News for seniors

Posted on June 25th, 2008 by Katey
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ASHLEY: The Ashley Neighborly Senior Citizens will not conduct meetings in June. The trip is also cancelled.The next meeting will be held on July 23. Hostesses will be Lee Kozicki and Hedy Shantz. Joan Shewan will preside.EDWARDSVILLE: The Edwardsville Senior Center is located at 57 Russell St., behind the Edwardsville Municipal Building on Main Street. […]

'Bachelorette' star DeAnna Pappas cuts Graham Bunn, picks Final 3

Posted on June 24th, 2008 by Korey
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“You did what you thought you needed to do… so this is goodbye, forever,” a stoic Graham told DeAnna after she eliminated him at the Rose Ceremony that followed DeAnna’s hometown visits with the four men that were still in the running to receive her final rose.“I made it perfectly clear what it was like […]

Jibe Mobile Launches Mobile-Based Media Browsing, Sharing, Chat …

Posted on June 24th, 2008 by Sissy
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Jibe makes it incredibly easy for people to discover online content and share it with anyone, either from their mobile phone or from the web. Private beta starts June 24.San Mateo, Calif. (Vocus/PRWEB ) June 24, 2008 — Ever been stuck in a line and wondered what your friends are up to? Or wanted to […]

Divers perfect on platform

Posted on June 23rd, 2008 by Kara
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David Boudia got four perfect scores on one dive, Thomas Finchum matched him with four 10s of his own, and they went 1-2 in the 10-meter platform semifinals at the U.S. Olympic trials Thursday night in Indianapolis.Boudia totaled 1,091.90 points and kept the lead he has held since the preliminaries. Finchum had 1,065.25, essentially making […]

Why Apple Will Not Make a Solar Powered iPod

Posted on June 22nd, 2008 by Glenna
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Much has been made this week of Apple’s patent filing for solar panels embedded into the screens of gadgets. In the diagram accompanying the application, we see a layer of solar cells tucked safely behind the glass and the LCD layer, presumably to juice, say, an iPod’s battery as you use it.Most likely this is […]

Californians didn't protect homes from wildfires

Posted on June 21st, 2008 by Donald
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California law requires property owners in forested areas to remove or reduce most vegetation within 100 feet of a building.But a state report released last week found that most of the 132 structures destroyed by the fire had “poor defensible space quality.” That figure includes 63 homes and 69 outbuildings destroyed in the mountains above […]

Acquisitions fuel profit, sales growth in Smucker's fiscal '08

Posted on June 21st, 2008 by Aureole
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A flurry of acquisitions in the past fiscal year bolstered top- and bottom-line gains for J.M. Smucker Co. despite a fourth-quarter dip in profit, the company told investors Thursday.The Orrville-based company said its earnings for the fourth quarter ended April 30 totaled $37.1 million, or 67 cents a share, down 13 percent from $42.5 million, […]

Jamie Lynn Spears, Barbara Broccoli, Gordon Ramsay

Posted on June 20th, 2008 by Mattie
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Jamie Lynn Spearshas given birth to a girl at a south Mississippi hospital, according to a friend of the family. The baby was named Maddie Briann . Spears, 17, was the star of a show on Nickelodeon, “Zoey 101,” a sitcom about prep school friends. She is the younger sister of the pop star […]

ON THE WATER

Posted on June 19th, 2008 by Digby
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No matter what the calendar read last week, it sure felt like summer for the first few days. Fort-unately, there was plenty to do.Indian River Inlet can be a difficult place to fish from the rocks. The current rips and foams in dizzying ribbons and the boat traffic can be frenetic. The behavior of the […]

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Posted on June 18th, 2008 by Vergil
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And … Miley Cyrus’ semi-topless photos are back in the news!On the same day that Miley, 15, was named host of the Teen Choice Awards (which airs Aug. 4 on FOX), her dad, Billy Ray, went on the “Today” show to talk for the first time about the now infamous pics that appeared in Vanity […]