I'm sure the trustees will find a way to use most of the funds for "administrative costs." I think it's a sad legacy. Just think how many … read more of the poor and homeless could be given jobs and shelter with $8 billion! Who says we don't have our priorities straight?
EUGENE: World 1,500m and 5,000m champion Bernard Lagat will run the same events in Beijing if he qualifies for the US team in the shorter event. “I'm going to double,” the Kenyan-born Lagat told reporters a day after winning the 5,000m at the US trials to make his first American Olympic team.
Gainesville Police were investigating a crash involving a bus and a bicyclist Thursday afternoon. No additional information was immediately available about the wreck or the bicyclist's condition. The crash occurred at about 5:30 p.m. Motorists in the area of the accident at SW 23rd Terrace and SW 35th Place were reporting traffic was
Bjorn Lomborg earned the wrath of many scientists by calling into question the direness of global warming. Now, in this wide-ranging interview, find out why he claims that Al Gore is 'wildly exaggerating' about climate change and its effects.
Belgian brewer InBev makes a bid to buy Anheuser-Busch for $46 billion. That’s a $46 billion company that was once banned in America for producing a product that a bunch of puritanical religious fanatics touted as evil. Do I really have to spell it out for you? Hint: This bud’s for you – and I’m not talking about Budweiser! One might have thought and reasonably expected capitalists in the “land
That's just a sunset, but pretend it's a fireball, okay? | Photo by Travis Hornung via Flickr There is still no explanation of the fireball that soared through Southern California skies yesterday morning at about 10:40 a.m. "I was in downtown Los Angeles on the 31st floor of my office and just happened to look out the window to see a bright white streak disappear behind the the San
Until a few days before his death at the age of 94, the very thin, very upright, immaculately dressed figure of Albert Cossery could often be seen emerging in the late afternoon from the Hotel La Louisiane, rue de Seine (where he'd occupied a small room for over 60 years), sitting alone in the Luxembourg gardens or walking along the Boulevard St Germain, to the terrace of the Café Flore, where,
U.S. District Judge Marsha Pechman will announce her decision in the court case between the Sonics and the city of Seattle at 6 p.m. (Oklahoma time) today. Here are answers to some of the key questions in the trial: Q: When will the judge announce her ruling? A: At 6 p.m. central time Wednesday. The judge said she would post the ruling to give everyone access to it at the same time. The Web
MECHANICVILLE – Separate court cases involving an O.D. Heck employee who allegedly abused a client and the another of a mother who encouraged her daughter to beat up a classmate were adjourned until Aug. 5, officials said Tuesday.
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