Fruit of summer Herald Tribune | In this dusty field filled with experimental watermelons off Highway 174 in Hope, Ark., there is but one sound that matters. AC = 1234 | --> | It's a deep, soft pop, like a cork slipping free from a wine bottle. You hear it when a pocket knife cracks the green rind on a watermelon so full of wet f...
From outer space, a new dilemma for old-growth forests The State | WASHINGTON - A new study using laser pulses shot from satellites has found that the world's tallest forests are those along the Pacific Northwest coast. | Though the findings shouldn't shock anyone who grew up in the region, they offer another indication of how important these ancient trees eventu...
POLITICAL INSIDER: Christie backs Castle The State | WASHINGTON - Republican Gov. Chris Christie, who rode voter anger to office in New Jersey last year, is endorsing Mike Castle's bid to win the GOP primary in Delaware and is joining a pack of party leaders trying to block a tea party-backed candida...
Weakened Earl hits Mass. with wind, rain, surf Herald Tribune | CHATHAM, Mass. - The remnants of Hurricane Earl dumped wind-driven rain on Cape Cod's gray-shingled cottages and fishing villages Friday night, but its close brush with the Northeast was less intense than feared only hours earlier. AC = 1234 | --> ...
South Carolina's Wilson under wider probe for overseas trips The News & Observer | WASHINGTON -- The congressional ethics investigation of Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., is broader than previously disclosed and goes well beyond his use of $12 in per diem expense money to buy six decorative goblets in Afghanistan last year. | Congressio...
How Tulsa is favored against East Carolina The Examiner | Look at the line and you’ll see that Tulsa is an eight-point favorite in their season opener Sunday at East Carolina. | Really? | East Carolina is the two-time defending Conference USA champion who defeated the Golden Hurricane in the league titl...
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Kagan oath is set for Saturday Philadelphia Daily News The Senate vote was 63-37. For the first time, three female justices will serve at one time. | By David Lightman | McClatchy Newspapers WASHINGTON - Solicitor General Elena Kagan w...
SC man charged in hit-and-run death outside bar The State | ANDERSON, S.C. - Authorities have arrested a South Carolina man they say ran over his estranged wife's new boyfriend with his pickup truck. | Anderson County deputies told multiple media outlets that 47-year-old Jeffery Turner turned himself in Fri...
Study: SC farm program could create 10,000 jobs The News & Observer | COLUMBIA, S.C. -- A three-year-old marketing campaign touting South Carolina produce and farm products could create as many as 10,000 jobs a year, a study released Friday says. | Those estimates come from a $45,000-study funded by the state Agricul...
AP Exclusive: Mariner opposed federal safety rule The State | WASHINGTON - The company whose Gulf of Mexico oil platform erupted in flames this week cited the industry's "excellent safety record" when it opposed a proposed federal rule last year that would require offshore oil and gas operators to have safety...
Dentist buys ad asking Hillary Clinton to run again The Siasat Daily | Washington, September 04: A Chicago dentist is paying for a new ad advocating that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton make a second presidential run in 2012. | Clinton, who accepted the top diplomat's job under Obama after her Democratic rival's victory in 2008, has said she will not run for president again. | The ad initially aired Wednesday in ...
All Dog Rescue of Minneapolis, MN looks for help from foster volunteers The Examiner | All Dog Rescue of Minnesota in Minneapolis, MN, is a no-kill all-breed dog rescue. When animals are admitted to the program, volunteers take the animals into their homes and care for them in a foster-type setting. And because the organization relies so heavily on foster volunteers, they are always in need of individuals and families willing to ...
