| Judge spares Rolo; sentence gives dog's owner short leash
Rolo's owner, Laura Hagan, above left, celebrates after a judge issued a sentence that requires her to meet many conditions but spares the German shepherd's life and allows her to keep him. Rolo's trainer said the dog and owner have been making progress. ( Hyoung Chang, The Denver Post ) .
Atlanta Girl Performing Tonight On Oscars On WSB-TV
This year's 43 female Oscar nominees were toasted at the exclusive event. Potential winners mingling at the soiree were easy to spot in the party's cluster of black cocktail dresses and suits: all nominees donned white corsages. Dana Delaney, Judith Light and Sharon Lawrence were among some of the famous faces in the crowd. .
What's up in The Albemarle 02/17
Business Expo. The Elizabeth City Area Chamber of Commerce will host its 17th annual Business Expo at the K.E. White Center Wednesday, Feb. 27 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is $1. Lunch will be available from Captain Bob's from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Green Building symposium in Manteo. College of The Albemarle, the UNC Coastal Studies Institute, and the Outer Banks Home Builders Association will sponsor the first Albemarle Green Building Seminar and Expo at COA's Roanoke Island campus in Manteo on Thursday, Feb. 28. Registration is $15 and includes lunch. For more info, call 475-9251. Saturday School at NHS. Northeastern High School will host a Saturday School for writing skills Saturday, March 1 from 9 a.m. to noon. Head Start applications accepted.
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A Monmouth University/Gannett New Jersey poll released today showed Obama leading Clinton 57 percent to 24 percent among black voters, while Clinton held an identical 33-point lead among white voters, with 60 percent to 27 percent for Obama. Patrick Murray, director of the Monmouth University Polling Institute, estimated that one in five voters in Tuesday's Democratic primary will be black. Continue reading "N.J. black voters torn between Obama, Clinton" » .
Review: 'Tir na nÓg' a bumpy ride
It's a disappointing outing for both Smith, directing his last play as the Magic's outgoing artistic director, and O'Brien. Her inventively constructed and tantalizingly oblique "Triptych" in '03 remains one of the highlights of Smith's five-year tenure. "Girls" and the succeeding novels that make up "The Country Girls Trilogy" ("The Lonely Girl" and "Girls in Their Married Bliss") were the books that established O'Brien as one of Ireland's leading contemporary writers (getting banned in Ireland didn't hurt). But the lack of descriptive clarity that haunts the novels carries over into the dramatization in ways that will frustrate those who know the books and perplex those who don't. Characters who play important roles in young Kate's life are reduced to broad caricatures - or, in the case of Michael Louis Wells' Hickey, touching anomalies - whose relationship to her or purpose in the story is left unexplained.
Inflation figures make case for rates rise: analyst
There is further fuel for the Reserve Bank to raise interest rates this week, with an unofficial measure of inflation blowing out to well above the central bank's target range. The TD Securities-Melbourne Institute Monthly Inflation Gauge rose by 0.3 per cent in February, boosting underlying inflation to 4.1 per cent. TD Securities senior strategist Josh Williamson says inflationary pressures are running even hotter now than last month, when the Reserve Bank increased rates by 0.25 per cent. He says that will be weighing on board members' minds when they meet in Sydney tomorrow. "The Reserve Bank at the end of the day is going to have very little choice but to raise interest rates another 25 basis points," he said. And he says the central bank is likely to tighten monetary policy even further in the months ahead.
Cape Film Imbizo kicks off with Reshaping Media conf
The Cape Film Commission, in collaboration with various industry, government and other key stakeholders, is launching The Cape Film Imbizo 2007 to run 6 – 9 November 2007 at various venues in Camps Bay. The imbizo will kick off with a new media conference called Reshaping Media in partnership with Platypus Productions. .
Not cricket, though
Drama unfolds at the cusp of impossible situation and improbable challenge. The plot is multi-dimensional, throwing light into the mind of the performers. Among sporting games, cricket alone has the capacity to hold a mirror to the intricacies of life. It is a microcosm of the society that it belongs to. That is why a C L R James was able to trace and picture the sociological history of the Caribbean islands through the prism of cricket. Football, howsoever universal maybe its appeal, couldn't have afforded him that opportunity. Cricket always provides a canvas to mount something bigger than the obvious picture. That is why it lent itself to sublime verse. Alas, the Twenty20, the latest offspring of the avuncular game, seems precisely to rob the quintessence of the game.
Opinion: Santana trade leaves Twins in familiar spot
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Small, wearable cameras could help keep an eye on cops
As leaders in Seattle and elsewhere call for stronger police accountability, three former Seattle officers hope to cash in on that movement with an action cam for police. The officers' fledgling company, VIEVU, has developed a small, wireless digital camera that could be a tool to record officers' interactions during an arrest or traffic stop. The camera is lightweight, about the size of a pager, and waterproof -- the latter feature being something that officers on Seattle's rainy beat know is paramount, said Chris Myers, who ended his 18-year police career in January to join VIEVU. The PVR-LE easily clips onto an officer's lapel or belt. Four gigabytes of flash memory record up to four hours of video. If someone accuses an officer of wrongdoing, the camera should reveal the truth.
Thursday's summaries
Deitel 21, A. Deitel 5, Clark 6, Delamarter 5, Henderson 12, Hamer 2, Gehling 2, Lambrecht 4, Wolf 2, K. Chambers 3. Maranatha 99, International School 20 International.........-6-14-20 Maranatha.........62-37-99 International School: Nulf 4, Geistfeld 2, Lilly 2, Danolius 2, Hanson 6, Bolden 2, Fenske 2. Marantha: DeRosier 12, Lundgren 5, Taggatz-Ott 7, Gustafson 3, Masera 18, Meyen 2, A. Long 9, R. Long 1, Lee 7, Bettenga 1, Osemenam 12, Higgins 22. Mpls. Edison 85, Providence Academy 51 Edison.........40-45-85 Providence.........23-28-51 Minneapolis Edison: Mason 5, Caldwell 1, Hicks 2, Starks 2, Hall 10, Reed 27, Mitchell 37, Beeks 1. Providence Academy: Brady 10, K. Zimmerman 9, E.
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