At the close of each year, the news staff of the Mercury-Register gets together to vote on the top 10 stories of the year. Read more here: Top of the news: annual top 10 local stories of the year countdown begins today (Oroville Mercury-Register)
On the surface, the news stories of 2009 paled in comparison to those from the previous year, but their implications will still be felt for years to come. Read the original here: Top Iowa City news stories of 2009 (The Iowa City Press-Citizen)
24-Hour News 8 has learned an offer was put on the table to entice some officers to leave. The new proposal offers a cash incentive to get hundreds of veteran state police officers to retire early. Read more at www.WISHTV.com See the rest here: Troopers offered early retirement deal (WISH-TV Indianapolis)
By Jeremy Trantham Times-News Staff Writer West Henderson volleyball coach Jan Stanley said the hard part of retirement announcement Tuesday was telling her players. It was hard for the West players as well, even if the news didn’t come as a complete surprise. See the original post here: Players react to Stanley’s retirement (The Hendersonville Times-News)
2006 Tour de France winner Oscar Pereiro’s threat of legal action against the Astana team has been followed by the news today that the team will, after all, sign the rider for the 2010 season. See original here: First Edition Cycling News, Wednesday, December 9, 2009 (Cyclingnews)
A certain scandal just won’t go away — thanks, Tiger — but at least we have new story lines courtesy of Adam Scott, Robert Allenby, Gunner Wiebe and Q-School, Steve Elling says. Excerpt from: Up & Down: Easy there, Tiger — we have other news, too (CBS Sports)
HARLINGEN – A Harlingen man says he loves his job. He credits CHANNEL 5 NEWS for helping him get. Joaquin Garcia was one of hundreds of job seekers who showed up to our Valleywide Job-A-Thon earlier this year. He was coming out of retirement to help pay for his children’s education. Eight months after the job-a-thon, the 61-year-old is all smiles. Garcia says back in April someone one saw him … More here: Retiree Credits Job-A-Thon for New Job (KRGV Rio Grande Valley)
Less than a week after the retirement of Kyle McCallan, the Ireland squad had suffered another major blow with the news that Regan West must undergo an operation and will miss all cricket until at least August. Related Stories Newcastle Vipers 2 Belfast Giants 1 Dermott was a legend who will not be replaced Deciding frame drama sparks early Allen exit O’Sullivan back in the groove Don’t expect … Read more: Irish hopes go West after Regan blow (Belfast Telegraph)
Due to the recent Tiger Woods drama, PGA Tour Confidential is coming out of retirement for a special edition. Check back regularly, because we will convene the roundtable as the news requires. For an archive of the series, go here. View original post here: PGA Tour Confidential: Emergency Tiger Woods edition (Sports Illustrated)
The eyes of the world are on South Africa ahead of the 2010 Soccer World Cup draw as celebrities stream into the mother city. And ZA News is there, to capture all the thrills and spills. Read more here: ZA NEWS December 3 2009 (Mail and Guardian)
This is a guest post from Dwarka at Review Unit , a blog with reviews and the latest NEWS about Gadgets, Software, Hardware, Games, Mobile Phones and useful Web Applications along with freebies, promotional offers. As a parent, there is no doubt that you want to provide your kids with the best facilities available. Whether it would be books, toys or technology, you always look for the best for your children. Go here to read the rest: Qimo – Free And Safe Operating System For Kids
The same right wing distortions of reality were present as well, from claiming 1.2 million attended the Tax Day Tea Parties (the most reliable estimates put the figure around 300000) to calling Obama voters racist. … Excerpt from: My Interview with Kenneth Gladney on the Tea Party Express | NEWS …
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