|
Two brothers reconnect in World War II, if just for a day (East Montgomery County Observer)
On Nov. 7, 1944, during World War II, Cpl. Jimmy Plander mistakenly received a letter while stationed on Biak, a small island just northwest of New Guinea. Just the thought of paying bills makes him feel spent (The Record)
Now I know you are going to think this is absurd, sinful, shameful and dumb, but last month - with the exception of my mortgage - I didn't pay any of my bills. Haidl's allegations make for quite an 'if' (Los Angeles Times)
Forget the alleged affair with his friend's law partner. Forget the alleged monthly visits to the Newport Beach home to pick up the envelope with the thousand bucks in cash inside. Forget the alleged routing of legal cases to a longtime friend so profits could be split among the inner circle. Films make it a festival for Blazer fans (Portland Tribune)
There is plenty of good stuff in the film "Mania," a reflective on the Trail Blazers that premiers at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Whitsell Auditorium in the Portland Art Museum as part of the 35th Northwest Film and Video Festival. Director Dan Schaefer, a Portland native, put together a ... Time to punch up image (Boston Globe)
It took a couple of double-runnered villains, Steve Ott and Sean Avery, to get our hockey blood boiling again around here. Ott, the cheap-shot artist, and Avery, the wisenheimer loudmouth, banged around the Garden last Saturday night with the Dallas Stars, and gave everyone a luscious glimpse into hockey's not-so-distant past. The selling of John Daly (Yahoo! Sports)
With his game and his life in poor shape, Daly is using what little he has left of his fame to hawk cheap merchandise. Madison firehouse time capsule yields 'treasure trove' of history (The Star-Ledger)
Long-hidden container offers glimpse into borough's past Amazon offers 'frustration-free' packaging on top products (Tech Digest via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
We've all been there - that headphone cable that takes two pairs of scissors, a kitchen knife and a bulldog clip to get out of its packet, but still manages to nearly take off your finger. Well, if Amazon gets its way, that experience will be no more - it's announced a 'frustration-free packaging' and launches today on 19 of Amazon's best-selling products. A Splash of Green for the Rust Belt (The Hendersonville Times-News)
In the face of rising unemployment, renewable energy has become a crucial source of good jobs for laid-off Rust Belt workers. Seth MacFarlane's $2 Billion Family Guy Empire (Fox News)
Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane nabbed a record $100 million deal with Fox and is teaching Google new ways to exploit the Web. Could this crude frat-boy cartoonist really be a model for business in the postmodern age?
|