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O'Neill looking for strikers to deliver Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 9:00AMMartin O'Neill has challenged Gabriel Agbonlahor, John Carew and Emile Heskey to deliver enough goal-power in the final quarter of the season to keep Aston Villa on course for FA Cup glory and a Champions League spot.
Supportive, frank Biden reaches out to Israelis - Feature Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 8:59AMTel Aviv - From an Israeli point of view, Joe Biden's speech in Tel Aviv was almost like the sun breaking through an overcast sky after a thunderstorm. The US vice president used warm, but clear words to his hosts. ...
AUDIO POST'S UNSUNG HEROES Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 8:52AMWhile audio post talent is most important, we cannot deny the role of tools that help that talent reach its full potential. It is easy to forget how much we rely on people who are bold enough to create new products and start their own companies. Some have even redefined how we work.
Va. gov McDonnell signs offshore energy bills Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 4:51PMGov. Bob McDonnell signed into law Wednesday offshore drilling legislation intended to realize his goal of making Virginia the East Coast's energy superpower.
Danish patsies Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 4:20PMMichael J. Trebilcock, professor of economics at Toronto University, says Denmark’s wind power is a con: There is no evidence that…
N.S. gov't lauds deal for TrentonWorks, confident dividends will come Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 4:11PMThe Nova Scotia government is downplaying the risks taxpayers face in their equity stake in a manufacturing plant in Trenton that is going to make wind turbine components.
Oklahoma's Famous Eagles Finally Pick Nest Site, Lay Eggs Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 3:51PMA pair of bald eagles has finally settled on a nest and is incubating three eggs and thanks to the Sutton Avian Research Center people around the world can watch.
First Cadillac wagon in North America Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 3:45PM't stop Cadillac from launching its first U.S.-built wagon.
Wilmington on DVD: Up in the Air, Precious, King Lear, Capitalism: A Love Story, Old Dogs Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 3:32PMIn Jason Reitman's Up in the Air, George Clooney plays a prime/perfecto Clooney role: Ryan Bingham, a nice-seeming, glamorous-looking guy with a highly paid, very nasty job.
Rain Chances Increasing Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 3:30PMBetween now and this weekend, a slow-moving storm system will wobble from the Mid-Mississippi Valley to the Mid-Atlantic Coast. This system will share a variety of rain chances with eastern North Carolina.
Bristol Profile: Jeff Manto is Bristol's own Mantle Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 8:34AMBristol’s own home-grown big leaguer is this week’s ‘Borough Character.’
Power lines trap Washington school bus; kids escorted off Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 8:32AMA fire official says a brief wind storm left a school bus trapped between two downed power lines Monday afternoon in the Clark County community of Hockinson.
Simon Johnson: Way Too Big to Save Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 8:14AMBig banks have a funding advantage -- the implicit government guarantee makes it easier for them to raise capital and cheaper for them to borrow money. They will always only become larger.
Collapsed culvert deepens cash woes Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 8:05AMBRUNSWICK — As power was restored and students re-turned to classes last week, Brunswick schools seemed to have weathered the worst of the Feb. 25 wind and rain storm.
Iceland votes over foreign debts, economy at risk Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 7:58AMREYKJAVIK -- Icelanders voted in a referendum on Saturday on a $5-billion deal to repay Anglo-Dutch loans, with an expected resounding "No" set to delay foreign aid, hopes for economic recov...
Mind the hits Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 7:50AMThey carted off Marc Savard on a stretcher on Sunday, now see if the NHL sweeps him under a carpet.
School bus trapped by power lines, children safe Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 7:37PMTwenty-five Hockinson primary school students were marched safely off a school bus Monday afternoon after firefighters say the bus became trapped between downed power lines.
St. Paul's Future City Team returns from National contest Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 7:35PMThey may not have picked up any new awards, but a team of amateur architects and scientists from St. Paul of the Cross Catholic School in Park Ridge did get to spend four days in the nation's capital last month as participants in the National Future City Competition.
Republicans may get chance to lead in the Washington state Legislature Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 7:25PMAre Republicans ready to lead in the state Legislature? If not, they should be preparing. Predictions of a GOP resurgence nationwide this fall have Democratic lawmakers expecting voters will slim their numbers in Olympia in November — maybe end their majority.
Even if Boeing is sole bidder for Air Force tanker, it must choose its price carefully Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 7:24PMEVERETT — Even if its rival for a lucrative contract drops out, the Boeing Co. will face challenges as it seeks to replace the Air Force's tanker fleet.
MSI Wind U135 Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 7:04PMMSI's latest netbook impresses us with a quality keyboard.
The Academy Smiles With Both Faces Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 6:56PMThe Oscars telecast exposed an Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in identity crisis: the ceremony was big and commercial; the winners were small and arty.
Wind gusts cut power to nearly 1,100 PUD customers Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 6:50PMA rush of cold air brought hail and wind gusts that caused twopower outages affecting nearly 1,100 Cowlitz PUD customers in theKalama River and Spirit Lake Highway corridors Monday.
Chinese company to develop new energy in northeast Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 6:43PMAviation Industry Corporation of China will invest 3.3 billion yuan (483.9 million U.S. dollars) to develop new energy enterprises in China's northeast, the company said Monday. The state-owned company said it would build wind power stations of 200,000 kilowatts (kw), natural gas power stations of 100,000 kw and solar power stations of 40,000 kw installed capacity in the city of Da'an, Jilin ...
Voters reject wind power moratorium ordinance Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 10:34PMWELD — Voters rejected establishing a six-month moratorium on wind development facilities on Saturday. However, they decided informally to set up a committee to explore options on setting guidelines for commercial facilities to be built in the town.
Cornrich is the secret agent man Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 10:19PMCLEVELAND | The Mercedes S550 pulls up to the hotel silver and sleek and shining with the gleam of money and power. The man behind the wheel waves and this alone is a minor miracle. With his slew of secret clients and the invisible strings he pulls across America’s sports landscape — including negotiating contracts that could cost two Kansas universities as much as $10 million in payouts to its ...
Jackson Country Central holds off Frazee to win Class A wrestling team title Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 10:15PMLeave it to the small schools to create the biggest drama.
Salehuddin and Soh: The corporate side of PKR Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 10:02PMCAN a leopard change its spots? Especially when one is from the fr ee-wheeling, cut-throat, kill-or-be-killed world that is corporate Malaysia, where politics and big-time business are dubiously intertwined and who you know is more important than what you know. Apparently not - if a stunning revelation from Selangor Mentri Besar Khalid Ibrahim about former PKR secretary-general Salehuddin Hashim ...
Storms pummel Melbourne Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 10:24PMMELBOURNE has been pounded by a massive thunderstorm this afternoon.
Tigers get power from unlikely source in baseball series opener against USC Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 10:17PMCLEMSON —Chris Epps is a typical lead-off hitter. The junior finds ways to get on base and uses his speed to make something happen.Friday against South Carolina in the first of a three-game series, he only had to trot around the bases in his first at bat in the Tigers’ 4-3 win at Doug Kingsmore Stadium.Coming into the contest, Epps had just five career home runs, and had the worst slugging ...
Renewable energy bill headed toward passage Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 10:14PMDENVER (AP) - A proposal requiring Colorado utilities to use more renewable energy, including smaller-scale solar projects, is headed toward passage at the Capitol.
Obituaries reported in the Feb. 18, 2010, Advocate Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 10:09PMThese obituaries were reported in the Feb. 18, 2010, Advocate: Howard E. Baker, Allen Roy John Eaton, Edwin Jacob Flickinger, Edward E. Hynek, Marjorie Janette Miller Johnson, Jane Loebsack, Wilbur B. Reed, Lillie B. Schuchart, Leon F. Talbot, Doris Teagarden and Norman L. Terry.
Storms hit Melbourne Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 9:52PMBureau warns Melburnians to prepare for damaging winds and hail as thunderstorms make their way across the city.
Witnesses saw plane smoke before fatal crash in Louisa Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 9:30PMThe Cessna T303 Crusader, loaded with 148 gallons of fuel, turned sideways and crashed vertically
Lakers have trouble keeping pace with the Bobcats Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 9:08PMThey drop a second consecutive road game, making only 36.3% of their shots in a 98-83 loss to Charlotte.
Bills surface to revamp coastal agency Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 9:02PMLawmakers consider major changes to makeup and operation of Coastal Resources Management Council
Have a small renewable-energy project? Rocky Mountain Power will fund it Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 8:30PMRocky Mountain Power has some cash and is looking for a few good renewable-energy projects. Beginning next week the utility will accept applications to fund small, community-based solar, wind and low-impact hydro projects -- undertakings it hopes can be used to help educate the public on the
Grouse Won't be Listed as Endangered or Threatened Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 4:50PMAn Interior Department announcement Friday that it won't list sage grouse as an endangered or threatened species opens the way for continued development of the West's wind energy and oil and gas industries.
Watch Fleet Foxes Frontman Robin Pecknold Cover Joanna Newsom Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 4:49PMStarting later this month, Fleet Foxes leader Robin Pecknold will open a few shows for conquering hero Joanna Newsom . And now, Pecknold 's taken to his YouTube page to play a sweet, low-key acoustic cover of "On a Good Day", the shortest song on Newsom 's gargantuan new triple album Have One on Me . Lovely. Now can we get a duet, please? Check below to watch the video:
Pletschet: Judge utility stocks on dividend more than share price Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 4:42PMReaders often end a letter with a throw-away question that usually goes something like this: "Do you still like utilities?"They never expand on their query by stating whether they're really worried about utilities and, if so, why.
City of Pueblo faces hardships in 2010 Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 4:39PMThe City of Pueblo is dealing with money woes, that could impact services. January's sales tax revenues fell -1.1% from the same time a year ago. "Housing starts are down, commercial construction is down, that's the lion's share of that use tax money that comes in," said Jerry Pacheco, City Manager for the City of Pueblo. Pacheco says the city's financial forecast is gloomy. "We're projecting ...
Beasties, Rage Against the Machine, Superchunk on Leonard Peltier Comp Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 4:34PMIn 1995, a benefit album to raise funds to fight the allegedly wrongful imprisonment of convicted murderer Leonard Peltier was supposed to come out on Columbia. The record-- dubbed Exiled in the Land of the Free -- was to feature feature rare, live, and unreleased tracks from Beastie Boys, Rage Against the Machine, Superchunk, Mike Watt, Josh Homme, and more. ( Via Billboard .) Well, the ...
Your comments: Oregon's windy city, Seattle P.D.'s lap-dance duty Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 4:27PMThere's a lot to talk about today, so let's get this party started...
Lowell embraces wind energy project Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 5:07AMLOWELL -- Voters turned out in record numbers Tuesday to endorse a proposed wind energy project on Lowell Mountain by an overwhelming margin, 342-114.
Fishing improves as weather gets warmer Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 5:05AMFishing at Kentucky and Barkley Lakes is improving as warmer weather begins to move into the region, but frequent rain and gusty winds have made anglers work for their fish.
Fears over delay to feed-in tariff designed to kickstart domestic energy revolution Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 4:59AMTerry Macalister, The Guardian - Published under license by, BusinessGreen , Thursday 4 March 2010 at 10:45:00 Energy minister to be questioned about plans at London summit The government will come under fire today from a renewable energy sector increasingly concerned about potential delays in the implementation of a " feed-in tariff" meant to kickstart a domestic green power revolution. David ...
Frogs, Zul Noordin and the PKR dilemma Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 4:52AMLater this week, the PKR disciplinary committee will announce its decision on recalcitrant Kulim Bandar Bharu MP Zulkifli Noordin. Whether it outright recommends his sacking or passes on his request for an all-Muslim panel to 'judge' him will be closely watched.
Daredevil pilot is a real livewire Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 4:48AMHovering above power lines knowing that the slightest mistake could cost you and your workmates your lives may not sound like your average day at work. But that is the scenario regularly faced by Michael Crichton-Kane – a daredevil helicopter pilot from Saddleworth.
Dusty windstorm lashes Kohima Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 4:43AMKohima, Mar 04 : A high velocity windstorm, is lashing this capital town of Kohima for the third day today uprooting many trees, damaging houses and disrupting the power supply in the town.
Conservation group challenges PG&E, seeks more water for Eel River Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 4:42AMA conservation group is looking to the state to significantly cut back on the diversion of Eel River water to the Russian River in what it says is a last-ditch effort to save crashing salmon and steelhead runs.