SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) - Brazil plans to boost spending and programs to significantly slow destruction of the Amazon rain forest by 2017, aiming to reduce global warming by slashing the amount of carbon dioxide emitted when trees are burned. The plan ...
1 Dec 2008
Channel 7 television said an M79 grenade was fired from a flyover near the domestic airport, which has been occupied by the People's Alliance for Democracy since last Thursday, part of the escalating campaign to topple the six-party ruling coalition ...
1 Dec 2008
VENICE, Italy (AP) - Venice could use a bailout. The city built on water has too much of it. Residents and tourists waded through knee-deep water Monday as they navigated the city's narrow streets and alleys, and its historic St. Mark's Square was ...
1 Dec 2008
P olice have arrested a 20-year-old man and a teenage girl in connection with a brazen shooting just after 9 this morning in front of the bustling Codman Square Post Office in Dorchester that left one man fighting for his life and a community reeling ...
1 Dec 2008
The operators of the Valero Service Station at the corner of Bascom Avenue and Stevens Creek Boulevard have applied for a permit to add 375 square feet to their convenience store. The convenience store there now is 650 square feet; it would be 1,025 ...
1 Dec 2008
Our latest map for homes that sold in Bakersfield from Oct. 6 to 12 is ready for a peek. This home located at 5401 Silvergate St. sold on Oct. 8 for $155,000. The 1,452-square-foot-home, located in the 93311 ZIP code, has three bedrooms and two baths ...
1 Dec 2008
After 30 years of providing Brattle Street with three floors of upscale window-shopping, Crate and Barrel has decided to wrap up their glassware and head out of Harvard Square. Jan. 24 will be the last day for the retail store in Cambridge and the future of the space is still uncertain.
1 Dec 2008
Sudburians are invited to attend the 28th Annual City of Greater Sudbury Family Christmas Concert to be held at Tom Davies Square on Sunday. The [...]
1 Dec 2008
Boston Police are questioning two possible suspects following a daytime shooting on the streets of Dorchester. Police say a man in his 20's was shot on Washington Street in Codman Square shortly after 9 Monday morning.
1 Dec 2008
Retired Army Lt. Gen. Claudia Kennedy spoke to a crowd of about 30 people in Johnson Square today on why she is supporting Jim Martin in Tuesday’s runoff election for U.S. Senate. “He understands the needs of the military and the needs of their families,” said Kennedy, the country’s first female three-star general. Read more in Tuesday’s Savannah Morning News.
1 Dec 2008
Trinity Developments is planning to develop a former petroleum distribution site along the south side of West Hunt Club Road into a 329,290-square-foot retail development, city documents show.
1 Dec 2008
Jump Festa 2009 will be taking place in Japan on December 20, 2008. This week, Square Enix announced which of its titles would be present at the show, and in what form.
1 Dec 2008
The Danville Downtown Partnership took advantage of that opportunity to show off the town’s unity at the second annual “Christmas on the Square” event last Friday night. “I think it brings together the community,” said Laura Parker, ...
1 Dec 2008
Washington Square Park Blog features what's happening at our important public spaces and parks in New York City. The Bloomberg Administration's extreme revisioning of historic Washington Square Park bypassed community input and is ...
1 Dec 2008
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1 Dec 2008
Dazzling Walgreens’ advertising content is displayed daily on the supersign, which consists of a 17000-square foot wraparound, three-piece light emitting diode (LED) wall and 13 five-foot tall high definition plasma screens at street ...
1 Dec 2008
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1 Dec 2008
After riding the MAX, then the bus home, hours later I saw the lighting ceremony at 11 p.m. on News Channel 8 KGW, our NBC affiliate, and noticed that all of the lights in the trees around the square came on, too, as did the street ...
1 Dec 2008