01/08/2009
At the confluence of America's troubles (Los Angeles Times)
Progress has bypassed Cairo, Ill., where the mighty Mississippi and Ohio rivers converge. But town leaders hope the new president can help get things flowing again. One of this town's few successful entrepreneurs stood at the grill of his barbecue joint the other day, tending to half a dozen hamburger patties as he contemplated the central mystery of Cairo -- how could a vibrant American ...
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01/08/2009
Our towns: McKeesport (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Incorporated: 1842 as a borough, 1891 as a city Location: southeastern Allegheny County, at the confluence of the Youghiogheny and Monongahela rivers Population: 24,040 (2000 census)
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01/07/2009
PRECIOUS METALS: Crude, Stocks, Charts Pressure Comex Gold (INO News)
A confluence of weaker crude oil and other commodities, along with a tumble in equities and chart-based factors prompted a sell-off in gold futures Wednesday.
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01/08/2009
Pop Will Cycle Itself: The Repeating Nature of Entertainment (Newsarama.com via Yahoo! News)
Call it the "20 Year Pop Cycle". For years, journalists, educators, critics and authors have pontificated on the tendency for pop culture to enter into a period of nostalgia or revivification roughly every twenty years. In his 1981 non-fiction work, Danse Macabre, Stephen King noted how this related in particular to the punk explosion, equating acts like The Ramones to the "dirty white boys" of ...
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01/09/2009
Sad day as Western drops football for money reasons (Seattle Times)
The meeting had been scheduled for several weeks. Western Washington football coach Robin Ross wanted to talk to school president Bruce...
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01/09/2009
UNC wrestles with tuition increases (The News & Observer)
Some legislators are likely to disapprove of raising tuition by as much as 6.5 percent.
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01/09/2009
Avoca hopes to reduce flooding (Times Leader)
AVOCA – Council heard about developments on several major creek and roadway projects Thursday from Ben Sevenski of Pasonick Engineering.
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01/08/2009
British Pound Crosses: Short Term Weakness Expected (Daily FX via Yahoo! Finance)
Short term weakness is expected but the larger trend for the British Pound crosses has likely turned. There is strong evidence that significant bottoms are in place.
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01/09/2009
Area photographer captures heart and spirit of the Illinois River (The Pantagraph)
PEORIA -- Photographer David Zalaznik paddles on blue trails in his long touring kayak. He hikes river valleys with camera in hand to capture images of wildlife that depend on the water. He takes pictures of people who live and work along the rivers.
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01/09/2009
Rivers are expected to keep rising (Everett Herald)
MONROE -- Bob Wolf is having a winter Job could understand. November brought floods. December snow crushed his greenhouses. Now, rising flood waters again threaten his nursery business and livestock.
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