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  • Rubidoux mobile home park residents don't want to be uprooted Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 11:52PMRUBIDOUX - Riverside County officials call the Cottonwood Mobile Home Park "rundown," "substandard" and "blighted."
  • Region's tourism officials bracing for fall off in business Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 11:44PMMIAMI, USA (CMC) - Caribbean tourism officials are bracing for a significant fall off in business during the first quarter of this year, owing to the global economic situation.
  • W.Va. lowers mileage reimbursement rate for most state workers Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 11:42PMCHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The state Department of Administration is reducing the reimbursement rate that most state workers can claim for using their own cars on the job.The state rate is being reduced from 50.5 cents per mile to 44.4 cents per mile, effective ...
  • CNN Student News Transcript: January 6, 2009 Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 11:38PMJanuary 6, 2009
  • Welcome center at major entrances to S.C. won’t be staffed two days a week Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 11:19PMSouth Carolina’s budget crisis is about to hit the state’s famous Southern hospitality. The S.C. Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism will close its welcome centers on Tuesdays and Wednesdays starting next week, spokesman Marion Edmonds said Monday. How long the closings will last depends on the continued impact of the budget crunch, Edmonds said. Now is a good time to see what the ...
  • Possible wolf sighting near Muddy Mountain Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 9:52PMIt's not unusual to see a few deer along Highway 485, but one man said he recently saw a pair of black wolves while driving the road to Laramie.
  • That Tiresome Warning About Inappropriate Jokes Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 9:45PMA reporter goes on the trail of an annoying airport announcement.
  • Interview: Jan Pienkowski Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 9:45PM It turns out that we have the coachman's wife to thank for the proliferation of witches – including the much-loved Meg – who appear throughout Jan Pienkowski's books. Growing up on a farm in Poland before the war, Pienkowski's parents were "perpetually busy", and he was left in her care. She, ingeniously, persuaded the unwilling little boy to drink up his milk with the promise of hearing ...
  • Lawmakers say SEC 'failed miserably' in Madoff case Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 9:43PMDemocratic lawmakers on Monday charged that the Securities and Exchange Commission had "failed miserably" in following up on warnings that could have uncovered several years ago possible wrongdoing by Bernard Madoff, who is accused of running a $50 billion Ponzi scheme.
  • Letters to the Editor Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 9:34PMCensorship is a controversial issue, as evidenced by the amount of discussion in regard to the censoring of visual art from the Addison Street Windows Gallery. However, unless we are able to view the work, our judgment about this gallery's decision lacks perspective.
  • IT & Telecoms Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 1:29PMAs the New Year approaches, the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC" or "Commission") has received a letter from Capitol Hill asking the agency to defer action on non-urgent matters until the new Administration takes office.
  • Open Georgia Website Launched Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 1:28PMThe new Open Georgia website has been launched. Open Georgia is a gateway for obtaining information and key documents about how the State of Georgia spends tax dollars and other revenues to provide services to Georgians. The information maintained on this site comes from various state agencies and is updated annually.
  • New era in ferry travel planned for Bay Area Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 1:27PMBay Area residents cherished the rush of riding ferry boats across the region's blue highways before eight major bridges spanned Bay waters.Then, ferries' popularity surged after accidents or earthquakes disabled bridges or blocked highways.But when the bridges spanned the water, public interest in ferries waned.
  • Year in Review: The Year That Was, Part 2 Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 1:27PM JULY July 7, 2008 The Argentia Area Chamber of Commerce recently announced a new project to address the problems businesses in the area are facing when it comes to the availability of skilled labour.
  • Top 10 of 2008 Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 1:26PMLike a house of cards tumbling inward, Cleburne ISD continued to take hit after hit in a scandal that cost the school district a cool $360,000 in federal funds that Texas Education Agency ordered Cleburne ISD to repay because of financial malfeasance.
  • Employment Quarterly: Immigrant hiring rules eased; group HopeWorks gets job-readiness grant Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 1:09PMThe U.S. Department of Labor finalized new guest labor rules late last month that will ease restrictions on hiring immigrant workers and decrease the cost.
  • MARC seats for Inauguration Day selling out fast Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 1:09PM90% of reserved-seat tickets between Baltimore and D.C. are sold About 90 percent of the reserved-seat tickets made available on Inauguration Day MARC trains between Baltimore and Washington have been sold, and the Maryland Transit Administration expects the rest to sell out by the end of the week, an agency spokeswoman said today.
  • Traffic accidents killed seven in Pennsylvania during holidays Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 1:00PMTraffic accidents killed seven people in Pennsylvania during the five-day New Year's travel period, state police said today.
  • Gov. Perdue announces launch of Open Georgia: Transparency in Government Website Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 12:52PMGov. Sonny Perdue announced today the launch of the Open Georgia: Transparency in Government website.
  • Israel Advances in Gaza as Sarkozy Leads Truce Effort (Update3) Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 6:51AMJan. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Israeli warplanes bombarded new Palestinian targets in the Gaza Strip as Defense Minister Minister Ehud Barak vowed to press forward with military efforts to stop Hamas rocket attacks. European diplomats sought to broker a truce.
  • Cheap airfares bolster demand Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 6:40AMTRAVELLERS were snapping up cheaper airfares as airlines attempted to stimulate demand but the industry outlook was impossible to forecast given the economic turmoil, one of the leading internet travel companies warned yesterday.
  • India Aims Diplomatic Offensive at Pakistan Over Mumbai Attacks Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 6:16AMJan. 5 (Bloomberg) -- India opened a diplomatic offensive against Pakistan, distributing a file of what it says is evidence that Pakistani militants carried out the November terrorist attacks that killed 164 people in Mumbai.
  • Advertising Exchange: Ad Exchanges Open Up Your Ad Inventory To Real-Time Bidding - Best Ad Exchanges Reviewed Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 6:14AM When ad networks alone are not enough to sell all of your ad inventory, ad exchanges step in to help you maximize the money you make. Put simply, ad exchanges work on the same idea as stock markets. They allow buyers to bid on your inventory, and the demand for your inventory determines the price at which you can sell it. Photo credit: Travel Aficionado edited by Andre Deutmeyer ...
  • Daniels talks budget :Legislators begin work downstate on Wednesday. Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 6:08AMINDIANAPOLIS -- Latest memo from Gov. Mitch Daniels to state lawmakers:
  • Investment in Samuel has paid major dividends Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 5:51AMMINNEAPOLIS --- The Eagles were about to enter their 10th year under Andy Reid and Donovan McNabb and their 48th without a championship when Asante Samuel sprung into free agency. So, too, then, would a moment of franchise truth.
  • Ike's gambit: The development and operations of the KH-7 and KH-8 spy satellites Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 5:49AMWhile there are considerable details now available about one of the earliest US spy satellite programs, CORONA, far less is known about another early program, GAMBIT. In the first of a two-part article, Dwayne Day discusses the origins and development of GAMBIT.
  • Nigeria: FG Moves to Save Local Travel Agency Business Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 5:45AMThe federal government has announced that it would commence the shutting down of all ticket sales offices of all operating foreign airlines in the country this new year to save the travel agency business in the country.
  • The New Mama's Boys and Girls Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 1:07AM Jillian Kelleher is a senior account executive at a Fortune 500 public relations firm who makes $65,000 a year. She wears Diane von Furstenberg, and is a regular at some of the city's hottest power lunch spots, including Bryant Park Grill and Koi. Most anyone meeting her for the first time would assume that she has a swank downtown apartment. But-surprise!-Jillian lives in Westchester. With ...
  • Fitness Special: The Nine-Inch Plate Diet Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 1:06AM Alex Bogusky doesn't think bigger is better. He believes we should think small-especially if we want to stay trim. The idea that if you eat less, you weigh less is hardly a new concept, but it's one that Alex has packaged into a tidy little eating plan and book, The 9-Inch Diet, that hits stores this week. His "eureka" moment came after buying a 1940s lake house. The co-chairman of Crispin ...
  • India Passes Evidence to Pakistan on Mumbai Attacks (Update1) Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 1:01AMJan. 5 (Bloomberg) -- India handed over to Pakistan what it said was evidence linking Pakistani “elements” to the terrorist attacks on Mumbai, increasing pressure on its neighbor to act against the militant group that allegedly carried out the assault.
  • Travel trends in 2009 Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 12:34AMIf you can afford a vacation, 2009 will be "the year of travel deals."
  • SCAT service reaches farther Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 12:29AMTITUSVILLE -- Space Coast Area Transit today is providing more frequent service on a bus route to Melbourne. On average, 832 passengers per day ride SCAT's Route 1, which loops between the Titusville Government Complex and Melbourne, with various connections along the way.
  • Transportation politics: Bypass in limbo Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 12:11AMROCKDALE - The controversial U.S. Highway 79 bypass around Rockdale is in limbo. Progress on the loop is not among projects scheduled for the Texas Department of Transportation’s 2009 calendar because of a lack of funds, TxDOT Bryan District spokesman Bob Colwell said.
  • World Digest Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 7:06AMGAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Thousands of Israeli troops backed by columns of tanks and helicopter gunships launched a ground offensive in Gaza last night, with officials saying they expected a lengthy fight in the densely populated territory after eight days of punishing airstrikes failed to halt militant rocket attacks on Israel.
  • BARGAINS AHEAD Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 6:33AMNEW YORK –The value of the U. S. dollar is surging, gas prices are at their lowest levels in four years, and hotel rates are softening. If you can afford a vacation, 2009 will be “the year of travel deals,” predicts Genevieve Shaw Brown, senior editor of Travelocity. “As long as the economic slowdown continues, deals will abound for people who do have discretionary income to travel.”
  • Alaska observes its 50th year of statehood, offers tourism opportunities for Iowans Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 6:15AMAs snow totals mount and winter breathes ever harder down muffler-clad necks, tropical destinations sound more appealing than ever.
  • David Warschawski Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 6:14AMDavid Warschawski left big New York City ad agency life to start his own public relations, marketing, advertising and design firm in Baltimore in 1996. Since then, the agency has won many awards, including being named the Small Agency of the Year by PR News for the past three years. The Swiss-born CEO is a frequent commentator on marketing communications and has appeared on media outlets ranging ...
  • More bedbugs are biting in Cincinnati Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 6:14AMThe biting insects, which can live in mattresses and wall cracks, led to hundreds of complaints in the city last year. It's hard to determine the national scope of the problem. In this Ohio city, it seems, it really is tough to stop the bedbugs from biting.
  • North East News: North avoids worst of flu virus . . so far Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 6:09AMHARDY folk in the North have so far escaped the worst ravages of the flu outbreak sweeping the country . . . but health experts warn the worst is yet to come.
  • IS THE GAME WORTH THE TRIP? Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 5:37AMPHOENIX (AP) - The Fiesta Bowl isn't a tourist draw this year.
  • New era in ferry travel planned for the Bay Saturday, January 3, 2009 @ 6:30PMRebirth of service would come as commute conditions on land become more crowded.
  • Magical Mayapur Saturday, January 3, 2009 @ 6:28PMA gathering in India of different religions and different people offers hope for the unity of religions.
  • Gosaibi vindicated Saturday, January 3, 2009 @ 6:20PMJEDDAH: The majority of Saudis and non-Saudis agree with Labor Minister Ghazi Al-Gosaibi’s statement that Saudis are “arrogant and racist,” according to an Arab News survey. Al-Gosaibi made his controversial comments on Dec. 28, while addressing the heads of labor departments in Saudi provinces.
  • Fuel tax-cut by airlines ‘not enough’ Saturday, January 3, 2009 @ 4:28PMBy Arvind Nair ALMOST all the airlines operating out of Doha have cut the fuel surcharge by up to 15%, but the travel trade feels that the reduction should be more.
  • Icy landscape spells trouble for game birds Saturday, January 3, 2009 @ 4:13AMIowa’s ice- and snow-covered landscape could make it tougher to scrape up a pheasant or quail dinner.
  • Sea lions part of salmon decline Saturday, January 3, 2009 @ 12:43AMAsk a Sacramento angler for reasons why Central Valley salmon populations have crashed over the past two years, and this is likely to be high on the list:
  • Mars rovers exceed all expectations to mark fifth birthdays Friday, January 2, 2009 @ 11:53PMWashington - When the Spirit rover landed on Mars five years ago, no one expected it or its sister rover Opportunity to make it to their first birthdays, let alone their fifth. The rovers had predicted life spans of just 90 days, but instead US space...
  • Longview police add four officers Friday, January 2, 2009 @ 11:50PMOne of Longview's newest police officers was born in Berlin and met his Gilmer wife on a beach near Aruba. Manfred Gilow , 40, and three other men were commissioned as Longview police officers on Christmas Eve after completing five weeks of pre-commissioning training.
  • Venezuela hopes currency limitations save billions Friday, January 2, 2009 @ 11:48PMVenezuela hopes to save some $2.3 billion in foreign currency by reducing the amount of dollars travelers can spend abroad.
  • India asks Pakistan to act against JuD 'in any form' Friday, January 2, 2009 @ 11:34PMNew Delhi, Jan 2 : India Friday said that the Jamaat-ud-Dawa may have assumed a new name and asked Pakistan to act 'in any form and in any shape' against the terrorist outfit outlawed by the United Nations Security Council in the wake of the Mumbai mayhem.