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AWG: Ravenous teenagers keep volunteers hopping at Athletes Village Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 2:11PMRichard Middleton is used to feeding a lot of hungry people. As the corporate chef for Western Camp Services, crowds of hard-working oil and forestry workers are always looking for solid chow. Now imagine trying to feed and keep happy roughly 1,975 active, growing and hungry teenagers.[...]
United Way: It's a wrap! Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 12:53PMGAINESVILLE - "Hall County's ability to GIVE, ADVOCATE and VOLUNTEER has allowed United Way to give so many gifts this year," Jack Keener, the outgoing chairman of the United Way of Hall County Board of Directors, declared Wednesday.
Know Before You Go: NX35 Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 11:50AMFour full days and over 150 bands, right in DFW. Here's a few things to know before you go to NX35.
Sweetwater Backpack Buddies supporting local children Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 11:49AMSweetwater Backpack Buddies officially began last week for 30 Sweetwater ISD students. Sweetwater Backpack Buddies is a local non-profit group that is dedicated to providing healthy food for children that have been identified as "chronically hungry" by SISD staff and administration.
SIUE's IEA chapter makes a donation Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 11:06AMSome juveniles who are released from the Madison County Detention Center to their respective schools next year will get an extra boost to help them succeed.
Jason Haap and Local NAACP Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 10:26AMMany people have a love/hate relationship with Haap, who operates The Cincinnati Beacon Web site. Say what you will about him, but Jason Haap has a knack for raising issues before others do and that was the case recently with the need for bilingual signage at Fountain Square.
The Guide: What's on this week Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 10:15AMA look at what's happening around Dunedin. Alibi , the Octagon. Fridays, from 10.30pm: Hemi and Bede.
WEB UPDATE: Brown County United Way concludes 2009 campaign Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 9:46AMSleepy Eye board members helped raise $4,440 for local United Way projects.
Sheriff's Log Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 9:31AMMarch 1 • False identification to a deputy, Big Bear Boulevard at Division Drive, Big Bear Lake. Subject arrested for giving false name to avoid being arrested for a warrant.
Vail Seasonal: Cupcakes for a cause Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 2:44PMVAIL, Colorado - Poverty is complex; feeding a child is not. This is the mantra of Share Our Strength, our nation's powerful crusader in the war on childhood hunger. Share Our Strength began in the basement of a row house on Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C., in 1984, in the wake of the Ethiopian famine. Bill and Debbie Shore started the organization with the belief that everyone has a strength to ...
Border Patrol trackers sniff out 1,000 pounds of abandoned pot Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 2:32PMAJO, AZ (AP) - After several hours of tracking in the western Arizona desert Monday, U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Ajo station located more than 1,000 pounds of marijuana with an estimated value exceeding $850,000.
Laptops deleted from classrooms Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 2:28PMAt many D.C. area colleges, students are pencil pushers again.
Welcome Elementary food program seeks support Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 2:28PMBy DENEESHA EDWARDS The Dispatch WELCOME | An elementary school is asking for the community’s help with providing food for students when they are not in school.
Women Climb Mt. Adams To Prepare For Another Mt. Adams Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 2:26PMA trio of local women are making preparations to climb Mount Adams -- the mountain in Washington -- by climbing Mount Adams -- the hilly Cincinnati neighborhood east of downtown.
Border Patrol tracks down load of pot near Ajo Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 1:44PMAJO, Ariz. (AP) — After several hours of tracking in the western Arizona desert Monday, U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Ajo (AH'-hoh) station located more than 1,000 pounds of marijuana with an estimated value exceeding $850,000. Border Patrol agents located the footprints of a group of people along the international boundary who apparently entered the country illegally. Agents tracked ...
Backpacks of marijuana found abandoned in desert near Ajo Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 1:24PMAJO -- U.S. Border Patrol agents found more than 1,000 pounds of marijuana abandoned in the desert near Ajo. On Monday, Border Patrol agents located the footprints of a group of people who apparently entered the United States illegally. After tracking the group for several hours, the agents found multiple backpacks of marijuana. The agents conducted a thorough search of the immediate area, but ...
Border Patrol makes big bust in the desert Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 1:14PMAJO, AZ - Agents say after several hours of tracking operations in the west desert area on Monday, U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Ajo station found more than 1,000 pounds of marijuana with an estimated value of more than $850,000.
D-M getting ready for air show Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 10:44AMTUCSON - Aviation enthusiasts and spectators are invited to attend the Aerospace and Arizona Days air show at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base March 20-21. Gates will open at 8 a.m.
LSC discusses dog sniffing for drugs Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 9:11PMThe Lafayette School Corporation (LSC) discussed having a trained dog search for weapons and drugs while students are in school at its school board meeting Monday night.
Smart Hook inventor to speak at Hononegah Woman’s Club Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 8:11PMROCKTON — The Hononegah Woman’s Club will meet at 7 p.m. March 25 at the Talcott Free Library, 101 E. Main St.
Paterson students hold memorial for classmate shot to death on city street Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 8:03PMThree days after 17-year-old Javon Kemp was gunned down, his classmates and principal at P.A.N.T.H.E.R. Academy, the math and science magnet high school he attended, remembered him with a memorial they hung in a school hallway.
Britain feared bicyclists were spys Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 7:44PMLONDON - Clouds of war were gathering over Europe, and the English police officer was concerned. A group of black-clad Germans had been spotted heading for London - by bicycle.Newly declassified British intelligence files reveal the ripples of alarm that s...
Police log: Soccer players at West High irks caller Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 7:28PMA caller complained people were playing soccer Sunday without permission on a West High School field.
Gray Area blends tech, artistic creativity Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 6:58PMIt appears to be a regular art show - but look closer. The pictures are moving. Walking by a flat screen of what looks like rippling pools of mercury, a Webcam picks up and replays human movement in the silvery waves. On another wall, digital artist Aaron...
Wilford Hall Personnel Headed To Chile Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 6:53PMDozens of airmen and medical personnel are leaving for Chile to help with relief efforts.
Paterson students hold memorial for classmate shot to death on city street Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 6:33PMPATERSON —Three days after 17-year-old Javon Kemp was gunned down on a city street, his classmates and principal at P.A.N.T.H.E.R. Academy, the math and science magnet high school he attended, remembered him with a memorial they hung in a school hallway.
Lackland, Randolph medic teams to provide relief services in Chile Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 5:46PM U.S. Air Force Medical teams out of Lackland and Randolph are on their on their way to Chile. In all, 84 airman flew out of Lackland Air Force base on a C-17 Globemaster to help care for people injured in the earthquake there a little over a week ago. With them, 70 pound back packs which hold enough medical equipment to perform 10 life-saving surgeries anywhere, at anytime and under any ...
CHILD LEASH OR PROTECTIVE HARNESS? Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 8:05PMBy: LISA LESNICK (GAINESVILLE, Ga) To a child, the “two-in-one safety harness” is just another toy. To a parent it’s another way to constrain their child, but is it really necessary?
Slash teams up with Dora The Explorer Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 6:40PMSlash is showing his softer side by teaming up with Nickelodeon.
Rules toughen for Treasure Island beach crowds at Caddy's Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 5:59PMTreasure Island, Florida - Treasure Island's small community on Sunset Beach is expected to attract some large crowds again this year. Last season, homeowners living near Caddy's On the Beach Restaurant complained of a lack of security and unruly behavior from Spring Breakers and other beachgoers.
Small Oregon town: 'We need a cop' Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 5:30PMFor years, Culver, a valley community southwest of Madras and surrounded by fields, has been a one-cop town. But last year, the city's sole cop, pleaded guilty to first-degree misconduct. A local deputy also was busted for misconduct.
AHMAD FAIRUZ OTHMAN: Bent on changing the world Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 4:28PMMANY have crossed this threshold before. Many do every year.
Paleyfest 2010 honors 'The Vampire Diaries' with an evening of laughs Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 3:54PMThere's nothing quite like watching a bona fide fangirl share a moment with the object of her affection.
Dressing up to gain an edge Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 2:30PMMeeting the ballistic threats of the modern battlefield can be quite a challenge.
Sean Penn Wishes Painful Death For Haiti Critics Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 2:13PMSean Penn has strong words for those who think he's showing off with his aid to earthquake-ravaged Haiti. In an interview airing on this weekend's "Sunday Morning" on CBS, the outspoken actor says he hopes any cynic who dismisses his efforts as a star turn will "die screaming of rectal cancer."
Communities in Schools program successful Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 1:35PM“We are going to have pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving,” was a child’s gleeful response to the food brought to the family last November.
Lincoln students celebrate ‘Read Across America Day’ Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 8:54AMWith the goal of promoting reading through exciting activities, students at Lincoln Elementary School took part in the National Education Association’s “Read Across America Day” on Thursday, March 4 by exploring the United States.
Sean Penn: Death to Haiti Relief Critics Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 8:18AM(CBS) Actor Sean Penn has little use for those who disparage his work to bring relief to the victims of the January 12 Haitian earthquake.
SLASH TEAMS UP WITH DORA THE EXPLORER Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 7:22AMFormer GUNS N’ ROSES rocker SLASH is showing his softer side by teaming up with Nickelodeon to design a DORA THE EXPLORER backpack for charity.
Green school starts 'upcycling' Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 7:13AMEmpty Kool-Aid or Del Monte juice pouches are finding a new lease on inanimate life at one city school. The popular yet non-recyclable products are being shipped from Eamer's Corners Public School to an eco-civic company called TerraCycle.[...]
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Region briefs Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 4:07AMWyoming County man faces larceny charges Dundee High receives rash of threats
Baghdad diary Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 2:37AMThree generations reflect on life in the unpredictable city
Thieves target unlocked cars Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 2:22AMSt. Helena police are warning residents to lock the doors of their cars and houses following a rash of nighttime thefts from unlocked vehicles all over town.
World Energy Research Giving Back to Communities in a Big Way Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 2:20AMWER providing massive upgrades to the local community schools of Cuilco, Guatemala (PRWeb Mar 6, 2010) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/Guatemala_Energy/Projects/prweb3694934.htm
Church will hold used clothing drive Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 1:56AMWarwick The parish of St. Stephen, at 75 Sanfordville Road, in Warwick, will hold a used clothing and household goods drive from Sunday, March 21 to Tuesday, March 23.
Police Report: Lower Merion and Narberth Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 1:24AMCars vandalized with BB guns: Lower Merion police are asking for the public’s help in identifying the suspects who damaged cars in several township neighborhoods Sunday.
Main Line Police Report Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 1:21AMRadnor ----- DUI: Police arrested Jackson Flail, 18, of Wayne after a crash Jan. 27 at 10:27 p.m.
U.S. Customs Report Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 12:24AMCBP officers seize currency at Port U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers stopped an illegal exportation of $37,000 while screening traffic going into Mexico.
Saturday soapbox: Maybe they'll rent out rooms Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 12:00AMPigeon coops in Aurora now have to meet building codes? Seems like a frivolous application of city powers at a time when plenty of people would like a well-constructed roof over their heads.