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Arrests may be linked to oil spill cleanup Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 6:08AMArrests of more than 40 men in Texas added fuel to investigations into a company that might have used illegal immigrants to help clean up the Kalamazoo River oil spill.
Burnett’s Consultants Ranked as Texas’ Top Producers Year After Year Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 2:00AMTexas Association of Personnel Consultants (TAPC) names Burnett Staffing Specialists executives the top producers in Texas for their outstanding record of successful placements.
Incubator lures Houston entrepreneurs Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 3:50PMJustin Stanislaw and Bryan Jowers quit their jobs less than three weeks ago and moved to Cincinnati to join The Brandery, which they feel will help them finish the development of their e-gifting web site.
Gulf oil spill: Doomed rig had good reputation, BP executive testifies Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 10:34AMThe Deepwater Horizon, which exploded April 20 in the Gulf of Mexico, was considered one of the most efficient and safest mobile floating rigs in the Transocean Ltd. fleet, according to testimony Thursday at a hearing. The rig's reputation as...
Katrina's Destructive Aftermath Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 6:36AMNew Orleans is now two cities, one for the white and rich that has largely recovered, the other for far fewer poor and Blacks.
CMAI Expands Global Business Advisory Service Offerings With Addition of Four Senior Executives Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 6:00AMChemical Market Associates, Inc. is pleased to announce the addition of four senior executives to its global Business Advisory Practice and Planning Advisory Services . Â Don Bari, Mike Kratochwill, Andrew Swanson and Ed Glatzer, all formerly with Nexant, joined CMAI on August 31, 2010. Â They join an experienced team at CMAI's Valhalla, New York office.
Deputies detain buses while feds question workers about legal status Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 7:10PMKFDM News has learned agents with Immigration and Customs Enforcement detained two buses filled with dozens of workers who arrived in Winnie from jobs in Michigan.
John Atlas: How ACORN Helped Save New Orleans for Katrina Survivors Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 3:39PMA week after Katrina hit New Orleans, Federal Government officials and private relief organizations were still discussing how to send aid to the area. ACORN had already moved into action.
Sheriff offices and county commissions battle over budgets in lean times Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 2:41PMSheriff offices and county commissions battle over budgets in lean times
Texas Digest: Radioactive waste agreement reached Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 8:20PMTexas Digest: Radioactive waste agreement reached
Business digest: Health care reform sessions and more Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 11:20AMThe Longview Partnership is holding seminars this week offering explanations of health care reform. Cost is $19 with sessions set 9 to 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 to 4 p.m. Wednesday.
For now, White Hall focuses on groceries, not gambling Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 8:09AMWHITE HALL -- Some have touted the local bingo hall that has just opened here as the start of new beginnings in this town of less than 1,000, but what actually has many of its residents talking is several hundred yards away -- the new Piggly Wiggly Xpress.
Dollar, Wal-Mart, Rite-Aid, Hertz, American Express, EPA in Court News Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 12:54AMDollar Thrifty’s board isn’t giving enough credence to a $1.3 billion competing offer from Avis Budget Group Inc. and acceded to Hertz’s demands that it not seek other bids, lawyers for disgruntled Dollar Thrifty shareholders told Delaware Chancery Court Judge Leo Strine at a hearing yesterday in Wilmington.
BEN column - Jack Horner hunts Shep; Jack tells of his smoking; Outdoor Market finale; Getting It Right The Second Time Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 11:20PMGood morning! Chance of rain today.
Newsweek: Still homeless, 5 years after Katrina Monday, August 23, 2010 @ 11:56AMBy 2007, there were approximately 45,000 families living in FEMA trailers. Today, FEMA reports there are 860 families in Louisiana that are still living in FEMA trailers. The homeless rate in New Orleans has skyrocketed in the years since Katrina. According to the Brookings Institute, the city now has 12,000 homeless people, more than double the amount present before the storm. Hurricane Katrina ...
Five Years After Katrina, Still Homeless Monday, August 23, 2010 @ 10:51AMIt took Charles King and his family just a couple of hours to leave their house in New Orleans on Aug. 27, 2005, but they have been struggling for five years since then to find home again.
Texas businesses want an answer on air quality Saturday, August 21, 2010 @ 8:29PMTexas businesses want an answer on air quality
Port of Tacoma settles EPA dispute Thursday, August 19, 2010 @ 4:18PMThe Port of Tacoma has agreed to pay $137,000 to settle a dispute with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over paperwork related to the former Kaiser Aluminum smelter site.
Move must be 'quick' Tuesday, August 17, 2010 @ 10:03PMDianne Stallings dstallings@ruidosonews.com ON TRACK, PART 5: R.D. HUBBARD'S LIST OF OPTIONS If Lincoln County voters reject passage of a Business Retention gross receipts tax in a Sept.
POLITIAL HOT TOPICS: Tuesday, August 17, 2010 Tuesday, August 17, 2010 @ 5:12AMThe CNN Washington Bureau’s morning speed read of the top stories making news from around the country and the world. WASHINGTON/POLITICAL For the latest political news: www.CNNPolitics.com CNN: Races in Washington state, Wyoming top Tuesday's primaries Voters in Washington state and Wyoming hold primaries Tuesday, with the Senate contest in Washington and a battle for ...
BEN column - Ringers and combined teams; build the chapel; why a chapel?; Shep on smoking; WW2 Owen on history Monday, August 16, 2010 @ 11:20PMGood morning! Today calls for only a 30 percent chance of rain.
Will phase-out of renaissance zones result in financial windfall? Opinions vary Sunday, August 15, 2010 @ 5:26PMA long-awaited financial boost for local governments in Jackson County is just around the corner.Or maybe not.Beginning in 2012, a phase-out of renaissance zones is scheduled to start after 12 years of tax breaks that have saved property owners more...
Hurricane Katrina: Five Years After the Levees Broke Sunday, August 15, 2010 @ 2:57AM(NNPA) - On August 29, we will commemorate five years since Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, and since subsequently levees broke, drowning the city in feet of water.
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Talent pools shrink Saturday, August 14, 2010 @ 7:56PMWest Texas is shrinking.Not geographically. Regardless of where you consider West Texas to start — Fort Worth, Brownwood or San Angelo — it’s still as spacious as ever.
Obituary: Rita Adamek Bingham, 72, created court-probation program Friday, August 13, 2010 @ 10:53PMRita Adamek Bingham, who developed one of Washington's first court-probation programs for convicted drunken drivers that emphasized lifelong sobriety, died July 7 at age 72.
NBA Capsules: Rockets acquire Lee in 4-team trade Thursday, August 12, 2010 @ 4:12AMINDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Larry Bird always said he wouldn't rush the rebuilding of the Indiana Pacers. He stuck to his word, and it paid off.
Michael Rosenberg: What were the Knicks thinking? Thursday, August 12, 2010 @ 12:14AMHe was hired to break the rules. That is the first thing you need to understand about Isiah Thomas' latest and briefest work for the Knicks, as a consultant. He was hired to break the rules.
Sean Penn and Wyclef Jean: Hollywood, hip hop and Haiti Wednesday, August 11, 2010 @ 11:57PMTwo things we know for sure: Hollywood and hip hop get media attention. And for Haiti, that translates into big media hype for actor Sean Penn and rapper-turned-presidential candidate, Wyclef Jean. How may we use this media glare to help the 2 million Haitians made homeless by the earthquake?
SPECIAL REPORT: FIVE YEARS SINCE HURRICANE KATRINA: PAIN INDEX STILL AT CRISIS LEVEL FOR MANY, WEEK OF AUGUST 12-18 ... Wednesday, August 11, 2010 @ 10:28PMNEW ORLEANS (NNPA) - It will be five years since Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans on August 29. The impact remains quite painful for many.
Michael McCann: NFL, NFLPA need to take closer look at possible painkiller abuse Wednesday, August 11, 2010 @ 1:32PMMonday, August 9, was a noteworthy day in the NFL and it had nothing to do with labor negotiations, Hall of Fame speech omissions or will-he-or won't-he speculation. Well, actually it had something to do with Brett Favre, but not in the way one would first imagine.
2010 voters guide Wednesday, August 11, 2010 @ 8:28AMOn Tuesday, Houston County residents will be asked to head to the polls to place their votes in the 2010 primary election. On the ballot of local interest will be three races for county office. Each county voter will be asked to cast their vote for one of three candidates running for county treasurer. The top two vote-getters will move on to the November general election.
D'Antoni, Krzyzewski at odds over Thomas; NBA reviews Knicks' deal - From the Poughkeepsie Journal Wednesday, August 11, 2010 @ 6:10AMMike D'Antoni sounds OK with it. Mike Krzyzewski wouldn't do it.
Immigration, big government key points in Roby town hall meeting Tuesday, August 10, 2010 @ 10:05PMThe topic of immigration dominated a town hall forum hosted by Republican District 2 Congressional candidate Martha Roby Tuesday night in Dothan.
Katrina Pain Index -- Five Years Later Tuesday, August 10, 2010 @ 1:48PMNEW ORLEANS -- It will be five years since Katrina on August 29. The impact of Katrina is quite painful for regular people in the area. This article looks at what has happened since Katrina not from the perspective of...
Five Years since Hurricane Katrina: Pain Index Still at Crisis Level for Many Tuesday, August 10, 2010 @ 10:57AMNEW ORLEANS (NNPA) - It will be five years since Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans on Aug. 29. The impact remains quite painful for many.
The Problem with Pensions Saturday, August 7, 2010 @ 10:45PMSadly, I find myself with more than enough time to compose yet another Thoughts from the Frontline in an airport, as a flight booking error has me at JFK for six hours instead of fishing in Maine. Details for those interested or amused at the end.
Briefs Saturday, August 7, 2010 @ 1:05AMStore opens bigger location at Woodlands Mall: Forever 21 Inc., the Los Angeles, Calif.-based specialty retailer, is set to open its largest greater-Houston Forever 21 store at The Woodlands Mall on Saturday.
Five years later: Katrina Pain Index 2010 New Orleans Friday, August 6, 2010 @ 3:42PMIt will be five years since Katrina on Aug. 29. The impact of Katrina is quite painful for regular people in the area. This article looks at what has happened since Katrina not from the perspective of the higher ups looking down from their offices but from the street level view of the people.
Bill Quigley: Katrina Pain Index 2010 New Orleans - Five Years Later Friday, August 6, 2010 @ 11:22AMIt will be five years since Katrina on August 29. The impact of Katrina is quite painful for regular people in the area. This...
Why hold athletes to higher standard? Friday, August 6, 2010 @ 11:05AMMICHAEL ROSENBERG: Why allowing athletes to use PEDs is a horrible idea.
Paul Daugherty: Should athletes be allowed to use legal PEDs? Why not? Thursday, August 5, 2010 @ 2:44PMMICHAEL ROSENBERG: Why allowing athletes to use PEDs is a horrible idea.
Promises, Promises Thursday, August 5, 2010 @ 2:16PMTwo Austin neighborhoods vie to bring down federal dollars to help transform communities
Paul Daugherty: Should athletes be allowed to use legal PEDs? Why not? Thursday, August 5, 2010 @ 11:14AMLet them do what they want. If it's legal and approved by the FDA, let professional athletes pop, inject, rub or otherwise ingest whatever they damned well please. So the next time someone in the media asks Floyd Landis what he's doing in Girona, Spain, Landis can say, "I'm babysitting the blood that Lance Armstrong plans to transfuse himself with in the Tour de France, of course. Why do you ask ...
Hey, Bravo: Try spotlighting social heroes instead of social climbers Wednesday, August 4, 2010 @ 11:00PMThe most annoying thing about the new television show "Real Housewives of D.C." is that it represents a kind of honor for the parasitic social climbers featured on the program.
Santa Fe judge hears same-sex divorce case Wednesday, August 4, 2010 @ 10:55PMGet FREE Daily Headlines by email! New Mexico's first same-sex divorce case could resolve legal issues surrounding marriage licenses provided to dozens of gay and lesbian couples in a rogue action by a Sandoval County clerk.
Hey, Bravo: Try spotlighting social heroes instead of social climbers Wednesday, August 4, 2010 @ 10:47PMThe most annoying thing about the new television show "Real Housewives of D.C." is that it represents a kind of honor for the parasitic social climbers featured on the program. Television - Arts - Programs - United States - Games
PlantCML® Selected by Cornerstone Mortgage Company to Provide Emergency Notification Solutions Wednesday, August 4, 2010 @ 12:30PMPlantCML®, an EADS North America company, today announced its selection by Texas-based Cornerstone Mortgage Company to provide two notification solutions for business continuity communications: The Communicator!® NXT™ solution, for automated notification via channels such as landline, cell, SMS, and e-mail; and the NetNotify® solution for urgent and daily notifications on PCs, laptops and other ...
Disabled Walmart employee recalls his ‘blessings’ Monday, August 2, 2010 @ 2:05AMStaff photo by Michele Marcotte Howard Parks, at right, was one of the first disabled employees hired at the Nacogdoches Walmart following the Americans with Disabilities Act being signed into law on July 26, 1990. Parks, pictured with zone supervisor Larrilee Hill, recalls some of the changes Walmart underwent in that time to improve working conditions for its disabled employees.
NFL Capsules: NFC: Giants report to training camp; Phillips watches Sunday, August 1, 2010 @ 9:56PMALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Kenny Phillips stood out on the opening day of the New York Giants' training camp. On a day when players and coaches invariably talk about the excitement, anticipation and hope for an upcoming season, Phillips could not hide his disappointment.
Open House seat draws 4 Dems, 2 Republicans Sunday, August 1, 2010 @ 5:08AMTwo Republicans and four Democrats are vying for the nomination in the 26th District state House Aug. 3 primary — the district that includes Royal Oak and Madison Heights — to win the seat held by term-limited Rep. Marie Donigan, D-Royal Oak.