Admin | June 30, 2011
UPPER MERION A keen observer might notice Jim Gerlach and his wife, Karen, biking the Schuylkill River Trail at Valley Forge at any given time, but the Congressman said that luxury is often taken for granted. Gerlach (R-6th, of Pennsylvania) joined several notables from the National Parks Conservation Association for a breakfast reception to celebrate [...]
Admin | June 30, 2011
CHRIS RODKEY / AP FILE -In this Aug. 2004 file photo, the Cascade Range inside the North Cascades National Park near Marblemount, Wash., are shown. By the end of this week, Washington will close its official tourism agency and become the only state to cease all state funding for self-promotion. Its just one example of [...]
Admin | June 30, 2011
To some questions there are no easy answers. Like, for instance, How should womens sports be covered by television and other media? Right now, theres a story going around that the German team in the Womens World Cup posed for Playboy magazine to help promote the tournament now unfolding in Germany. It isnt quite true. [...]
Admin | June 30, 2011
Beginning of Story Content An obese Ottawa man who placed an online ad offering to clean someones pool in return for the right to swim there without the embarrassment of swimming in public has found the perfect spot thanks to a nearby family — and hes already lost 10 pounds. Leslie Duff, 40, weighs about [...]
Admin | June 30, 2011
House Republicans on the Appropriations Committee released the first draft of their bill today funding the District of Columbia and the legislation keeps in place the ban on paying for abortions with taxpayer funds in the nations capital. The ban was the subject of debate during the massive budget fight between Republicans and President Barack [...]
Admin | June 30, 2011
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Admin | June 29, 2011
(“Tepco: Aim To Rebuild Under Proposed Government Funding Plan,” at 0319 GMT, misstated the attendance at last year’s meeting in the third paragraph. The correct version follows:) TOKYO (Dow Jones)–Facing a record large gathering of largely disgruntled shareholders, Tokyo Electric Power Co. (9501.TO) said Tuesday it would seek to rebuild itself as a standalone company, [...]
Admin | June 29, 2011
Nick Charles, a former taxi driver who became CNN’s first sports anchor and served in that role for nearly two decades, died Saturday at his home in Santa Fe, N.M. He was 64. Enlarge This Image CNN Nick Charles He had been suffering from bladder cancer for two years, the network reported. Nicholas Charles Nickeas [...]
Admin | June 29, 2011
Ever seen one of those in your Facebook inbox? Hopefully you have never responded, because this is “social spam” and one of the reasons why anti-spam service company Impermium has received $1M in seed funding. The company, founded by ex-Yahoo anti-spam soldiers, including Mark Risher, provides a subscription-based service that monitors your website in real [...]
Admin | June 28, 2011
America’s long-suffering tax- payers scored a resounding victory as the Supreme Court told one of the nation’s fore- most tax-eating groups to take a hike. The high court denied an appeal last week by the radical left-wing gangster group ACORN, ruling in effect that Congress was entitled to cut off federal taxpayer funding for the [...]