The Week in Words: Pain and gain; counting heads; making mistakes

05/01/11 "We've just reached a point where we have some short-term pain for some longer-term gain." - Acme Markets Inc. president Dan Sanders, explaining why 900 part-time workers are being laid off.

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Endangered frog likely survives in Whatcom County foothills

04/28/11 The Oregon spotted frog is spotted, to be sure, but it also lives in British Columbia and parts of W

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Familiar pathway leads to another 'Today in History'

04/28/11 Today's journey down Memory Lane does follow a familiar format through the archives of The Valley Independent, The Charleroi Mail and The Monessen Daily Independent.

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Acme Paper & Supply Co. Appoints Arnold Silverberg Account Manager

04/22/11 SAVAGE, Md. -- Acme Paper & Supply Co. has hired a new account manager to join the companys Rest...

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Whatcom County residents can celebrate Earth Day with these events

04/21/11 Earth Day, April 22, falls on a Friday this year. Here are some ways Whatcom County residents can he

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The Gloucester County Times

04/21/11 Five K-9s and their handlers, from three area police departments, took a ride in a Coast Guard helicopter Wednesday during a training exercise at Rambo Farms in Elk Township. The purpose of the exercise was to familiarize the dogs with what it??s like to be inside and take flight in the craft.

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Fake 300lb Milkable Cow Grazes through Downtown Brooklyn on April 30th for Local Food & Eco Travel Expo

04/20/11 The Green Getaways, Local Food and Travel Expo in Brooklyn is the first of its kind carbon-free event to be held at Skylight One Hanson in Downtown Brooklyn. Attendees can sample all sorts of local and regional specialites from Hudson Valley wine to Vermont cheese to artisan chocolates and maple candies from New York State. The expo will also feature local eco-friendly weekend getaways, packages ...

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Face It, Students: You Are Exploited Debt-Serfs

04/12/11 Students and parents, wake up: your only salvation lies in political engagement and action. Of all the exploitative systems in the U.S., none is more rapacious than the Education Cartel.

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Rock/pop fans will want to string along

04/08/11 The String Theory Music Festival intends to attract rock/pop fans and, well, string them along on an interesting ride that veers through all music categories.

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Virgin America Unveils New Onboard Menu and Celebrates Sustainable and Local Cuisine at Its New Terminal 2 Home

04/08/11 Virgin America, the California-based airline known for its fresh, award-winning in-flight cuisine, today launches its spring in-flight menu and joins with San Francisco International Airport to celebrate the food at its new home at San Francisco International Airport's Terminal 2 .

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'Addams Family' Will Tour to Florida, Toronto, DC, Chicago and Beyond; 2011-12 Tour Route Revealed

04/04/11 Dates and cities for the national tour of the Broadway musical The Addams Family were announced on March 30. As previously mentioned, the tour will launch on Sept. 15 at the Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts in New Orleans.

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Oil spills from truck near Acme, but does not reach Nooksack River

03/30/11 A truck carrying a 130-gallon fuel tank crashed on Highway 9 north of Acme Tuesday night, March 29,

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Pelican Briefs

03/25/11 Local News Dean Kelly to serve five months for probation violation Dean Kelly was found to be in violation of his probation Thursday in New Orleans municipal court and ordered to spend the next five months in Orleans Parish Prison. Kelly, 40, was arrested by New Orleans police February 15 on rape charges following a campus-wide search [...]

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Where do West, Magic and Kobe rank among the most clutch players of all time?

03/25/11 As Jimmy McGinty famously said, "Winners always want the ball when the game's on the line." Such is the mantra of a clutch player.

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From the Dogtrot: History repeating? Hope not

03/22/11 The Saturday, March 25, workforce was nearly half the usual 500 at 275. Saturday too was a short workday. Instead of the nine to 13 hours, a mere seven hours of labor was expected. The sewing machine laborers were comprised mainly of young Italian and Jewish women.

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I-90 widening in the Spokane Valley starts on March 28

03/16/11 Interstate 90 widening between Sullivan and Barker in the Spokane Valley.

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Page's report pegs F-35 price tag at $29.3 billion

03/10/11 The Conservative government's plan to purchase 65 F-35 fighter jets could cost almost double what was estimated, according to a report by the government spending watchdog.

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Mahoning County court filings

03/09/11 courts MAHONING COUNTY Marriage licenses Angel Muniz Rivera, 67, of 3009 Canfield Road #9,

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The new cyber arms race

03/07/11 Deep inside a glass-and-concrete office building in suburban Washington, Sean McGurk grasps the handle of a vault door, clicks in a secret entry code, and swings the steel slab open. Stepping over the raised lip of a submarinelike bulkhead, he enters a room bristling with some of the most sophisticated technology in the United States.

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'Mad Money Lightning Round': Lululemon Goes Higher

02/25/11 To see the full "Mad Money" Recap, please click here. ... Click to view a price quote on LULU . Click to research the Consumer Non-Durables industry.

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