12/04/2008 -
How Green Can a Christmas Tree Be?
Locally grown, pesticide-free food is gaining sway these days but how many of us give the same kind of thought to the Christmas trees we bring home?
Source:
New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/04/garden/04garden.html
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12/03/2008 -
Focus Technology Consulting lands $5.1M financing
ROCKVILLE, MD - Focus Technology Consulting, a high technology staffing and services company, has received $2.1 million in financing from Salem Halifax Capital Partners and a $3 million line of credit from Access National Bank.
Source:
TechJournal South
http://www.techjournalsouth.com/news/article.html?item_id=6541
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12/03/2008 -
Portable CT Increases Chance Of Stroke Survival And Recovery
New research has found that the availability of a portable eight-slice computed tomography (CT) scanner in an emergency room can significantly increase the number of stroke victims who receive a potentially life-saving treatment. Results of the study, conducted at North Shore Medical Center (NSMC)-Salem Hospital in Salem, Mass.
Source:
Medical News Today
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/131534.php
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12/05/2008 -
Heating assistance resources
In conjunction with the Long, Cold Winter series, The Post-Star is printing each week a list of resources for families seeking assistance. Following are many local places that offer help. Also see The Post-Star's topics page at www.poststar.com.
Source:
The Post-Star
http://www.poststar.com/articles/2008/12/05/news/local/14134291.txt
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12/04/2008 -
PGA Tour purses likely to flatten
NEW YORK (AP) -- In golf terms, prize money on the PGA Tour could be going from a birdie to even par - at best.
Source:
Sports Illustrated
http://www.golf.com/golf/tours_news/article/0,28136,1864092,00.html?eref=golf
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12/03/2008 -
Winter sports preview coming next week
Next week?s edition of the Coulee News will preview each of the winter sports teams at West Salem and Bangor high schools. Teams featured will include boys and girls basketball at both schools, and the West Salem-Bangor co-op wrestling team, along with gymnastics, hockey and skiing at West Salem.
Source:
West Salem Coulee News
http://www.couleenews.com/articles/2008/12/03/sports/03story.txt
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12/03/2008 -
Man suspected in pair of church burlgaries
A Marlboro man arrested Thanksgiving morning in Salem will be charged this week with church burglaries in Auburn and Holden, according to police.
Source:
Worcester Telegram & Gazette
http://www.telegram.com/article/20081202/NEWS/812020477/1007/rss01&source=rs
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12/03/2008 -
Beckham confident he'll make jump to Sox
Considering he has played a grand total of 14 games for Class A Winston-Salem and another 18 in the Arizona Fall League, Gordon Beckham knows he's not ready to make the jump to the White Sox' 25-man roster.
Source:
Daily Herald
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=255303
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12/05/2008 -
Prep statistics
Independence - Shane Larson 3, Ryan Brandenburg 4, Sean Warner 2, Joe Brandt 9, Mike Steele 1, Taylor Baxa 2. Totals (FGM FT-FTA TP): 9 3-6 21.
Source:
Leader-Telegram
http://www.leadertelegram.com/story-sports.asp?id=BIHD0GKAH19
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12/03/2008 -
MedCost Partners with BestHealth
MedCost, an independent health management company in the Carolinas, announced it will join Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center as a partner in the BestHealth community resource center located at Hanes Mall in Winston-Salem.Lexington Memorial Hospital is a WFUBMC hospital.
Source:
The Lexington Dispatch
http://www.the-dispatch.com/article/20081203/articles/812030305&tc=yahoo
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12/03/2008 -
Driscoll: Vote against Lowe's was a missed opportunity
SALEM and mdash; A plan to build a new Lowe's faces a murky future after city councilors rejected a zoning change Monday night to allow the home improvement chain to move into the city. The project and mdash; a new Lowe's and a reconstructed Walmart on Highland Avenue by the Lynn line and mdash; was expected to bring between $200,000 and $350,000 in new tax revenue and add between 100 and 200 ...
Source:
The Salem News
http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_338002354.html
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12/05/2008 -
Road Warriors
Osbourn?s football team heads to Blacksburg today
Source:
News & Messenger
http://www.insidenova.com/isn/sports/high_school_prep/high_school_football/artic
le/road_warriors/25738/
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12/05/2008 -
Waiting for child support puts mom behind
Claire is supposed to be receiving child support for her two children, but she hasn't for the past two months. That makes it very difficult for her to keep up with her bills and buy enough food. She has tried to apply for food stamps but doesn't qualify. Food stamps are based on income, and because the Department of Revenue thinks she is receiving child support, she can't get the stamps.
Source:
The Salem News
http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_340001748.html
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12/04/2008 -
Diane Downs up for parole
Downs still insists that she is innocent of shooting her children, one fatally, in a crime that riveted Oregonians in the early 1980's. Downs faces a parole hearing next Tuesday.
Source:
KMTR Eugene
http://www.kmtr.com/news/local/story/Diane-Downs-up-for-parole/V2jODKEfdk-uiMJp-
0SrdA.cspx?rss=191
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12/05/2008 -
ASPIRE?s large frame of mind
DOHA: The ASPIRE Academy for Sporting Excellence in Doha will act as the frame for one of the world?s largest and most dramatic banners, that displays moments of sporting achievement, as part of a major ?facelift? for the facility.
Source:
The Peninsula
http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=Local_News&month=D
ecember2008&file=Local_News200812054530.xml
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