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Solar and lunar stats
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Todays forecast around the country and Saturdays temperatures to 8 p.m.
Oct 05, 2008 ... Anchorage 40 30 Cldy Atlanta 83 60 PCldy Boston 64 49 Clr Charlotte,N.C. 78 52 Clr Chicago 63 44 Cldy Cincinnati 73 49 Clr Cleveland 60 42 PCldy Dallas-Ft Worth 91 68 PCldy Denver 79 50 Cldy Detroit 60 39 ...
Many Texans who insisted on riding out Ike paid with their lives
Oct 05, 2008; Monica Rhor ... GALVESTON, Texas - The final hours brought the awful realizationto victims of Hurricane Ike that they had waited too long. Thisstorm wasn't like the others, the ones that left nothing worse thana harrowing tale to tell. George Helmond, a hardy Galveston salt, watched the water ...
For bailout to work, housing market needs to mend
Oct 05, 2008; Stevenson Jacobs ... NEW YORK - Washington's financial bailout plan is now law. So thecredit spigot will start flowing again, banks will resume lending,and an economic recovery can begin, right? Wrong. Experts say the most important thing that needs to happenbefore the $700 billion bailout even has a ...
MIT celebrates invention of 'Smoot' measurement
Oct 05, 2008 ... CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - The father of a measurement known as the"Smoot" returned Saturday to be honored at the MassachusettsInstitute of Technology, the school where he and his fraternitybrothers invented it 50 years ago. Oliver Smoot was the shortest pledge in the Lambda Chi ...
Rahall among inductees into W.Va. Broadcasting Hall of Fame
Oct 05, 2008 ... BECKLEY - Rep. Nick Rahall and four of his family members areamong this year's inductees to the West Virginia Broadcasting Hallof Fame. The induction ceremony is set for Oct. 25 at the Museum of Radioand Technology in Huntington. Rahall's family established WWNR radio in ...
Environmentalists' prayer vigil: ; targets mountaintop removal
Oct 05, 2008 ... ANSTED - Environmentalists and residents praying for a way tostop a mountaintop removal operation near the New River Gorge planto gather on Fire Tower Mountain. The prayer vigil is scheduled for 3 p.m. today. Powellton Coal, a subsidiary of Pittsburgh-based Consol ...
'Astroturfing' truly has no grass roots: ; Blogger invents community support for embattled factory without engaging the citizenry
Oct 05, 2008; Nigel Duara ... IOWA CITY, Iowa - As Agriprocessors Inc. was getting stung bycriticism after a federal immigration raid snared hundreds of itsworkers, "a blog by people who live and work in Postville" appearedin its defense in May. The blog defended the hiring practices of the plant in the ...
Elderly, endangered turtles fail in attempt to produce offspring: ; Eggs were laid, but none of them hatched
Oct 05, 2008; Cara Anna ... SUZHOU, China - She's about 80 years old. He's 100. Scientistswatched as the world's most endangered turtles successfully mated. However, the attempt to breed the species' last known female withthe last known male in China has failed because the eggs didn'thatch, disappointed ...
Plant used in Haitian Voodoo could become biofuel
Oct 05, 2008; Jacqueline Charles ... MIAMI - For generations, Voodoo practitioners in rural Haiti havesworn by the mystic qualities of Jatropha, an indigenous plantbelieved to purge evil spirits and release the trapped souls of thedead. However, the shrub soon might be in bigger demand among theliving. Jatropha ...
Programs help nurses deal with job stress
Oct 05, 2008; Joel Hood ... CHICAGO - Nobody ever told her being a surgical nurse would beeasy, but even now, in her 15th year, there are days when JudyBerglund's emotions are so spent and her body so taxed that she canbarely dress herself in the locker room after her shift. "You don't realize how stressed ...
Prosperity seems deadly to young Seminoles
Oct 05, 2008; Mike Clary and John Maines ... FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - For young members of the Seminole Tribe,this should be the best of times. With annual revenues from casinos and other businesses that havetopped $1.4 billion, the tribe provides each of its 3,300 memberswith an income of about $120,000 a year, a free ...
Economy, low wages, better outreach raise food stamp rolls: ; As upcoming changes make more eligible, current recipients say benefit isnt enough
Oct 05, 2008; Patrick McGee ... FORT WORTH, Texas - Krystal Follet's husband left her in January.Her boss fired her in March. Her landlord gave her an evictionnotice two weeks ago. A tough year for someone with two children to feed. Follet has turned to food stamps. The 31-year-old Arlington womanis among ...
13 unlucky for Simpson in Vegas case: ; Ex-NFL star found guilty of kidnapping, armed robbery
Oct 05, 2008; Linda Deutsch ... LAS VEGAS - In a city where luck means everything, O.J. Simpsoncame out the big loser - and his unlucky number in a case full ofbizarre twists was 13. He was convicted of an armed robbery that happened on Sept. 13and was found guilty on the 13th anniversary of his Los ...
TODAY'S News
Oct 05, 2008 ... Mindfulness calms thoughts, relieves stress MIAMI - Our worries. They're crescendoing like the finale ofBeethoven's "Ninth": Bailouts, buyouts. Recession, depression. Enterthe meditative practice of mindfulness. Born of Buddhist roots, it'sincreasingly recognized as a measure to ...
IN SPORTS
Oct 05, 2008 ... WVU beats Rutgers 24-17 Pat White ...
IN LIFE & STYLE
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