Connolly's Bar: Were you encouraged or discouraged Sunday? Date: 04 Jan 2010 Baltimore Sun -
Sighs of relief and shots of Purple Jesus all around. Your Ravens are in the playoffs for the second consecutive year. Boy, that John Harbaugh is one heck of a coach (if you were here last week, you’ve gotta be chuckling about that).
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Fortune or folly: Dubai's towering empire opens Date: 04 Jan 2010 The Age -
The Burj offers residents the chance to spend the rest of their days hundreds of metres in the air.
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Low-income women four times more likely to report fair or poor health Date: 04 Jan 2010 Science Daily -
Low-income women are four times more likely to report fair or poor health, and nearly twice as likely to report a health condition that limits one or more of the basic physical activities, according to a new policy brief. They also experience inadequate access to health insurance and health care to a far greater degree than higher-income women, the study found.
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Use them or lose them, mining permit holders in Region XI told Date: 04 Jan 2010 GMA News -
DAVAO CITY - The Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) in the Davao Region has proposed a "use it or lose it" policy on mining permits in a bid to weed out speculators.
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Stones give Ronnie an ultimatum Date: 04 Jan 2010 Independent Online -
Ronnie Wood's Rolling Stones bandmates have reportedly told him to stop drinking or be thrown out of the band.
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Rams could face Bees or Rovers Date: 03 Jan 2010 Yahoo.com -
Derby have been handed a fourth round FA Cup tie with Brentford or Doncaster - should they beat Millwall in their third-round replay.
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ORGANIC ... OR NOT Date: 03 Jan 2010 Lancaster Online -
Heather Fenimore is convinced organic food is the best choice for her family.Fenimore, a Manheim Township social-services worker, first dabbled in organics more than 20 years ago, as a college student.Motherhood intensified her desire to protect the environment and her new family's health. Organ...
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Further state agencies face dissolution or mergers Date: 03 Jan 2010 Sunday Business Post -
At least 15 state boards and agencies are to be dissolved or merged this year in the latest phase of the government’s programme of rationalisation.
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