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Brazil describes new plan to slow deforestation - PR Inside


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

Thai protests: Bomb kills one at Bangkok airport - Daily Telegraph


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

Highest tide in 20 years floods historic Venice - PR Inside


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

Dorchester pair arrested in connection with Codman Square shooting - Boston Herald


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

Rose Garden shorts: Valero plans to add convenience store to Bascom ... - San Jose Mercury News


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

100 more homes sold! See what people are buying on our weekly map - Bakersfield Californian


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

Crate and Barrel to exit Harvard Square next month (Cambridge Chronicle & Cambridge Tab)


YAHOO - Crate and Barrel to exit Harvard Square next month (Cambridge Chronicle & Cambridge Tab)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

Family Christmas concert Sunday at Tom Davies Square (The Sudbury Star)


YAHOO - Family Christmas concert Sunday at Tom Davies Square (The Sudbury Star)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

Man shot in Codman Square (WBZ News Radio Boston)


YAHOO - Man shot in Codman Square (WBZ News Radio Boston)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 general campaigns for Jim Martin in Johnson Square (Savannah Morning News)


YAHOO - Retired general campaigns for Jim Martin in Johnson Square (Savannah Morning News)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 plans 330,000 square foot retail development (Ottawa Business Journal)


YAHOO - Trinity plans 330,000 square foot retail development (Ottawa Business Journal)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

Square Enix Announces Jump Festa 2009 Lineup (RPGamer)


YAHOO - Square Enix Announces Jump Festa 2009 Lineup (RPGamer)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

Hendricks County Flyer, Avon, IN - Danville celebrates Christmas ...


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

Privatized Stadium in Public Parks - On Yankee Stadium, the ...


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

FIRST THINGS: On the Square » Blog Archive » The Challenge Facing ...


Current Issue · Previous Issue · Archive · On the Square Blog · First Things Magazine · On the Square Blog · Magazine · Online Only · Login/Register · Mission Statement · Masthead · Events · ROFTERS · Donate ...


1 Dec 2008

The Briefing Room » Tall Tale From Times Square: Vista Spyder ...


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

Can Shirley leave Albert Square? - Celebrity news, A-List Stars ...


All the top celebrity news, gossip, features and alerts updated every day.


1 Dec 2008

Mama & Me from PDX: Christmas Tree Lighting, Pioneer Courthouse ...


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