| Snow Moves Through Parts Of North Texas
The heaviest snow moved through the metro area between 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. and then headed east. "It's like a mixture of snow and hail at the same time," said North Texas resident Wes Brown."Someone was saying earlier, they had a sunburn on Saturday and now this," said Weatherford resident Kim Cherryhomes. "It's typical crazy Texas weather." Early Monday morning, high winds managed to topple trees and power lines in Mineral Wells, Canton and Athens. "The wind feels like a knife," said North Texas resident Todd Howard. DFW Airport officials canceled 111 flights for Monday evening in anticipation of the weather. "It's strange," said Weatherford resident Penny Means. "We were under a tornado watch just last night, and now it's going to snow today." (© MMVIII, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.) .
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Authorities have charged a teenage boy who said he planned to hijack a commercial jetliner in an attempt to commit suicide, an FBI spokesman told CNN late Thursday.Troops could go to Pakistan...U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said Thursday that the United States is "ready, able and willing" to send troops to Pakistan if the government of the South Asian nation is interested.Flight instructor gets $5 million for catching '20th' hijacker...A Minnesota flight instructor who notified his bosses of student Zacarias Moussaoui's suspicious behavior received a $5 million reward Thursday from the State Department, two government officials told CNN.Egypt sealing parts of border with Gaza...Egyptian soldiers in riot gear formed a human chain Friday along parts of their county's border with Gaza, where tens of thousands of Palestinians have crossed back and forth with little interference for the last two days.Obama with 13-point lead in South Carolina: poll...Barack Obama has a 13-point lead on rival Hillary Clinton but his support has eroded slightly on the eve of South Carolina's Democratic presidential primary, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Friday.Clinton is unworthy?Republican presidential contenders depicted Sen.
LOOSE ENDS: Can the Girls Scouts rescue Jon Corzine?
What Governor Jon Corzine needs these days is a box of Girl Scout cookies. The value of the cookies for him and other political leaders lies not in the contents (although a few Thin Mints might provide the sugar rush for a quick mood elevation), but rather in the sales technique. The sought-after ingredient is the sweet and enthusiastic manner of the Girl Scout cookie salespersons, who have perfected the art of selling. The Governor’s folksy blue vest is getting him nowhere with asset monetization. He needs to take his clues from the girls in green, who this year are expected to sell more than 200 million boxes of cookies. As illustrated year after year after year, they work their magic on me and millions of others who just can’t say NO to their straightforward, chirpy " How would you like to buy a box of Girl Scout cookies?" The irresistible sales pitch became particularly noticeable to me during the current cookie sale campaign, which began in mid- January. Last Saturday morning, as I strolled from my house to the Palmer Square kiosk, I passed three Girl Scout cookie stations.
Dollar - 1.50 Broken, Now What?
Next week, the EZ calendar will be relatively quiet with only the ECB meeting a possible market mover. No one expects the ECB do anything but remain stationary. However, the always colorful ECB chief Jean Claude Trichet will be hard pressed to defend the bank’s unrelenting hawkishness. If he acknowledges the risk of an slowdown in the EZ economy, EURUSD could come in for some profit taking as traders will anticipate that Mr. Trichet is setting up the market for a possible rate cut in Q2 of this year. On the other hand if Mr. Trichet remains resolute in his emphasis on price stability, the euro express will continue to roll. Visit our recently updated for more resources dedicated to the Euro. – BS Yen Surges To Three Year High As Investors Dump Risk Though it couldn’t set the same exorbitant records as the Swiss franc, the Japanese yen put in for an astounding move of its own over the past week.
The answer page
The size and number of comics and crossword puzzles stay the same. We have changed the typeface and increased the size of the text in the crossword clues. Also,we moved the Fun & Games page on Sundays from Perspective to the new A&E Today section. The chess column will also appear on Sunday instead of Saturday. With more pictures and bigger type, did you reduce the number of stories?
No. Storytelling is a long tradition of The Sun. Although, the type is slightly larger, we were able to maintain space for stories through customization of the font. It's slightly more condensed and taller than the old type font. What happened to Perspective?
Ideas replaces the Perspective section with a fresh approach to hot topics and trends. What happened to the Home & Family section?
Modern Life, which replaces Home & Family, focuses on the way we live today.
Minturn at crossroads
Among the challenges and potential upside of the development: the cleanup of one of the nation's Superfund sites. Mining contamination turned Gilman into a ghost town along the route that leads to the biggest part Ginn's property. Ginn plans to revive it with affordable housing for his resort workers. He wants to put more employee dwellings a few more miles up the road in Red Cliff, a tiny hamlet accessible from the highway by a spur road that appears almost too narrow in places to accommodate two-way traffic. "People are very nervous about what's going to happen with this development," said Red Cliff resident Dan Mitchell. In mid-February, lampposts along the snowpacked main drag of Eagle Street still had holiday decorations - huge bells fashioned from red and silver tinsel.
When smaller means more
Five to 10 years ago, real estate perquisites largely were based on perceptions of deluxe upgrades, such as granite counters rather than laminate and master baths with double vanities.
Today, you can add to the mix things such as spalike baths, wine cellars, walk-in pantries, outdoor rooms, coffee bars in master bedrooms, work stations for charging cell phones, and finished garages.
Some of the impetus for better detailing of homes has come from furniture manufacturers. They are listening to their customers who say they want cabinets that look like furniture in the kitchen and bath, more efficient storage and display for plasma televisions, and computer stations or desks that gather and hide all the cords.
Furniture-style vanities for the bath are available from Kohler Co., and you also can choose your sink and faucet.
Obama makes inroads among superdelegates
As the Obama campaign has advanced the notion that the superdelegates should follow the popular vote, the Clinton campaign has countered that the superdelegates have a responsibility to do what they think is best for the Democratic Party and the nation. It even has a Web site - www.delegatehub.com - that notes none of the superdelegates is "required to cast a vote on the basis of anything other than his or her best judgment about who is the most qualified to be president." The Clinton campaign notes that it has its own defectors. It announced Thursday that Veronica Escobar, an El Paso county commissioner in Texas, was switching her support from Obama to Clinton. However, Escobar is not a superdelegate. Megan Thee contributed reporting. The discussion for this article is now closed.
Screen opinion - Rightsize Matters
Amazon this week decided to dump its DVD online rental service in favour of a slice of European player LoveFilm, which has also developed a promising downloads service with US studio support. And of course there's the Microsoft/Yahoo deal, in which online entertainment is a significant factor. But all of this leaves serious opportunities for smaller players. If the mass market requires consolidation, the niche opportunities of an increasingly long-tail business require agility and focus. The global conglomerates cannot hope to monopolise talent or profitable niche markets. Smaller players with smart business plans and an enthusiasm for new forms of distribution will play an important role in taking the YouTube generation into the business realm. A new production company from Beastie Boys producer Adam Yauch illustrates the point.
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