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EDP Future50: the search begins Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 11:17PMQ Peter Davies, Breakwater IT: A lot has been said about the need for “entrepreneurship” to help create new employment and growth in the private sector.
IVCC board approves $40.7 million budget Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 10:41PMIllinois Valley Community College trustees approved a $40.7 milliontentative budget for 2012 Tuesday, which included the state-required issuance of $5 million in debt certificates for the college's share in financing construction of the Community Technology Center. IVCC Vice President
Q: Salinas Start-up Closes, Do Other Cities Take Risk? Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 7:17PMCities on the Central Coast are trying to figure out if bringing new jobs to the area is worth the risk.
Testimony of Federal Emergency Management Agency Deputy Administrator Richard Serino, before the Senate Committee on ... Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 2:00PMRichard Serino appeared before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Government Affairs, Subcommittee on Diaster Recovery and Intergovernmental Affairs to discuss severe spring storms.
A better loo? Gates gives $42M to improve toilets Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 11:06AMAt dawn every Sunday, Joseph Irungu leads an army of 50 men pushing hand carts fitted with old 42-gallon oil drums through the narrow alleyways of one of Kenya's most populous slums.
A Future with Science Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 9:17AMA decade after the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, modernization is the watchword in Russia--with science as a vital means to that end. During the spring meeting of the 14 international editions of Scientific American , we gathered in Moscow, and our hosts introduced us to many of the surrounding issues. Scientific American has had a long history in this country, where it has been available in ...
Nonprofit News: Highlighting Jacksonville’s Philanthropic Community Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 8:47AMAs our community continues to face a tight economy and shrinking budgets, the Daily Record has established this page that will each week chronicle the efforts of local nonprofit organizations. Bailey Publishing & Communications invites all members of the local nonprofit community to submit news, announcements, success stories and any other information they believe would be of interest to our ...
$72M available for new MVTHS Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 5:49AMMT. VERNON — Mt. Vernon Township High School can build a new school costing up to $72 million, administrators said Monday night.
Bryan school district to recognize esteemed alumni Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 2:06AMBy CASSIE SMITH cassie.smith@theeagle.com Eight Bryan school district graduates will be honored next month for their efforts to inspire students. The district’s first Hall of Honor ceremony, hosted by the Bryan ISD Education Foundation, the ...
In Person: Credit-union champion Gary Oakland has come a long way Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 12:09AMChief Executive Gary Oakland has grown BECU into the nation's fourth-largest credit union with nearly $10 billion in assets, while keeping the 75-year-old institution true to its Depression-era values of thrift and fellowship.
Hunting deep pockets Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 11:35PMGARDINER -- Costumes spill out of old trunks on the second floor of Johnson Hall Performing Arts Center.
Chronically ill await law Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 11:25PMHolly Knight started financially planning for retirement long before making the move this summer.
Andrew Arbuckle: Forestry trip begged some big questions about woods and the trees Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 6:07PMI AM told that there are still people in some parts of the world who rush out of their huts and point at the sky when they see an aeroplane coming out of the heavens. I am saf
Des Plaines betting on casino to spur development Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 9:42AMWill Des Plaines ever realize a "Field of Dreams"-like moment with its new casino? With the curtain rising Monday on the $445 million Rivers Casino, city leaders are hopeful the project will make Des Plaines a destination and spur development.
Vision of Branchville growth may lead toward Georgetown Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 5:15AMBranchville has big ideas, a vision — commercial development, housing opportunities, a new village Main Street paralleling Route 7. Ridgefield may try to get Redding and Wilton to collaborate on bringing those ideas to reality, through a Branchville-Georgetown planning grant. “Let’s look at what Branchville is: How do you make it a village?” said Joseph Ancona, whose family has been at the heart ...
Pay for play? Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 2:58AMBATON ROUGE — In the old days of college football, they played for dirt and they liked it, right? Wrong.
State health coverage plan falls flat - Sun, 17 Jul 2011 PST Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 2:15AMOLYMPIA –Washington’s Health Insurance Partnership to help small businesses and low-wage workers pay for medical coverage was first conceived some four years ago, and got a big boost last September when the federal government announced it would send the state a $30 million, three-year federal grant. As many as 650 people could have insurance through the program by 2011, and that could grow to 1 ...
Bankrupt Country Club Hills police chief part of failed ventures Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 2:09AMThe police chief of Country Club Hills, who with her husband earns more than $200,000 courtesy of city taxpayers, apparently is broke.Thanks to a series of failed businesses, including theaters they ran on Chicago’s South Side and in Dolton, Regina Evans and her husband, Ronald Evans, the inspector general of the city of 16,000, have declared personal bankruptcy.When Regina Evans, a retired ...
Idahoans are flocking to expensive for-profit schools Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 1:00AMIdaho's weak economy is proving to be a boon to the for-profit college industry, which has exploded in the Treasure Valley in the last decade. Students are taking on heavy debt for coursework they want, when they need it. But Idaho beats the national average on loan repayments.
Nearly every American would be affected if nation defaults Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 12:21AMWASHINGTON - Horror stories are flying about the damage that might be wreaked should Congress and President Barack Obama fail to cut a deal by the Aug. 2 deadline to increase America's borrowing limit. Talk about this topic
Press Releases: Joint Press Availability With Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 1:37PMJoint Press Availability With Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Istanbul, Turkey July 16, 2011 FOREIGN MINISTER DAVUTOGLU: (Via interpreter) Distinguished members of the press, today we have a very important friend with us, and we are hosting -- and I’m very pleased to be hosting her in Istanbul and is Secretary of State of the U.S., Mrs ...
Lacoochee shows signs of improvement, hope for future Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 11:53AMBy Lee Logan, Times Staff Writer Saturday, July 16, 2011 Eimaj Lopey, 13, left, and Chris Cole, 19, compete for a rebound under the recently installed lights on the basketball court in Lacoochee’s Stanley Park on Tuesday. The lights are back after a 10-year absence. John Emmanuel played a few pick-up basketball games at Stanley Park one evening last week. The skinny 12-year-old tried jump ...
Conn. tries new cleanups at dirty industrial sites Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 11:23AMTo Joseph Vrabely Jr., the cavernous, century-old industrial building on a site polluted by oil and metals is a thing of beauty.
Debt Ceiling Crisis Looms: Economic Outlook Grim If No Deficit Deal Reached Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 10:42AMWASHINGTON Horror stories are flying about the damage that might be wreaked should Congress and President Barack Obama fail to cut a deal by the Aug. 2 deadline to increase America's borrowing limit. Nearly every American is in harm's way, either directly or indirectly.
Grant will help kids get moving Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 9:47AMThe North Platte Telegraph Students in elementary and middle school will have a new incentive to walk more this fall.
Tough choices ahead as debt crisis looms Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 8:32AMSocial Security, Medicare, other federal payments: Treasury mulls where to make cuts.
Your Town: News bits from around Windham County, surrounding towns Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 4:23AMATHENS -- The Windmill Hill Pinnacle Association has been working on developing a trail system on the newly acquired Athens Dome land.
Economic outlook grim if no debt deal reached Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 11:31PMHorror stories are flying about the damage that might be wreaked should Congress and Obama fail to cut a deal.
Community spirit harnesses water power to save energy Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 6:35PMA community group in North Yorkshire will next week launch the latest green energy initiative – harnessing power from their local river. The project could serve as a blueprint for others, showing that while politicians bleat about "being in it together", plenty of people are actually doing something to help each other and improve the environment.
Bankrupt Country Club Hills police chief part of several failed ventures Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 5:02PMThe police chief of Country Club Hills, who with her husband earns more than $200,000 courtesy of city taxpayers, apparently is broke.Thanks to a series of failed business decisions from theaters they ran on Chicago’s South Side and in south suburban Dolton, Regina Evans and her husband, Ronald Evans, the inspector general of the city of 16,000, have declared personal bankruptcy.By the time ...
Analysis: Economic outlook grim if no debt deal is reached Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 4:34PMHorror stories are flying about the damage that might be wreaked should Congress and President Barack Obama fail to cut a deal by the Aug. 2 deadline to increase America's borrowing limit. Nearly every American is in harm's way, either directly or indirectly. Absent a deal by then, the government would find itself tight on cash and unable to borrow — and have to start deciding which of the 80 ...
House Republicans Accuse EPA, Enviros of Collusion Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 4:05PMRep. Ed Whitfield (R-Ky.) believes that U.S. EPA has worked out a nifty way to make an end run around both Congress and the f...
FUBU Creator & Shark Tank Host Daymond John Named Entrepreneur in Residence at Babson College Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 12:43PMWELLESLEY, Mass., -- FUBU creator and ABC-TV's Shark Tank host Daymond John has been named Entrepren...
Palatka to maintain tax rate in face of deficits Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 12:42PMWith a $280,000 budget shortfall looming for next fiscal year, Palatka city commissioners agreed to maintain its current millage rate.
Local News Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 11:33AMOn Friday, Aberdeen Mayor Bill Simpson was presented with a U.S. flag by Virginia L. Baker of the Friends of the Red Hats at the Rotary Log Pavilion. The flag was given to the people of Grays Harbor County in response to care boxes that the Friends have been sending to soldiers serving overseas.
Mayor Alvin Brown’s proposed budget cuts jobs, spending Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 8:24PMSaying structural changes are needed to shore up Jacksonville’s financial position, Mayor Alvin Brown plans to cut about 225 jobs and reduce spending by $27.8 million in the proposed budget he will submit Friday to the City Council. At the same time, the mayor said he will create four new, “leanly staffed” offices to focus on particular aspects of economic development. Brown will submit a ...
Mayor Alvin Brown’s budget cuts 225 jobs but adds four development offices Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 7:06PMSaying structural changes are needed to shore up the city’s financial position, Mayor Alvin Brown plans to cut about 225 government jobs and trim government programs in the budget he will submit to the City Council on Friday.
You're Not the Only One Buying Here Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 6:50PMInsiders are scooping up shares of these companies by the handful.
George Gund Foundation awards $1.4 million to support innovative schools in Cleveland Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 5:52PMOfficials at the Cleveland-based Gund Foundation say they're pleased with efforts on the part of public and charter school leaders to transform the educational landscape, and are keeping their funding steady.
'Win-win' on Woodbridge waterfront Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 5:17PMKeasbey, Woodbridge,07/14/11-A camerman documents a tour along the Raritan River in Woodbridge in the area of brownfields.
Seniors minister comes to town Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 3:52PMThe Federal Minister of State (Seniors) Alice Wong was in town today to listen to the concerns of seniors and the healthcare professionals that take care of them.
Deadline set for chemical spill procedures at Belle Plaine airport Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 3:05PMThe Belle Plaine City Council gave the airport commission and Glenn Speas an ultimatum last week: provide step-by-step clean-up procedures for the spill pad by July 8 or Speas will not be allowed to use the pad for his crop spraying business. The mandate came after City Attorney Jennifer Zahradnik gave an update on the [...]
Art Brodsky: 'Where Are The Jobs' AT&T Promised? Better To Ask Late Than Never Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 2:58PMWhile most of the labor union leadership has decided to blindly follow AT&T off of a cliff in the company's quest to conquer T-Mobile, it's...
Tupelo Airport moves ahead on runway Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 2:51PMTUPELO - Construction on the 650-foot runway extension at the Tupelo Regional Airport could begin in October, but may start as late as January.
Kiwanis speaker discusses downtown Dalton Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 12:20PMDowntown Dalton can be many things to many people.
Bloomberg gives mayors $24M grants for innovation Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 11:30AMNew York's billionaire mayor is handing out a combined $24 million in grants to five colleagues around the country to fund programs addressing various issues in their cities, from energy efficiency to handgun violence. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced the grants Thursday as part of the Mayors Project, a new government innovation program at his charity, Bloomberg Philanthropies ...
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg gives five colleagues $24M grants for innovation Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 11:21AMAssociated PressMayor Michael Bloomberg is giving five mayors millions of dollars in grants.ATLANTA -- New York's billionaire mayor is handing out a combined $24 million in grants to five colleagues around the country to fund programs addressing various issues in...
Winning Streak Turns Upstate Road Into 'Lottery Lane' Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 9:57AMA string of winners have store owners doing big business along one Upstate road.
Pemberton Twp. Council hears plea for veterans’ bus service Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 9:41AMPEMBERTON — While most attention was focused on the nasty train station dispute between the administration and the Historic Trust, township council worked through a massive list of resolutions and ordinances, passing most, but tabling a few for further study.
A journey of revolution Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 9:27AMThe 25th Melbourne International Arts Festival music program will include the original Dead Kennedys frontman Jello Biafra in a spoken-word performance, along with shows by Okkervil River, Black Dice, Lucky Dragons, Aesop Rock, Kimya Dawson, Sulumi, the Narcicyst, Omar Offendum and, a special Sticky recommendation, Konono No.1.