2008 Election Results

" 2008 Local Government Unofficial Election Results ( 9 of 9 Polls Counted) Darrell R. MUSSATTO is hereby declared to be elected by acclamation as Mayor.   HOLY TRINITY NSN HOUSE ST. JOHNS MEMORIAL RECENTRE CARSON GRAHAM ST. AGNES RIDGE-WAY...

Harder They Come A Theatrical Success

People can be divided into two groups – those who love musicals and those who emphatically don’t. And rarely have the twain met, until now. The stage adaptation of The Harder They Come, based on Perry Henzel’s 1972 “gateway” reggae movie of the same name, makes a...

Late bloomers Turkey win it at the last - again

Turkey are in the semi-finals of Euro 2008 after a dogged, at times cagey, and ultimately thrilling victory on penalties against Croatia in Vienna. Again the Turks have proved themselves masters of the long game. Dominated for periods in normal time, they just kept coming -...

Manatee libraries block MySpace

"John Cole III, of Holmes Beach, has been using the computers at the Island Branch Library to keep in touch with his friends and family. Cole's favorite communication tool is the popular social networking Web site MySpace.com. But when he went to the library Monday, he found...

After exotic pets are rescued, what next? (The Christian Science Monitor)

" HOUSTON - Ivan is a playful, 7-year-old cat – a "sweet boy," according to the Houston SPCA. He desperately needed a home, but he was never featured on the animal-protection agency's "pick of the litter" Web page. That's because the nearly 400-pound mixed-breed tiger...

NPR : U.S. Faces Long Storm Cycle, Experts Warn

With tropical storm Ophelia swirling in the Atlantic, government officials are faced with the possibility of providing disaster relief while still reeling from Hurricane Katrina. Back-to-back disasters over the last few years have exhausted the staffs of hurricane-response...