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The 80s: the best of times, the worst of timesSaturday, July 31, 2010 @ 9:13PMTop Gun, the Smiths, The A-Team … popular culture reached its height in the 1980s – didn't it? Toby Litt on a decade he hated at the time, but is reluctantly starting to admire There's a fantastically annoying ad on Spotify at the moment for yet another Hits of the 80s compilation CD. Voiceover man hails "the decade that just won't die" – which is true, even though, along with a large number of ...

Around Tulare: Tickets for Tulare County Fair, set for Sept. 15-19, now on saleSaturday, July 31, 2010 @ 7:46AMTulare County Fair tickets are available on pre-sale at the fair's office, 215 East Martin Luther King Jr. Ave., and website, www.tularefair.org.

Charity pay gets closer lookFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 11:03PMMore than 200 charities nationally pay CEOs more than $1 million annually, a 2009 Observer investigation found. More than 80 nonprofit leaders in the Carolinas have gotten pay exceeding $500,000.

City council won’t pursue $645,000Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 3:08PMCities don’t often turn down chances to obtain nearly $650,000 in grant money. However, the Keokuk City Council did just that during a special meeting Thursday at City Hall.

Teachers 're-energize' in the real worldFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 12:18PMby Nick Veronin Next year, when Marisa DaSilva's students ask her, in exasperation, how they will ever use the things she is teaching them in the real world, she'll have an answer. The Crittenden teacher is working at Hewlett Packard this summer as part of a fellowship program that pairs local teachers with high tech companies. Next year, DaSilva will pass on some of the real-world skills she ...

PSC grants modified rate increase to LG&E and KUFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 11:34AMResidential customers of LG&E will see monthly electric bills increase by about $7 and gas bills go up about $4 under rate increases approved Friday by the Kentucky Public Service Commission.

Security business disclosure may impact casesFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 10:40AMThe disclosure of Ken Zisa's security business is seen as a potential issue, some attorneys say.

State’s biodiesel industry struggling to stay afloatThursday, July 29, 2010 @ 2:17PMLITTLE ROCK — When Pinnacle BioFuels opened in Crossett in 2008, renewable fuels and reducing America’s dependence on foreign oil were on everyone’s mind.

HHS Announces Availability of $51 Million in Resources for States to Build New Competitive Health Insurance MarketplaceThursday, July 29, 2010 @ 11:11AMWASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced two key steps in the process of partnering with states and other stakeholders to begin establishing health insurance Exchanges. HHS announced the availability of up to $1 million in grants per state to help states begin work to establish Exchanges and published a request for comment calling for ...