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18 Months of Pro Bono Legal Services Donated to International Development Organization, CHF International
SILVER SPRING, Md. -- On Wednesday, April ...
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A historic area of Charleston's West Side is holding its annual yard sale from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday. Dozens of families plan to participate in the sale. Items for sale include antiques, furniture, collectibles, housewares, clothes, toys, and craft items.
Streets participating in the sale include the following: Chester; Lower Chester; Maple; Beech (east of Edgewood); Poplar; Swarthmore (between Edgewood and Greendale); Valley; and Highland (east of Edgewood).
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-- Photo Gallery: Indian Day
POMONA - It will be a powwow of sorts when Indian motorcycles, their owners and fans of the classic bikes gather Saturday at Indian Motorcycle Day West. The event will honor America's oldest motorcycle manufacturer at the NHRA Motorsports Museum.
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The San Fernando Valley's economy has pulled out of recession but is now in a holding pattern that could continue the rest of the year, the head of CSUN's economic, research center said Wednesday.
Speaking to about 400 local business leaders during the fourth annual Valley Economic Summit sponsored by the Valley Economic Alliance, economist William Roberts said the region's economy is no longer being pulled down by the weight of the real-estate crisis.
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Many came out to watch recently graduated area basketball stars from Millington, Munford, Brighton, Covington, Tipton-Rosemark, and Bolton rub shoulders with the famed Harlem Globetrotters on the court.
It's pretty neat, I just came to watch," said Zach Bennard of Munford as he focused on the start of the game.
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Ian Kiraly gently nudges the bow of an alien-like vessel along the banks of the Penobscot River. The electro boat, with its cathode tentacles dangling in the water, delivers 600-800 volts of electric current, stunning any fish in the "shock zone," an 8-foot-deep 100- square-foot area.
Two of his assistants scoop up immobilized fish and drop them in a holding tank in the center of the boat. Kiraly tallies them - chain pickerel, smallmouth bass, fallfish, white sucker, common shiner minnow - before releasing them.
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KETTERING -- A group of more than 40 residents from the Bromfield Drive area reacted quickly to reports of a December crime surge in their area, holding a Neighborhood Watch meeting at the Kettering Police Department on Jan. 5.
Police gave residents tips about making their homes safer with better lighting and better use of locks, but also with more observation and better communication with each other and police.
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Dubuque County Supervisor Eric Manternach was not sold on a juvenile detention facility to begin with. But while the facility so far has had minimal use, he is not ready to cast any judgments on its future.
Meanwhile, other county officials say the short-term holding facility, which opened Sept. 26, already is paying off.
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On April 4, 2003, Sergeant First Class Smith was supporting the construction of a holding area for enemy POWs near the Baghdad Airport when his task force was attacked by a company-sized force of enemy soldiers. The supposition is that the Bush Administration, having taken relentless criticism from the rabid partisans on the left for "politicizing" the War on Terror, is loathe to appear to be exploiting the heroism of those who served in Afghanistan and Iraq. The Western press covered incidents of misconduct more fully than the multiple instances of bravery ... the stupid, criminal acts at Abu Ghraib prison cast a shadow over the decency of hundreds of thousands of other soldiers.