By our Readers: Remembering my mom's cup of coffee The Enterprise
You've probably met my mother. People who worked or traveled to downtown Brockton knew Margie Bailey, for when she was a young woman she worked at Peter's Home Lunch, that popular lunch café at 18 School St. across from City Hall and the old police station.
OSU students use manpower to purify water Albany Democrat-Herald
Mechanical engineering students at Oregon State University didn’t have to worry about hitting the gym on a recent school night. They worked up a sweat pedaling bicycles and turning hand cranks to power water purification devices created for a design course.
A very global holiday The Phoenix
A domestic guide to international food gifts Nothing says “holiday” like a gluttonous gorge.
Time to say ‘I do’ The Manila Times
DID you remember to invite the groom?” That was the question waiting for me at the other end of a cell-phone call some months ago. The voice, ever so delighted in teasing me, was Chit Lijauco’s, my predecessor here at Life & Times, whom for many years I had called my “work mom.”
Companies use products to show good deeds The Homer Sun
Walk into a Gap store this holiday season and expect to see a variety of red merchandise -- geared to remind customers not of the holidays, but of the global AIDS epidemic. Gap is one of a number of companies trying to tap into consumers' desire to do good deeds with their purchasing dollars.
Surviving the Great Victorian Snowstorm Prince George Citizen Online
A diary of Victoria's week-long winter of discontent, in which West Coasters learn what it's like to live in Canada SATURDAY -- Nice dusting of snow today, perfect for Christmas shopping. Makes a pleasant change from all that dreadful rain. Glad I'm not driving the Malahat, though.
Public company news Pioneer Press
Ballistic Recovery Systems (OTC: BRSI): The maker of airplane parachute systems received gross proceeds of about $1.2 million from a placement of its common stock and five-year warrants.
OSU students create man-powered devices to purify water Corvallis Gazette Times
Mechanical engineering students at Oregon State University didn’t have to worry about hitting the gym Thursday night. They worked up a sweat pedaling bicycles and turning hand cranks to power water purification devices created for a design course.
HOLIDAYS The Myrtle Beach Sun News
Most likely, you've already received an invitation to your company's holiday party. Make sure to go, but stay on your best behavior.
Shopping for a cause Detroit Free Press
Walk into any Gap clothing store this holiday season and expect to see red T-shirts, red hats and red bracelets. Of course, decorating with red is nothing unusual this time of year, but the merchandise is meant to remind customers of something not often associated with the holidays: the global AIDS epidemic.
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