In the news release, Fraud Scheme Charged on Big Dig Contract, issued 29-Feb-2008 by U.S. Attorney's Office over PR Newswire, we are advised by the organization that the headline should read "Fraud and False Statements Scheme Charged on Big Dig Contract", rather than "Fraud Scheme Charged on Big Dig Contract", as originally issued inadvertently.
Candidates for the 3rd District U.S. House of Representatives in the primary race will be between Democrats Marshall Adame and Craig Weber. On the Republican side of the race, Joe McLaughlin and incumbent Walter B. Jones will compete for the seat.
All-New DVD Featuring Everybody's Favorite Purple Dinosaur "Barney Animal ABCs" Roars into Stores March 4, 2008 from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment and HIT Entertainment
They sat still in their chairs with cardboard draped around their necks that indicated their number. They were numbered 1-27. They had come from middle schools throughout the Mineral Area to compete for the title of champion speller. Already, the students had won competitions in their own schools. Now these sixth through eighth graders would spell for school bragging rights in the Mineral Area
R.E.M. have added a handful of U.K. stadium dates this summer in support of their upcoming album, Accelerate . The band will play Manchester on August 24, Cardiff on August 25, Southampton on August 27 and London on August 30. In related news, the band's longtime guitar tech, Mark "Microwave" Mytrowitz , passed away earlier this month at the age of 52.
A. We’ll start with A-Rod , before his agent tries to interrupt our World Series A-Z list. B. Boston sports fans will be traumatized if the Red Sox start 19-0. C. Indians fans might see C.C. Sabathia say, “See ya” if talks don’t resume for more C-notes. D. The Rays exorcised the Devil from their nickname, but they haven’t exorcised their demons of ineptitude. E. 5-foot-7 David Eckstein
Wilson County Gardening Day March 1 will feature prize drawing FLORESVILLE (Web posted 2/29/08) The second Wilson County Gardening Day event will take place Saturday, March 1, in the parking lot of the Floresville Independent School District’s central administration office at the corner of U.S. 181 and S.H. 97 across from H-E-B.
A Utah lawmaker apologized for calling international classes for high school students "anti-American," and the Legislature appears likely to spend money on the program. The International Baccalaureate program "does a lot of good things in Utah," Sen. Margaret Dayton, R-Orem, said Thursday.
Alberta and British Columbia are facing a drastic scaling back of their anticipated natural gas royalties for the 2007-08 budget year ending March 31. Alberta now figures its gas revenues will yield C$5.2 billion, down 16 percent or C$813 million from the original budget, while B.C. will crash almo