NAIDC elects board members, executive committee

06/24/11 The North American Intercollegiate Dairy Challenge (NAIDC) board of directors elected two new board members: David Prentice, DVM, Elanco Animal Health, Elgin, Ia., and Christie Stanley, PhD, Land O'Lakes Purina Feed, Amarillo, Tx.

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American Diabetes Association Honors Outstanding Community Service

06/24/11 SAN DIEGO, CA--(Marketwire - 06/24/11) - The American Diabetes Association honored several of its volunteers today for outstanding contributions in the fight to Stop Diabetes at the Association's Community Volunteer Leadership Conference in San Diego, CA. These volunteers made significant contributions to the Association's Stop Diabetes movement, and the movement's tenets to Share, Act, Learn ...

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Winnipeg Franchise To Announce New Name

06/24/11 The Winnipeg franchise will announce it new nickname Friday at the NHL draft.

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City councilor will travel with Pastors for Peace to Cuba

06/23/11 The Pastors for Peace annual aid caravan to Cuba will stop in Corvallis on July 6.

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California prep Merv Lindsay chooses KU basketball

06/22/11 Merv Lindsay, a 6-foot-7, 200-pound basketball small forward from Canyon Springs High School in Moreno Valley, Calif., has committed to the Kansas men's basketball team, he confirmed via a text message to the Journal-World.

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Ancaster woman prepares for second MS angioplasty treatment at U.S. clinic

06/22/11 When Stacy Saman returned from a U.S. angioplasty clinic last October, she felt as though the massive weight of her multiple sclerosis symptoms had been lifted from her shoulders.

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Province helps MS sufferers access treatment

06/16/11 A government fund to assist multiple sclerosis patients in New Brunswick receive medical services outside the province - including the controversial liberation therapy - is up and running.

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New York Assembly approves same-sex marriage

06/16/11 New York's state Assembly Wednesday night approved a same-sex marriage bill, sending it to the Senate, where it faces a closer vote.

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New York Assembly OKs same-sex marriage bill

06/16/11 New York's state Assembly was set to vote Wednesday night on a same-sex marriage bill, but the real battle is expected to be in the Senate.

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"Gay marriage": 2 wins, close to a 3rd

06/15/11 ALBANY, N.Y. (BP)--Traditional marriage took a triple blow Tuesday, when one court refused to toss out the anti-Prop 8 ruling, another court overturned the Defense of Marriage Act and -- in the legislative realm -- the New York Senate moved one vote away from passing a landmark "gay marriage" bill.

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Dave Alvin keeps the flame burning

06/15/11 The photo on the front of Dave Alvin's new album, "Eleven Eleven," which comes out Tuesday, finds the 55-year-old guitarist with his skinny legs akimbo in front of an old Fender amplifier, hunched over a matching Fender Stratocaster, a mean black fedora covering his face as he leans into a signature riff. For Alvin fans, it's a familiar pose. "Eleven Eleven" -- his eleventh album, natch -- mines ...

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Adrian Margaret Brune: The New Gay Guerrillas

06/09/11 Since Prop. 8 in CA and the political melee of DADT, the gay community has begun to question the money filtering from LGBT lobbyists' pockets into the campaigns of legislators who subsequently vote against LGBT causes.

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2006 Mohawk Cord Phelps Promoted to Majors; Starting Today Vs Twins

06/08/11 2006 Amsterdam Mohawks alum Cord Phelps was promoted yesterday to the Cleveland Indians Major League roster. He is in the lineup today at second base as the Indians are playing the Minnesota Twins in an afternoon game.

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Monday's high school results

06/07/11 SECTION 4AAA Losers' bracket Mounds View 4, Cretin-Derham Hall 2 SECTION 5AAA Losers' bracket Maple Grove 8, Irondale

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Baseball: Settlers set to defend title

06/04/11 First-year Licking County Sett-lers baseball coach Devin McIntosh has some big spikes to fill.

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Last remaining steam yacht makes Erie Canal stop in Capital Region

05/27/11 ALBANY -- The last remaining U.S.-built steam-powered yacht in America is making an inaugural trip on the Erie Canal. The 126-foot-long steam yacht Cangarda was purchased in 1904 by George Taylor Fulford, a member of Canadian Parliament.

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Rare steam-powered yacht makes inaugural journey on Erie Canal

05/27/11 ALBANY, N.Y. - The last remaining U.S.-built steam-powered yacht in America is making an inaugural trip on the Erie Canal.

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Community calendar

05/27/11 Lawyer in the Library -- 6-8 p.m. June 1. An attorney will give free 15-minute consultations. Preregistration in person is required or telephone library in advance. Albany Library, 1249 Marin Ave. 510-526-3720, Ext. 16.

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Fact or myth?

05/27/11 [...] on April 1, two weeks after a 9.0 magnitude earthquake triggered a disaster at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, the popular Chinese-Japanese restaurant slapped this announcement on its menu: Because (of) the RADIATION in JAPAN, for our quality (customers), we will stop serving Japanese food until we can get FRESH sources of food from Japan. The catastrophe has put the ...

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Sewery at California: rigorous as never

03/12/11 When Allan Sloan hired a plumber to get to the bottom of his chronic plumbing problems, he discovere...
 

Big discounts for '10 foreclosure buyers

02/25/11 The gap between the average sale price of a foreclosed home and that of other properties grew wider ...
 

U.S. Open Qualifying Scores

06/07/10 (x-qualified in a playoff) (a-amateur) At Ansley Golf Club (28 players for 2 spots) Roswell, Ga. a- Russell Henley , Macon, Ga. 73-64-- 137 x-Mark Silvers, Savannah, Ga. 72-70-- 142 Failed to Qualify x-Chris Epperson, Hilton Head Island, S.C. 70-72-- 142 (1st alternate) Lee Williams , Alexander City, Ala. 76-69-- 145 (2nd alternate) Charles Frost , Charlotte, N.C. 75-70-- 145 Matthew Swan ...

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