11/23/2008
Golf carts may be a viable alternative (The Potpourri)
The city of Magnolia may begin serious discussions about allowing golf carts on it streets. Councilwoman Patsy Williams and Planning Commission Director Jo Ann Schermerhorn are active proponents of the idea. Both ladies say it would be a good alternative to allow residents to reduce energy use and costs in the city limits. The City Council may consider the item as early as next month when it ...
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11/23/2008
Generics gain popularity as cheaper alternative to brand names (Copperfield Sun)
Rising health care costs and the price of prescription drugs can be a hard pill to swallow, literally, but Americans could give themselves a break in their pocketbooks by utilizing a cheaper alternative – generics.
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11/23/2008
Fleet Foxes aim to be timeless with alternative brand of folk (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Though Fleet Foxes are worlds away from Nirvana and the 90s grunge launched by Sub Pop, the indie label that signed them, the Seattle-based group is wooing unlikely critics worldwide with its unique pastoral folk sound.
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11/23/2008
Comics round up: The archaeology of alternative comics (Independent)
Good grief, what a book this is – a hyperactive, periodically insane dive into the archaeology of alternative comics; the sort of book you long to present to people with no interest in the medium and watch as it removes the top of their heads and gives their brains a good stir.
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11/22/2008
Obama economic plan focuses on job creation, public works projects, alternative energy sources (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
WASHINGTON - President-elect Barack Obama promoted an economic plan Saturday he said would create 2.5 million jobs by rebuilding roads and bridges and modernizing schools while developing alternative energy sources and more efficient cars.
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11/22/2008
An Alternative Christmas For Negative Space and Others (antiMUSIC)
A top story from this week. Alternative Addiction is releasing 'An Alternative Christmas' CD compilation to raise money for charity.
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11/21/2008
Sector Snap: Alternative energy sector advances (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Shares of alternative-energy companies gained as Wall Street rebounded Friday, although JPMorgan analysts said the sector's 2009 outlook will depend on new government energy-conservation measures.
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11/23/2008
Obama plan aims for 2.5 million new jobs by 2011 (AP via Yahoo! News)
President-elect Barack Obama, who is set to announce his economic team, promoted an economic plan Saturday he said would create or save 2.5 million jobs by spending billions of dollars to rebuild roads and bridges and modernize schools while developing alternative energy sources and more efficient cars.
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11/22/2008
WCC holds reception for alternative energy company (The Wilson Times)
Wilson Community College leaders and local business leaders gathered Friday for a reception to welcome the owners of Tangarie Alternative Power to Wilson. John and Debe Besold, owners of the company, are holding a training and development conference for their company's distributors at the college this weekend. The reception was held in the lobby o ...
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11/22/2008
State of alternative energy leads forum (The Milton Standard-Journal)
LEWISBURG — Members and guests of the local chambers of commerce met Friday morning for the final joint legislative forum of the year. The topic, a big one of late, alternative energy. Maria Culp, president and CEO of the Central Pa. Chambr said, “We felt that one of the most pressing challenges each of our member businesses whether large or small will experience during the next year ...
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