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- Nosebleed Section: From the mat to the Roses Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 12:00AM Welcome to the first edition of the Nosebleed Section. This is the start of a weekly column that I will be writing and you will (hopefully) be reading every Tuesday. I will be covering everything from high school sports to pro sports and everything in-between.
- New DVDs: Michael Powell Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 11:51PM?The Films of Michael Powell? brings a pair of impeccably restored movies by this pre-eminent British director.
- Skiers, snowmobilers boost North Country Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 11:07PMNew Hampshire's travel and tourism industry was smiling yesterday, reporting an exceptionally good Christmas and New Year's vacation period.
- Suspect sought in DeKalb shooting Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 10:48PMDeKalb police say they know who shot and killed a man found early Monday night in a car near Decatur. The 40-year-old victim, whose name was not released, was involved in an ongoing dispute with the suspect, said DeKalb County Police spokeswoman Mekka Parish. Investigators have not yet located the alleged killer, she said. The victim's body was found outside 2276 Scotty Way at around 6:45 p.m.
- Great article Ben. Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 9:16PM Great article Ben.
- $60,000 donated to garden walkway victims Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 8:43PMIn the wake of last month's collapse of an overhead walkway at the Atlanta Botanical Garden, more than $60,000 has been donated to victims and their families, Hardin Construction Co. spokeswoman Barkley Russell said Monday.
- Victim ID'd in Tab Roberts Road crash Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 8:31PMGwinnett police have identified a man killed in a single-car accident early Sunday on a curvy road in unincorporated Lawrenceville. Benjamin Ellerd IV, 24, was killed when his 1996 Honda Accord left Tab Roberts Road, traveled down an embankment and slammed into a wooded culvert. A neighbor discovered the vehicle around 8:40 a.m. Sunday, said Gwinnett County Police spokeswoman Illana Spellman. ...
- Electronics show loses some of its sizzle Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 7:58PMThe annual International Consumer Electronics Show this week in Las Vegas is traditionally as much a boisterous celebration of all things technology as it is a trade show.
- Ask the doctor: What has caused these spots on my skin? Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 7:54PM Dr Martin Scurr has been treating patients for more than 30 years and is one of the country's leading GPs. Here he tackles mole-like growths and the post-holiday sniffles...
- Caravans back in tow for cheap breaks Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 6:27PMTHE credit crunch is looking likely to fuel an unlikely comeback - for the caravan. The Scottish Caravan & Outdoor Leisure Show next month is expected to be the busiest yet with a 10% rise in visitors as thousands more cash-strapped Scots search for cheaper holiday options at home.
- Mary Dejevsky: An ageing society isn't all bad news Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 6:20PM In the space of a week, the writer and long-time editor, Diana Athill, has notched up a brace of distinctions. She received an OBE in the New Year Honours List for services to literature, and last night she won the Biography category of the Costa Book Awards with her memoir, Somewhere Near the End, which makes her a contender for the Book of the Year prize when the results are announced later ...
- Blackpool strives for better future Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 6:18PMGrand but faded Blackpool strives to transform itself from a tawdry seaside resort into a more enticing place to visit and to live.
- Lawyers sue rapper T.I. for attorney fees Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 5:46PMLawyers for the mother of T.I.'s sons say the rapper owes an $8,000 attorney bill in a custody case.
- Construction Type Contributes To Fire Death Toll Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 5:19PM The house on Jackson Street had balloon frame construction.
- Time travel Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 4:42PMRail line turns back the clock 40 years after it closed
- Atlanta homeless shelter pays part of water bill Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 4:01PMThe Metro Atlanta Task Force for the Homeless made a Monday deadline to pay the city of Atlanta for past-due water and sewer bills. Janet Ward, spokeswoman for the city's Department of Watershed Management, said the organization paid $7,147.90 to keep one meter running. The group still owes about $147,000 on another, inactive meter, she said. Last month, the city shut off all the water to the ...
- Sandra Diaz: Canoeing Into Tennessee Coal Sludge (Video) Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 3:56PMThe irony of a TVA cop giving us citations for criminal trespassing, even though we were in U.S. Waters, while islands of toxic coal ash were sitting behind him, did not escape me.
- Sci-Fi Channel Premiere Review: 100 Million B.C. Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 12:50PMMaybe a time machine could be invented to send this movie back to 100 Million B.C.? Ah yes, a movie by The Asylum. They tend to be cheap as hell, loaded with dollar store quality special effects, and have a nonsensical plot even the writer couldn't understand… all those traits and more are present in 100 Million B.C. Roger Corman wishes he could have made a movie this terrible back in the ‘50s. ...
- Work out for less: Shape up and save in 2009 Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 12:49PMTough economic times prompted Benjamin Gordon to move into a smaller apartment last fall. Among other cost-cutting measures, he canceled the gym membership near his old residence but hasn’t joined a new one since the move across town.
- Flexible travelers will get good deals on airfares this year Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 11:35AMTravelers can find good deals on airfares and hotels in 2009; the key is staying flexible and monitoring prices so you can grab bargains
- Isn’t it fine? It’s 2009! Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 11:31AM Your annual guide to what’s in and what’s out as another year kicks off.
- When pets go to rehab Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 10:28AMA clinic provides physical therapy for dogs, cats -- even a rabbit. The treatments look familiar to anyone who's undergone rehabilitation.
- Simply cycling Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 10:07AMEarlier this year, Otago Daily Times reporter Mark Price and wife Cathy toured Spain, France and Germany by bicycle, pedalling their way through a northern hemisphere spring.
- AirTran U - Home of the Really Cheap Standby Flight Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 7:00AM AirTran Airways Gives Young Travelers a Break from the Books with Low Fares -
- Prime nine Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 5:29AMCall it the "nine for '09."
- KRALEV: New hopes for rail travel Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 4:55AMHave you heard that trains are "in" again? They have been "out" for so long, it's almost hard to believe it, but President-elect Barack Obama's decision to ride the rail into Washington for his inauguration has excited many train lovers.
- 'If we work hard we can make London safer, fairer, cleaner' Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 3:48AMNEVER has a year been so written off before it even got going. Never has humanity tiptoed into January with such trepidation - and you don't need me to belabour the bad news.
- Peregrine falcon sets one-day flight record Satellite transmitters reveal birds’ capabilities and let computer users ... Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 3:27AMA peregrine falcon that researchers fitted with a transmitter and named Elizabetha left her summer home in the Arctic on Baffin Island in Canada and began flying south.
- Tech trends to expect in 2009 Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 2:46AMDon't be surprised if during the course of 2009 you opt for a bigger TV screen because you're playing more video games and going to the movies less often. You won't be alone, says a longtime watcher of tech trends in his predictions for the coming year.
- Brand names vanish from marketplace Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 2:17AM NEW YORK – Shoppers won’t be picking up ornate lamps from the Bombay Co. in the coming year. Or investing with Lehman Brothers and Bear Stearns. No flying to Hawaii on Aloha Airlines or buying ultra-cheap tickets on Skybus. Photo caption: “Everything must go,” reads a sign welcoming customers to a Linens ’N Things store in Glendale, Calif. The chain’s stores, including one in Fort Wayne, ...
- 2009: Best Year Ever For Travel? Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 11:03PMTravel Agents say if you're thinking about planning a trip, do it now for the cheapest prices.
- Regardless of whether the Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 9:46PM Regardless of whether the planet is warming or not, regardless of whether we caused it or not you can GUARANTEE that those who use the most energy will be the least effected and those who use the least will suffer the most. Climate change is irrelevant. There is no way for the entire human population to live at the levels that the west expects. We have ALWAYS been happy to exploit other ...
- TOWN TRAVELS: Learning the fun of flying Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 7:10PM Although most area residents will never need to fly out of Freeport in a hurry, it’s good to know that a private plane and a pilot are just a few miles away at Albertus Airport. The trip will be an expensive one, to be sure, but the cost is beside the point for the vast majority of people who will never have to pay it. There’s just something luxurious about the immediate availability of ...
- Last seen in Goa: The Death of Stephen Bennett Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 6:05PM On 6 December 2006, three days after he had flown out to Goa on holiday, Stephen Bennett telephoned his mother in Cheltenham. He was in a bad state. Some men had threatened to kill him, he said. He had been abducted from his beach shack the previous night, and beaten. He had just woken up in an alleyway. He thought he had been drugged. He asked his mother to tell his two children how much he ...
- Heroin, schools and the heart of the Afghan insurgency Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 5:14PM The smuggler Hameedullah's family live in one big house on a dusty unpaved lane - Hameedullah, his five sons and their wives, children, grandchildren and two cousins. Hameedullah, a tall, thickset man, is a government employee. And like many people in Helmand, he is also a poppy farmer. Like any other farmer, he was concerned by water, and crop prices. "People plant poppy because it's ...
- Rich rewards in Helmand for poppy farmers, police and Taliban Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 5:07PM The frontline defence of Lashkar Gah is a two-room mud hut beside a bridge over the river that snakes around the town. Here the Afghan police commander squats on a barrier and describes the latest Taliban onslaught. "They attacked at night," he says. "We fought back and then helicopters came and fired at them." He moves his hand in a sweeping semi-circle and explains that the land all around ...
- Raptors shock Magic Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 4:02PM Perhaps the Toronto Raptors are turning the corner. They have played two straight good games against two very good teams. And for a change, they are not settling for victories only of the moral persuasion.
- Raptors post second big upset in a row Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 2:29PMPerhaps the Toronto Raptors are turning the corner. They have played two straight good games against two very good teams. And for a change, they are not settling for victories only of the moral persuasion. Despite being undermanned, the Raptors managed a gutsy 108-102 victory over the Orlando Magic
- Airlines play zero basic fare card Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 1:43PMThe days of zero fare are back again. An online search for a Mumbai-Delhi ticket for a Saturday evening flight showed a GoAir ticket for Rs 0, basic fare, that is.
- Fares cut, why not surcharge Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 1:41PMMUMBAI: Aviation turbine fuel prices have hit the bottom of the barrel. At Rs 32-38 a litre it is at its lowest level in the last four to five years.
- Low on juice: Recession takes some hype out of tech industry's premier trade show Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 12:40PMThe annual International Consumer Electronics Show this week in Las Vegas is traditionally as much a boisterous celebration of all things technology as it is a trade show.
- Bonnies gain edge, pull away from Bears at free-throw line Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 11:04AMSt. Bonaventure prevailed Saturday afternoon because the Bonnies took advantage of what was cheap and what was free.
- Why a Tang exhibit, 'Molecules,' mattered Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 7:50AM It could have been a train wreck, says Ray Giguere, chemistry professor at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs.When he and John Weber, director of the Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore, assembled the "Molecules That Matter" exhibition, they didn't know what to expect. With the exhibit now installed in Philadelphia on the first stop of its multi-state tour, they've gotten their ...
- 2009: Year of travel deal Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 7:03AMNEW 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.
- A new marketing approach for death Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 5:25AMMy guess is that you spent an hour or so last week making resolutions for the New Year.
- 2008 saw end to many big brands Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 5:15AMNEW YORK — Shoppers won't be picking up ornate lamps from the Bombay Co. in the coming year. Or investing with Lehman Brothers and Bear Stearns. No flying to Hawai'i on Aloha Airlines or buying ultra-cheap tickets on Skybus, either.
- Virtuous city resolves to stay healthy Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 4:38AMVictorians might be routinely voted among the healthiest people in Canada, but that doesn't mean we're resting on our laurels -- or our Lazyboys.
- Stretch the travel budget -- swap apartments Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 4:16AMAlhambra for Rome, Rome for Alhambra. Thrifty-minded colleagues discover the ups and downs of trading spaces. Would they do it again? Read on. Editor's note: In November, Times staff writer Susan Spano and Times website producer Jason La exchanged dwelling places. La, a twentysomething, got to nest in Spano's apartment overlooking the Forum in Rome, and Spano, who's not a twentysomething, ...
- Be a Part of It Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 4:13AMNEW YORK
- Familiar firms succumb to economic hard times Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 1:23AMShoppers won't be picking up ornate lamps from the Bombay Co. this year. Or investing with Lehman Brothers and Bear Stearns. No flying to Hawaii on Aloha Airlines or buying ultra-cheap tickets on Skybus, either.
