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Pebbles and America mark Labor Day weekend the best way they know
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5 Sep 2010, 7:52 am | click here to view more
Detroit Tigers And Jeremy Bonderman Need To Part Ways
Every March since 2004, Detroit Tigers’ pitcher Jeremy Bonderman has been primed for a breakout season. While the Tigers are sharpening their skills in Lakeland, that conversation takes place and you can set your watch by it. However this breakout season has never materialized, and now I believe that it never will.
5 Sep 2010, 7:42 am | click here to view more
Pujols, Votto neck-and-neck
St. Louis' Albert Pujols and Cincinnati's Joey Votto are in a battle to win the National League Triple Crown -- the batting, home run and RBI titles -- heading into the final month of the regular season.
5 Sep 2010, 7:41 am | click here to view more
Watch and Jewelry Brands celebrate palladium at BaselWorld
In the midst of skyrocketing precious metal prices and disrupted supplies, jewelers are celebrating palladium as the "now metal," says Palladium Alliance International (PAI).
5 Sep 2010, 7:39 am | click here to view more
Two -- ages 14 and 20 -- shot on Northwest Side
A 14-year-old boy and a 20-year-old man were shot tardy Saturday in what police believe to be a gang-related shooting in the Northwest Side Kelvyn Park neighborhood.The two were on the 3000 block of North Kilpatrick Avenue about 11:30 p.m. when they were shot, according to police News Affairs Officer Amina Greer. The 14-year-old suffered a gunshot wound to the back and was apparently in good ...
5 Sep 2010, 6:00 am | click here to view more
Of electric bills and bad apples
Remember when we were kids and our teachers used to bark about a few "bad apples"- spitball-shooting troublemakers - ruining it for the entire class? Turns out, our power system has its possess bad apples: a handful of hot summer days that balloon our electric bills for the entire year. These "bad apples" are the key to saving billions of dollars on our power costs. The actual price of electricity ...
5 Sep 2010, 4:01 am | click here to view more
Paper ingredients: just water and fiber
Gerald McVay and Travis Becker wear shorts and knee high rubber boots as they tromp over the wet floors. High-powered fans are blowing and the humming air conditioner maintains a chilly, cavelike temperature inside. The pulp mixture itself looks like milky farina cereal. Becker explains that in papermaking, water is the only chemical you need. The ingredients are simple: water and fiber, such as ...
5 Sep 2010, 4:01 am | click here to view more
Past and future unite
It might seem odd to be reading about Centennial Beach in September , but our off-season renovation project will have the district continuing to focus on the facility. The project is a result of years of planning, public engagement and preparation. Since 2008, the district conducted numerous public feedback sessions and open houses, and established a bathhouse review team composed of patrons ...
5 Sep 2010, 4:01 am | click here to view more
The war and the cliches: the sofa syntax of people-friendly Tony
The doggedly demotic tone of Blair's A Journey becomes strained only in the passages about Iraq. Needless to say The papers today were full of judgments and revelations culled from Tony Blair's political memoir, A Journey. But what about its style? Sources close to Tony Blair say that he is proud of his prose. The leak suggests that he wants us to notice how, as well as what, he writes. " Le ...
5 Sep 2010, 1:26 am | click here to view more
William and Mary loses opener 27-23 at UMass
Mike Callahan impressed in his collegiate debut, but defensive struggles cost No. 4 William and Mary in its season-opener at the University of Massachusetts.
4 Sep 2010, 7:50 pm | click here to view more