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Residents like Queens living
Published December 5, 2008, 7:50 am, Queens Courier
Eighty-eight percent of city residents rated their neighborhood as a fair, good or excellent place to live, according to an independent survey Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum released at the Forest Hills Library.
Congo-Kinshasa: Sexual Abuse of Minors Doubles in Kasai Occidental Town
Published December 5, 2008, 7:50 am, AllAfrica.com
Kinshasa — A sharp increase in the sexual abuse of children - some as young as four months old - has been recorded this year in Kananga, the main town in Kasai Occidental, according to child rights activists, who attribute the increase to local superstitions.
Cuba must respect U.S. diplomats
Published December 5, 2008, 7:50 am, Miami Herald
Those hoping the new Obama administration will move swiftly to ''normalize'' our relations with Cuba might first want to take a look at how U.S. diplomats fare at the U.S. Interests Section in Havana (USINT) -- our existing diplomatic establishment on the island.
GameStop denies bid for Woolworths stores
Published December 5, 2008, 7:50 am, Scotland Today
LONDON (Reuters) - Stricken retailer Woolworths is cutting 450 jobs from support operations, administrators Deloitte said on Friday, as they remained locked in talks aimed at finding a buyer for the sweets-to-DVDs chain.
Lindsay Corporation Announces Fiscal 2009 First Quarter Earnings Conference Call and Webcast
Published December 5, 2008, 7:49 am, Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
OMAHA, Neb.----Lindsay Corporation , a leading provider of irrigation systems and infrastructure products, today announced it plans to release financial results for its fiscal 2009 first quarter ended November 30, 2008, before the market opens on Wednesday, December 17, 2008.
Residents marching to get answers on contaminated site
Published December 5, 2008, 7:48 am, The Champaign News-Gazette
CHAMPAIGN – Residents who live near a former manufactured gas plant in Champaign will march around their neighborhood Saturday to publicize what they say are unanswered questions about contamination at the site.
(AFX UK Focus) 2008-12-05 15:40 UPDATE 2-Woolworths cuts jobs, GameStop denies bid for stores
Published December 5, 2008, 7:47 am, Interactive Investor
LONDON, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Stricken British retailer Woolworths is cutting 450 jobs from support operations, administrators Deloitte said on Friday, as they remained locked in talks aimed at finding a buyer for the sweets-to-DVDs chain. Separately, U.S. computer games retailer GameStop denied a report by computer games publication MCV that it had made a bid for around half of Woolworths' 815 ...
Changes in farm legislation could have big impact
Published December 5, 2008, 7:47 am, Monticello Times
Farmers in Wright County have been essentially squeezed out of business for many years, especially in areas like Wright County, where development has more than doubled the county’s population over the last three decades.
Guest column: Why dumping on counties is no way to run a government
Published December 5, 2008, 7:47 am, Monticello Times
Lately, it has become an annual ritual. After three or four months of agonizing over the reality of a serious budget deficit, Minne-sota lawmakers and the governor spring into action, and while most of us are sleeping (or not allowed in the room), the budget is “balanced.”
Board aims to mitigate County Road 36 flooding
Published December 5, 2008, 7:47 am, Monticello Times
Anyone who has driven on County Road 36 near Otsego knows that during the spring or at times of heavy rain, the propensity for flooding is immense. But, fixing it has been a problem because of the excessive cost.
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