Archive for December, 2008
Robber rinsed in Portland car wash
It was a clean getaway ‘” a would-be car wash robber ran off wet and with no money after getting drenched by an attendant armed with a washer wand. A gunman wearing a skeleton mask and hooded sweat shirt strolled into Washman Carwash near a Portland …
Read More..>>Atlanta News Stories
As I conclude my tenure as president of the Greater Atlanta Home Builders Association, I am moved to reflect on the dynamic shifts we have seen in the past 12 months and the opportunities that now lie ahead… TSA grounds, delays this flier (12/31 …
Read More..>>Judge John W. Smith tapped to head state courts office
For the past four years, John W. Smith has bounced from North Carolina’s mountains to the coast, from north to south, hearing cases in at least 75 of our state’s 100 counties. As one of two Special Superior Court judges based in Wilmington, Smith …
Read More..>>Israel, Hamas Take Battle to YouTube
JERUSALEM (Dec. 31) – Israel’s bruising war on the Islamic militants who control Gaza has moved online, where sites like YouTube and Facebook are the new battlegrounds. Israel posted video of its attacks on militants firing rockets over the past five …
Read More..>>Israel posts video of Gaza air strikes on YouTube
WASHINGTON: The Israeli military has launched its own channel on video-sharing website YouTube, posting footage of air strikes and other attacks on Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip. The spokesman’s office of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it …
Read More..>>Clinton office hostage-taker pleads guilty
DOVER ‘” The man who took hostages last year at one of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s campaign offices pleaded guilty on Tuesday, and was sentenced to three years in jail, followed by mental health treatment. Leeland Eisenberg of Somersworth, 47 …
Read More..>>President Bush calls Zardari, Manmohan Singh: Pakistan, India agree to …
CRAWFORD/ISLAMABAD: US President George W Bush called President Asif Ali Zardari and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday and all sides agreed on the need to avoid any action that would increase tensions. According to White House …
Read More..>>Ready to drop? Heavily pregnant Jennifer Garner arrives at hospital …
Heavily pregnant Jennifer Garner, who is expected to give birth any day now, arrived at hospital with her husband Ben Affleck this evening. The Juno star strolled arm-in-arm with Affleck into the Cedars-Sinai Medical Office Towers in Los Angeles and …
Read More..>>Burris plans to attend swearing-in
CHICAGO – Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s choice to take Barack Obama’s Senate seat plans to be in Washington next week when new senators are sworn in, but he won’t make a scene if he’s turned away by Senate leaders who object to his appointment …
Read More..>>Apple’s iWork floating into the cloud?
You can add another rumor to the list of possible announcements at next week’s MacWorld Expo . Apple’s office software bundled as iWork is about to become a suite of web applications, according 9to5Mac’s ‘best source.’ So far, I haven’t …
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