Archive for April, 2008

Local & live - Billings Gazette

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

• “EXIT”: Ryniker-Morrison Gallery, Tech Hall, Rocky Mountain College. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Works by graduating RMC art majors. Up through Friday. • “HOOVES, HORNS & ANTLERS”: Yellowstone County Museum, 1950 Airport Terminal Circle. 10 a.m.-4 p.m …

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Attorney general Martha Coakley tells senior citizens how to avoid … - The Republican - MassLive.com

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
Attorney general Martha Coakley tells senior citizens how to avoid
The Republican - MassLive.com, MA - 1 hour ago
During the event at the Log Cabin Banquet and Meeting House, she talked about the latest scams the elderly have faced, including those involving computers

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Keep lawns safe for you, your family, pets and wildlife - Indiana Living Green

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
Keep lawns safe for you, your family, pets and wildlife
Indiana Living Green, IN - 1 hour ago
For many folks, the term “organic” conjures up a picture of the 1960s’ homesteading hippie, bedecked in bib overalls. So, the word “natural” may be a better

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ALASKA, ETC.: Blogs, chatter, life in the North - Anchorage Daily News

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

Judge orders polar bear decision. A federal court judge in California has ordered the Interior Department to decide by mid-May whether polar bears should be listed as a threatened species because of global warming, an Associated Press story reports …

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Start-up hopes to outdo eBay with online market - CNET News

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

Wigix Chief Executive James Chong is nothing if not ambitious: he thinks he’s got the recipe for an Internet marketplace that will rival eBay. Chong, who was the architect of Charles Schwab’s online trading platform, believes eBay’s design is best …

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Start-up hopes to outdo eBay with online market - CNET News.com

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

CNET News.com
Start-up hopes to outdo eBay with online market
CNET News.com, CA - 52 minutes ago
One other community-building incentive: members who refer others also get a 4 percent cut of those members’ homesteading revenue.

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DEP seeks rate hike as institutions and co-ops owe millions - New York Daily News

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

New York Daily News
DEP seeks rate hike as institutions and co-ops owe millions
New York Daily News, NY - 18 minutes ago
in the late ’80s and early ’90s for $250 an apartment, when they were worth nothing,” said Ann Henderson of the Urban Homesteading Assistance Board.

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Self-sufficient in the city? - Independent Record

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

In Pasadena, Calif., there lives a family of four beautiful people, in the real sense of the word “beautiful.” The Dervraeses — a father and his three adult children — are urban farmers who are walking the talk of green living. The Dervraeses …

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PETROLEUM EXPO: Conference draws more than geologists - Grand Forks Herald

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
PETROLEUM EXPO: Conference draws more than geologists
Grand Forks Herald, ND - 1 hour ago
His grandfather, Nels Kjellberg, emigrated from Sweden in 1910 and settled near Blaisdell, homesteading the last parcel of land in the county,

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New look proposed for log cabin - News-Herald.com

Monday, April 28th, 2008
New look proposed for log cabin
News-Herald.com, OH - 1 hour ago
Last May, Chardon’s Ad Hoc Log Cabin Committee generated excitement among some city council members when it presented drawings of a potential replacement

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