Town officials and members of the Senior Center Building Committee strapped on hard hats, grabbed shovels and dug into the dirt yesterday to break ground on a new center on Bearfoot Road.
Work on the more than 14,000-square-foot structure has already begun as construction workers poured the foundation for the building during the groundbreaking ceremony. Assistant Town Administrator John C...
Actress Heather Raffo, right, listens as David Strathairn performs during the three-day Marine Corps Combat Stress Control Conference in San Diego on Wednesday.
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Many academic health centers offer programs that includetraditional Chinese treatments or Ayurvedic medicine from India.The University of New Mexico goes beyond that, says management ofits new Center for Life.
"The uniqueness of our program is that we not only embraceEastern and Western philosophies, but we try to integrate thetraditions of New Mexico," said Dr. Arti Prasad, thecenter's ...
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Believe it or not, the Golden Boy of New Zealand harness racing is booked for five engagements on the nine race card at Rangiora on Sunday (August 17) and all are last start winners.
Observers could be excused for thinking last season's champion junior and overall driver Dexter Dunn is placing an emphasis on quality rather than quantity.
On his own frank admission, he maintains rac...
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A 27-year-old Egyptian woman gave birth to septuplets earlySaturday in the coastal city of Alexandria, family members and thehospital director said.
Ghazala Khamis was in good condition after having a bloodtransfusion during her Caesarean section due to bleeding, said EmadDarwish, director of the El-Shatbi Hospital where she gavebirth.
The newborns, four boys and three girls, weigh ...
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ASPEN, Colo.—When Republican John McCain suggested his running mate could support abortion rights and Democrat Barack Obama gave an anti-abortion senator a prime convention role, both were sending a subtle message to centrist voters.
Neither presidential candidate was signaling a seismic ...
NCEA has confused and divided parents and educators since its introduction in 2002. Under NCEA, achievement is based on demonstrating a certain level of learning rather than on how grades compare between students. It involves internal (classroom-based, marked by teachers) as well as external (national exams, marked by external examiners) assessments.
Next pageView as a single pageWho earns w...Last Modified: Saturday, August 16, 2008 at 1:18 p.m. SAN DIEGO - Health care regulators say they have fined four San Diego-area hospitals $25,000 each for preventable mistakes that led to the death of one patient.
In one incident, a staffer failed to turn on a ventilator, causing a heart patient to die. In another, a patient fell off a tilted operating table during surgery.
The in...
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RNC Chairman Robert M. "Mike" Duncan, Platform Committee Chairman U.S. Rep. Kevin McCarthy (CA-22) and Platform Committee Co-Chairman U.S. Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) announced the Subcommittee structure and leadership for the 2008 Platform Committee.
"This esteemed group of Republican leaders and national convention dele...
The Moran Basketball Camp had another successful summer after three outstanding weeks with over 200 campers.
The enthusiastic staff, which consisted of local high school and college athletes, did a great job.
"I would like to thank the staff for all their time, hard work and commitment to the camp this summer," said camp director and Swampscott boys basketball coach Paul Moran.
<...Julie Burba eyed the noon buffet: Moroccan cabbage salad, grass-fed beef, American bison, free-range chicken, grilled vegetables.
Spread out before her on the kebabs, platters, baskets and bowls, Burba viewed the philosophy she teaches. This is locavore cuisine, food grown in proximity to where it is eaten. Farm-to-plate cuisine is lauded for safety, taste, nutritional value and community...
ATLANTA -- Tom Glavine doesn't know if he'll pitch again. But the 300-game winner is quite certain he'll need to undergo elbow surgery after visiting Dr. James Andrews in Birmingham, Ala., sometime next week.
"I would be surprised, if not shocked, if he doesn't tell me I need to get it [the elbow] fixed," Glavine said.
Based on the many discussions he's had with the Braves' m...
POSTVILLE, Iowa (AP) - A vague unease whispered through this tiny town in northeastern Iowa, where the rolling hills are a study in vivid colors _ red barns, white clapboard houses and vibrant green cornfields plowed with almost architectural precision.
It drifted through Postville's downtown, where restaurants serving tamales share three short blocks with El
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LAKE FOREST, Calif. - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Saturday that America's greatest moral failure is its insufficient help to the disadvantaged.
Obama noted that the Bible quotes Jesus as saying "whatever you do for the least of my brothers, you do for me." He said the maxim should apply to victims of poverty, sexism and racism.
He made the comments as the f...
The Assam government has initiated steps to restore normality in clash-hit Rowta in Udalguri district where hundreds are taking shelter in relief camps fearing more skirmishes.
On Thursday, one person died and several were injured in clashes during a bandh called by the Muslim Students' Union of Assam to protest the alleged harassment of Indian citizens in the name of Bangladeshis.