(AP) BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - An Alabama sheriff who made $212,000 in the last three years by feeding inmates what a judge said were skimpy portions was released from prison Thursday after submitting a plan pledging to feed them better. Morgan County ...
8 Jan 2009
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Republican Sen. Kit Bond announced Thursday that he will not seek re-election in 2010, saying he wants to go out "at the top of my game" and setting the stage for what one expert said could be a "land rush" for the seat. Bond ...
8 Jan 2009
Haifa, Israel — The immediate fate of a battered Gaza seemed to hang in the balance, as negotiations for a cease-fire ramped up among Israel, Egypt and Hamas, with the United States and other Arab countries active on the sidelines. As the diplomats ...
8 Jan 2009
Dubai: The total value of land transactions in Dubai last week peaked at Dh2.26 billion, of which sales exceeded Dh1.36 billion, according to the Dubai Land Department. The total value of mortgages during the period was Dh899.51 million. A total of ...
8 Jan 2009
Eric Mangini is starting over where he started out. Mangini, who began his NFL career as a ballboy for the Browns, was introduced as Cleveland's 12th full-time coach on Thursday, less than two weeks after he was fired by the New York Jets. The 37 ...
8 Jan 2009
Daily News Photo by CHRIS WALSH Gov. John deJongh Jr., left, and V.I. Housing Authority Executive Director Robert Graham take part in a transfer of deed ceremony Wednesday at Government House. ST. THOMAS - In an upbeat ceremony at Government House ...
8 Jan 2009
Florida Crystals Corp. has widened its assault on the state's proposed $1.34 billion land deal with chief rival U.S. Sugar Corp.
8 Jan 2009
Environmentalists are reeling from the Senate's decision to axe Florida Forever funding for the rest of the fiscal year, which ends June 30. The proposal would mean canceling issuance of $250 million in bonds, which would have supported Florida's purchase of environmentally sensitive land around the state.
8 Jan 2009
OCEANSIDE ---- The city now appears free to sell the land beneath the 17-story Marina Towers building at the edge of Oceanside Harbor.
8 Jan 2009
SAUGATUCK -- The deal to buy the 171-acre southern half of the undeveloped former Denison dunes land from billionaire owner Aubrey McClendon for $25 million is banking on $15 million in state funds....
8 Jan 2009
The Nature Conservancy says it's taking a practical approach to environment protection by buying land in the Northern Territory and managing it like a national park.
8 Jan 2009
Land Securities has finally managed to sell its Trillium outsourcing unit, but has had to settle for a lower-than-expected headline price of £750m.
8 Jan 2009
We can only hope that future research on these two haplogroups can reveal where in East Asia they originated, and maybe even what made them cross the frozen landscape in the first place - by land and by sea. ...
8 Jan 2009
Thanks fromTom DeLay Land. I love this lady from Sugarland If you live anywhere around me and want to celebrate the inauguration in style, boy howdy do I have an Inaugural Ball for you! It's gonna be at the country club and it's gonna ...
8 Jan 2009
The Land of so-called Liberty, Justice and Equality…. my ass! Posted 08 Jan 2009 at 11:32 am ¶. Renee wrote:. I don’t see how this show could have avoided being racist or political. This kind of work continually relies upon racial ...
8 Jan 2009
One Response to “Land o’ links”. gene phillips Says: 01/8/09 at 8:47 am. Re: Ellen– I know Ice was dead, but she recently got better. I think Mockingbird was both abducted and dead. When were Black Canary and Hellcat dead? ...
8 Jan 2009
Why we are hard-wired to become attached to a particular piece of land—and how these primal tendencies may be playing out in Israeli-Palestinian disputes.
8 Jan 2009
Of all the countries I have lived in, the U.S. is truly the land of opportunity. Especially for a white male! First stop: Hooters. I’d always loved the atmosphere at Hooters. Men drinking beer, eating chicken wings and watching sports. ...
7 Jan 2009