Miami sends lobbyists gifts with a point (Miami Herald)
If you're a lobbyist, you need a pen. To sign campaign checks, say. Or draw loopholes. So the thoughtful folks at the city of Miami's Office of the City Clerk will supply you one, gratis....more...Springhill survives tough schedule to become Webster's best team (The Shreveport Times)
The Lumberjacks crept back over .500 with last week's win over North Caddo but don't let their 3-2 record fool you....more... Calvary tops Caddo's best (The Shreveport Times)
Best team: Calvary. Sure, Evangel is currently the top-ranked team in Class 2A. And, of course, the Eagles easily dispatched of Calvary in their playoff matchup last fall....more... Single mother Jammie Thomas fined $220,000 for music file sharing (Times Online Sunday)
A single mother who took a stand against America?s biggest record companies over music piracy was fined $220,000 (£108,000) yesterday....more... Zimbabwe: The Return of the Old Capitalist (AllAfrica.com)
EVEN for a company whose former boss was once called the "unacceptable face of capitalism", Lonrho's route of choice into Zimbabwe, an acquisition of mid cap tech firm Celsys, shows it has lost none of its taste for intrigue....more... I won?t surrender to download bullies, says mother fighting the music giants (Times Online Sunday)
A single mother has made legal history by forcing America?s biggest record companies into a costly and potentially embarrassing trial after she refused to pay an out-of-court settlement for alleged music piracy....more... Minneapolis / After 10 years, behind bars no more (Pioneer Press)
A slight cold drizzle fell from a colorless sky. But after a decade behind bars, Sherman Townsend was ready to take any sky as long as he was free to walk beneath it....more... Prudence abounds as Brown delays election decision and Cameron gets back to basics (The Scotsman)
GORDON Brown yesterday again delayed his decision on calling a snap election as the Conservatives moved to counter his bid to steal their voters by returning to their traditional issues of tax cuts and family values....more... Mobile home park bill killed (Paradise Post)
DURING the Legislature's recently ended session I was watching the progress of two somewhat minor bills. One passed and one was defeated. The defeated bill should have been of interest to many Paradise residents....more... |