Sunday, November 9, 2008

Robert Henreich - Hurricane Paloma batters south-central coast of Cuba - Miami Herald

Hurricane Paloma batters south-central coast of Cuba - Miami Herald
GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands -- A ferocious Hurricane Paloma blasted Cuba overnight, unleashing a fury of rain and 140 mph winds on a nation already ravaged by three previous storms. Because the storm attacked under cover of darkness, the extent of

Dansville farm readies abused horses for caring homes - Detroit Free Press
DANSVILLE -- As Marika Heuer and Sue Brook walk into the back pasture of Heuer's Rocky Meadows Farm, horses come up one by one to nuzzle their hands. "They're just large pocket pals. You just need big pockets," said Brook of Williamston. The horses

(Adds emergency relief supplies arriving, Southern African leaders - Reuters UK
By Hereward Holland GOMA, Congo, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Their church crammed with refugees, thousands of Congolese in the eastern town of Goma donned their Sunday best to pray outdoors for an end to fighting that has brought them misery and threatens

Just Give - Boston Globe
We're not very friendly. We talk funny. We're boring dressers. We think we're so smaht. We drive like maniacs. All we care about is sports. And we're stingy, to boot! How's that for summarizing every stereotype outsiders have of New Englanders? But

Democrats make gains in Georgia - Atlanta Journal Constitution
The landscape of Georgia politics has changed dramatically in the wake of Tuesday’s election. It has changed in ways large and small, ways easily identifiable and in ways that are hidden among the data. It is an atypical outcome disguised as

Charges not yet filed against man who had homes stripped - Detroit Free Press
Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy hasn't filed criminal charges against a Detroit plumbing and heating company owner, even though he apparently confessed to police six months ago that he worked with drug addicts and others to strip vacant properties

New push under way to engage social workers more effectively in - Newsday
NEW YORK (AP) _ Against the backdrop of the economic meltdown, a movement is building within the ranks of America's social workers to make their profession more adept at helping clients overcome financial woes. Since they emerged on the scene in the

Owner of Wash. house says man slain was co-owner - Seattle Times
The owner of an Everett house where a 31-year-old man was shot and killed by police early Saturday says the man was a co-owner of the house and lived there. EVERETT, Wash. — The owner of an Everett house where a 31-year-old man was shot and killed

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