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  • Nigeria: Trills And Frills of 2008 Calabar Carnival Friday, January 9, 2009 @ 3:40AMThe Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary defines carnival, simply as "a public festival, usually one that happens at a regular time each year that involves music and dancing in the street, for which people wear colourful cloths."
  • CES 2009: TI showcasing Pico devices Friday, January 9, 2009 @ 3:21AMTexas Instruments (TI) is showcasing at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2009 a range of new category products based on the tiny DLP chip. With production of the DLP Pico chipset first announced at Mobile World Congress less than a year ago, DLP has worked with global manufacturing brands to unveil a variety of implementations for the Pico technology including Acer, BenQ, Dell, ...
  • Courtly bond Friday, January 9, 2009 @ 2:23AMMarian coach Mary Lillie Cicerone and her daughter have found a special relationship.
  • Windows Server worm can spread via USB Friday, January 9, 2009 @ 2:21AMThe worm called Downadup that is attacking business systems also propagates via USB, says F-Secure.
  • Sea Changes Friday, January 9, 2009 @ 2:11AMDespite President Bush’s abysmal environmental record, marine conservationist Jean-Michel Cousteau, founder of the nonprofit marine conservation and education group, the Ocean Future Society, has been quietly working with Bush to protect gigantic swaths of the Pacific Ocean.
  • Play to the gallery Thursday, January 8, 2009 @ 6:35PM1) To “ feel/go hot and cold (all over) ” is to feel as if your body is alternately hot and cold due to shock or embarrassment.
  • Tokyo set for a turf war as recession-hit yakuza gangsters fight it out Thursday, January 8, 2009 @ 5:56PMAn attractive residential backstreet, a highly desirable postcode and a hugely provocative bit of corporate relocation could unleash a murderous gang war on the streets of Tokyo.
  • Jen Sincero: Merrily Skipping Into the Unknown Thursday, January 8, 2009 @ 4:32PMOur thoughts and perceptions define our realities, so redefine the way you perceive the unknown. Start thinking of it as exciting, exhilarating, something to throw yourself into and conquer.
  • Letter From Europe-The Highs and Lows of 2008 Thursday, January 8, 2009 @ 4:17PMWho could have guessed back in May that by the end of the year the Worldʼs auto industry would look like a train wreck?
  • Madoff Sent 16 Watches and Jewelry Thursday, January 8, 2009 @ 7:28AMBernard L. Madoff violated his bail agreement by sending jewelry to his friends and family, prosecutors argued.
  • Microsoft server worm can spread via USB Thursday, January 8, 2009 @ 7:17AM A Windows Server worm that is attacking business systems also propagates via USB, says F-Secure
  • Our Friend Dizzy Thursday, January 8, 2009 @ 6:23AMAs readers of Rifftides know by now, The Wall Street Journal provides more than financial news and market reports. The newspaper has a Leisure And Arts section with extensive, varied, informed cultural coverage. It includes writing about music by several contributors.
  • George Best joins ex-PMs and a spy Thursday, January 8, 2009 @ 1:18AMFootballer George Best, past prime ministers Sir Edward Heath and Lord Callaghan and comedian Ronnie Barker have been added to the online Oxford Dictionary of National Biograp
  • George Best joins ex-PMs and a spy Thursday, January 8, 2009 @ 12:59AMFootballer George Best, past prime ministers Sir Edward Heath and Lord Callaghan and comedian Ronnie Barker have been added to the online Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. (08/01/2009 06:47:40)
  • LCC closes Woodland campus Thursday, January 8, 2009 @ 12:19AMA grim revenue forecast and low student enrollment prompted Lower Columbia College to close its Woodland satellite campus this month.
  • Finance, sex square off Thursday, January 8, 2009 @ 12:15AMThe global financial crisis competes with old favourites like sex and celebrity in a search for the best new word or phrase.
  • DVR therapy: No-delete shows? Wednesday, January 7, 2009 @ 6:39PMMandi Bierly reveals three episodes she keeps around for when she needs a pick-me-up; what are yours?
  • Gone but not forgotten - George Best added to National Biography Wednesday, January 7, 2009 @ 6:30PMFootballer George Best and comedian Ronnie Barker are among the big names to be added to the online Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
  • Can we learn to love Quorn? Wednesday, January 7, 2009 @ 6:25PM As I stand in the chilly factory, a train of large, blue bins is wheeled past piled high with a thick, mushroom-coloured paste. The paste is tipped into a giant steel hopper before spiralling away towards the ceiling in a silver helter-skelter. The noise is ear-splitting. This is the beginning of a process that will turn a type of fungus into chicken-like chunks, "ham" slices, fillets and ...
  • Edward Heath and James Callaghan included in new dictionary Wednesday, January 7, 2009 @ 6:22PMThe former prime ministers Sir Edward Heath and James Callaghan have been added to the new edition of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
  • ‘Audience’ vs ‘spectators’ Wednesday, January 7, 2009 @ 5:09PMWHAT is the difference between “audience” and “spectators”? Can we just use “audience” for every purpose? 2) On Sept 19, in your answer to a question, you said both “no smoking zone” and “non-smoking zone” are correct.
  • Science, religion and creationist theory Wednesday, January 7, 2009 @ 5:01PMIn the interest of factual scientific erudition, I would like to respond to the letter from Sarah Disches who claims that her scientific evidence shows that the earth cannot be over 20,000 years old.
  • A hangover that will live in infamy Wednesday, January 7, 2009 @ 4:49PMEGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. - Nobody ever did, or ever will, escape the consequences of his or her choices.
  • Readers ready to relish new magazine Wednesday, January 7, 2009 @ 12:03PMReaders of the Devils Lake Journal will find a real treat inside today, a new monthly magazine named Relish.
  • Tipping Points Wednesday, January 7, 2009 @ 11:39AMEvent planning takes a lot of time and money, and weddings are no exception. Not including the engagement ring, bridal consultant fees, wedding planner expenses or honeymoon, the average wedding in 2008 was estimated to cost almost $30,000 according to www.money.cnn.com.
  • Worm surge exploits Microsoft vulnerability Wednesday, January 7, 2009 @ 11:30AMBoth US-CERT and security organization F-Secure have issued warnings, urging IT professionals to apply a Microsoft patch. Business systems are being attacked by a worm exploiting a known Microsoft vulnerability, IT security experts have warned. Both US-CERT and security organization F-Secure have issued warnings, urging...
  • Disgrasian: On Gran Torino and Christ Eastwood Wednesday, January 7, 2009 @ 10:42AMOnce again, Big White Dude saves the Little Yellow Dude -- unable to protect himself or his family, of course -- and gets to be the hero.
  • DLP Technology enables new generation of ultra-portable pico projectors from leading global brands. Wednesday, January 7, 2009 @ 10:31AMRevolutionary DLP Pico(TM) Chipset drives new categories of portable projection for consumer and business use.
  • Eat at our house -- Jan. 7, 2009 Wednesday, January 7, 2009 @ 10:10AMWhen Andrea at the JA phoned Monday morning and asked if I had sent my column in, I was in a quandary (a state of perplexity, explains the dictionary) to what she was asking. I replied but I don’t usually send in my column until Thursday, she said, “but it is for this Wednesday that I need it”.
  • Baby food for thought Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 8:17AMMy youngest daughter is now a bouncy, bubbly 8-month-old who has recently graduated to “stage 2″ baby food.
  • 21st Century Challenge Of Ovarian Cancer In The Elderly, A Personal Perspective - Cancernetwork.com Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 7:10AMThe incidence of ovarian cancer is highest in women over 70 years old, and the disease is the leading cause of death from gynecologic malignancies in the United States and Europe. Nevertheless, improving the quality of medical care for elderly women with ovarian cancer continues to be a challenge.
  • Extinct Entertainments No. 10 Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 6:34AM Tour of London board game by M@ We are proud to bring you a constant stream of the best and brightest entertainment news each day... but we are also proud of our reports on London past. In this series, we join up our talents and take a look at London entertainments that no longer exist, and the closest equivalent available today. Parlour Games Granted a night in with pals ...
  • The stories behind the names once known as Abington Center Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 3:20AMWhat’s in a name? The local history column kicks off the new year by looking back at the long-familiar names of our local communities, towns that go back to a time in the area’s history that many of us know little about.
  • Australia v RSA, T3, D4 Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 1:00AMAUSTRALIA declared with a lead of 376 before dismissing Morne Morkel in the final sesion on day four of the third Test against South Africa.
  • Australia v RSA - T3, D4 Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 1:00AMAUSTRALIA declared with a lead of 376 before dismissing Morne Morkel in the final sesion on day four of the third Test against South Africa.
  • City likely to end caucus sessions Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 12:48AMMATTOON — The City Council will continue to meet at 6:30 p.m. the first and third Tuesday of every month but plans to drop one word from meeting procedures.
  • When sisters fight, wise men take cover Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 12:23AMWith all that certain doom neatly wrapped and placed under the green and suffering fire hazard we harbored in our living room, I was truly able to enjoy my time off. Or I would have, had my daughters not shown up.
  • Rotary gives gift of literacy Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 12:16AMIf children are the future, then what better than to have that future be literate? This philosophy embraced by the Rotary Club of Winona has led to a groundbreaking project that will eventually put a dictionary into the hands of every student in Winona County, one third grader at a time.
  • Post-holiday report: Belmont Bruins Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 12:06AMStarting this season with the highest hopes of any previous Belmont squad and complete with its largest senior corps in recent memory, the first half of the Bruins’ 2008-09 season has been a mixed bag with a generally disappointing flavor.
  • Letters To The Editor Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 11:14PMIt is a privilege to visit this country, not a right.Seth Anderson. Moon. . . . Editor, Times-Dispatch: It amazes me when people like letter-writer Amarillo Uasai, [“U.S. Immigrants Deserve Respect”] make immigrants who come into this country without permission and those who overstay their government-granted limited-time visa out to be people with rights under our laws. Each of those people has ...
  • Our Tense Past Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 4:22PMWhen you tell your friends that you took a swim yesterday, did you say you “swam” yesterday or that you “swum” yesterday?
  • Former Miss. lawmaker Horne dies Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 2:03PMFormer state Rep. Tommy A. Horne served 27 years in the Mississippi House.
  • Famous Twitter Users Get Hacked; Who’s to Blame? Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 12:29PM Twitter is being blindsided today by a new wave of attacks, this time involving the takeover of the accounts of prominent users. Barack Obama, Britney Spears, CNN’s Rick Sanchez, Fox News, and Facebook’s official accounts are amongst those that have been targeted thus far, with each sending out an obviously fake message ranging from explicit comments to ads for online scams. Here’s what the Fox ...
  • Former exchange student returns as Christmas gift for local family Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 10:20AM Doris Pensinger of Waynesboro and her husband, Carroll, may have gotten their biggest Christmas surprise ever in 2008. After receiving an answering machine message from their granddaughter, Andrea Summers, alluding to a mysterious Christmas gift, the couple wondered if they’d be getting a pet.
  • Joseph A. Palermo: Just Go, Mr. Bush. Please, Just Go. Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 10:08AMPresident George W. Bush will be finally leaving Washington after what seemed an eternity. He will be leaving behind a country that is poorer, weaker,...
  • Western Montana life in ’08 - Small towns filled with interesting stories all year-round Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 9:35AMWarren Winter and his wife, Wanda Thorpe, wash and dry puppies taken in by the Thompson River Animal Care Shelter last February in Thompson Falls. The shelter took in 289 cats and dogs in its first year of operation and adopted out 252.
  • Search for ring and photo owners turns up naught Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 9:09AMBy Dave RasdalThe GazetteCEDAR RAPIDS and#8212; No ring. No photo find. No "ought"?Yep, time to catch up with readers.Frank King is searching for a ring that went missing after his Cedar Rapids home flooded. It means the world to Frank because he received it from his dying father.Rob Bierl says nobody claimed old photos of young girls found in the flooded Cedar Rapids home of his mother, Norma ...
  • Gaza civilians more vulnerable since Israeli ground invasion Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 9:04AMGAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Anas Mansour sleeps in his street clothes in a south Gaza refugee camp, with his ID in his pocket so he can flee quickly if fighting gets worse. In Gaza City, the 10 members of the Karam family huddle in their hallway at night, kept awake by artillery fire booming outside.
  • Transnistria or Moldavian Transnistrian Republic: Just facts Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 8:44AMFacts about Transnistria* Internationally unrecognized entity proclaimed in Tiraspol on 2 September 1990, initially styled the Moldavian Transnistrian Soviet Socialist Republic. Currently known as the Moldavian Transnistrian Republic, or MTR, (Russian name: Pridnestrovskaya Moldavskaya Respublika or Pridnestrovie), this breakaway entity, referred to in many sources as Transnistria or ...
  • Ground invasion leaves Palestinian civilians increasingly exposed Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 6:29AMGAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- Anas Mansour sleeps in his street clothes in a south Gaza refugee camp, with his ID in his pocket so he can flee quickly if fighting gets worse. In Gaza City, the 10 members of the Karam family huddle in their hallway at night, kept awake by artillery fire booming outside. ... - By IBRAHIM BARZAK and BEN HUBBARD The Associated Press