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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Wednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 3:49AMThe Delaware Breast Cancer Coalition does not solicit funds via the telephone.
Jabel Ali Hotels to open Round Island Resort by early 2012 Wednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 3:41AMJabel Ali Hotels to open Round Island Resort by early 2012
Tear gas quells asylum seeker protest in Australia Wednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 2:38AMSYDNEY (AP) — Australian police fired tear gas and shock grenades to quell asylum seekers who set fires at a detention center in a protest that the prime minister said Wednesday could hurt their chances of getting visas. One man was arrested after Tuesday night’s riot by some 50 inmates at the Christmas Island detention
Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Paz Radaza’s State of the City Address Wednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 1:52AMSTATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS 2011 Hon. Paz C. Radaza Lapu-Lapu City Mayor July 20, 2011, Hoops Dome Hon. Congressman Arturo Radaza, Hon. Vice-Mayor Marcial Ycong, Honorable Members of the City Council, Barangay Officials, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, my fellow Oponganons… good morning! This year, our city is celebrating its 50th [...]
Gillard warns protesting asylum seekers Wednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 1:43AMGillard has issued a stern warning to protesting asylum seekers at the Christmas Island detention centre.
Political chess not for the faint-hearted Wednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 1:24AMNorth Carolina Rep. Tim Spear (D-2nd District) faced some tough choices during the General Assembly's legislative session that just ended.
Tear gas used on rioting asylum seekers Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 7:55PMTEAR gas and bean-bag rounds were fired at asylum seekers on Christmas Island after riots broke out late last night.
Tear gas used in detention centre riot Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 7:45PMAUSTRALIAN Federal Police have used tear gas and beanbag rounds to restore order after a disturbance involving up to 50 asylum seekers at the Christmas Island detention centre.
Malaysia deal cuts arrivals - Bowen Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 5:45PMChris Bowen says the government's refugee swap deal with Malaysia has cut the number of boat arrivals.
Three on roof in asylum seeker protest Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 5:25PMANOTHER protest has broken out at the Christmas Island detention centre with at least three asylum seekers taking to the rooftop of the facility.
Asylum seeker detention costs soar Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 5:14PMDETENTION centre costs soar as reports emerge of another asylum seeker protest at the Christmas Island detention centre overnight.
Boat numbers fall as asylum deal finalised Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 4:46PMImmigration Minister Chris Bowen has claimed the Gillard Government's so-called Malaysia solution has already seen a drop in the number of asylum seekers arriving by boat.
Feature: Debt crisis makes life hard for Greeks, but hope still alive Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 8:43PMA year and a half into an acute debt crisis that led Greece teetering on the brink of default, the daily life of Greeks has changed dramatically.
Community Calendar - Tuesday Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 8:13PMHISTORIC COLUMBIA FOUNDATION’S TINY TOT TUESDAYS: “Garden Gnomes” for ages 2-4, 11 a.m.-noon today, Robert Mills Carriage House , 1616 Blanding St. Will feature stories, games and crafts. Admission: $6 per child, $2 each additional child. Discounts for members. (803) 252-1770, ext. 24; www.historiccolumbia.org
Send us your nominations: 2011 Marco Island Volunteer, Citizen of the Year Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 3:38PMEach year people on Marco Island do so much for so many, and all are volunteers. The Marco Eagle will present one of them with the 2011 Volunteer of the Year Award on December 4, 2011 at the Christmas Island Style Gala.
Return of wedding rings touches owner Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 11:32AMORANGE PARK -- Every so often, something happens that restores one’s faith in the basic honesty of people and of businesses. For Terri Newton of Middleburg, it happened recently when she lost a pair of diamond hoop earrings that her husband, David, had given her last Christmas.
Residents fear a detention centre Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 11:10AMRESIDENTS living close to the Borallon Correction Centre say they want to be consulted about plans to turn the prison into an immigration detention centre.
Rooftop protest at Xmas Island ends Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 10:12AMA rooftop protest involving 11 detainees at the Christmas Island detention centre has ended.
Indian River County Community Calendar, Updated July 18 Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 9:52AMIndian River Community Calendar
Catering to a combat zone Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 8:34PMFlying through war zones, dragging dead bodies off beaches, getting caught in the middle of riots and producing 55,000 meals for military personnel. It's all in a day's work for Hamish Griffin who takes on some of the world's most hostile and isolated places. He calls South Canterbury home and it is here where he returns to get the weight of the world off his shoulders. Al Williams caught up ...
Citizens to meet on sulfur handling, melting facility Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 5:21PMMOREHEAD CITY — Surprise news of a proposed sulfur facility to be built at the state port in Morehead City has been a flashback to 10 years ago for many Carteret County residents. Citizens opposed then to the prospect of a liquefied natural gas...
Island snapped up for $170,000 Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 5:15PMLOCAL boaties and fishermen packed into the Ray White office in Hervey Bay on Saturday morning to see a once-in-a-lifetime sale – the auction of the sub-tropical Suna Island in the Great Sandy Strait.
Family hold out hope for missing Iranian Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 4:41PMAn Iranian man is still holding out hope that his brother was not among those lost at sea after a boat of asylum seekers smashed into cliffs at Christmas Island in December.
Michael McIntyre: 'Comedians are nasty to me' Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 4:03PMMichael McIntyre says that there was "an amazing amount of hostility" towards him at the British Comedy Awards.
Howard students back to school Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 2:21AMThe teachers' bright green T-shirts said it all: "Howling Huskies Leading the Pack!"
Search goes on to complete county judge display Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 2:09AMMissing: two Snohomish County judges. Well, not exactly. Bob Terwilliger, administrator for Snohomish County Superior Court and Juvenile Court, is working on a history project. He has nearly completed the court's collection of official photographs of the county's judges past and present.
Roanoke is the Star City of the South Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 11:45PMIt was 1949 when the star was born, high atop Mill Mountain on the outskirts of the city. Conceived by local merchants as a Christmas shopping stunt, the 88-foot-high neon and steel structure was -- and still is -- the largest man-made, freestanding, illuminated star in the world.
Neustadt keeps the faith Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 9:53PMMore top awards for Neustadt Springs Brewery products validate the regional microbrewery's traditional methods, the company's co-owner and brewer both said this week.[...]
Christmas at Good Samaritan Village Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 9:17PMAlthough it was 90 degrees outdoors, Good Samaritan Society's Grand Island Village hosted a Christmas in July party on Friday in its Pelican Falls Building.
Flint missionary to Haiti, Rebecca Bonner, died July 5 Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 7:36PMHersheylean Powell has only faint memories of her mother wearing colorful clothing.
We're as rich as the Beckhams! £161m winners join the jet set and promise they will have 'so much fun' Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 7:17PMColin and Christine Weir from Largs, in Ayrshire, who have been married for 30 years, were today named as the couple who scooped the mega prize.
Christmas in July at Good Samaritan Village Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 5:31PMGood Samaritan Society’s Grand Island Village hosted a Christmas in July party today in its Pelican Falls Building.
In the Catskills, Building Stone by Stone, Bale by Bale Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 12:40AMEAST MEREDITH, N.Y.
Lawyers denied access to ill detainees Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 12:29AMLawyers have filed an application in the Federal Court to interview four mentally ill detainees at the Christmas Island Immigration Detention Centre.
Officer wanted to jump into raging seas Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 11:56PMThe police officer in charge of Christmas Island had to be stopped from jumping into raging seas to save a mother and child who were killed in the SIEV 221 disaster.
Moderate back-to-school sales forecast Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 11:26PMThe first back-to-school shopping forecast is out, and U.S. sales should rise 3 percent this year to $39 billion.
Jay Cheshes Impressed by Brushstroke; Ryan Sutton Thinks Sam Talbot ‘Isn’t a Very Reliable Chef’ Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 9:52AMRobert Sietsema calls the Upper East Side's Jones Wood Foundry the "most perfect facsimile gastropub of all." Of the menu of English peasant fare, he writes, "many of the mains tend to be both good and a good deal," but "the apps are less so." He finds the mackeral crudo to be "raw seafood hiding in an inordinate amount of salad material squirted with some inscrutable white substance," but is ...
Call for rescue helicopter on island Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 9:18AMThe co-ordinator of the search and rescue operations after last year's Christmas Island boat tragedy has called for a helicopter and jet-skis to be stationed on the island, an inquest hears.
Taiwan apologizes to Israel for Nazi photo gaffe Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 9:16AMA picture of summer campers in Nazi uniform drew Israeli ire. The fascination in Taiwan with Nazism could be a product of ignorance about its history, say observers.
Asylum seekers likely 'lost forever' Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 9:00AMTHE bodies of 20 asylum seekers who died when their boat smashed into cliffs will likely never be found, an inquest has heard.
Man 'kicked girl away from life jacket' Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 8:56AMThe Christmas Island inquest has heard a man prevented a small child from swimming to safety.
Entertainment Calendar Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 8:15AMToday 07/14
Police officer says shipwreck bodies swept out to sea Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 2:44AMThe police officer who co-ordinated the search following the Christmas Island boat tragedy has told a coronial inquest they recovered as many bodies as they could.
Boat bodies likely never to be found Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 1:12AMTHE bodies of 20 asylum seekers who perished when their boat smashed off Christmas Island will likely never be found, an inquest has heard.
Boat tragedy bodies unlikely to be found Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 1:03AMTHE bodies of 20 asylum seekers who perished in rough seas when their boat smashed into the cliff of Christmas Island will likely never be found, an inquest has heard.
Gilligan’s Island, Brady Bunch creator dies Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 9:18PMSherwood Schwartz, the comedy writer and producer who created what have remained two of the most enduringly popular TV series in worldwide syndication, died Tuesday morning. He was 94.
Even with it's most flawed features I still thought it was a Roller coaster ride from start to finish! Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 9:08PMI received Just Cause2 as a christmas present from my Secret Santa, with not much wanting to play it, I placed it briskly in my backlog "not wanting to insult the person who gifted it to me" ... So several months later I finally decided to pick this game up and give it a go. Long story short I'm addicted .. Right off the basis this game is flawed in some of it's core concepts, but if you can ...
Park expansion shapes TDC fall concerts release Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 8:35PMPANAMA CITY BEACH - The Bay County Tourist Development Council (TDC) announced its fall concert schedule for weekends of country, Christian and 'tween music Tuesday, but the talk was colored with the continued difficulty of bringing big acts to the beach because of the lack of a large...
Sherwood Schwartz: Watch Clips From His 5 Most Memorable Shows (Video) Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 7:32PMKimberly Nordyke The creator of "Gilligan's Island" and "Brady Bunch" died Tuesday at age 94. read more
Hospital foundation in Comox Valley hopes donations will resume Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 6:13PMEvery spring for the past few years, the St. Joseph's General Hospital Foundation has sent out a spring mailing appealing for donations to help purchase new equipment for the hospital. It is a major fundraiser, but this spring, the campaign hit a bit of a snag when postal workers were locked out and donations stopped coming in.