Hansen: Katrina Veteran Sandbags, Seals Leak At Home
- June
- 16
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Statistics for most-sandbags-handled-by-a-volunteer are hard to come by, but Sickel has to be on the leader board. Helping people recover from devastating acts of God is pretty much his life. He did it far away in New Orleans and Florida. He’s doing it here at home. Again.
Sickel, almost 50, has a real job. As “Toolman [...]
You dont need bike to enjoy Leesburg Bikefest
- April
- 27
Apart from live music are what Shipes called “vignettes,” small events that can capture people’s attention for 15 or 20 minutes. Among these mini-events are Disc-Connected K-9s — think dogs and Frisbees — a doughnut-eating contest and the Central Florida Arm-Wrestling Championship, sanctioned by the American Armsport Association. [...]
Students learn online saftey
- April
- 13
MIDLOTHIAN, VA. On a screen at the front of a classroom, Gene Fishel flashed an online social-networking profile of “hotlilflgirl,” which said she was 15, enjoys being around boys and wants to meet new people.
The next image revealed the real “hotlilflgirl” a mug shot of a 31-year-old man who was convicted [...]
What are these chemicals and what do they do
- April
- 4
According to the Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA, the air we breathe inside our homes could be up to five times as polluted as the air outside.One major reason: Common cleaning products contain chemicals that can be more dangerous than the germs themselves, according to an article in the San Francisco Chronicle.A key rule of [...]
House Committee Explores Commerce, Safety in Virtual Worlds
- April
- 3
Examining Commerce
The Telecommunications and the Internet subcommittee will focus on several issues, including the online safety of children who populate some communities, such as Zwinky, which is owned by IAC/InterActiveCorp. Other issues include how academic, healthcare and other nonprofit groups use such online communities for various activities.
The subcommittee will also examine commerce in sites [...]
Young activists pursue local global change
- March
- 6
From the halls of the Nassau County Legislature to church soup kitchens on the North Fork, a new generation of activists is rising.
They push for affordable housing and livable downtowns. They confront leaders of street gangs. They organize immigrant workers and fight open-air dumps.
Although activists of their grandparents’ generation integrated schools and lunch counters, these [...]
LI’s young civil rights activists push for local and global change
- March
- 6
From the halls of the Nassau County Legislature to church
soup kitchens on the North Fork, a new generation of activists is rising. They push for affordable housing and livable downtowns. They confront leaders of street gangs. They organize immigrant workers and fight open-air dumps. Although activists of their grandparents’ [...]
NIU Shootings Stir Sense of Helplessness
- February
- 15
“I don’t think there’s anything that could be done,” said Brittany Dornack, 21, a sophomore at the University of Minnesota.”People do what they feel like they need to do, and I don’t think anyone is going to be able to stop them. People will just have to either learn to live in fear … or [...]
Lake Helen puts the reins on uncontrolled developmentf
- February
- 12
Nearly seven years ago, Lake Helen city leaders realized that if they developed all available land, the population would quadruple to nearly 12,000.
“We all just kind of freaked out,” said former Mayor Mark Shuttleworth, who led the city during a four-year planning process to develop a new growth blueprint to remain a small, residential city.
Residents [...]
Station for sale Potential suitors vie for KCPW
- February
- 8
The board of Community Wireless of Park City intends to sell Salt Lake City-based National Public Radio affiliate KCPW AM and FM, and potential suitors could include Utah State University and a California-based Christian broadcasting company.
Community Wireless, which has faced financial problems and questions about [...]
