Archive for May, 2008

TALK BACK: Politics trumps 'Sex' in this city

What a week this was.The White House catches heat from one of its own. State lawmakers decide cheap cigarettes are more important than public health. They’re swinging and ducking over gay issues at Irmo High once again.But, most importantly, the girls are back in town. No, not the Indigo Girls. The “Sex and the City” […]

Pierce, Celtics beat Pistons to reach NBA finals

By LARRY LAGE – 2 hours agoAUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) — The Boston Celtics got past an old nemesis to set up an NBA finals matchup with another rival — the Los Angeles Lakers.Paul Pierce scored 27 points, Ray Allen had 17 and Kevin Garnett added 16 to lift Boston to […]

Yushchenko gets hero's welcome in Toronto

FOREIGN AFFAIRS REPORTERUkrainian President Viktor Yushchenko got a hero’s welcome yesterday from a packed house of elite business people, as he told the Economic Club of Toronto that his country was on the verge of becoming a great modern power."We are in a very dynamic process … that has never been like this before," said […]

New York City crane collapses, two reported dead

LAHORE, May30 (APP): PML-N chief Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif has said that conspiracies arebeing hatched against him and Shahbaz Sharif to keep them away from parliament. The nationis eyeing at judges who have to decide whether they can contest elections ornot.He wastalking to reporters at his Model Town residence on Friday night afterParliamentary Board meeting. […]

Saying goodbye to a postseason full of flops

He’s had worse games than his 9-point, 7-rebound effort against the Lakers as the Spurs were bounced out of the playoffs Thursday night. But that was nothing compared to the bitter blow he received earlier in the day when the NBA announced that next year it would begin fining floppers for their pantomime antics.The […]

Death of the ladies' men

The Fratellis’ new single, Mistress Mabel, marks a miserable end for a venerable tradition: ditties named after a male songwriter’s lady of choice.From Peggy Sue to Maggie Mae, Suzanne to Waltzing Matilda, Alison to (Come On) Eileen, using girls’ names as the basis for a jaunty chorus is a trick that predates rock’n’roll: Ode to […]

UFC has fight on its hands against Elite XC

Live WEC on Versus (9 p.m. ET), main event is featherweight championship between Californian Urijah Faber and 33-year-old veteran Jens Pulver.UFC 85 in London, originally featuring Chuck Liddell until his injury. Current headliners include Matt Hughes vs. Thiago Alves and Chris Leben vs. English favorite Michael Bisping.June 7: World Combat League championship, Tulsa, L.A. Stars […]

Judy L. Carter

A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Monday, June 2, 2008, in Lincoln Memorial Funeral Home for Judy L. Carter, who died May 27 of a lung infection at age 54.Judy L. Duggan was born Jan. 30, 1954, in Portland. She graduated from Madison High School and was a school bus driver for the […]

His heart is in Honduras

Woodstock-area resident Rolf Pepper, far right, stands beside the director of Casa Hogar Vida Y Libertad in Honduras. The children who live in the home benefitted from the donations collected throughout Carleton County.The efforts of Rolf Pepper and Carleton County residents, were recently recognized by Health Presidential Advisor Dr. Alfonso Diaz Pon, left, and his […]

The College Question: Middletown grad’s Ivy League education paid off

In Louisiana’s St. Bernard Parish, Emily Buzzell is helping to rebuild homes wrecked by Hurricane Katrina. A few months ago, she worked at Pine Ridge Indian reservation in South Dakota, and before that, she was stationed in Biloxi, Miss.In Louisiana’s St. Bernard Parish, Emily Buzzell is helping to rebuild homes wrecked by Hurricane Katrina. A […]

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