Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 12:53AMAs the sun rose Friday morning many awaking Yumans caught their first clear glimpse of the major destruction brought by Thursday's severe thunderstorm.
- Seek shelter Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 10:12PMBy Kirk O’Leary The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) says to watch for the warning signs of high winds, rain and darkening clouds.
- law and order Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 9:20PMST. LOUIS > Man gets prison for murder • Darel Lotts, 22, ofLake Saint Louis, was sentenced Friday to life in prison withoutthe possibility of parole in the shooting of two men, one of whomdied, when a drug deal went awry in July 2008 in St. Louis. InJuly, a jury convicted Lotts, of the 12500 block of SparklingDrive, of first-degree murder, first-degree assault and armedcriminal action in the ...
- Neighbor's eye saved elderly man's life? Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 9:13PMA woman on a bicycle spotted flames coming from the 80-year-old man's home. Her quick thinking helped him get out alive.
- Double Edged Sword: Eight Current NFL Players Who May Have To Retire Early Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 6:38PMIn pretty much every NFL game, the players on the field are giving everything they’ve got to try and help their team win. Because of this, it can be difficult for any one player’s effort to standout and really catch your attention on a game-by-game basis. At the same time, there are a handful of players who play the game with so much passion, toughness, and ferocity that it’s impossible to ...
- Schloegel asks council to consider fire chief from out of state Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 10:37PMGULFPORT — Mayor George Schloegel has selected a fire chief who has been praised for increased efficiency and faster emergency responses at a Georgia department, but who also resigned that job earlier this year after an investigation found four firefighters at fault for an elderly woman’s death.
- Crime and Public Safety, August 26 Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 9:46PMLos Angeles County firefighters extinguished a small patio fire in about 30 minutes. The fire was reported about 3:40 p.m. Tuesday in the rear of a residence in the 1800 block of Richard Street.
- City Council Discusses Fee Increases on the Horizon Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 7:35PMThe City Council meeting on August 24th mainly focused on the increases in fees for the residents of Fillmore of which there were many. The proposed increase in water and sewer fees took front and center, along with an added fee for street cleaning.
- Cause of Chinese aircraft crash still unknown Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 7:28PMCHINESE AVIATION officials yesterday sifted through the wreckage of the Embraer E-190 passenger jet that crashed and burned while trying to land at night on a fogbound runway, killing 42 people and injuring 54.
- Eastday-Black boxes found, hunt for crash clues goes on Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 7:22PMThe two black boxes containing the flight recorder have been found among the debris of a crashed regional airliner that split into two while trying to land in heavy fog in China's northeast on Tuesday night, leaving 42 people dead but 54 survivors in the country's first major air disaster in nearly six years.
- Chinese President, Premier urge all-out efforts to save passengers injured in plane crash Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 7:12PMA man wounded in the air crashed is sent to a hospital in Yichun City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Aug. 25, 2010. A passenger plane with 96 people on board crashed late Tuesday night near the Yichun airport.
- A year later, investigation remains ongoing into how Forest Service handled the record-breaking blaze. Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 6:51PMA year later, investigation remains ongoing into how Forest Service handled the record-breaking blaze.
- El Medio Fire Department Working to Repair Roof Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 6:07PMThe El Medio Fire Department needs to raise $18,000 to repair a leaky roof, and prevent the station from closing.
- TxDOT plans to complete barrier system Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 10:58AMSEGUIN — Volunteer firefighters Monday welcomed news that work has begun placing cable barriers in the Interstate 10 median to complete the system through Guadalupe County.
- Wednesday, August 25, 2010 8:07 am Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 9:45AMThe Gem County Historical Society's Fall fundraiser Voices From Our Past, a Cemetery Tour, is fast approaching. The Gem County Historical Society’s Fall fundraiser will be a cemetery tour “Voices From Our Past” at the Emmett Cemetery (Old Riverside Cemetery).
- Toxic chemicals in popular S.C. lake Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 9:26AMSome of Lake Wateree’s most popular game fish are polluted with a cancer-causing material