Like the city? Then stay longer - Daily News and Analysis
Mumbai: The expatriate community in the city was taken on a tour to view historic Gothic edifices built in the mid-1800s in South Mumbai on Saturday, with a view to entice them to extend their stay in the city. The Mumbai Heritage Walk, organised by

Appreciation of art in the city of big shoulders - Albert Lea Tribune
I was in Chicago with time on my hands and the sweet woman murmured to me you know how this goes Would you like to see the Art Institute? and I was thinking No No No God No, and I said, Sure. Fine. You wouldn t rather do

GOODMAN: U.S policy must weigh fate of Afghan women - Asbury Park Press
It’s been 11 years since I looked through a photo album smuggled out of Afghanistan by a brave young woman. “This is a doctor,” she said, pointing to one picture. “This is a teacher.” It was impossible to tell one woman from another under the burqas

Why Women’s Orgs Must Become Non-Partisan - Huffingtonpost.com
After yet another evening of being thrown under the bus, it is high time that women’s organizations drastically change their approach! Women in the Democratic Party have been taken for granted and have lost their bargaining power as a result. Ladies

Canada tops U.S. women 5-1 in Four Nations hockey - CNN Sports Illustrated
TIKKURILA, Finland (AP) — Canada Jocelyne Lamoreux gave the U.S. women’s hockey team the lead midway through the first period Saturday before Canada took over the game. Carla MacLeod, Meghan Aghosta, Tessa Bonhomme and Cherie Piper also scored

Nicolas Cage, Compulsive Spender - Daily Beast
Until fairly recently, Cage s primary residence was the 1940 Bel Air mansion, with eight bedrooms, a theater, wine cellar, and a library. The house s previous owners included Dean Martin and Tom Jones. A Gothic mausoleum is how one sometime

Evanescence Return to the Stage at Secret New York Gig - Rolling Stone
Photo: Noam Galai It was a chant that hadn t been heard in Manhattan in more than two years, and it started a little after 9 p.m., as the anxious crowd who packed out the Manhattan Center Grand Ballroom started growing more and more impatient

John Grisham short stories offer small town lawyers, colourful - Jam! Showbiz
The author of “A Time to Kill,” “The Client” and other blockbusters has written his first collection of short fiction, “Ford County,” set in the Mississippi community he has used often in his fiction. Grisham’s latest - much of it based on his years

Short Thoughts on Short Fiction Vol. 17: Playing favorites - BSCreview
I m back and feeling motivated as Hell this week to tear the assholes out of some online hacks, so get ready for a little bloodshed! Get ready for some serious mayhem and a body count to match the carnage of Jonestown! . . . .No, not really, folks

Short Rotation Puts Pettitte on the Spot - New York Times
PHILADELPHIA Fans would like to believe that players can will themselves to greatness, particularly those infused with that most intangible quality: grit. There is no way to measure grit, but we know it when we see it, or at least we think we do

Minimum face value of short-term NCDs should be Rs 5 lakh: RBI - Hindu Business Line
Mumbai, Nov. 3 The minimum face value of short-term (less than one-year maturity) non-convertible debentures (NCDs) should be Rs 5 lakh with a maturity of at least 90 days, according to the draft guidelines issued by the RBI on Tuesday. The exercise

Wenger calm over Kroenke investment - Ananova
Arsene Wenger has no problem with Stan Kroenke’s continued investment in Arsenal - so long as it never impacts on the way he runs the team. The American tycoon has edged closer towards the takeover threshold following the announcement of the purchase

Video could help search for Madeleine McCann, police say - Toronto Star
LONDON British police are asking Internet users to spread a new video aimed at people who may have information about Madeleine McCann. The short film includes new images of how the missing girl might look now, aged six, more than two years after

John Grisham’s short stories long on characters - Journal Times
It’s hard to sell a book of short stories. But not if you’re John Grisham. The author of “A Time to Kill,” “The Client” and other blockbusters has written his first collection of short fiction, “Ford County,” set in the Mississippi community he has

Vermont Slaughterhouse Closed For Inhumane Treatment Of Calves (VIDEO) - AlterNet
MONTPELIER, Vt. A Vermont slaughterhouse ordered closed Friday after video showed calves kicked, shocked and cut while conscious had its operating license suspended three times earlier this year for similar conduct. U.S. Department of Agriculture

Nokia Siemens Networks to lay off up to 5,700 - Findlaw.com
HELSINKI (AP) - Nokia Siemens Networks says it will lay off up to 5,700 workers globally as part of a move to cut annual costs by euro500 million ($740 million). The mobile network equipment maker says it will reorganize units, reduce overheads

Johnson & Johnson Plans Cuts and a $1.3 Billion Charge - New York Times
Johnson & Johnson , the pharmaceutical company, said Tuesday it would trim layers of management, cut jobs and make other restructuring moves to save up to $900 million next year. The company, based in New Brunswick, N.J., said the job cuts would

Leaders must set priorities in budget plan - Honolulu Advertiser
It’s abundantly clear that the interests of Hawaii school children at least in terms of recouping some of their lost classroom time will be represented when the state Legislature convenes in January. The protests of parents at the state

KBR Faulted For Ineffective Drawdown In Iraq - Post Chronicle
Houston-based KBR Inc could save the government at least $193 million by reducing its workforce in Iraq more quickly, in line with the drawdown of U.S. troops, the Pentagon’s chief auditor said on Monday. “In October 2009, we issued a report

Tempe revenue problem grows by $10 million in a month - AZCentral.com
Tempe’s estimate for the gap between annual spending and revenues has grown by $10 million in less than a month, according to a Web site the city has created for residents to review its budget process. Last month, City Manager Charlie Meyer and

Dow dips, S&P and Nasdaq up as downgrade hits semis - YAHOO!
“The downgrade of Intel was the major dampening effect,” said Jim Awad, managing director at Zephyr Management in New York . “The broader issue that that brings up is: Has the stock market gotten ahead of the economy? Business is not as strong as the

Girl shot dead after Calif. school football game - KTUU
LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) - A 16-year-old girl died and two men were wounded after being shot following a football game at a Southern California high school. Long Beach police Sgt. Dina Zapalski says it’s unclear what led to Friday night’s shooting at

Patients who wait too long will get private care on the NHS - Salon
Patients who do not get the treatment that they need from the NHS within 18 weeks are to be given the legal right to free private care. The Cabinet agreed this week that the legislation, placing maximum waiting times on the statute book for the first

Intrauterine Contraception Most Popular Among Europeans - Med India
A new study has revealed that when it comes to long-term solution to ward off unwanted pregnancy, intrauterine contraception (copper IUD or hormone-releasing IUS) is the most popular contraceptive among Europeans over 30 years of age. The study has

A family tradition - Daily Mining Gazette
HUBBELL - Seventy-one-year-old Joyce Beauchamp says she’s never surprised when the nursing staff at Our Lady of Mercy drop by her room for a visit - even on their day off. “One of the girls brought in fresh eggs from her farm,” she said with a bright

Mariam Rasey 1915-2009 - Warren Tribune Chronicle
She was born Sept. 19, 1915, in Niles, a daughter of John H. and Mary Ann Thomas Kennedy, and had lived in Trumbull County all her life. A 1935 graduate of Warren G. Harding High School, Mrs. Rasey also graduated from beauty school and Warren

I may be forgetful, but God never forgets me - Examiner
Recently a friend and I had an occasion to ROFL (roll on the floor laughing). She called me from California and during the first few minutes of our phone conversation I was preoccupied roaming through the house, and digging through my purse looking

June Denise Miller - Corvallis Gazette-Times
June Denise Miller was born to Martha and Frank Brady of Potter, Neb., on June 28, 1921. She completed high school at Sidney, Neb., in the spring of 1939. She moved to Alma, Neb., in 1940, where her mother owned and operated Brady’s Beauty Shop. On a

Wednesday night obituary update - Herald-Dispatch
The following obituaries have been provided by local funeral homes. Read our complete obituaries in the Thursday Herald-Dispatch and at www.herald-dispatch.com. HELEN ADAMS, 61, of Proctorville, Ohio, died Sunday, in St. Mary’s Medical Center. She

NOW’s new president takes on men behaving badly - WTOP
NEW YORK (AP) - The new president of the National Organization for Women has some harsh words for men she believes are behaving badly _ among them, director Roman Polanski and talk show host David Letterman. First, Terry O’Neill condemned as

National Council of Jewish Women’s Danbury chapter celebrates 50 years - Danbury News-Times
Tikkun olam is a Hebrew phrase which translates to “repairing the world.” Jackie Morrison, a member of the Greater Danbury section of the National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) for 40 years, says her greatest enjoyment with the group has been to

Wozniacki into Osaka semifinals - CNN Sports Illustrated
OSAKA, Japan (AP) — Defending champion Caroline Wozniacki defeated Aleksandra Wozniak 6-2, 6-7 (1), 6-2 on Friday to advance to the semifinals of the Japan Women’s Open. The top-seeded Dane broke the sixth-seeded Wozniak twice in the final set to

Kathleen Parker: GOP women — hear them roar - Record Searchlight
As the Republican Party continues its pilgrimage through the desert, its leaders may be missing the oasis for the vale of tears. The answer to the party’s woes isn’t a revamped Web site (GOP.com) offering - wowser! - really cool social networking

Sloan edges Bross for title as Americans go 1-2 in women’s all-around - Minneapolis Star Tribune
LONDON - Bridget Sloan wore gold, Rebecca Bross wore silver. The big winner? The United States. In shades of the Beijing Olympics, Sloan edged her younger teammate for the world gymnastics championships Friday night. And it couldn’t have been closer

What is it women hate about Men? - Salon
she: yes, i will be there when u need me most. he: and what about when i need you, at my side? daily? she: i can’t be there, u know y he: i am not sure.. she: i cannot be near u, i will fall into u and i will die and i will be nomore sorry, so

Women-owned businesses to be certified easier, faster - NJBIZ
It will be easier and faster for New Jersey businesses to be certified as being owned by women under a new state agreement with a national nonprofit. The Oct. 2 agreement with the Women Presidents Educational Organization is similar to one with

Move over Mary Kay! NJ candidate makes living selling sex toys at - Newser
Stepfanie Velez-Gentry is the owner of Nookie Parties LLC. She makes a living organizing parties for women and couples where she sells sex toys, lotions, games, lingerie and other erotic items. “It’s kind of like a Tupperware party, but with adult

FDA Approves Merck’s Gardasil for Boys - First Coast News
WASHINGTON - Drugmaker Merck said Friday that U.S. regulators cleared its vaccine Gardasil to prevent genital warts in boys, a new use for a product already approved to prevent cervical cancer in women. The Whitehouse Station, N.J.-based company said