Obama will accept nomination in stadium International Herald Tribune | : In accepting his party's nomination outside of the main Democratic convention hall this August, in the Denver Broncos' football stadium that seats more than 75,000 people, Senator Barack Obama is borrowing from the political repertoire of John F. Kennedy. | Obama will be the first nominee to hol...
Eligible children not getting free school meals The Examiner ROCKVILLE, Md. (Map, News) - Three of 10 students eligible for federal free meals in Montgomery County aren't getting them, and part of the problem may be that non-English speaking parents don't know they're eligible. | Of the nearly 36,000 students who are eligible for free or reduced-price lunches...
U.S., Czechs sign missile deal; Moscow issues warning The Star | PRAGUE (Reuters) - The United States and the Czech Republic signed an agreement on Tuesday to build part of a U.S. missile defence shield, prompting Russia to say that if deployed it would respond with "military-technical methods". The U.S. Secreta...
Nicole Kidman, Keith Urban, Bruce Lee International Herald Tribune | Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban are the parents of a baby girl, born this week in Nashville, Tennessee. The baby, who weighed 6 pounds, 7½ ounces (about 2.93 kilograms), was named Sunday Rose . Kidman, 41, has two adopted children from her marriage t...
CTA bus supervisors to hit the streets in hybrid cars Chicago Sun-Times | The days of CTA bus supervisors biding their time in wooden sheds, clipboards in hand, counting passing buses and waiting for service problems to come to them are over. | Instead of sitting in 37 stationary posts that will be torn down next month, ...
Amish in outhouse dispute appeal jail sentence Philadelphia Daily News | The Associated Press | EBENSBURG, Pa. - Two Amish farmers who said their religious convictions prevented them from disposing of outhouse waste according to state sewage laws appealed their jail sentences. | Andy Swartzentruber and Sam Yoder were co...
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Bear puts bite on attacker Canada Dot Com | One of the city's finest has already survived near-electrocution and now an attempted strangulation -- all in pursuit of the city's criminals. | Veteran police dog Bear fended of...
Farmers in southern Kansas eager to harvest wheat Lexington Herald-Leader | WICHITA, Kan. -- | Jerry McReynolds usually cuts his own wheat fields. | But not this year. After a volatile spring of heavy rains, widespread hail and tornadoes, the Woodston fa...
Air Canada traffic falls short Canada Dot Com | Airlines - Air Canada said Monday its combined June traffic was up by 1.9 per cent, but the extra passengers didn't match the carrier's increased capacity, resulting in more empt...
Ultrasound at centre of US state-level abortion debate The Guardian | Since the 1980s, doctors have used so-called ultrasound imaging to monitor the foetus during pregnancy - checking for possible abnormalities or problems in delivery. The images - also called sonograms - have become so widespread that abortion foes ...
Gatorade Co. to operate largest customer-owned solar unit in Salt River Project territory Business Journal > Exercise channel to have advertising by Gatorade [Philadelphia] S.F. sees a net gain [San Francisco] Gatorade sets deal with volleyball tour [Los Angeles] Power plants pave way for secure employment [Phoenix] Electronic bills give companies paper c...
Haverty hit with Q2 sales drop Business Journal > Haverty sales down in May [Atlanta] Haverty sales rise in April [Atlanta] Haverty Q1 earnings up 24% [Atlanta] | Haverty Furniture Cos.' second quarter sales decreased 10 percent due to the sluggish economy. | Haverty's sales for the second quarter...
Lawyers, Surfers Turn on the Paparazzi AOL LOS ANGELES (July 7) - For years Hollywood's paparazzi have hounded celebrities, but now -- with help from local politicians, a lawyer in the Monica Lewinsky case, and even Malibu surfers -- they are the ones feeling the heat. | In Los Angeles and the nearby beachside enclave of Malibu, city leaders want to slap restrictions on the paparazzi citing...
Actors Brolin, Mortensen back Screen Actors Guild The Examiner LOS ANGELES (Map, News) - Jack Nicholson, Viggo Mortensen, Nick Nolte and other actors will come out in support of the Screen Actors Guild's negotiating team and call for a smaller union to return to the bargaining table in a new ad to run Thursday, said a person familiar with the situation. | The ad, to run in trade publications Variety and The Ho...
