Admin | July 20, 2011
MISSING family pets in the Pendine area have sparked memories of the sickening mutilation of cats. For the third time in recent years, a number of pets have gone missing in the small village. On previous occasions cats had been reported missing, two years before the mutilated bodies of three pets were found in the [...]
Admin | July 20, 2011
Patti Sapone/The Star Ledger Acting education commissioner Christopher Cerf, left, speaks during a 2010 press conference while Gov. Chris Christie looks on. The governor said Tuesday he will boost funding for all public school districts by at least 2 percent of their operating budgets.
Admin | July 19, 2011
Humans and animals have interacted together for thousands of years. From the very first people who decided to domesticate the dog, to the present day “pioneers” that choose to keep goats and pigs in their houses, animals have played huge roles in the lives of many people. While early civilization saw them as mainly a [...]
Admin | July 19, 2011
Exhibit openings Bard Exhibition Center Bard MFA Thesis Exhibition, July 17-24, 7408 S. Broadway, Red Hook. Opening reception 2-5 pm July 17. Hours 11 am-5 pm Mon.-Fri., 1-5 pm Sat.-Sun. 758-7674. Byrdcliffe Art Colony Quick, Down amp; Dirty, group outdoor exhibit by furniture makers, craftspeople, and artists making outdoor pieces, July 16-Nov. 6, White Pines, [...]
Admin | July 19, 2011
HOUSTON — All too often, pets are used as pawns in abusive relationships, and now lawmakers have enacted a new state law to protect pets. Belinda Smith, who heads the animal cruelty section for the Harris County District Attorneys Office, says there is a well-documented link between animal abuse and domestic abuse. Family pets are [...]
Admin | July 19, 2011
Event listings run on a space-available basis. Submit arts and cultural events to kicks@thesunnews.com no later than the Monday preceding the Friday publishing date. A bullet next to an entry indicates a new or updated entry that didnt appear in the previous weeks listing. Compiled by Steve Palisin.
Admin | July 19, 2011
Inventories at US companies climbed more than forecast in May as sales dropped for the first time in almost a year, a sign orders to factories may slow. The 1 percent increase in stockpiles compared with a 0.9 percent gain forecast in a Bloomberg News survey and followed a revised 1 percent increase in April [...]
Admin | July 18, 2011
The White House Office of Management and Budget said advisers would recommend that President Barack Obama veto a House bill that would cut the CFPB?s funding. Slashing the CFPB’s budget would compromise the bureau’s independence and severely undercut the agency’s statutory responsibility to oversee consumer financial products such as mortgages and credit cards, the administration [...]
Admin | July 18, 2011
As social gaming company Zynga prepares for its much-hyped initial public offering, some investors just arent buying reports that the company is worth $20 billion or more. Luckily, another gaming company with millions of devoted fans, proven franchises and a stable revenue base trades for a fraction of that price: $14 billion market-cap Activision Blizzard [...]
Admin | July 17, 2011
Published July 13, 2011, 12:00 AM Duluth’s contract with casino called illegal The ruling by the National Indian Gaming Commission is the latest twist in an ongoing dispute between the city and the band about agreements made in 1994. By: Lisa Baumann, Duluth News Tribune