Skiing more trails open The Examiner | The last storm that swept through the Sierra dropped enough snow for the resorts just east of Sacramento to open more trails. Skiers in the greater Sacramento area are now able to access much more terrain. Alpine and Nordic skiers will find much better conditions for skiing. | Here's how it stacks...
Obama admin reworked Solyndra loan to favor donor Palm Beach Post | WASHINGTON — The Obama administration restructured a half-billion dollar federal loan to a troubled solar energy company in such a way that private investors — including a fundraiser for President Barack Obama — moved ahead of taxpayers for repayment in case of a default, governm...
Casey Anthony trial: Social media let us all be pundits Palm Beach Post | Social media are to the Casey Anthony case what cable television was to O.J. Simpson's: The technology made both murder trials available to the masses. | The nation watched — or could have watched — the eight-month televised murder tria...
MINI COOPER COUPE: Can you have too much fun? Palm Beach Post | Mini Cooper's sporty two-seater Coupe is a rolling fashion statement that dares to thumb its nose at practicality and convention. In the Mini's storied 50-year-plus history it has never built a two-seat model. | "This is still a Mini, but it's ...
Applications for U.S. citizenship usually surge in presidential election years Palm Beach Post | ROYAL PALM BEACH — Garry Palmer, born in Great Britain, stands with his hand over his heart and takes the oath of allegiance to the United States. | Palmer, who became a citizen along with 89 other people from 21 countries at a ceremony here ...
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CTA diverts Lake Shore buses, airlines nix 700-plus flights Chicago Business | (Updated 3:45 p.m.) | (Crain's) - The Chicago Transit Authority has rerouted all buses from Lake Shore Drive this afternoon as a winter storm bears down on the city. | The mass t...
Snow causing roads to become slick in northern Miami Valley Springfield News-Sun | Snow has begun to affect parts of the Miami Valley, especially north of Interstate 70. | Storm Center 7 Meteorologist Rich Wirdzek said the snow arrived in the far north by mid-m...
Public input sought on how to popularize West Palm waterfront Palm Beach Post | WEST PALM BEACH — Residents have two opportunities Tuesday to share their vision for the waterfront, before a consultant unveils his plans to revamp the city's under-used public park. | Ed Uhlir, CEO of Millennium Park in Chicago, was hired b...
Dead panther found in southwest Florida Palm Beach Post | NAPLES, Fla. — Officials say dead panther has been found along U.S. 41 in southwest Florida. | The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission reports that the remains of the 5-year-old uncollared male were discovered Monday morning. Ex...
School district reports finding no more rats at Panther Run Elementary Palm Beach Post | After catching 18 rats in Panther Run Elementary near Wellington this weekend, this morning school district spokesman Nat Harrington proudly informed the media that no rodents were found in those traps overnight, and that "technicians believe a...
Gabrielle Giffords shooting: judge rules Jared Loughner must be forcibly medicated The Daily Telegraph A judge has ruled that the man accused of shooting former US congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords should be forcibly medicated for another four months as he is not yet mentally competent to stand trial. | Loughner (right) has pleaded not guilty to 49 charges for the attack on Jan 8 last year in Tucson, Arizona. Six people were killed and 13 others, inc...
Iran: Nuclear inspectors can extend their visit Springfield News-Sun | TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's official news agency reports that the country's foreign minister has said that inspectors from the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog can extend an ongoing visit to the Islamic Republic. | The Monday report by IRNA says Ali Akbar Salehi told Turkish TRT TV in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, that the three-day visit by International Atomic...
