Archive for September, 2009
Registration deadline for Va. voters is Oct. 5
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) ‘” First-time voters have less than one week to register to cast ballots in Virginia’s Nov. 3 general election. The deadline to register or to update a voter registration is Oct. 5. The state Board of Elections said Tuesday that …
Read More..>>Germany to open trade and industry office in Ghana
Accra, Sept. 30, GNA – Germany is to open a Trade and Industry Office in Ghana to improve economic partnership between the two countries. Dr Marius Haas, German Ambassador to Ghana, disclosed this on Wednesday at the opening of a four-day German …
Read More..>>Boynton Beach
BOYNTON BEACH – Boynton Beach police made a second arrest in the MySpace robbery case, charging a 17-year-old teen with felony robbery with a firearm. The arrest was made Tuesday and the teen was turned over to the Juvenile Assessment Center. The …
Read More..>>Aid flows to tsunami-hit Samoas; death toll at 119
APIA, Samoa ‘” Disaster officials rushed food, medicine and a temporary morgue to the Samoas today as a search for victims continued amid splintered buildings, toppled cars and boats and destroyed villages after a powerful earthquake unleashed a …
Read More..>>A Winning Campaign: Remain in Office
Since Bill Gates proclaimed Microsoft’s Internet strategy in his Internet Tidal Wave memo of 1995, people have been cynical of Microsoft’s embrace of the public network. Some of the cynicism has been well-founded: despite Gates’ mandate that …
Read More..>>800 greet Guard unit back home from Iraq
Among the soldiers is his son, Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden, who is a captain in the Army National Guard and served as a military lawyer in the Judge Advocate General’s office. Biden was joined by his wife, Jill Biden, as well as Gov. Jack …
Read More..>>Former Taylors church deacon expected to plead guilty in bank hostage …
The former church deacon accused of holding hostages during the failed robbery of a Greenville bank that led to a dramatic police standoff has always wanted to plead guilty in the crime and on Thursday will do so, his attorney said Tuesday. Bruce Lee …
Read More..>>Ang Lee says he’s baffled by ‘Woodstock’ results
HONG KONG — Ang Lee says he’s baffled by the poor box office results of “Taking Woodstock” – the Oscar-winning director’s worst-performing English-language movie in the U.S. in 10 years. The Focus Features comedy, which chronicles the buildup to the …
Read More..>>Senate panel rejects public insurance
WASHINGTON — In a long-anticipated showdown, liberal Democrats failed twice Tuesday to inject a government-run insurance option into sweeping health care legislation taking shape in the Senate, despite bipartisan agreement that private insurers must …
Read More..>>Appeal unlikely after court rules again
The Markell administration said Tuesday it probably won’t contest a federal appeals court ruling that apparently struck a fatal blow to Delaware’s dreams for expansive, Las Vegas-style sports betting. In a one-sentence ruling earlier Tuesday, the U.S …
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