In a letter sent yesterday, Governor Mark Sanford of South Carolina asked President George W. Bush to protect the unique deep sea coral reefs off the South Carolina coast by establishing the area as a marine national monument. These spectacular, but largely unexplored, reefs cover an area nearly the size of South Carolina and stretch from North Carolina to Florida.
Junior Heather Lewis fired a no-hitter as Deep Run defeated Patrick Henry 11-0 in the Colonial District tournament final yesterday at RF&P Park. Brooke Blankenship's RBI single in the bottom of the second gave Deep Run the lead it never relinquished. Blankenship was 2 for 3 with two RBI, two runs and a stolen base. Taylor Blankenship was 2 for 4 with an RBI and a run. Kelly Penny was 2 for 4
Kings County's budget for next year is still being crafted, but officials are already bracing for deep cuts in services. Different belt-tightening scenarios were laid out by County Administrative Officer Larry Spikes to the Board of Supervisors at Tuesday's meeting, including a hiring freeze, a freeze on purchases and a limit on travel by employees.
W. Hodding Carter chronicles his "insane idea that I could swim my way through a midlife crisis and qualify for the Olympics," in either the 50-meter or 100-meter freestyle.
Neutrino detectors like the 2,450-meter-deep "IceCube" that U.S. scientists are currently building in Antarctica might eventually help in the search for extraterrestrial life.
Bandar Seri Begawan - Blue Waters Event Management, the main organiser of the ls` Brunei Tasek Climbathon 2008, has agreed to sponsor over $30,000 in prizes, gifts and logistics for this highly anticipated, upcoming event.
The price of oil surged to a record high above 135 dollars on Thursday, pursuing its dramatic upwards spiral on deep worries about tight supplies and rising demand, analysts said.
Heavy financing costs, mainly due to the depreciation of the dollar against the shekel, as well as rising raw materials prices dragged Israel Petrochemical Enterprises' bottom line deep into the red, with first quarter losses of NIS 79.8 million, versus NIS 28.5 million in profits for the first quarter of 2007. IPE, which is controlled by David Federman, Jacob Gottenstein, Alex Passal and Leonid
Because I am discussing the best and worst summer sports movies elsewhere in this sports section today and Friday, I couldn't help but think of what is clearly the all-time worst fall sports movie -- Rudy. And that made me wonder what Rudy Ruettiger is doing these days other than traveling the country talking about his one football play at Notre Dame.
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