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  • Matt Reed: Costs keep a limit on energy options Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 2:12AMWhen will "alternative" energy go mainstream? Does manufacturing of solar panels and other "clean energy" gear really have the potential to stabilize Brevard's economy?
  • Santa Clara County, can you hear us now? Neighbors protest Verizon cell phone tower Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 2:11AMA Los Altos area couple's proposal to let Verizon Wireless erect a 55-foot-tall cell phone tower on their property -- where three poles already stand -- is creating a lot of static with neighbors.
  • Alcoa’s McGuire to play in Pebble Beach tournament Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 2:11AMA shoulder injury forced Lindy McGuire to sit out several of the Alcoa High School golf team’s recent tournaments, but she recovered just in time for the most anticipated event of her young career.
  • Sharemarket climbs on offshore lead Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 2:11AMThe New Zealand sharemarket rose for a second consecutive day after a strong Fonterra online milk powder auction followed news of strength in the Australian and Chinese economies yesterday.The market continues to demonstrate resilience...
  • Tulo back in starting lineup, but groin is still a problem Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 2:11AMTroy Tulowitzki's left groin still isn't right. The shortstop made a start Wednesday night in San Francisco after missing two games, but was favoring his leg throughout the game.
  • YHS girls tennis team wins season's first match Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 2:11AMDuring a game against Selma, Yosemite High School Sophomore Bethany Buchnoff, No. 2 player for the Badgers tennis team, secured her first varsity win last Thursday. Also winning matches were No. 4 player, Sophie Faulkner, and the Badgers No. 3 doubles tea
  • Norwich volleyball opens with win Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 2:11AMCASTLETON — The Castleton State College women’s volleyball team dropped a non-conference match-up on Wednesday in three straight sets to Norwich University by scores of 25-18, 25-23 and 25-19 in its season opener at Glenbrook Gymnasium. ... - Staff Reports
  • Belisle, Beimel in no rush to rest key roles Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 2:11AMMatt Belisle and Joe Beimel — the BeeBees — could not be much different.
  • Cooking with my BFF, Mama Sita Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 2:11AMWhat is Filipino food and do I know how to cook it, my American friends ask. I tell them that our food is a reflection of our history. It has been influenced by the Malays, Chinese, Spaniards, and Americans who came to visit and stayed for a while… or longer.
  • GISH stadium restroom project just under way Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 2:11AMSummer often is the time that school districts get many of their large building projects com-
  • Trek to Washington to hear Hamlet in ‘the original Klingon’ Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 6:21PMDon’t you love that remarkable moment when roSenQatlh and ghIlDenSten exit the stage and Khamlet is left alone to deliver the immortal words: “baQa’, Qovpatlh, toy’wl”a’ qal je jIH”?
  • Study: Flow of illegal immigrants to U.S. declines Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 6:21PMStudy: Flow of illegal immigrants to U.S. declines
  • Stretching The 'Rubber Duck' Concept Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 6:21PMBrightIdea's CEO Matt Greeley on his lifelong quest to harness the power of innovation.
  • Rich investors' pullout of funds hurt SCF Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 6:21PMWealthy investors pulling money out of South Canterbury Finance to get below new limits for the government's deposit guarantee scheme appear to have compounded the woes of the Timaru-based finance company
  • Weight surgery patients 'face postcode lottery' Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 6:21PMThousands of patients who want weight-loss surgery are facing a postcode lottery on the NHS, data out today suggests.
  • Letters: Perspectives on climate change Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 6:21PMYour leading article of 31 August rightly points to the urgent need for greater political will to be injected into the forthcoming climate negotiations. Generating new commitment would be made much easier if the economic and social benefits of shifting to a green economy were highlighted more often.
  • Wilfork talks charity work Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 6:20PMVince Wilfork of the New England Patriots spoke today about being named the winner of the 2010 Ron Burton Community Service Award.
  • Consumer: Low income group 'can't afford enough food' Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 6:20PMOne in five people on low incomes has struggled to afford food in the past financial year, a survey indicated today.
  • Travel: Leaving it late to book a break Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 6:20PMAround five per cent of holidaymakers booked their summer break this year just two weeks before departing, a survey showed today.
  • Car Crash Victim Reunites With Good Samaritan Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 6:20PMThey met in the worst of circumstances - the scene of a serious car wreck. On Wednesday, they were reunited; a young woman still recovering from her injuries and the good Samaritan who came to her rescue. CBS 2's Roseanne Tellez reports.
  • Plant an icon on Wattle Day Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 6:24PMTODAY is National Wattle Day, 100 years after wattle was selected as the nation's floral emblem.
  • Attorney Soodik Interview About McCourt Divorce Trial Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 6:24PMAug. 31 (Bloomberg) -- Lynn Soodik, a family law attorney, talks with Bloomberg's Stephanie Stanton about the divorce trial of Jamie and Frank McCourt. McCourt's claim to be the sole owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers was challenged today by his estranged wife.
  • Hurricane Earl could force East Coast evacuations before Labor Day Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 6:24PMA powerful Hurricane Earl threatened to sideswipe much of the East Coast just ahead of Labor Day, worrying vacationers who planned to spend the traditional last week of summer at the beach. NOAA imageHurricane Earl, a powerful Category 4...
  • Holidaypedia: I know what you did this summer ... Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 6:23PMHere, at long last, The Holidaypedia, all the facts and figures you need to know about family summer holidays and the subsequent ordeal of returning to work – unless, of course, you were coerced into the hell that is the water park at Le Touquet, in which case returning to work will seem like a breeze and a delight and if you wish to kiss your desk and embrace it, everyone will understand.
  • East Ridge High student dies at JROTC practice Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 6:23PMA 17-year-old female student at East Ridge High School died today after collapsing during physical training with the school’s JROTC program.
  • Sony launches competition to "crowdsource" green tech ideas Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 6:23PMBusinessGreen.com staff, BusinessGreen , Wednesday 1 September 2010 at 00:15:00 Open Planet Ideas initiative invites designers, students and technology fans to suggest how devices could be repurposed to tackle environmental challenges Sony has today launched a global search to find green technology ideas from around the world, the best of which will be turned into reality by the electronics ...
  • Jankovic comes back from brink at US Open Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 6:23PMFourth seed Jelena Jankovic admitted she had enjoyed a lucky escape after scraping past Simona Halep in the first round of the US Open.
  • Investigators: Parolee killed by police in Reno on Friday was armed; had warrants Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 6:23PMUpdate at 4:03 p.m.: The Colorado parolee shot and killed by police officers on Friday in Reno was armed, investigators said Tuesday.
  • Taiwan Issues Land Warning as Tropical Storm Approaches Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 6:23PMTaiwan authorities issued a land and sea warning as tropical storm Lionrock approaches, the Taiwan’s Central Weather Bureau said in a statement on its website. Lionrock, with sustained winds up to 83 kilometers per hour, was 160 kilometers from Taiwan’s Erluapi as at 5:30 a.m. local time and was heading north with increasing speed, the statement said.
  • X Factor shows signs of ratings recovery Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 6:23PMAfter a softer-than-expected debut on Monday night, the second instalment of The X Factor has given the first signs of a ratings recovery.
  • Charge your Nokia N8 with a hamster Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 11:38AMNokia's marketing campaign for the upcoming Nokia N8 is starting to kick off. Released today is a (potentially) viral video showcasing a hamster-powered charging accessory for the N8. The charger in question was the result of Peter Ash's GCSE coursework.
  • Well Site Completion Supervisor Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 11:38AMLooking for Well Site Completion/company man supervisors for North Dakota work. Must have 5+ years of well site supervision/company man experience. Must be well control certified, Must have previous horizontal well completion experience, previous North Dakota experience a plus.
  • McConnell: Bush needs credit on Iraq Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 11:38AMBush made tonight possible, leader says.
  • Floorhands / Marcellus Shale Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 11:38AMImmediate Openings for Experienced Oilfield Personnel! Compensation for each position includes a $100 per day worked retention bonus, payable after the completion of two hitches and $35 per day subsistence pay (meals only).
  • TweetDeck Warns Of Fake Update, Trojan Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 11:38AMAs we mentioned earlier today, some third-party Twitter applications may stop working because Twitter has made some big changes this morning regarding how other applications and websites gain access to your Twitter account. Unfortunately, some unfriendly types out there have tried to take advantage of the situation with a fake Tweetdeck update that is actually a trojan horse virus. Tweetdeck ...
  • Kennett woman arrested for drug trafficking Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 11:37AMA Kennett woman will appear in court today on a Class A felony charge of drug trafficking in the second degree. According to agents with the Bootheel Drug Task Force, the Kennett Police Department...
  • Adacor Hosting GmbH and Sanbolic Provide Cloud Managed Service Using Melio 2010 and VMware vSphere 4 Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 11:37AMSAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwire - August 31, 2010) - Sanbolic announced today that German hosting company Adacor ( www.adacor.com ) is using Melio 2010 with Windows 2008 R2 on VMware vSphere 4 Enterprise virtual machines to provide for shared storage for a cloud managed service offering. Adacor has deployed this solution on Intel Modular Server infrastructure.
  • Kids Literally Dying to Be Famous Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 11:37AMPeter Lenz, 13, died after falling off of his motorbike Sunday during a warm-up lap for the Grand Prix Racers Union motorcycle race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
  • Attorney for Tulsa Police officer expected to withdraw Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 11:37AMR. Thomas Seymour is expected to file a motion today in U.S. District Court to withdraw as the lead counsel for suspended Tulsa Police officer Jeff Henderson, Seymour said today.
  • Pilot killed at Beverly Airport was passionate flight instructor Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 11:37AMA pilot who was killed at Beverly Airport Friday, Aug. 27 when a moving propeller struck him on the runway is being hailed as a “true leader” at the Beverly Flight Center.
  • 47-year-old man drowns in Little Traverse Bay Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 4:55PMAccording to the Emmet County Sheriff's Office a 47-year-old local man drowned around noon, today, Monday.
  • Helicopter to assist in timber clearing in west Mobile Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 4:55PMBeginning Wednesday, a helicopter will be used to assist in removing timber along the north side of Grelot Road for an Alabama Power Co. line extension project.
  • NEWS SCAN: E coli beef recall, AAP flu vaccine guidance, Tamiflu-resistant H1N1, DoD budget cuts, vaccine-autism ruling Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 4:55PME coli illness cluster prompts ground beef recall A Pennsylvania ground beef producer, Cargill Meat Solutions Corp., on Aug 28 recalled 8,500 pounds of ground beef after Maine and New York officials linked the meat to an Escherichia coli O26 illness cluster, according to a recall notice from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA). So far officials have identified two case-patients from Maine ...
  • After Mosque Site Arson, Bredesen Calls for Religious Tolerance Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 4:55PMIt took a bit of prodding from reporters. At first, Gov. Phil Bredesen seemed about to demur, claiming not to know much about the Murfreesboro… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
  • Today's Lead Tennessean Story: Our Kids Aren't Christian Enough! Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 4:55PMWas anyone else taken aback by the lead story on the front page of The Tennessean today , titled " 'Almost Christian' teens trouble church… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
  • Partially clothed Pa. man beaten with wiffle bat Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 4:55PMPolice say an underwear-clad Pennsylvania man was severely beaten with a plastic wiffle bat when he refused to put on clothes.
  • Cambridge scientists to study oil spill’s effect on Gulf Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 4:55PMCAMBRIDGE — After months of planning, three scientists from Horn Point Laboratory in Cambridge finally will begin their long-awaited research cruise to the Gulf of Mexico to study the effect of the oil spill caused by the explosion of the BP-leased Deepwater Horizon rig in April on animal and plant communities in the northern Gulf. [...]
  • White River school leaders give community look at progress Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 4:55PMThe White River School District administration invited the community to find out what kind of education its students are receiving.
  • Long lineup waits for offering of school supplies Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 4:54PMThe lineup snaked through the Community Care of St. Catharines and Thorold's parking lot all the way to the North St. building's entrance Monday morning.[...]
  • Early birds hope to get the tickets Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 4:54PMThe carnival rides have already started rolling into town and early-bird tickets go on sale today for the 2010 Eastern Sierra Tri-County Fair being held this coming Labor Day Weekend, Sept. 2-6.