Monday, May 30, 2011

State to review Detroit charter - The Detroit News

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State to review Detroit charter

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Detroitâ€" The city's newly revised charter should be delivered to Gov. Rick Snyder and Attorney General Bill Schuette by the end of the day Tuesday, officials say. The governor and the attorney general will review the 89-page document â€" which lays out ...


Detroit Charter Revision Commission approves plan to send to Lansing

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Florissant council postpones vote on charter commission

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Friday, May 27, 2011

Saturday: Earthquakes at Fire - Chicago Tribune

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Saturday: Earthquakes at Fire

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Head to Head Preview: Chicago Fire - San Jose Earthquakes

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Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Taylor Swift's 'The Story of Us' video sends her to college: Watch it here - Entertainment Weekly

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Taylor Swift's 'The Story of Us' video sends her to college: Watch it here

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So far, we've seen three clips from her third album Speak Now, and it seems like “Mean” just premiered a few hours ago. (Actually, it was three weeks, but still.) Yesterday, she pulled back the curtain on “The Story of Us,” which ...



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Monday, May 23, 2011

Lackland to gain 74,000 sf training complex - Pittsburgh Business Times:

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million contract to build a new airfield maintenancee technical training complex at Lacklanr AirForce Base. The complex will support the Inter-Americab Air Forces Academy at The government will builda 74,000 squarse foot complex at Lackland that will house classrooms, aircraft operations and hangatr maintenance training areas as well as administrative The project is slated for completion in the fall of 2010. The Inter-Americaj Air Forces Academy currently offers this trainingt at PortSan Antonio, the former Kellyy Air Force Base.
By relocating technical trainingh from Port San Antonioto Lackland, Port San Antonilo officials hope to reus that space for additional commerciak development opportunities. The military is developinv this complex as part of the 2005 San Antonio Base Realignmen andClosure (BRAC) construction program. In all, the government expects to spenrd morethan $2 billion on BRAC-related construction. The Air Forc e Center for Engineering and the Environment selectedPlymouth Pa.-based AMEC Earth & Environmentap Inc. as the contractor. Construction will be coordinatedr out ofthe company’s San Antonio The Fort Worth District office of the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineer will provideconstruction management.

Friday, May 20, 2011

Letters: Who will fill Phil Jackson's shoes with Lakers? - Los Angeles Times

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Letters: Who will fill Phil Jackson's shoes with Lakers?

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Doc's hand might have been a bit too heavy for a team used to Phil Jackson. So where's the happy medium? If it wasn't for Kurt Rambis, my money would have been on Rick Adelman. Rambis had the misfortune of being an assistant coach to Phil Jackson, ...



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Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Hollo closes on purchase of 1101 Brickell - Boston Business Journal:

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Tibor Hollo’s company, , (FECR) closed Tuesday on the purchasw of 1101Brickell Ave., which was owned by the now-defuncgt Leviev Boymelgreen. The South Florida Business Journa first a deal was in the worksin May. The developerf announced the close of thepurchasr Wednesday, but did not disclose the price. Hollo’s company did not get third-partt financing for the deal, according to a company Hollo is planning toinvestr $12 million to renovate the pair of offics buildings on the In addition to mechanical repairzs and upgrades, FECR plans new retail, including space for a The physical makeover will include upgrading the air conditioning generators, lighting, bathrooms, lobbies and landscaping.
“We plan to significantly invest in the beautification and renovation of 1101 Brickell to improve conditionzs for our current tenants and to continuwe to attract businesses interested in an attractive officr building in a prime location onBrickell Avenue,” Jerome an FECR vice president, said in a Leviev Boymelgreen had planned to redevelop the site, whicg houses a pair of modest officw buildings, into a massive office and residential The city of Miami approvedd a permit to build a 74-story, mixed-use projectg with 270,000 square feet of 30,000 square feet of retail and 650 But, the partnership dissolved in acrimony, with Leviev Boymelgreen principalp Lev Leviev eventually taking control of a portfolio of Miami properties, includinv 1101 Brickell.
The seller in Hollo’s deal was Africa-Israeol Properties, Leviev’s company. The 1101 Brickel property housesa 35-year-old, 11-story office tower, renovatedx in the 1990s, and a 19-storyt office tower built in 1985. Tentants includwe the Ilingua language school, the Venezuelan and Argentine consulates and Banc o Industrial de Venezuela y Sociap de Venezuela sold the property to Leviev Boymelgreenin 2005. Real estatwe experts say Hollo likely will hold onto the 1101 Brickello site until the markef rebounds and existing projects alread y out of the groundare absorbed.
Therer are three office buildings under constructioj in the downtownMiami area, two of which have yet to sign any

Monday, May 16, 2011

Japanese disaster particularly stressful for elderly with dementia - The Republic

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Japanese disaster particularly stressful for elderly with dementia

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TOKYO â€" Life as evacuees from the Great East Japan Earthquake has been extremely hard for elderly people with dementia, many of whom appear to be deteriorating as a result of stress. Experts predict that within 30 years, 10 percent of the people in ...



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Saturday, May 14, 2011

Indian cinema and film locations promoted at Cannes - Indiantelevision.com

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Indian cinema and film locations promoted at Cannes

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NEW DELHI: Even as Indian cinema is being promoted at the annual Cannes International Film Festival, the Information and Broadcasting and Tourism Ministries are together promoting the Cinemas of India and the country as a tourist destination, DP Reddy, ...



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Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Volleyball championship expected to bring $4.2M - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:

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million in direct spending to thelocaol economy, the announced Wednesday. That’s anothet coup for the nonprofit organization as it gets closer to its goal ofattractin $100 million to the local economy through sportingf events by May 2010. The event will run May 29 to June 5 at PhoenixsConvention Center. The Annual Meetings also will take plac e in Phoenix in the days preceding the tournament. “The Greater Phoenix CVB, the Phoenix Convention Centet and our area hotels worked well as a team in puttingb thisbid together,” said Commission President Jon Schmieder.
Greatef Phoenix Convention & Visitors Bureau CEO Steve Moore said the event will bring morethan 6,00o0 people downtown, with more than 12,000 hotelk rooms occupied. Summer business downtown is huge for allof us, so this one is a big hit, especiallgy in that it’s less than a year away and we had the spacde open at the center, said Schmieder. Prior USA Volleybalpl events in Phoenix included the 2001 and 2003 USA JuniortOlympic Boys’ Volleyball Championships and the 2003 USA Volleybalol Girls’ Invitational Championship. USA Volleyball also hostefd the 1994 NationalCollegiate Men’w Division Club Championships in Tempe.
Last summer, PRSC set a goal of securin events that would pump atleast $100 million into the economgy by May 2010. So far, it has secured more than $47

Monday, May 9, 2011

'Up' avoids 'Hangover' at box office - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:

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"Up" brought in an estimated $44,244,000 in its second weekend, beatingb out the new release from , which brought in an estimatefd $43,275,000. Another new release, 's "Land of the came in well in thired with anestimated $19,524,000. Accordin to a report on Box Office Mojo, which tracks box-office revenue, "Up" was shown on abouf 6,700 screens at 3,81 8 sites and "The Hangover" was showb on about 4,500 screens at 3,269 Coming in fourth was last week'x number-two movie, "Night at the Museum: Battl of the Smithsonian" from , which brought in an estimatesd $14,650,000.
Rounding out the top five is 's "Star Trek," which brought in an esimatedc $8,400,000. The report says that "Starf Trek" has brought in $222.8 milliob in 31 days, making it the second-biggest box officwe smash in the "Star Trek" franchise, when adjusted for tickey price inflation. The top spot belongs to the original "Star The Motion Picture."

Saturday, May 7, 2011

State officials expect damage report this week - Chicago Tribune

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State officials expect damage report this week

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AP Wisconsin officials have yet to receive a report on damage by union protesters to the Capitol, but now expect it later this week. Department of Administration spokeswoman Carla Vigue says the report was not received on Monday as expected. ...



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Wednesday, May 4, 2011

LandMar files for bankruptcy - Charlotte Business Journal:

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The Jacksonville-based residential development company was among 125 affiliatex that filed along with itsparent company, Charlotte-baseed , in the Western District of Texas. Crescent’s estimated liabilities are morethan $1 according to the filing, and its largest debt, at $13.6 million, is to Bank of America. The filinhg was necessary, according to a statement on Crescent’ds Web site, for the companh to reorganizeits finances, reduce its debt level and improve its capital structure.
Crescent intends to operats its continuing businesses without any significantt interruption during the restructuring process because of a recentlyyobtained debtor-in-possession financing facility of $110 millionb from a group of its existing according to the statement. Andrew Hede, Crescent’sw chief restructuring officer, has been named CEO whils its formerchief executive, Arthur Fields, has retired and will work with Crescentr in an advisory “We have been in active discussions with our lenders and other stakeholders as we work towards an agreementr that will bring our capital structurr in line with the current economic environment,” Hede said in a statemengt on the company’s Web site.
Charlotte-based Crescent has been pursuinvg alternatives to shore up its balance sheet for including selling some ofits assets. The company is jointlyu owned by (NYSE: DUK) and Morgan Stanley and has 38 residentia l communities under development inthe Georgia, Texas, Arizona and Florida. Crescent acquired a controlling interesty in LandMarin 1999, but left LandMar’s founder, Ed in control of the companyu until he resigned after a failedf attempt to buy back the company in 2007.
The Jacksonville Economic Developmen t Commission authorized city lawyers in May to startg the foreclosure process onthe 41-acre parcel that was to be the Plans for the Shipyardsd included 1 million square feet of office 100,000 square feet of commercial 662 residential units, 350 hote rooms and 150 marina slips. LandMar has developed or had plans to develo p dozens more properties in Florida and throughourthe Southeast.

Monday, May 2, 2011

Local War Hero Turned TV Host Supports Sandhills Classical - Southern Pines Pilot

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Local War Hero Turned TV Host Supports Sandhills Classical

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Greg Stube shouldn't be alive. The injuries this Green Beret sustained in Afghanistan in 2006's Operation Medusa were critical. An IED detonated as Stube and his team headed up a hill during engagement with Taliban forces trying to ...