1. Sen. Bennett promotes business in Rural Utah Part I (Emery County Progress) - Senator Bob Bennett encouraged hundreds of small business owners and entrepreneurs in Utah to stay positive about the economy as he kicked off his ninth annual Rural Business Conference in Price where the focus was on job ...
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2. OUTDOORS: New outfitter will paddle Susquehanna (Lancaster Online) - The snowpack is in full retreat. The rumored 40-inch snow was instead the warmest day in 40 days. Spring is a mere 11 days away.It's time to start thinking about warmer outdoor pursuits and I've got a great bit of news on that front.Lancaster County has its first home-based paddling outfitt...
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3. UN officials urge greater support for empowering women (People's Daily) - Top United Nations officials on Monday, the International Women's Day, called for greater support to women, particularly in developing countries, so that they can be empowered and contribute to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the eight globally agreed anti-poverty targets with a 2015 deadline. In his message for the Day, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stressed that ...
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4. Second-story addition in Casa Alegre prompts lawsuit (Santa Fe New Mexican) - Get FREE Daily Headlines by email! Battles over architecture are common in Santa Fe's historic east-side neighborhoods, where building styles are closely regulated by city ordinance.
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5. The Triangle woos the tech giant's fiber network (Independent Weekly) - Like nervous suitors vying for the marriage hand of a maiden, communities are putting together creative proposals to catch the attention of Google. It was just a month ago when the mega corporation announced it was looking to partner with a U.S. city to launch its newest project [ read Google's fiber proposal, PDF ]. But already, several hundred communities have set their sights on securing a ...
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6. The big cheese (Stuff) - This year's New Zealand cheese awards saw the champion of champions award go to Fonterra, but in Canterbury some of our smallest cheese businesses came home with medals and two major awards: the best hobby (home) cheesemaker is Emilio Festo of Aylesbury, and the champion cheesemaker in the country is now Loburn's Henk Littink.
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7. Numbers Dwindling - Economy Chews On Local Daycare, Preschool Enrollment (The Oakdale Leader) - The struggling economy continues to cause ripples in the water, including that of the kiddie pool as preschools and daycares face dwindling enrollment.
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8. ESPN unlikely to cut rates when it loses 23 live Premier League games (Guardian Unlimited) - • US broadcasting giant will add 25 FA Cup matches • It will also show 43 Guinness Premiership rugby games The US sports broadcasting giant ESPN said today that it was unlikely to cut its subscription rates when it loses half of its 46 live Premier League matches in the summer. The company made a decisive move into the British sports broadcasting market in the summer when it paid an estimated ...
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10. Repairmen from central Philippines keep Prague-based firm warm (ABS-CBNNEWS.com) - PRAGUE (PRAHA), Czech Republic – Frosty weather and a global crisis failed to chill a multinational company here since acting as reliable recruiter and benevolent employer to foreign workers from central Philippines.
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