Notre Dame Hosts Long Beach State In First-Ever Meeting Between Two Schools Nov 19, 2009
Irish head coach signed a trio of guards during the early signing period in November: Eric Atkins (Columbia, Md. Mount St. Joseph/6-1, 170); Alex Dragicevich (Northbrook, Ill. (Und.com)
Patriot League Swimming and Diving Release 11.17.09 Nov 18, 2009
This week, the Army women s squad will compete at C.W. Post, while the Army men s team will be at Columbia. Bucknell Abigail Atkinson finished in the top 10 in nine races, including five individual events at the Big Al Open in Princeton, N.J. On the men s side, Daniel Fletcher finished in the top 10 in eight events, including four individual races. (Patriotleague.com)
Judge Tells Defense Lawyers to Hire Private Security in Blackwater Case Nov 18, 2009
Judge Ricardo Urbina of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia called the concerns of the defense lawyers speculative. "Here, the defendants have made no showing that the government's unwillingness to provide security to the defense team would effectively deny them access to witnesses and evidence in Iraq," Urbina wrote in an published Monday evening. (Law.com)
Fight on between fish protectors, AK mine backers Nov 17, 2009
-Giant Humboldt squid have reached waters as far north as British Columbia, threatening fisheries along much of the western North American coast. Diverse dining opportunities abound in Valley. (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
AP TRAVEL AND LEISURE DIGEST for week of Nov. 16 Nov 17, 2009
To fill in the gap, Miller offers a tour of Upper Manhattan called "Obama's New York." The two-hour $25 walking tour includes stops at Columbia University, a Harlem subway station, and the street where the man who now sleeps in the White House once slept in an alley. By BETH J. HARPAZ.. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
Bulldogs Face Hofstra In Opening Round Of NIT Season Tip Off Nov 16, 2009
Columbia (sixth), Brown and Dartmouth round out the poll ... Jones, the longest tenured coach in the Ivy League, earned his 100th victory at Yale when the Bulldogs beat Columbia on Feb. 9, 2007 ... Zampier, an East Greenbush, N.Y., native, graduated as the second all-time leading scorer at Columbia High School with 1,381 points. (Goyalebulldogs.com)
Read the story Nov 16, 2009
The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia reversed Urbina and the Supreme Court has agreed to hear the detainees' appeal. The question is whether federal judges can order the executive branch to release detainees into the United States. (CBS News -- Evening News)
Report: Olympics ticket monopoly freezes out fans Nov 16, 2009
The B.C. Lottery, B.C. Hydro and the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia together bought 1 ... But its very existence has raised eyebrows in British Columbia, where a higher-than-advertised taxpayer share of the Olympic price tag has led to a sea change in public attitudes ... Protesters in British Columbia already have disrupted the Olympic Torch relay. (Longview Daily News, WA)
One giant leap for Monarchs Nov 15, 2009
Bill Wagner / The Daily News The door was as thick as a bank vault. But Mark Morris kicked it down anyway. (Longview Daily News, WA)
Augusta Regional sees increase in passengers Nov 15, 2009
Columbia's airport is in its fourth year of passenger declines, down 8 percent from 2008 ... KEY: AGS, Augusta Regional; CAE, Columbia; CHA, Chattanooga, Tenn. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Using Art to Stimulate the Economy Nov 15, 2009
So far, the Turner to Cezanne exhibit has been in Columbia, S.C., and Oklahoma City. After Syracuse it will travel to Washington, D.C., and Albuquerque, N.M.. (ABC News)
Gordon, Villanueva Lead Pistons Past Wiz 106-103 Nov 15, 2009
DC Police Chief Cathy Lanier said the boy was struck when a shot was fired through the door of an apartment in the 3000 block of 14th Street at Columbia Road, NW, at about 9:40 p.m.. 4. (W-USA News, DC)
Skip altitude sickness Nov 15, 2009
Whistler/Blackcomb, British Columbia Two hours up the Sea to Ski Highway, the twin peaks of Blackcomb and Whistler deliver a big bang for the skier s buck: a whopping 8,171 skiable acres comprising every type of terrain imaginable. Blackcomb s 5,786-foot drop is the second highest on the continent; Whistler s 5,200 isn t too shabby, either. (Boston Globe)
Celebrated on the square Nov 15, 2009
Ave., Columbia Road, East Cottage and Boston streets, Dorchester. Named after a congressman and Massachusetts governor, this busy intersection has more recently become known for its large bronze pear sculpture. (Boston Globe)
UIDIA hub to be set up in Bangalore Nov 14, 2009
UIADI which has done the initial design of project is taking learnings from other countries such as UK, Columbia, Mexico, Nigeria etc to meet the challenge to register 1. 03 billion Indians. (India Times)
Bucknell Cross Country to Race at Mid-Atlantic Regional Championships Saturday Nov 14, 2009
Columbia Prep (N.Y.)) also moved up among Bucknell's top finishers, scoring at the championship meet. McGoldrick and Huebner both earned First Team All-Patriot League honors for their finishes. (Bucknellbison.com)
US looks for alternatives to replace foreign tech workers Nov 14, 2009
"We have an incredible source of talent in this country that can work for competitive prices," says Langer, a technology consultant and adjunct professor at Columbia University. "You don't have to go to India for labor.". (India Times)
The 50 Best Inventions of 2009 Nov 14, 2009
Shuttle astronauts sit alongside the fuel next to the exploding motor that claimed Challenger, beneath the chunks of falling foam that killed Columbia. And when you fly a spacecraft repeatedly as opposed to chucking it after a single use, there's a lot of wear to repair. (Time.com)
Dad to baby: Happy 1st birthday, world traveler Nov 14, 2009
We've hiked through jungles in Mexico to scale ancient ruins, climbed glaciers to ski in British Columbia and rode the rails through Europe as vagabonds. We hoped Alex would follow in our footsteps, even before he really knew what his feet were for. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Washington's Inland Waters Now The Salish Sea Nov 14, 2009
The Geographical Names Board of Canada also has approved using Salish Sea for most of the marine waters between Vancouver Island and the British Columbia mainland. Approval by the British Columbia government is needed before the name is official ... "This has been a cooperative effort with British Columbia, and nobody foresees the new name cluttering up the maps.". (KIRO TV, WA)
Blind Pilot riding two wheels to the top Nov 14, 2009
Blind Pilot is already planning their third such tour, the last of which took them all the way from Vancouver, British Columbia, to San Diego. It isn't always wonderful. (CNN)
Gridiron Grump: A tip of the hat to those Jacks Nov 13, 2009
Glide at Rainier: The only thing gliding tonight at Chris Corl Field will be the Columbians defense, which has been stingier than a home refinance company in the past five weeks. Watch out for Marshall and Carson on the outside and Dirty Curt up the middle. (Longview Daily News, WA)
Football Playoffs: Comets, Columbians hunting wins tonight Nov 13, 2009
They have a good quarterback (Landon Weimar) and they go four wide (receivers) most of the time, said the Columbians seventh-year skipper. I think we ll have an advantage in size up front and we ve got some pretty fast guys in the secondary (Carson Skeans, Marshall Dean and Riley Tripp), if they try to throw it around on us. (Longview Daily News, WA)
Lady Devils fall at Highline Nov 13, 2009
Poor hitting by the Lower Columbia College offense was the Lady Devils downfall as they dropped a 25-11, 25-22, 25-14 decision to Highline Thunderbirds in NWAACC Western Division volleyball Wednesday. The loss left LCC (19-22, 5-7 league) tied with Clark (17-18, 5-7 league) for fourth place in the division. (Longview Daily News, WA)
A snapshot of high school and professional sports in the Land of 10,000 sports dreams Nov 13, 2009
In the same breath, however, that same Vikings squad dropped three different games to Princeton, Columbia Heights and St. Francis, who outside of their wins over North Branch, were a combined 3-22 ... In their last two wins of the season, the regular season finale against Columbia Heights and that first round matchup against Harding, the Wildcats outscored their opponents 104-12. (Lindstrom Chisago County Press, MN)
U.S. will speed up broadband plan Nov 13, 2009
The roughly $4 billion first round of financing produced about 2,200 applications requesting almost four times that amount nearly $28 billion for proposed projects touching all 50 states, the District of Columbia and five territories. The agencies expect to start making awards in December. (Wichita Business Journal, KS)
Clear imperatives for USOC Nov 13, 2009
who are 17 and 16 respectively, are sitting first and second in qualifying going into this weekend s finale on the Olympic track in Whistler, British Columbia, where the top three will join world champion Erin Hamlin and Julia Clukey (Augusta, Maine) on the roster. Courtney Zablocki, who competed in the last two Games, already has been eliminated and Ashley Walden (Westborough), her Salt Lake teammate, is on the bubble. (Boston Globe)
Bulldogs Ready for 2009-10 Season Nov 13, 2009
Open Nov. 13 At Columbia ... The Bulldogs will get another shot at everyone of their losses, beginning this weekend with Columbia ... "Columbia gave us a good run last year," says Keefe. (Goyalebulldogs.com)
Bulldogs Set to Begin 2009-2010 Nov 13, 2009
- When they take to the water against Columbia in the first meet of the season Saturday, the Yale men's swimming and diving team will look to prove that despite the loss of three individual school record holders, including All-American Alex Righi, they will be reloading - not rebuilding - for the2009-2010 season ... The season starts with a tough meet against Columbia, who finished with a 4-6 overall dual meet record last year - including a 172-128 loss to Yale ... "Columbia was a good meet last... (Goyalebulldogs.com)
MJ's "This Is It" passes $200 mn mark Nov 13, 2009
"This Is It", distributed by Sony Corp-owned Columbia Pictures, was compiled from footage of Jackson rehearsing for a series of planned comeback concerts before his sudden death in June. Sony paid concert promoters AEG and Jackson's estate about $60 million for the right to make and distribute the movie. (India Times)
Season Outlook: Re-Loaded Bulldogs Ready for 2009-10 Nov 12, 2009
A road weekend at Penn and Princeton on Jan. 29 and 30, home contests with Cornell and Columbia on Feb. 5 and 6 and another road swing to Harvard and Dartmouth on Feb. 12 and 13 bring Yale to its longest home stretch of the season: a four game stretch featuring a quartet of Ivy League foes ... The 2009-10 regular season concludes with a road weekend at Columbia and Cornell on March 5 and 6. (Goyalebulldogs.com)
Senator seeks inquiry following accidents on D.C. transit system Nov 12, 2009
Mikulski is a member of an Appropriations subcommittee that partially funds WMATA. Other sources of the agency's funding come from Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia. After Mikulski called for the investigation, Sen. (TheHill.com)
Oregon's Mount Hood Railroad Scenic... Nov 12, 2009
Travel by Train Around Mt. Hood and the Columbia River Gorge ... Mount Hood Railroad scenic tours and excursions show off the natural beauty of Mt. Hood and the Columbia Gorge ... Located in the Columbia River Gorge, Hood River is 60 miles east of Portland, OR on Interstate 84 and 30 miles north of Mt Hood. (Suite101.com)
Big goals for Hudson keeper Nov 12, 2009
Were the results of the election a mandate on the current polices of the Columbia County Board of Supervisors. Yes. (Hudson Register Star, NY)
Feds charge hedge fund exec with fraud Nov 11, 2009
Prof busted in Columbia gal 'punch. DC sniper Muhammad executed for 2002 attacks. (New York Post -- News)
Report estimates as much as 20 percent of hotel loans will default Nov 10, 2009
The Oct. 10 lawsuit alleges Columbia Sussex hasn t made a mortgage payment since June ... Columbia Sussex, headquartered in Crestview Hills, Ky. (Tampa Bay Business Journal, FL)
Success of abstinence in cutting teen pregnancies is a 'myth' Nov 10, 2009
Researchers from Columbia University and the Guttmacher Institute examined the relative roles of abstinence and contraceptive use in the "remarkable decline" in US teenage pregnancy rates, which dropped 27 per cent from 1991 to 2000. They said that 86 per cent of the decline in teenage pregnancy was due to improved use of contraception. (Yahoo News -- Birth Control)
John's celebrates 40 years of wheeling forward Nov 10, 2009
Pederson opened John s Auto Parts, now at 212 East Columbia St., 41 years ago ... Everything from the old store in downtown Chippewa Falls was moved up to the new and current building on East Columbia Street. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
Ask the pilot Nov 8, 2009
I found myself flying from Papua New Guinea to Columbia, S.C. -- a 42-hour journey on five different airlines. Qantas and Singapore Airlines offered generous amenities and friendly service. (Salon)
Medical marijuana: Area interest grows Nov 8, 2009
"That's B.C. bud," he said, referring to the popular strain of potent cannabis originally grown in British Columbia. Gibbons, 44, is part of the growing number of people in the Butte area participating either as a grower or patient in Montana's medical marijuana program. (Montana Standard, MT)
The other Paris Nov 7, 2009
Columbia Pictures/Jonathan Wenk Meryl Streep in "Julie .". When an actor plays a real-life character we know and love, we always hope for verisimilitude, for body movements that capture the physical essence of a person we feel we know pretty well, for line readings that conjure the tone and timber of a particular voice and its speech patterns (that is, for line readings that make us forget there's such a thing as "line readings"). (Salon)
Cool college towns Nov 7, 2009
Local taste: Though vegetarians are plentiful in Olympia, shellfish fans are, too; find them slurping Fanny Bays, from the British Columbia bay of the same name, at the Oyster House. Charlottesville, Virginia (University of Virginia). (CNN -- Travel)
America is rusting because of free trade Nov 7, 2009
"The G-20's true significance is not in the passing of a baton from the G-7/G-8 but from the G-1, the U.S.," Jeffrey Sachs of Columbia University in the Financial Times. "Even during the 33 years of the G-7 economic forum, the U.S. called the important economic shots." Declining American leadership over these last decades was obscured by the collapse of the Soviet Union and an early American lead in information technology, Sachs also noted, but there is now no mistaking the shifting of economic... (Salon)
Top-ranked Titans top Lady Devils Nov 7, 2009
Lower Columbia College took top-ranked Tacoma to a fifth game, but too many service errors were the Lady Devils undoing in a 25-14, 25-15, 24-26, 22-25, 15-9 setback in NWAACC Western Division volleyball at Myklebust Gym on Friday. LCC (18-21, 4-6 league) remains a half-game behind Clark (5-6 league) for the division s fourth berth into the NWAACC Volleyball Championships. (Longview Daily News, WA)
Travel industry to reverse job losses Nov 7, 2009
for free extra services. Friday, November 6, 2009, 9:03am HAST. (Pacific Business News, HI)
Columbia tips off today at 2 Nov 6, 2009
The Columbia College Claim Jumpers will begin their men's basketball season at the earliest possible date today against a very familiar face. The Claim Jumpers will open against Chabot and head coach Denny Aye, who led Columbia to its 1993 state title, today at 2 p.m. in the first round of the eight-team Las Positas tournament ... Nate Rein starts his seventh season as Columbia head coach with a team that hopes to improve from its 6-22 record in 2008-09. (Modesto Bee, CA)
City hands over athlete's village to Olympics Nov 6, 2009
VANCOUVER, British Columbia With 100 days to the opening of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics, the athletes village was handed over to the Games organizers. A man wears Olympic mittens as he photographs the Olympic countdown clock displaying 100 days until the start of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, British Columbia, on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
Walla Walla better on pitch than Treasure Valley Nov 6, 2009
The loss knocked the Chukars into a battle for the second seed in the East region with Columbia Basin, and can do nothing about it but wait and watch. Columbia Basin will take on Spokane Saturday ... If Columbia Basin wins, then TVCC will be the three seed. (Ontario Argus Observer, OR)
MORE: 'Twilight' time in Northwest Nov 6, 2009
Producers shot much of Twilight in St. Helens, near the Columbia River Gorge. (Bella's house is here, as well as the Italian restaurant where Edward and Bella have their first date. (USA Today -- Life)
S. Ontario welcomes Prince Charles Nov 6, 2009
The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall arrived in Toronto Wednesday afternoon and are staying in the city through mid-day Friday before flying to Victoria and Vancouver, British Columbia. Most Read Stories. (Buffalo Business First, NY)
More of this story Nov 5, 2009
The other games being played in Class A on Saturday are: Billings Central vs. Dillon; Belgrade vs. Polson; adn Columbia Falls vs. Butte Central. Havre 6 7 0 8 - 21. (Laurel Outlook, MT)
Richard Stoehr (Dick) Alexander Nov 5, 2009
During World War II Dick served in the Army Air Corps, after which he resumed his music career, playing with various bands and recording with Manor and Columbia Records. He moved later to Florida to form his own combo before being recalled to active duty with the Air Force in the Korean conflict. (Half Moon Bay Review, CA)
Northeast and south Ark. coping with high water Nov 5, 2009
The Coast Guard said Wednesday it had closed the Ouachita River to all navigation for 111 miles downstream from the Arkansas state line near Felsenthal as far as Columbia, La. because extremely heavy flows have made travel on the river hazardous. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
Interstate Hotels loses $10.3M Nov 5, 2009
markets and a strong relative performance of its newly renovated Westin Atlanta Airport and Sheraton Columbia hotels. At quarter s end, Interstate had debt of $244. (Washington Business Journal, DC)
Warren helps start DREAMs Massachusetts office Nov 5, 2009
The job would have called for Warren to move to Toronto and allowed him the freedom to travel the globe from British Columbia to sub-Saharan Africa, to Kuwait and Asia and many points in between, he said. As appealing as that job was, and although Warren said he initially accepted it, he ended up in Bennington, where he found himself helping to launch DREAM s first satellite office in that town last fall. (Marshfield Mariner, MA)
The Churchill Corporation Reports Third Quarter Financial Results Nov 5, 2009
(TSX: CUQ) Third Quarter 2009 & YTD Financial Results ------------------------------------------ - Third quarter 2009 net earnings including the earnings from discontinued operations were $15. 86 per share) compared to $11. (Canada Newswire)
Michael Jackson film tops UK box office Nov 4, 2009
9 million, according to figures from its studio, Columbia pictures. Disney-Pixar's Up -- which took 6. (India Times)
Rental car taxes are getting jacked up Nov 3, 2009
There were 114 separate state and local excise taxes for renting or leasing a car in 43 states and the District of Columbia as of the end of last year. In 1990, there were only 14 of them, according to the Coalition Against Discriminatory Car Rental Excise Taxes, a group formed to combat the proliferation of the taxes and which tracks them. (USA Today)
Links Between City Walkability And Air Pollution Exposure Revealed Nov 3, 2009
Researchers involved in the study include University of Minnesota faculty member Julian Marshall and University of British Columbia faculty Michael Brauer and Lawrence Frank ... The study, done for the city of Vancouver, British Columbia, is the first of its kind to compare the two environmental attributes, and suggests potential environmental health effects of neighborhood location, layout and design for cities around the globe. (Science Daily)
MJ's concert film rules at box office Nov 3, 2009
This Is It, composed mostly of rehearsal footage recorded in the weeks before the King of Pops death in June, earned an estimated $101 million in the five days since opening globally on Wednesday, distributor Columbia Pictures said ... Columbia said it had hoped for an opening in the $30 million to $40 million range ... This has always, always been a worldwide play, said Rory Bruer, president of worldwide distribution at Columbias parent Sony. (India Times)
Evergreen 2A: Five teams, one field for a historic tiebreaker Nov 3, 2009
Skyview and Heritage in the 4A, Union, Camas and Columbia River in the 3A, Mark Morris, R.A. Long, Woodland and Hockinson in the 2A and La Center, Castle Rock and Kalama in the 1A.. Simple. (Longview Daily News, WA)
Bulldogs Host Alberta Monday For Lone Exhibition Contest Nov 2, 2009
Most notable among those would be Kamloops, British Columbia, freshman and Edmonton, Alberta, native who played for Francis in this past summer's FIBA U-19 World Championships in New Zealand ... F, 6-6, 220, Sophomore, Vancouver, British Columbia ... Olynyk, F, 6-11, 215, Freshman, Kamloops, British Columbia. (Gozags.com)
Tastes of the Azores Nov 1, 2009
In the Columbia Street neighborhood, the rich sounds of Portuguese fill the air ... Homemade sausages are as close as Nobrega s on Columbia Street, or you can visit a small factory of them at Furtado s on Underwood. (Boston Globe)
Is gifted program tainted by bias? Nov 1, 2009
Their peers in Columbia County schools seem to not fare as well, with an overall acceptance rate of merely 16 percent (six people), less than half that of Davidson. However, this bias may not be solely contained to Davidson. (The Augusta Chronicle)
NASA probe hits moon's south pole looking for water Nov 1, 2009
The budget for moon landings was curtailed after the first few, and flights of the space shuttle became commonplace save for the horrific, fatal explosions of Columbia and Challenger. We speak now of returning astronauts to the moon and manned missions to Mars, yet efforts to do so seem halfhearted. (Salon)
