Saturday, March 31, 2007

Emerald city smoothie - Man injured in Yazoo City train-truck accident

WLOX - JACKSON, Miss. A man has been injured in at least the fourth train accident in Mississippi in the last three weeks. The unidentified man was taken to a hospital by helicopter yesterday (Friday) and his condition is unknown. He was injured when an
ABC News - SYDNEY, Australia Mar 31, 2007 (AP) Australia's largest city plunged itself into near-darkness for an hour on Saturday night when city officials, thousands of businesses and many more residents cut the lights for energy conservation. The normally
FOX News - SYDNEY, Australia Australia's largest city plunged itself into near-darkness on Saturday night when city officials, thousands of businesses and many more residents cut the lights for energy conservation. The normally gleaming white sails of the
Philadelphia Daily News - The Philadelphia School District will be able to move more swiftly to discipline and expel problem students who have contributed to a disciplinary crisis in the schools, state and city education officials said after meeting yesterday. Paul Vallas
Regina Leader-Post - The 3.9-per-cent tax increase proposed in the city's budget is unnecessary, could cause problems for low-income families and doesn't do anything to improve Regina's competitive position, critics charged Friday. "Business owners are going to be
Daily Register - HARRISBURG - Mayor Ron Morse delivered an upbeat assessment of where the city has been, and where it is going, in his State of the City Address Friday morning. The address is believed by city officials to be the first of its kind in the history of
Baltimore Sun - The owner of two pit bulls that attacked a 16-year-old girl near her home in Park Heights this week said yesterday that the dogs got out by digging under a 6-foot fence. Remus Medley, 37, said he and his girlfriend had never had any trouble with
New York Post - Madonna hits the street on the Upper East Side yesterday during her house-hunting tour. Among the homes that she toured with brokers were these opulent town houses. NEW YORK POST is a registered trademark of NYP Holdings, Inc. NYPOST.COM
Glenwood Springs Post Independent - GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. A Glenwood Springs skateboarder is working on a new trick: building a better place to 'board in town. Yampah Mountain High School sophomore Jono Moreau is leading a push for a new skateboard park, and getting a literal
Cambridge News - CAMBRIDGE will be ruined by thousands of extra homes, councillors have warned. More than 14,000 were due to be built around the city over the next 15 years, but now the Government wants a minimum of 19,000 to go up. Cambridgeshire County Council