The spirit of Sleepy Hollow lives on Oct 25, 2009
In his day, Washington Irving, who lived from 1783 to 1859, was immensely popular ... Like Charles Dickens, who once dined at Irving s nearby home, Irving achieved a celebrity that today s best-selling authors would envy ... But, as Irving cautioned in beginning his tale, beware: However wide awake they may have been before they entered that sleepy region, [visitors] are sure, in a little time, to inhale the witching influence of the air, and begin to grow imaginative, to dream dreams, and see... (Boston Globe)
Observations Oct 23, 2009
Kyrie Irving put on a blue ball cap and announced that he is committing to Duke on ESPN-U on Thursday evening. Although tonight's game matches the ACC's best offense (FSU) against the ACC's best defense (UNC), it's more likely that the flip side for each team will determine which team gets its first ACC win. (News & Observer -- Sports)
UC Davis at Northridge, Hosts No. 22 UC Irvine Oct 21, 2009
The Anteaters are led by senior Irving Garcia who had two goals and an assist against the Highlanders. Garcia was named to the TopDrawerSoccer Team of the Week for his performance against UC Riverside and leads the team with seven goals and six assists. (Ucdavisaggies.com)
Vic Mizzy, who wrote 'Addams Family' theme, dies Oct 20, 2009
In his teens, he teamed up with Irving Taylor and began writing songs and sketches for variety shows. They won a pair of radio contests and toured the East Coast vaudeville circuit. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
Seven ways to make Dad's retirement easy - er - easier (3) Oct 18, 2009
"You only grow by coming to the end of something and by beginning something new." John Irving. Some people aren't interested in growth. (Great Falls Prairie Star, MT)
Super Sticky Barnacle Glue Cures Like Blood Clots Oct 17, 2009
Teaming up with Joseph Bonaventura and Irving Vega, Dickinson chopped each glue component into minute fragments, measured their sizes with mass spectrometry and matched the fragment pattern to known protein sequences. Amazingly, one of the glue proteins was remarkably similar to human factor XIII: a human blood clotting factor that cross-links clot fibres to form a scab. (Science Daily)
3 price points: Dallas-Fort Worth Oct 16, 2009
com/dallas , 4150 N. MacArthur Blvd., Irving, 972-717-0700. Eat: Al Biernat s wine list features more than 650 rare selections. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
Patriot League Football Release - 10.12.09 Oct 13, 2009
Nick Parrish, Georgetown Jr., LB, 6'1, 210, Irving, Texas/Jesuit College Prep Parrish registered a game-high in tackles for the fourth time this season as he totaled 12 stops in Georgetown's 27-0 loss at Lehigh. Jamal Haruna, Fordham Jr., DB, 5'11, 170, Grand Prairie, Texas/South Grand Prairie Haruna had a career-high 11 tackles, including seven solo stops, as Fordham held Bryant to 219 yards of total offense in a 35-7 win on Saturday. (Patriotleague.com)
Travel Briefs Oct 9, 2009
WASHINGTON A slew of celebrity writers from John Irving to Jodi Picoult are scheduled to take part in this year s National Book Festival in Washington, scheduled for Sept. 26. Other famous authors expected to participate include James Patterson, Marilynne Robinson, Judy Blume, John Grisham, Junot Diaz, Colson Whitehead, Jeannette Walls and Julia Glass. (Carroll County Times, MD)
Celebrity photographer Irving Penn dies Oct 8, 2009
Lisa Fonssagrives-penn / Irving Penn Studio, Inc. via AP Irving Penn is shown at a photo shoot with a New Guinea mud man and a child ... NEW YORK - Irving Penn, whose photographs revealed a taste for stark simplicity whether he was shooting celebrity portraits, fashion, still life or remote places of the world, died Wednesday at his Manhattan home ... Irving Penn / Christie's via AP filePenntook this image of two Moroccan women, "Guedras in the Wind," a platinum-palladium print, flush-mounted... (MSNBC -- Lifestyle)
Trustee sues 4 more Madoff relatives in battle to recover money Oct 3, 2009
The U.S. Bankruptcy Court lawsuit filed by Irving Picard targeted Madoff's younger brother, Peter; Madoff's two sons, Andrew and Mark; and his niece, Shana. All had been senior executives at Madoff's investment business. (USA Today -- Money)
Encouraged by some of Mercer's best, blacks and whites are interacting Oct 2, 2009
And from there, we can travel to Trenton Police Director Irving Bradley, who, with invaluable assistance from Detectives Alexis Durlacher, Mary Melendez and Luis Reyes, has quietly developed a youth summer program whose attendees are decidedly Latino. In Mercer County, it just doesn't get any better than Ewing Detective Anthony Messina, who has, for at least five years, been assigned to Ewing High. (NJ.com -- Times)
Bradford's status uncertain for UM Oct 1, 2009
Duke's students apparently welcomed basketball prospect Kyrie Irving a bit too enthusiastically last weekend during his official visit to campus. Sam Bradford's status for Oklahoma's game against Miami is still a mystery. (News & Observer -- Sports)
UC Davis Opens Big West Conference Play on the ... Sep 30, 2009
UC Irvine returns two All-Americans in senior Irving Garcia and sophomore goalkeeper Andrew Fontein. Fontein currently leads the conference in shutouts with four and has a. (Ucdavisaggies.com)
More of this story Sep 30, 2009
W. W. Jacobs and Washington Irving. -- Hamburg High School, student CAM documentary competition, submitted by Connie Rodgers and Brenda Wayne, 998. (Hamburg Ashley County Ledger, AR)
CRACKDOWN: Thousand Los Angeles cops take on notorious street gang... Sep 23, 2009
Post a comment If you are under 13 years of age you may read this message board, but you may not participate. Comments are moderated, and will not appear until they've been approved. (The Drudge Report)
Nell Newman keynote speaker at botanical garden Sep 21, 2009
Gary Irving, her husband, built a 16-by-20-foot exclosure around it against marauding squirrels, and an electric fence to keep raccoons and possums out of the grapes. "I've electrocuted myself twice this week, so I know it works," Newman jokes. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Vatican Wants To Be More Like Iceland Sep 19, 2009
rt@NYTimes: Irving Kristol, Godfather of Modern Conservatism, Dies at 89. . (Slate)
For a few games, Patriots’ given name will be given back Sep 13, 2009
The Dallas Cowboys were in Irving, Texas and are now in Arlington, Texas. The Cleveland Cavaliers for years played in Richfield, Ohio, and the Washington Bullets and Capitals spent decades in Landover, Md. (Boston Globe)
Dallas-area school has new dance for haka showdown Sep 7, 2009
In this Friday, Nov. 24, 2005 photo Euless Trinity's Youri Yenga, center, leads his team in a "haka" before a UIL Class 5A football playoff game against Southlake Carroll at Texas Stadium on Friday in Irving, Texas. (Khampha Bouaphanh/AP). (Hudson Register Star, NY)
MTV Brings the Music to the Masses for VMA Weekend 2009 Sep 4, 2009
The Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza, 17 Irving Place. Doors Open at 6:30pm. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Broncos to Play Twice at UCI College Classic Sep 4, 2009
SCU sophomore scored twice to give the Broncos a 2-0 advantage but the Anteaters answered back with second half goals from Joel Bagby and Irving Garcia to force overtime. just missed scoring for SCU in the 103rd minute and moments later UCI All-America candidate Amani Walker would end it, heading-in the golden goal to allow the `Eaters a victory on SCU's home field. (Santaclarabroncos.com)
> A look at man at center of Wells-Wachovia suit Sep 2, 2009
Shareholders of the former want to know: Who is Irving Ehrenhaus. As lead plaintiff in a class-action shareholder lawsuit against Wachovia and its new owner, , Ehrenhaus name appears frequently in recent court filings. (Charlotte Business Journal, NC)
Raiders, Redskins have nice nights in quad Sep 2, 2009
Keri Overbeck led the Redskins with 11 kills on the night, while Sabrina Mackey dished out a team-high 19 assists and Morgan Irving served up seven aces ... Irving collected two blocks as well. (Ionia Sentinel-Standard, MI)
Omni La Mansion del Rio second-highest ranked family hotel in the nation Sep 2, 2009
Omni La Mansion del Rio is owned by Irving, Texas-based Omni Hotels Corp.. Reader Comments. (San Antonio Business Journal, TX)
The girl behind the icon Aug 30, 2009
The dedicated player trains for hours daily, six days a week, with her coach Liz Irving ... One of these is surely Liz Irving, her coach since 2002 ... I took some time off to evaluate what I needed to do next, and decided to move to Amsterdam to train under Liz Irving. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
2.8 Million To Travel Labor Day Aug 27, 2009
IRVING, Texas -- AAA Texas expects about 2. 8 million people across the state will travel over the long Labor Day holiday weekend. (Click2Houston, TX)
Redskins' bring mix of players into season Aug 23, 2009
Keri Overbeck will be joining Morgan Irving at middle hitter after playing outside last season. Audrey Vaughn will also return to the court for Saranac. (Ionia Sentinel-Standard, MI)
Hurricane Bill Weakens to Category 1 as It Heads Toward Canadian Maritimes Aug 23, 2009
Workers were being evacuated from the Sable Offshore Energy Project, a gas field 125 miles off Nova Scotia, said Margot Bruce-OConnell, a spokeswoman for Irving, Texas-based ... Some refineries in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick may be at risk, including closely held Irving Oils Saint John plant that processes about 300,000 barrels of oil a day, according to , an analyst with research group Petromatrix GmbH in Zug, Switzerland. (Bloomberg -- Canada)
Huckabee: 2 States in Holy Land 'Unrealistic' Aug 19, 2009
Their activities, some of them funded by American millionaire Irving Moskowitz, are aimed at blocking the division of the city as part of any future peace deal. Huckabee said he welcomed a demonstration Monday night by anti-settlement protesters outside the Shepherd Hotel, the site of a planned housing project in east Jerusalem which the Obama administration has demanded be stopped and where the Moskowitz family hosted Huckabee for dinner. (Newsmax)
Oregon Recreation Report Aug 15, 2009
BEN IRVING RESERVOIR: rainbow trout, bass. Ben Irving Reservoir, west of Winston, has been stocked with 4,000 trout. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Kendall Marshall's Journal - Aug '09 Aug 14, 2009
We won our first two pool play games and went up against Kyrie Irving and the New Jersey Roadrunners. It was a fun game, they are a very good team and they play together well. (InsideCarolina.com)
GMA: Wrong Way Crash no Accident, Lawyer Aug 13, 2009
"This is a killing. Don't call it an accident," Irving Anolik, attorney for the who lost a father and son in the wreck, told "Good Morning America." Anolik said that any medical condition theories are "at war with the autopsy report, with the blood analysis, with the whole panorama of things that surround this killing.". With five children in her car, police say Schuler on the Taconic until she slammed head-on into an SUV carrying Guy Bastardi, his father Michael Bastardi as well as family... (ABC News)
Pack prepares for second scrimmage Aug 13, 2009
NCSU expects to get an update on Nate Irving's injury status today ... The most important development today might occur off the field, as linebacker Nate Irving is scheduled for a doctor's appointment ... Irving, who was injured in a June 28 car crash, will have the leg he broke examined. (News & Observer -- Sports)
O'Brien: 'Competition is Good' Aug 11, 2009
Thoughts on potentially having to replace Nate Irving: You're not going to replace Nate Irving ... More on Irving: He's already seen his shoulder, lung, and rib doctor so now he goes to his leg doctor ... How do you plan on working Irving back if he's cleared. (StateFans.com)
Family 'shocked' that N.Y. mom was drunk before crash Aug 6, 2009
"I believe there is a strong fragrance of criminality," attorney Irving Anolik told reporters after meeting with the district attorney. He said he wanted to ascertain whether Schuler's family members or others knew about her condition. (USA Today)
Obituaries for Thursday, Aug. 6, 2009 Aug 6, 2009
He is survived by sister, Barbara Jean Thurston of Sparta; brothers, Wayne Gail Thurston of Sparta and John Leland Thurston of Irving, Texas; six nephews; five nieces; as well as many grandnephews and grandnieces and countless extended family. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Lanham-Miller Funeral Home in Sparta, with the Rev. David Carlson officiating. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Public Safety Aug 3, 2009
Irving Beas Ceballos, 24, Weed, Calif. disorderly conduct, two counts assault of a public safety officer, resisting arrest; held in lieu of $28,000 bail. (Klamath Falls Herald & News, OR)
Bill Hass on the ACC: Belt, Clothes are Measuring Sticks as Maryland's Friedgen Sheds Weight Aug 1, 2009
SOMETHING GOOD WILL HAPPEN: NC State coach Tom O Brien said the injuries suffered by Nate Irving in a car wreck could have been even more severe ... Irving s status for this season remains in limbo. (Theacc.com)
Navajo rights group holds public meeting Jul 28, 2009
Also in attendance were commission members Irving Gleason and Clarence Chee. The Navajo Nation Human Rights Commission defines its purpose in terms of. (Grants Cibola County Beacon, NM)
T. Convery: Medford was redesigned in 1969 Pt. 3 Jul 17, 2009
Transportation Committee: Wolfgang Seidlich and Robin Irving. Interviewed: Graham, Planning Department of MBTA; Harven, public relaltions, Mass. (Medford Transcript, MA)
Mizzou at Kansas Basketball Set For... Jul 17, 2009
IRVING, Texas - For the 18th consecutive season Missouri Basketball will appear on ESPN Big Monday. The Big 12 Conference released its full slate of Big Monday contests today and the Tigers will travel to the University of Kansas on Jan. 25 to rekindle one of the nation's most heated hardwood rivalries. (Mutigers.com)
Obituaries for Monday, July 13, 2009 Jul 13, 2009
She married Irving Bud Wetchen on Sept. 16, 1947, in La Crescent. Bud and Jeanne farmed in the. (Winona Daily News, MN)
National groups prepared to head to court on council's prayer policy (1872) Jul 11, 2009
ordinarycitizen wrote on Jul 4, 2009 10:58 AM:" God Bless America lyrics, written by Irving Berlin in 1938 states it loud and proud: "While the storm clouds gather far across the sea, Let us swear allegiance to a land that's free, Let us all be grateful for a land so fair, As we raise our voices in a solemn prayer. " God Bless America, Land that I love. Stand beside her, and guide her Thru the night with a light from above. From the mountains, to the prairies, To the oceans, white with foam God... (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
120 D-FW hotels cut fees to lure business travelers Jul 9, 2009
More than 120 hotels in Dallas, Fort Worth, Irving and Arlington have joined forces to boost business travel to North Texas by cutting fees. Along with the hoteliers, area convention and visitors bureaus, ground transportation providers and have created a co-op called the DFW MeetNowPromise to provide incentives to corporate meeting planners who commit to booking and holding their events in North Texas before the end of 2009. (Dallas Business Journal, TX)
SU senior dies after fall from parking garage Jul 8, 2009
died early this morning after he fell from the Irving Avenue parking garage near Sadler Hall, said university spokesman Kevin Morrow. Morse, a 21-year-old senior in the School of Information Studies and the College of Arts and Sciences, was found at 5 a.m. and taken to Crouse Hospital where he was pronounced dead, said Sgt. Tom Connellan of the Syracuse Police Department. (Daily Orange, NY)
Earnings Dropped Worldwide in Second Quarter as Job Losses Hurt Consumers Jul 7, 2009
At Irving, Texas-based Exxon Mobil, net income may drop 64 percent from a year earlier to $4. 21 billion, according to analyst compiled by Bloomberg. (Bloomberg -- Canada)
Read the story Jul 6, 2009
Whatever happened to the party of William Buckley and Irving Kristol. There was a time when being educated was a virtue in the Republican party. (CBS News -- Evening News)
Palin A "Shooting Star Crashing To Earth"? Jul 5, 2009
" by JonDas July 4, 2009 9:15 AM PDT And what is Fox News? I'm a Republican, a veteran, and a thinking man. Palin is an idiot. Whatever happened to the party of William Buckley and Irving Kristol. There was a time when being educated was a virtue in the Republican party ... now if you are educated you are called an "elitist". Doesn't "elite" mean the best? What's wrong with having highly educated people running the country? Do you think Joe the Plumber would be a better President?And knock if... (CBS News)
Madoff customers get $231 million Jul 2, 2009
SIPC and Irving Picard, the court-appointed trustee winding down Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC after the unraveling of Wall Street's biggest fraud, said it had accepted 543 claims for payout so far. The amount to be paid averages $425,414 per claim. (India Times)
10 more to be charged in Madoff scheme Jul 1, 2009
The trustee, Irving Picard, has filed lawsuits against the managers, accusing them of being Madoff cronies who either knew, or should have known, about the fraud. Former prosecutors said Madoff's sentencing wasn't a grand finale. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Should feds bail out California (or Atlanta)? Jul 1, 2009
Instead, Madoff chose not to provide a scintilla of information beyond records recovered from his office, largely unhelpful to date for DOJ or Irving Picard, the court appointed trustee for the SIPC. It is very significant that the indirect investors who invested via feeder funds, whether millionaires or members of pension funds, are not eligible for SIPC reimbursement. Madoff could have been imensely helpful in tracing money stashes in the billion conceivablys recoverable for those people by... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Fraudster Madoff jailed for 150 years Jun 30, 2009
In bankruptcy filings, Trustee Irving Picard say family members ``used customers accounts as though they were their own,'' putting Madoff's maid, boat captain and house-sitter in Florida on the company payroll and paying nearly $1 million in fees at high-end golf clubs on Long Island and in Florida. Picard has sought to reclaim ill-gotten gains by freezing Madoff's business bank accounts and selling legitimate portions of his firm. (India Times, India)
Life Behind Bars for Madoff? Jun 29, 2009
2 billion sought by court-appointed trustee Irving Picard has been located, The Wall Street Journal writes -- continues. The victims will be compensated up to $500,000 the Securities Investor Protection Corp. What they get on top of that comes down to whateverPicard can uncover. (Slate)
Price At The Pump Drops In Texas Jun 26, 2009
IRVING (June 25, 2009)--Prices at the gasoline pump are down slightly in Texas. AAA Texas reported Thursday the statewide average settled at $2. (KWTX.com, TX)
Watertown sports notes Jun 26, 2009
org, or $75 by mail sent c/o WYSL, 112 Irving St., Watertown, MA 02472. Paper registrations may be downloaded from the Web site, picked up at the Watertown Recreation Department or from 112 Irving St. The fall season begins the second Saturday of September and continues on Saturdays for 10 weeks. (Watertown TAB & Press, MA)
AAA Texas: Gasoline prices declining Jun 26, 2009
Dan Ronan of Irving, the corporate communications manager at AAA, said that gasoline use is low because of the economic downturn. He said although gasoline prices are about 90 cents to a dollar higher than they were in January, they are $1. (Dallas Business Journal, TX)
Walker's PGA Tour Roller-Coaster Jun 25, 2009
He set a tournament course record with a 29 on the back side of the TPC Las Colinas course in Irving during the third round of the Byron Nelson. "That was probably the best driving round I've had this year at the Byron Nelson, and that's what has held me back with my neck was driving the ball straight," Walker said. (Baylorbears.com)
Cooking in Season: French revival Jun 25, 2009
While A prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving tops my favorite reads list I have the fondest memories of another good page turner A year in Provence by Peter Mayle. This was one of the first books I read that sparked my culinary curiosity, so much so it enticed me to hop on the ferry with my new husband and travel to France in search of some of the delights he records in this book. (Bolton Common, MA)
ATX Provides Connected Vehicle Services to Sixt Rental Car Customers in Germany Jun 22, 2009
(PRNewsFoto/ATX Group) IRVING, TX UNITED STATES. DUSSELDORF, Germany, June 22 /PRNewswire/ -- ATX Group, a leading provider of customized connected vehicle (telematics) services to global automobile manufacturers, announced today that its services are now available to rental car customers in Germany through a program offered by BMW and Sixt rental car agency. (PR Newswire)
Boy Scouts celebrating 100 years Jun 20, 2009
Their journey will cover 45,000 miles as they wind toward Irving, Texas, for the official 100th anniversary on Feb. 8, 2010. Austin Buseck, 13, of Dolgeville, said he had been a scout for seven years. (Utica NY Obserer, NY)
CVBs prepare budget cuts Jun 20, 2009
At the same time, several of those organizations are hoping that new construction in their cities, including the Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, the Dallas Center for the Performing Arts and the Irving Convention Center, will help draw additional visitors ... Without a convention center to supplement income and funded solely by hotel taxes, Irving s CVB saw a drop in revenue of about 16%, said Executive Director Maura Gast ... Gast said the Irving CVB can access about $650,000 of reserves to carry... (Dallas Business Journal, TX)
Date Lines: News from the Bay Area arts scene Jun 18, 2009
Nikki Chooi, a 20-year-old violinist from Victoria, British Columbia, won first prize recently in the Irving M. Klein International String Competition at San Francisco State University. The prize, worth nearly $15,000 in cash and concert fees, includes solo appearances with the Peninsula and Santa Cruz symphonies, and recitals with Music in the Vineyards in the Napa Valley. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
HINGHAM POLICE FIRE LOG: May 18-24, 2009 Jun 6, 2009
4:16 p.m. Irving St., traffic complaint. Complaints of speeding traffic on Irving Street, enforcement requested ... 10:48 a.m. Irving St., resident reports a lost LG cell phone. (Hingham Journal, MA)
Farewell Winchester: The Stars star reporter leaves for European tour May 28, 2009
The double shooting and murder of an Irving Street resident was one of the hardest things I had to cover in my tenure here. But throughout the past two years despite all the good and bad news interacting with those of you who make up the community has been by far the best and most enlightening experience for me. (Winchester Star, MA, MA)
