Wednesday, 31 January 2007 @ 11:35am
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CBS News - Ritz-Carlton Central Park, New York Bathroom Clock. $35 Jonathan Adler Vases from W Hotels. Jonathan Adler’s Gourd, Garlic Glistening with a jade green glaze, the antique-finished piece fits into any d cor. Use indoors to accent a room or outdoors
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Sentinel - Celebration weekend in June promises to be busy with events running nearly around the clock. Events already planned are: o Prairie Star Quilters will hold an antique quilt show at the Red Rock Center for the Arts. The Sesquicentennial Quilt
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Thursday, 25 January 2007 @ 10:10pm
The Guide to local potpourri
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Art thieves steal 200,000 collection
A painting by the Scottish artist Joseph Farquharson was among a collection of art stolen “to order” by rogue art dealers or collectors from a house in England, police said yesterday.
THE WEEK AHEAD: OUR BEST BETS UNTIL WE SEE YOU AGAIN
Once you’ve seen a piece of music set to a Paul Taylor dance, you’ll never hear it in the same way again. You’ll have to visualize it with the graceful swoops and turns of Taylor’s exuberant and witty choreography. Taylor is the most celebrated modern dance maker of the past half-century. The dance troupe will be performing today at Ruth Eckerd Hall, with dances that will bring out human emotion …
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Thursday, 25 January 2007 @ 1:00am
RESTAURANT REVIEW
Restaurant’s charms remain mostly unspoken. by Catherine Baab When my husband and I push through the plate-glass door into the Rose Marie Inn, Chrissie Hynde is belting about a place in the past weve been cast out of.
Things to Do
By Cathy Molitoris CATHY MOLITORIS SUNDAY, JAN. 14 Cabaret comes to Bent Creek Country Club, to benefit the Miss Pennsylvania Scholarship Fund. 620 Bent Creek Drive, Lititz. 1 p.m. $35. 560-7700. MONDAY, JAN.
Cold settles in
The last round of a weekend winter storm passed through the Wichita area Sunday evening, leaving up to three inches of mainly sleet that caused several vehicle crashes and led to some event cancellations.
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Tuesday, 23 January 2007 @ 9:00am
Nation says farewell to Ford
Eau Claire Leader-Telegram - Outside the Senate chamber, the historic Ohio Clock Corridor was alive with symbolism around the casket. Ford s vice remains were to be flown to Grand Rapids, Mich., where he grew up, for a brief private service at his presidential museum and
Live it up in New Jersey this autumn
Hudson Reporter - Masters of American Comics , Newark Museum, 49 Washington St., Newark, N.J. 07102, (973) 596-6550, www.newarkmuseum.com It’s three o’clock and the kids come running - time for chores! They’ve spent the better part of the day eagerly learning
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Monday, 22 January 2007 @ 12:25pm
Thank you, Thank you, Thank You
PRWeb - Symmetricom Announces First IEEE 1588 Grandmaster Clock for Precise Time and Frequency Synchronization over Networks First to Elusive Rodents Ignite Pest Control Business Start Ups Entrepreneurs - from a former Internet sales director to a full time
Pat McKee: High School Q&A
Indianapolis Star - Although he sat out the ‘05 and ‘06 seasons as well, his five-year clock continued to tick and so he no longer is eligible for NCAA Division I athletics. No Division I program, including IU, could allow him to play at this time. He possibly could play
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Saturday, 20 January 2007 @ 4:20pm
RESTAURANT REVIEW
Restaurant’s charms remain mostly unspoken. by Catherine Baab When my husband and I push through the plate-glass door into the Rose Marie Inn, Chrissie Hynde is belting about a place in the past weve been cast out of.
Gentle spirit’s scary symbol
Martyl Langsdorf has a lot of art world cred. Her long list of accomplishments — the numerous awards and international exhibitions, the high-profile museum works and scores of corporate clients — are proof positive.
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Thursday, 18 January 2007 @ 8:05pm
Unsung heroes of holiday retail: the ones driving the snowplows
Like burly elves, they came in the night, driving front loaders and pickup trucks, wielding snowblowers and shovels.
Out of the House
GARDEN Daylily Society of SouthEast Wisconsin: Meeting/program at 1:30 p.m. Jan. 14. Program…
Not your ordinary farmhouse: Outside Clinton, you’ll find a creatively reworked residence
CLINTON - First-time visitors to this country home sometimes gasp, squeal or go saucer-eyed. The maroon 1926 Model T in the driveway is one of few clues that the extraordinary awaits inside.
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Wednesday, 17 January 2007 @ 12:45am
Andover woman claims daughter stole nest egg
A 90-year-old Andover dowager has accused her baby boomer daughter of pecking clean the $1 million nest egg Ruth Willis was counting on to ease her through her twilight years. In what her lawyers…
Not your ordinary farmhouse: Outside Clinton, you’ll find a creatively reworked residence
CLINTON - First-time visitors to this country home sometimes gasp, squeal or go saucer-eyed. The maroon 1926 Model T in the driveway is one of few clues that the extraordinary awaits inside.
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Monday, 15 January 2007 @ 5:15am
Depressed about work? It’s all about perspective
Montreal Gazette - The depression study notes night-shift workers are more likely to be depressed than those who punch a clock from 9 to 5. There also seems to be a greater propensity by those toiling at sales and service or office jobs to exhibit symptoms of depression
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NPR News - Others think you feel the pressure of time and hear that ticking clock. Are there things you always wanted to do? Better do Carols have disappeared from the radio, replaced by screaming ads for after-Christmas sales. Piles of boxes and wrapping
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Sunday, 14 January 2007 @ 9:55am
Wind pounds Yakima
High winds whipped through Yakima on Sunday, knocking out power for more than 2,900 customers by the middle of the evening. Pacific Power officials said they lost an entire circuit at 8:09 p.m. in west Yakima, affecting service for 2,213 customers.
Cell phones save day for cut-off AT&T users
Before the cell phone revolution, the contractor who accidentally severed three AT&T telephone cables recently would have caused far greater disruption for the Naperville businesses and residents between Washington Street and Greene Road. After callers alerted AT&T to the outages around noon Thursday, crews worked to splice the lines back together, and AT&T made 35 cell phones available.
Miscalculations add up for Newfield Schools: Architect’s error boosts project tab to $8.5M
NEWFIELD Members of the Newfield Central School District’s Board of Education were recently informed of a major miscalculation that resulted in its building project’s estimated cost jumping from $7 million to $8.5 million.
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Monday, 8 January 2007 @ 3:35am
Preparing to cover The Hajj
Arriving in the evening of December 20 in this hot, desert kingdom, laden with a train of boxes bearing some 280 kg of camera equipment, and some vague notions of a “schedule” to be adhered to, your ideals are dispelled as soon as you set foot in the arrivals lounge at King Abdul-Aziz International Airport in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Suburbanites work closer to home
When Hendersonville resident Eric Jackson worked in downtown Nashville, he rushed home to make it to his daughter’s activities, spending at least 30 minutes both ways behind the wheel.
Restaurant reviews
The following are edited versions of full-length restaurant reviews that have run in the Times within the past year. The date the original review ran and its fork rating at that time is in parentheses. In April, we added star ratings to indicate service and ambience.
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Saturday, 6 January 2007 @ 5:00am
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Coming Soon: SR to Release E-mail Exchanges (Not so fast )
Spokane Spokesman-Review - Update: After reviewing the messages and our options (none good), we’ve decided not to post the messages. Here’s the situation: Of the 50 messages, a few have explicit photos embedded in the message. We can’t publish those photos (one shows a toddler
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Wednesday, 3 January 2007 @ 8:20am
No Liquor Sales on New Year’s Eve
At Ben’s Liquor store in Brownsville, one of the owners says Saturday morning was quite busy. “As soon as we opened at 10 a.m., there was a huge rush. From there on we’ve been on steady business all day, said Michael Jones.”
Unusal by design
CLINTON — First-time visitors to this country home sometimes gasp, squeal or go saucer-eyed. The maroon 1926 Model T in the driveway is one of few clues that the extraordinary awaits inside.
Chevy hopes ‘08 Malibu can make waves
If at first you don’t succeed, redesign it.
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Tuesday, 2 January 2007 @ 12:20pm
Any excuse to drink
ESCANABA A cheery Happy New Year and a tip of the glass.
Premium living, specialty shopping
THE FILIPINOS DAILY HECTIC and hurried modern lifestyle now demands that everything must be within easy reach of the urban dweller.
Workaday trailblazing judge bids goodbye without a fuss
Judge Perry Little was Tampa’s fifth black attorney. “I couldn’t change the world, but I could have an impact,” he said. A Hillsborough judge closes the door - almost - on nearly 30 years of service on the bench.
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Monday, 1 January 2007 @ 12:50pm
Antique Estate Auction
Antiques and Arts Weekly, CT - Dec 9, 2006… of slag glass shades, New Haven double dial oak wall clock, Columbia disc victrola w/ horn, 2 early wire planters, Early wooden works grandfather clock, 5 gal. …
Schuyler couple brings jewels to Fremont
Fremont Tribune, NE - Nov 30, 2006… Dahlheim said he will even go to someone s house when they need a grandfather clock repaired. They can t just carry it to the shop, he said. …
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