Archive for October, 2008

Vandals take flags from monument - Greenwood Commonwealth

Friday, October 31st, 2008

Vandals desecrated the flag pole at the Veterans Monument on Claiborne Avenue Friday night, cutting ropes and taking off with the flags. “It’s a shame that somebody, whatever patriotism they should have, they don’t have it,” said Marsh …

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Incumbent for Brooksville City Council taking challenge seriously - St. Petersburg Times

Friday, October 31st, 2008

BROOKSVILLE — Better than most incumbents, Brooksville Mayor David Pugh understands the danger of underestimating your opponents. As a political newcomer in 2004, Pugh toppled a much more experienced politician, former two-term council member Pat …

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Dispatch from Edgar Springs - Financial Times

Friday, October 31st, 2008

The US Census Bureau has the exact spot mapped out with latitude and longitude down to six decimal places, but the locals are rather vague about what that means in reality. Anyways, as they say round here, it seems to be a couple of miles east of …

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Boy Scout speaks to Rotary Club - Star News Online

Friday, October 31st, 2008

Nathan Miller was the guest speaker Thursday at Burgaw Rotary Club. Nathan, who was introduced by his father, Rotarian Greg Miller, is a Life Scout with Boy Scout Troop 242 in Burgaw. He is working on his Eagle Scout project and is planning on …

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Film review: Choke - Stuff

Friday, October 31st, 2008

This is an odd time of year at the multiplex. The American summer blockbusters have all finished their runs, but the end-of-year, top-shelf Oscar bait is being held back till the last possible moment. And so, around October and November, the studios …

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Plainview soph golfer nails hole in one at WinStar - Daily Ardmoreite

Friday, October 31st, 2008

The 14th hole at the WinStar Golf Course was no match for Payton Ellis on Saturday. Ellis, a sophomore at Plainview High School, used a 7-iron to sink her first ever hole in one on the WinStar’s 116-yard Par 3. Ellis, 15, has been playing golf …

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Film review: Choke - Stuff.co.nz

Friday, October 31st, 2008

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Simi Town Center’s annual tree-lighting spectacular is Nov. 21-22 - Ventura County Star

Friday, October 31st, 2008

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Situation normal, all fouled up - The Australian

Friday, October 31st, 2008

ON the evening of September 11 this year, a small circle of American diplomats and soldiers stood around the main flag pole at the US embassy in Kabul performing a quiet ceremony in memory of the attack seven years earlier that brought the Americans …

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Vandals cause thousands in damage - Fremont News Messenger

Friday, October 31st, 2008

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