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  • Portneuf Greenway Foundation Wants Eminent Domain To Finish Pocatello Trail Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 8:15PMPGF is pushing to get the Pocatello city council to share its power of eminent domain to finish the 22-year-old project. Local landowners feel threatened by the possibility.
  • The head-popping red band trailer for 'Machete' Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 8:13PMIf bloody violence is your thing, then this may be for you. By the way, the movie does take a "ripped from the headlines" approach to its story, exploiting the current immigration debate the way any respectable exploitation movie would...
  • Police Chief Accused of Supplying Minor Alcohol and Hosting Sex Parties Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 8:11PMThe Chattahoochee Hills police chief is accused of giving an underage woman alcohol and hosting sex parties with employees. According to a report filed with the Coweta County Sheriff's Office and obtained by WGCL in Atlanta, the allegations are against Damon Jones.  The report claims that the city mayor and city manager have received anonymous letters alleging the 37-year-old chief gave a 19 ...
  • NY mosque pits John Cusack against Fox News Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 8:11PMLOS ANGELES, Sept 1 — Politically minded actor John Cusack has picked a fight with Fox News, and both of them have dealt the “death” card from the bottom of the deck. Cusack started the war of words when he tweeted to his 209,000 followers — in all capital letters no less: “I am for a satanic death cult centre at Fox News HQ and outside the ...
  • Montgomery activists sue Board of Elections Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 8:08PMAn advocate for imposing term limits on Montgomery County elected officials and a group opposed to the suburb's new ambulance fee filed separate lawsuits against the county's Board of Elections Tuesday, in hopes of landing their respective referendums on the ballot in November.
  • Burress loses bid for work release Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 8:08PMPlaxico Burress has come up short in his bid for work release during his two-year prison sentence.
  • Video experiment shows off HTML5 on Chrome Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 8:06PMAlongside Arcade Fire song "We Used To Wait," lots of pop-up windows and videos incorporating real street scenes from Google Street View are among the highlights of this crafty Chrome demo.
  • A Tender Love Story Between Man and Dog Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 8:05PMAnimated dog movie: Those three little words are enough to make many parents shudder in expectation of having to accompany their kindergarten-age children to a sentimental, anthropomorphic contrivance.
  • New York mosque pits John Cusack vs. Fox News Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 8:04PMLOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Politically minded actor John Cusack has picked a fight with Fox News, and both of them have dealt the "death" card from the bottom of the deck.
  • Larimer commissioners unplug push for energy loan program Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 7:59PMAn effort to create a program through which Larimer County residents and busi-nesses could get low-interest loans to fund energy improvements has come up short.
  • Obama: End Of Iraq Combat Mission Not A Victory Lap Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 3:49PMPresident Obama visited with U.S. troops at Fort Bliss, just outside El Paso, Texas, on Tuesday. Many of them have just returned from Iraq. The president's visit was a prelude to the Oval Office speech he will give Tuesday night about the troop drawdown. He told the soldiers that he won't be taking a victory lap or making a congratulatory speech. Instead, he said, he'll be honoring them. Robert ...
  • A Look Back At Key Moments Of The Iraq War Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 3:49PMAs President Obama prepares to outline the withdrawal of combat forces from Iraq in an Oval Office speech Tuesday night, NPR's Robert Siegel and Melissa Block listen back to key moments of the Iraq war.
  • A Look At America's 'Advise And Assist' Role In Iraq Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 3:49PMIf it's not combat, what is it? NPR's Kelly McEvers spent a day flying around Iraq with the U.S. military to understand the U.S role in the post-combat era.
  • Iraq: By The Numbers Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 3:49PMAfter seven years of a U.S. military presence in Iraq, the future of that country's security and future U.S. involvement remain ambiguous. But what things can be measured? How is Iraq's GDP? Or its electricity generation? NPR's Robert Siegel talks to Michael O'Hanlon of the Brookings Institution about what can be quantified in Iraq.
  • Singapore airport unveils a slide Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 3:48PMSingapore’s Changi Airport now boasts the tallest slide in all airportdom. The thing is 40 feet high, and twists around like something at a water park.
  • FourSquare to reward STD checkups Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 3:48PMYou can use FourSquare to "check in" to restaurants and bars, so how about health clinics while you get tested for sexually transmitted diseases?
  • Attorney: McCourt didn't want to share Dodgers Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 3:48PMAn estate-planning attorney testified Tuesday that a distraught Frank McCourt told her last summer he would not sign a revised marital agreement that would share the Los Angeles Dodgers with his wife.
  • Further miniaturisation of computer memory Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 3:44PMFurther miniaturisation of computer memoryFurther miniaturisation of computer memory
  • Arcade Fire HTML5 video is awesome — but no Flash killer Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 3:44PMHTML5 - Games - Coin-Op - Google - Arcade Games
  • Not so fast Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 4:12PMWILMINGTON/TEWKSBURY – A meeting ostensibly about form-based code in Tewksbury last week erupted into backlash from South Tewksbury residents about the development of the interchange at all.
  • Ferret Theory XLI Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 4:11PMFerret friends: Eddie Verdon of Orangevale didn't seek any money for himself, he wants it understood. The self-proclaimed wildlife preservationist says he primarily wanted to help the North American black-footed ferret.
  • Probing spin liquids with a new pulsed-magnet system Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 4:08PMEntirely new experimental vistas could be opened by a device called a precursor pulsed-magnet system developed by an international team of scientists. This system can generate magnetic fields as high as 30 Tesla for synchrotron x-ray scattering experiments. The researchers recently completed the first practical work using the system at the U.S. Department of Energy`s Advanced Photon Source (APS ...
  • FanHouse: SEC's Meyer and Saban are underpaid Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 4:07PMIt's finally here, the race to determine which SEC team will become the fifth consecutive national champion to emerge from the conference.
  • Man warns of scam letter Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 4:06PMDale Hall admits he was tempted by the check for $2,700 he received in the mail. A letter accompanying the check said that it was an advance on government money he was owed.
  • Mostly Cloudy 87° Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 4:05PMWhere was Wilson’s Variety Store located in Kenosha in the 1950s?
  • Late double hibakusha's tanka translated Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 4:05PMNAGASAKI (Kyodo) A collection of poems by Tsutomu Yamaguchi, a survivor of the U.S. atomic bombings of both Hiroshima and Nagasaki who died in January at age 93, has been translated into English by a graduate student in New York. Chad Diehl, 29, a Columbia University doctoral candidate in modern Japanese history, self-published the translated poems in a book titled "And the River Flowed as a ...
  • Chinese man has Arita ware trademark Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 4:05PMSAGA (Kyodo) The three kanji for Arita ware, a representative Japanese porcelain produced in Arita, Saga Prefecture, were found registered as a trademark in China, embarrassing local officials and the ceramics industry, prefectural officials said Monday. According to the prefectural government, a Chinese individual who sells tableware applied to China's Trademark Office in November 2002 and was ...
  • Young Panthers reload on court Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 4:02PMPat Rooney In typical fashion for any coach, Stacy Roshek bristled somewhat when the word “rebuilding” was invoked in reference to her volleyball team at Woodland Park High School.
  • Drew insists lover keeps her posted Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 1:12AMActress Drew Barrymore prefers hand-written letters to electronic communication.
  • Board to apply for community planning grant Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 1:12AMWith a packed boardroom, limiting public comments to five minutes per person didn't do much to abbreviate the debate surrounding the Sustainable Communities Planning Grant. The 3-2 decision by the Calaveras County Board of Supervisors to apply for the grant followed two hours of discussion.
  • Valley Springs Community Plan draft online Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 1:12AMThe Valley Springs Community Plan draft created by MyValleySprings.com and the Calaveras Council of Governments has been completed and is available on CCOG’s website.
  • Man killed by pit bulls bled to death Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 1:12AMJerry Lee Yates. Courtesy photo Two memorial services will take place over the weekend The Mountain Ranch community is coming together to celebrate Jerry Lee Yates' life on both Saturday and Sunday.
  • Cabrini College names new golf coach Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 1:10AMRADNOR -- Adam Pifer, who spent the 2010 season as an assistant golf coach at Temple University, has been named the head golf coach at Cabrini College, Director of Athletics & Recreation Joe Giunta announced today. Pifer takes the reigns of a Cavaliers program that won consecutive Colonial States Athletic Conference (CSAC) titles in 2008 and 2009, and posted a runner-up finish in 2010.
  • Portsmouth High introduces Class of 2014 to school Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 1:10AMPORTSMOUTH — Entering high school can be a challenging, intimidating and exciting time for incoming freshmen.
  • Demonstrators: No cell tower in Rye Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 1:09AMRYE — A local grassroots organization with a mission to prevent the proposed placement of a cell phone tower at Odiorne Point held a protest Sunday at the popular state park.
  • Survey: Many Scientists Question FDA’s Effectiveness On Egg Safety Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 1:09AMWASHINGTON — Only half of the scientists surveyed at the federal agency responsible for the safety of the nation’s egg supply have full confidence that their organization adequately protects consumers from food-borne illness in eggs.
  • Leonardo DiCaprio's "wife" must stay away Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 10:34PMLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Leonardo DiCaprio has been granted a restraining order against a woman who believes she is his wife and is carrying his child -- called Jesus.
  • Cuccinelli adds to Virginia political playbook Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 10:27PMAttorney General Ken Cuccinelli's recent opinions on the most hot button social issues share a common thread — they're found in letters addressed to Del. Robert Marshall.
  • Five years on, Louisiana looks to the future Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 10:26PMMourning the lost, acknowledging the present, residents bury ‘Katrina’ on eve of hurricane’s fifth anniversary
  • No wine at Evergreen State Fair, but plenty of swine Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 10:22PMAs we mentioned Tuesday, there is no alcohol served at the Evergreen State Fair in Monroe. Jude Thomas Vang thought she and her sister could get a little Chardonnay one year at the annual fair.
  • Man gets two-year sentence for manslaughter Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 10:21PMEVERETT -- Months of anger and sadness gave way Thursday to expressions of forgiveness in a Snohomish County Superior Court room.
  • Author of taunting letters found but cleared of 1987 killings Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 10:20PMA man who wrote letters to the families of two murder victims, claiming responsibility for their deaths, has been identified but is not believed to be involved in the crime.
  • Narberth to host visitors from Narberth, Wales Sept. 14 Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 10:13PMDorothy said it pretty convincingly: “There’s no place like home.”
  • Chile seeks to speed rescue of trapped miners Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 10:11PMA second escape shaft could cut in half the time needed to reach 33 men trapped underground, Chilean rescuers said. Chile - Health - Public Health and Safety - Search and Rescue - Emergency Services
  • Jacksonville Lawyer Blogs Letters to Free American Prisoner in North Korea Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 10:09PMJACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The fourth American in a year arrested for trespassing in North Korea returned to the U.S. Friday. Aijalon Gomes had been teaching English in South Korea for two years when he crossed the border and was arrested.
  • California officials: 200 new cases of whooping cough Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 5:44PMLOS ANGELES — Children are heading back to school as California's whooping cough epidemic keeps spreading, a worrisome combination that has prompted health officials in at least one county to warn that unvaccinated students could be sent home if an outbreak occurs.
  • World › Chilean miners told to keep slim to squeeze out Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 5:41PMJust 35 inches (90 centimeters) around the waist --through the escape tunnel, the health minister said Wednesday. Dr. Jaime Manalich said rescuers are applying a…
  • York Returns from Service in Qatar Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 5:40PMSeeing an open schedule for the summer months, Air Force Reserve member Marie York volunteered to serve at a base in a Middle Eastern country and do her part for the war efforts.
  • £200m cancer drugs pledge no more than an 'aspiration', Department of Health admit Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 5:39PMThe Cancer Drugs Fund promised by the Government to cover life-extending treatments for thousands of patients is under threat, it has emerged.
  • Boys team ranked No. 1 by ESPN Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 5:39PMThe Gahanna Lincoln High School boys soccer team may never top last season.