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- Louisiana named ‘State of the Year’ Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 2:56PMSeveral Louisiana communities also earned SB&D honors. New Orleans tied Charlotte, N.C., for Major Market of the Year; Lake Charles won the Mid-Market of the Year honor; and St. James Parish drew a Special Recognition award from the magazine as the parish or county within a metro area that generated the most impressive job-creation results across the South. The Nucor Corp. steel mill project in ...
- Jay Walljasper: Why Biking Is More Patriotic Than Flag Waving Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 11:57AMSo how do we get more Americans to bike? The biggest obstacle right now is that people see bicyclists as an exotic species -- macho, ultra-fit, almost entirely young, white and male, clad in Lycra or spandex, who ride like madmen all over city streets.
- Some critical of outgoing sheriffs spending, management Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 4:07AMTerrebonne Parish Sheriff Vernon Bourgeois works at his desk July 1 in Houma.
- Should the NBA change its draft rules? Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 2:07AMJohn Wall electrified college basketball for one season, but the Rivals.com experts agree the NBA s rules need...
- Tompkins: The tragic use of outdoors as a wastebasket Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 10:57PMWhy do so many people treat the outdoors — beaches, rivers, lakes, bays, forests, fields — like one giant trash can?
- T-Mobile First to Offer Name ID Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 10:04AM*Everyone’s home phones have long offered the luxury of knowing who is calling you. But, cell phones don’t give you that information. The only way a cell phone customer is alerted to the exact name of who is calling them is if their number is already programmed into their phone. Not anymore! According to Clutch, [...]
- Team Ride Red pedals 3,000 miles across country in Race Across America Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 7:40AMTeam Ride Red pedals 3,000 miles across country in Race Across America
- Cheruiyot subdues 10,000m field and eyes Daegu double – Kenyan Champs, Day 2 Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 3:43AM15 July 2011 - Nairobi, Kenya - World women 5000m titleholder, Vivian Cheruiyot, stole the headlines on Day 2 of the National Bank of Kenya National Athletics Championships after deploying her famed last-lap afterburners to subdue a deep 10,000m field on Friday (15).
- The climate dissenter holds his ground Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 11:18AMIt never rains, it pours. Or it burns. It began with the China floods in May last year, coinciding, in June, with
- Texas A&M High-Energy Physicists Celebrate Novel Result From Fermilab Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 8:38AMPhysicists at Texas A&M University are celebrating a flagship result out of the Collider Detector at Fermilab (CDF) that could have big implications in explaining dark matter.
- A new chef for H. Harper Station, plus a visit to Smashburger Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 6:43AMEvan Cordes takes the helm at the Reynoldstown watering hole by Cliff Bostock H. Harper Station (904 Memorial Drive, 678-732-0415) in Reynoldstown is one of those restaurants, actually close to our home, that beckons and repels at once.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
- Have a garden plan and you will look like a smarty plants Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 6:20AMWould you like to have better results from your landscape and garden? Would it help if it came at a more affordable price? Here are a few random tips to head you that direction, just in time for your late-summer planning before fall plantings begin.
- How Well Do Miss USA Contestants Represent Their States? Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 4:02AMLast month , contestants in the Miss USA pageant were "scared to death," according to Fox News . Why were they so terrified? They feared "polarizing questions" asked in interviews taped before the pageant, including “Should evolution be taught in schools?” After the pageant, observers noted that the victor, formerly Miss California, had declared herself "a huge science geek" and enthusiastically ...
- A soft spot for Shia Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 4:00AMDirector Michael Bay’s “Transformers” movies are not my cinema fare of choice. But sometimes I want to think outside my own box. Not everything can be “Midnight in Paris.” So, I went to see the latest (perhaps last) “Transformers” film. What can I say?
- South Sudan: In the Name of July 9th - Citizens Views on Independence Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 3:44AM"It is almost impossible to believe that this day has come. I am very happy. Even if I die, I would have seen what we have been fighting for-freedom," exclaimed Marial, a resident of Juba City, South Sudan.
- From Paycheck to Pay Dirt: Blazing Your Own Trail As a Business Owner Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 1:50AMFirst-time business owners starting a venture in unfamiliar waters face a special set of challenges. Here are three who tackled them with success.
- Rob Williams Promoted to Vice President of Leading Business Printing Retailer, PrintGlobe, Inc. Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 12:36AMPrintGlobe, Inc., The Printing Superstore ™, has announced the promotion of former Director of Marketing, Rob Williams to Vice President. (PRWeb July 14, 2011) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/PrintGlobe/Rob-Williams/prweb8640225.htm
- San Francisco 49ers: 4 Reasons Jim Harbaugh Must Sign a Free-Agent WR Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 1:44PMWith a final team total of 79.4, the San Francisco 49ers ranked 21 st overall in pass efficiency in their 6-10 2010 season. There were other statistics that had a deeper impact on the team’s fortunes, but there is no doubt that new coach Jim Harbaugh will want to get more bang out of his passing buck this season. Much of the criticism of the lack of more consistent, effective passing has been ...
- Funeral service for Officer Bryan Hebert Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 8:56AMBEAUMONT - Hundreds of people, including law enforcement officers from across Texas and other states, will attend the funeral of Officer Bryan Hebert.
- Red Ventures Expands San Antonio Presence with 200 New Job Openings Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 7:59AMThe online marketing and sales company will host its second area job fair July 15. (PRWeb July 13, 2011) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/7/prweb8639749.htm
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