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table border=2 width=100% valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif div style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1/divdiv class=lha rel=nofollow target=_blank href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/1-0fd=Rurl=http://www.guampdn.com/article/20081217/NEWS01/812170321/1002cid=0ei=deJHSfaeKIOUwwGQwpCvDQusg=AFQjCNFNbP7h2Cj8KaKLqSPyDJ4z9s7cdQAK president Hernandez leaving Guam/a Pacific Daily News,nbsp;GUnbsp;- 1 minute ago 27 to take on a new assignment in Santiago, Chile, as bregional/b director of Inchscape South America, the parent company of AK. He will oversee Inchscape ./div/td/tr/td/tr/tabletable border=2 width=100% valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=topbAssualt on LRA – Hopes and Fears - IWPR/bnbsp;SANapos;A, Yemen — An official from the oil company Total says Somali pirates have hijacked one of its tugboats off the Yemeni coast. The Yemen-based Total SA official says the tugboat is carrying a crew of Indonesians and other nationalities. He says ... a href=http://www.iwpr.net/?p=lt;pgt;No%20item%20found.lt;/pgt;amp;s=famp;o=348582amp;apc_state=henh rel=nofollow target=_blankgt;gt;/a/td/tr/tabletable border=2 width=100% valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=topbZNP looking for birders for National Audubon Society Christmas bird count (Saint George Spectrum)/bnbsp;Math is in the blood of one Cedar Rapids family.Evan Gaebler, 17, became this fall the fifth child in his family to receive a perfect score of 800 on the SAT Math 2 subject test.Two more kids are still to come.Evan received his perfect score in November. The Math 2 test consists of problems are a couple levels above the regular math test in the SAT.For many kids, the math section in the normal ...a href=http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/regional/SIG=12937rs8p/http%3A//www.thespectrum.com/article/20081216/NEWS01/81216005/1001/NEWS rel=nofollow target=_blankgt;gt;/a/td/tr/tabletable border=2 width=100% valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=topbOnline future underscored in bumper figures for newspapers/bnbsp;More Britons than ever visited newspaper websites in November, with The Guardian topping the list and the New York Times becoming more popular in the UK than the FT, according to research from Nielsen Online.a href=http://www.brandrepublic.com/News/MostEmailed/869511/Online-future-underscored-bumper-figures-newspapers/ rel=nofollow target=_blankgt;gt;/a/td/tr/tabletable border=2 width=100% valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif div style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1/divdiv class=lha rel=nofollow target=_blank href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/2-0fd=Rurl=http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/24-12162008-1638905.htmlcid=0ei=deJHSfaeKIOUwwGQwpCvDQusg=AFQjCNHhqNpmE5b4Hrs9N2I1gA8SL4R2TgTeams aboard warship on lookout for Somali pirates/a phillyBurbs.com,nbsp;PAnbsp;- 1 minute ago The US has circulated a draft UN Security Council resolution proposing that all nations and bregional/b groups cooperating with Somalia#39;s government in the ./div/td/tr/td/tr/tabletable border=2 width=100% valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=topbSomali pirates seize oil firmapos;s tugboat off Yemen - Huffingtonpost.com/bnbsp;ORAN, Algeria -- OPEC oil ministers arriving Tuesday amid tight security to this rain-soaked port city raised expectations that the group will slice output significantly when it meets the following day. The presence of a high-level delegation from ... a href=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20081216/piracy rel=nofollow target=_blankgt;gt;/a/td/tr/tabletable border=2 width=100% valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=topbFamily's remarkable string of SAT math aces alive and well (The Gazette)/bnbsp;Published: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 at 11:05 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 at 11:12 a.m. A company that provides services to utilities in the Carolinas plans to move its headquarters and operations to Spartanburg County, the S.C. Department of Commerce announced Tuesday.a href=http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/regional/SIG=12fkl89j1/http%3A//gazetteonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081216/NEWS/712169992 rel=nofollow target=_blankgt;gt;/a/td/tr/tabletable border=2 width=100% valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=topbWyoming soldier dies after road march/bnbsp;Trained to endure pain without complaint, Moneeka VanderGeld likely said nothing to her Army superiors about the weeklong burning discomfort in her chest.a href=http://www.mlive.com/news/grpress/index.ssf?/base/news-45/1229436922208910.xmlamp;coll=6 rel=nofollow target=_blankgt;gt;/a/td/tr/tabletable border=2 width=100% valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif div style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1/divdiv class=lha rel=nofollow target=_blank href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/3-0fd=Rurl=http://heraldsun.southernheadlines.com/business/wire/22-1047144.cfmcid=0ei=deJHSfaeKIOUwwGQwpCvDQusg=AFQjCNGTLjERtBEnhmfCnlSVJCrY9iNJDQTeams aboard warship on lookout for Somali pirates/a Durham Herald Sun,nbsp;NCnbsp;- 2 minutes ago The US has circulated a draft UN Security Council resolution proposing that all nations and bregional/b groups cooperating with Somalia#39;s government in the ./div/td/tr/td/tr/tabletable border=2 width=100% valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=topbOPEC set for major output cut later this week - Washington Post/bnbsp;Mark Fleshner was named regional president by Citizens Bank. He will oversee 73 Citizens Bank and Famp;M Bank offices in Wisconsin, Iowa and Michiganapos;s Upper Peninsula from his office in Allouez, 1601 S. Webster Ave. Fleshner will succeed Randy Peterson ... a href=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/16/AR2008121600523.html rel=nofollow target=_blankgt;gt;/a/td/tr/tabletable border=2 width=100% valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=topbRegional Utility Services to locate in Spartanburg County, create 202 jobs (Spartanburg Herald-Journal)/bnbsp;The Dutch sailors aboard a warship scanned the waters off Somalia for an entire month, but they never once saw a pirate - nor fired their weapons except for target practice.a href=http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/regional/SIG=14ptuarnf/http%3A//www.goupstate.com/article/20081216/NEWS/812160283/1083/NEWS03?Title=Regional_Utility_Services_to_locate_in_Spartanburg_County__create_202_jobs rel=nofollow target=_blankgt;gt;/a/td/tr/tabletable border=2 width=100% valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=topbPirate hijack a humble tug boat/bnbsp;PIRATES have hijacked a tug boat off the coast of Yemen, a regional maritime official said.a href=http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24812685-23109,00.html rel=nofollow target=_blankgt;gt;/a/td/tr/tabletable border=2 width=100% valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif div style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1/divdiv class=lha rel=nofollow target=_blank href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/4-0fd=Rurl=http://www.dailyreportonline.com/Editorial/News/singleEdit.asp%3Findividual_SQL%3D12%252F16%252F2008%254028233cid=0ei=deJHSfaeKIOUwwGQwpCvDQusg=AFQjCNF9tBYgKWCWQJE6S_ODQJTrE6wwSADelta, Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport rework loan/a Daily Report,nbsp;GAnbsp;- 2 minutes ago Those functions include the headquarters for Delta#39;s bregional/b flight operations — where Mesaba Airlines and Compass Airlines would be based. ./div/td/tr/td/tr/tabletable border=2 width=100% valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=topbCitizens Bank names Fleshner regional president - Post-Crescent/bnbsp;Regional Utility Services Inc. will open a new facility in Spartanburg County, spending more than $1 million and adding 202 jobs over the next several years, state and local officials announced today. Regional Utility offers maintenance and repair ... a href=http://www.postcrescent.com/article/20081216/APC03/312160032 rel=nofollow target=_blankgt;gt;/a/td/tr/tabletable border=2 width=100% valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=topbTeams aboard warship on lookout for Somali pirates (Miami Herald)/bnbsp;By Zach Carter, Media Consortium MediaWire blogger As Congress finally winds down what House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank, D-Mass., refers to as the... a href=http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/regional/SIG=120131g2g/http%3A//www.miamiherald.com/business/nation/story/815131.html rel=nofollow target=_blankgt;gt;/a/td/tr/tabletable border=2 width=100% valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=topbTeams aboard warship on lookout for Somali pirates/bnbsp;The Dutch sailors aboard a warship scanned the waters off Somalia for an entire month, but they never once saw a pirate - nor fired their weapons except for target practice.a href=http://www.sanluisobispo.com/business/national/story/560972.html rel=nofollow target=_blankgt;gt;/a/td/tr/tabletable border=2 width=100% valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif div style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1/divdiv class=lha rel=nofollow target=_blank href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/5-0fd=Rurl=http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/246529,extra-calderon-calls-for-safer-environment-for-investment.htmlcid=0ei=deJHSfaeKIOUwwGQwpCvDQusg=AFQjCNEvVZai2hopy6wSRFPXayMdzDzkswEXTRA: Calderon calls for safer environment for investment/a Earthtimes (press release),nbsp;UKnbsp;- 2 minutes ago quot;The answer is to open (borders) and to achieve an even greater capacity for economic and commercial integration at the bregional/b level,quot; Calderon said. ./div/td/tr/td/tr/tabletable border=2 width=100% valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=topbRegional Utility Services opening new Spartanburg facility - The State/bnbsp;¡¥The expansion of the P4 is also important because it will add new variables to the strategic environment of the Asia-Pacific region.¡¦ APEC¡¦s 16th Summit was held in Lima, Peru, last month. Without a question, the Taiwanese public and media ... a href=http://www.thestate.com/breakingbiz/story/623143.html rel=nofollow target=_blankgt;gt;/a/td/tr/tabletable border=2 width=100% valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=topbThe Media Consortium: Weekly Audit: A Year of Bad Decisions Economy Newsladder (HuffingtonPost)/bnbsp;CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Philippines - The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) summoned Tuesday five officers of the Cagayan de Oro City Police Office (Cocpo) in connection with the killing of a 30-year-old man.a href=http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/regional/SIG=12u4bagme/http%3A//www.huffingtonpost.com/the-media-consortium/weekly-audit-a-year-of-ba_b_151425.html rel=nofollow target=_blankgt;gt;/a/td/tr/tabletable border=2 width=100% valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=topbWest-East Relations: Time to Engage With the SCO/bnbsp;A Dutch officer-researcher argues that the EU and NATO should work closely with a security grouping dominated by Russia and China.a href=http://www.tol.cz/look/TOL/article.tpl?IdLanguage=1amp;IdPublication=4amp;NrIssue=300amp;NrSection=4amp;NrArticle=20260 rel=nofollow target=_blankgt;gt;/a/td/tr/tabletable border=2 width=100% valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif div style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1/divdiv class=lha rel=nofollow target=_blank href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/6-0fd=Rurl=http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp%3Fidnews%3D45135cid=0ei=deJHSfaeKIOUwwGQwpCvDQusg=AFQjCNGDmwHg3k4c1u3KTdzhntF6Li-vRQQamp;A: quot;We Should Go Beyond Development Aidquot; Vis-à-vis Africa/a Inter Press Service,nbsp;Italynbsp;- 3 minutes ago At the Lisbon Summit we decided to build four pillars: good governance, development, peace and security, and finally trade and bregional/b integration. ./div/td/tr/td/tr/tabletable border=2 width=100% valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=topbThe challenges of regional bodies - Taipei Times/bnbsp;Centered in Phoenix and Tucson, a beneficial net covers Arizona communities from Ajo to Nogales to Yuma, the New Mexico communities of Bloomfield, Crownpoint, Gallup, Shiprock and Tohatchi and Utah’s Fort Duchesne and Salt Lake City. The ... a href=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2008/12/17/2003431334 rel=nofollow target=_blankgt;gt;/a/td/tr/tabletable border=2 width=100% valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=topbNBI summons 5 police officers in Cagayan de Oro (GMA News)/bnbsp; A multi-national military operation in the Democratic Republic of Congo aimed at forcing a Ugandan rebel group back to talks to end a two-decade-old civil war will last several weeks, Ugandan officials said Tuesday.a href=http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/regional/SIG=12mco2evc/http%3A//www.gmanews.tv/story/139752/NBI-summons-5-police-officers-in-Cagayan-de-Oro rel=nofollow target=_blankgt;gt;/a/td/tr/tabletable border=2 width=100% valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=topbquot;Single windowquot; system for giving permission to constructions being.../bnbsp;Minister said those applying to the ministry for carrying out construction can get judgment on construction by appealing to one body within the allotted time.a href=http://www.today.az/news/business/49621.html rel=nofollow target=_blankgt;gt;/a/td/tr/tabletable border=2 width=100% valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif div style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1/divdiv class=lha rel=nofollow target=_blank href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/7-0fd=Rurl=http://www.nbc13.com/vtm/news/local/article/food_getting_cheaper_in_alabama/51340/cid=0ei=deJHSfaeKIOUwwGQwpCvDQusg=AFQjCNGvTK3e2H0fj-AbR28TcYBTZs5fKgFood getting cheaper in Alabama/a NBC13.com,nbsp;ALnbsp;- 3 minutes ago A look at bregional/b costs showed the lowest market basket was $51.21 in northwest Alabama. It was highest in south Alabama at $54.16. ./div/td/tr/td/tr/tabletable border=2 width=100% valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=topbTelemedicine protects AZ, regional communities - Nogales International/bnbsp;GROW or die: that is the stark choice facing regional universities, which must merge with rural campuses of metropolitan institutions, and one another, to survive, the report by the Bradley review of higher education says. The findings, to be ... a href=http://www.nogalesinternational.com/articles/2008/12/16/news/doc4947cbd3c9002965484280.txt rel=nofollow target=_blankgt;gt;/a/td/tr/tabletable border=2 width=100% valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=topbMilitary drive against Uganda rebels will last weeks: minister (AFP via Yahoo! News)/bnbsp;Technip confirms the expansion of its state-of-the-art Angoflex umbilical manufacturing plant in Lobito, Angola to meet growing demand for longer length and larger diameter products on the West African market.a href=http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/regional/SIG=1323lh0ff/http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081216/wl_africa_afp/ugandaunrestrebelsdrcongosudan_081216171129 rel=nofollow target=_blankgt;gt;/a/td/tr/tabletable border=2 width=100% valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=topbWolf Lake recreation area gets preliminary OK/bnbsp;A lake along the Indiana Toll Road could get trails and an amphitheater under a proposal given preliminary approval by a Northwest Indiana Regional Development Authority committee.a href=http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/stateamp;id=6558040 rel=nofollow target=_blankgt;gt;/a/td/tr/tabletable border=2 width=100% valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif div style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1/divdiv class=lha rel=nofollow target=_blank href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/8-0fd=Rurl=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122944722843910903.htmlcid=0ei=deJHSfaeKIOUwwGQwpCvDQusg=AFQjCNG9bxmz0n6gDLE3JXwaA2ju2oDoBAChina#39;s Pakistan Test/a Wall Street Journalnbsp;- 3 minutes ago It can also lend its support to a bregional/b conference of all countries affected by instability in Afghanistan and Pakistan. In the coming years, ./div/td/tr/td/tr/tabletable border=2 width=100% valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=topbMergers the key for rural universities - Bombala Times/bnbsp;As the U.S. economy tumbles into greater depths of disaster and ignominy--dragging the rest of the world with it--some countries in Latin America have decided itapos;s time to strike out on their own. At a Nov. 26 meeting in Caracas, barely mentioned in ... a href=http://bombala.yourguide.com.au/news/national/national/general/mergers-the-key-for-rural-universities/1388119.aspx rel=nofollow target=_blankgt;gt;/a/td/tr/tabletable border=2 width=100% valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=topbTechnip Spreads Its Wings in West Africa, Expands Umbilical Facilities (Rigzone)/bnbsp;A Tuareg rebel faction claimed on Tuesday to have kidnapped a Canadian diplomat serving as a United Nations envoy to Niger, whose vehicle was found abandoned outside the capital, Niamey.a href=http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/regional/SIG=11mcb5qvk/http%3A//www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=70761 rel=nofollow target=_blankgt;gt;/a/td/tr/tabletable border=2 width=100% valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=topbWesttown man killed, woman injured in car-pedestrian crash/bnbsp;Police have identified the Westtown couple in their 70s who were hit by a car Monday night on Highland Avenue in Middletown.a href=http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081216/NEWS/81216024/-1/rss01 rel=nofollow target=_blankgt;gt;/a/td/tr/tabletable border=2 width=100% valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif div style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1/divdiv class=lha rel=nofollow target=_blank href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/9-0fd=Rurl=http://charlotte.bizjournals.com/charlotte/stories/2008/12/15/daily22.html%3Fana%3Dsource_charlottenewssitemapcid=0ei=deJHSfaeKIOUwwGQwpCvDQusg=AFQjCNEo8Y4e--1XcGGzdju17elpN5u21QWells veteran to lead eastern region/a Charlotte Business Journal,nbsp;NCnbsp;- 3 minutes ago Laura Schulte, who has spent 26 years at Wells Fargo, is currently bregional/b president of community banking for California, Oregon, Washington, ./div/td/tr/td/tr/tabletable border=2 width=100% valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=topbCoping with Crisis, Latin America Bucks the System - Common Dreams/bnbsp;Ken Traxler of Bemidji was chosen as one of six regional winners of ESPN’s “Legends of Football” promotion recently. As a regional winner, Traxler received a trip for two to last week’s National Football League Monday night game between the ... a href=http://www.commondreams.org/view/2008/12/16-7 rel=nofollow target=_blankgt;gt;/a/td/tr/tabletable border=2 width=100% valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=topbCanadian envoy ‘seized by Niger rebels’ (Financial Times)/bnbsp;MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — There's good news for Alabama consumers, just in time for the Christmas holiday season.a href=http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/regional/SIG=127hrku7c/http%3A//www.ft.com/cms/s/0/58086fa4-cb86-11dd-ba02-000077b07658.html rel=nofollow target=_blankgt;gt;/a/td/tr/tabletable border=2 width=100% valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=topbFiber optic link to improve Va road communications/bnbsp;The Virginia Department of Transportation is installing two 25-mile-long fiber optic cables in the median of Interstate 81 between Salem and Christiansburg to improve emergency communications.a href=http://www.dailypress.com/news/local/virginia/dp-va--vdotnetwork1216dec16,0,5003982.story rel=nofollow target=_blankgt;gt;/a/td/tr/tableregional - Google News table border=2 width=100% valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=topbBemidji men meet NFL legends as part of ESPN contest - Bemidji Pioneer/bnbsp;a href=http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/articles/index.cfm?id=20175 rel=nofollow target=_blankgt;gt;/a/td/tr/tabletable border=2 width=100% valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=topbAla. food prices tumble (Pensacola News Journal)/bnbsp;a href=http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/regional/SIG=12jembusa/http%3A//www.pensacolanewsjournal.com/article/20081216/NEWS01/81216013/1003/RSS04 rel=nofollow target=_blankgt;gt;/a/td/tr/tabletable border=2 width=100% valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=topbMergers and money pushed in uni review/bnbsp;Bradley review ... increased deregulation has been recommended to lift Australian universities.a href=http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24812552-421,00.html rel=nofollow target=_blankgt;gt;/a/td/tr/tabletable border=2 width=100% valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=topbZoo has rare exhibits with snow/bnbsp;Visitors to the Zoo can get a rare glimpse of Oregon Zoo animals enjoying the snow this week.a href=http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20081216/UPDATE/81216013 rel=nofollow target=_blankgt;gt;/a/td/tr/tabletable border=2 width=100% valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=topbHoliday season in crisis as Thai tourism plummets/bnbsp;The palm-fringed island of Samui normally fills up for the holidays, but what stands out these days is its emptiness.a href=http://www.sanluisobispo.com/business/national/story/560916.html rel=nofollow target=_blankgt;gt;/a/td/tr/tabletable border=2 width=100% valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=topbSloatsburg Public Library donates books to Bergen Regional Medical Center/bnbsp;Sloatsburg Public Library located at One Liberty Rock Road in Sloatsburg, New York recently delivered more than 300 paper back and hard cover books, puzzles and audio books for the benefit of the patients and ...a href=http://www.paramuspost.com/article.php/2008121611102523 rel=nofollow target=_blankgt;gt;/a/td/tr/tabletable border=2 width=100% valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=topbGlobal warming outlook dire for Rogue Valley/bnbsp;A new report by Oregon researchers says if global warming isn't curbed, summer temperatures in the Rogue River Valley could rise as much as 15 degrees by 2080, making the weather there similar to Sacramento's. ...a href=http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20081216/UPDATE/81216008 rel=nofollow target=_blankgt;gt;/a/td/tr/tabletable border=2 width=100% valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=topbRecreation area along toll road gets preliminary OK/bnbsp;Hammond - A lake along the Indiana Toll Road could get trails and an amphitheater under a proposal given preliminary approval by a Northwest Indiana Regional Development Authority committee.a href=http://www.wthr.com/Global/story.asp?S=9529800 rel=nofollow target=_blankgt;gt;/a/td/tr/tabletable border=2 width=100% valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=topbFood prices tumble, according to Ala. farmers/bnbsp;There's good news for Alabama consumers, just in time for the Christmas holiday season.a href=http://www.whnt.com/Global/story.asp?S=9531254 rel=nofollow target=_blankgt;gt;/a/td/tr/tabletable border=2 width=100% valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=topbClinton downs Tahanto in Tip-Off, SLA loses/bnbsp;The Clinton High School girls basketball team started the 2008-2009 season on a high note last Thursday night.a href=http://www.telegram.com/article/20081216/COULTER01/812160673 rel=nofollow target=_blankgt;gt;/a/td/tr/tabletable border=2 width=100% valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=topbSchools canceled; shelters remain open/bnbsp;Clinton Public Schools, which were closed on Monday, Dec. 15, following Thursday night's ice storm, have been canceled for Tuesday, Dec.a href=http://www.telegram.com/article/20081216/COULTER01/812160671 rel=nofollow target=_blankgt;gt;/a/td/tr/tabletable border=2 width=100% valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=topbElderly, disabled can get help with winter heat bills/bnbsp;A few more elderly and disabled Coloradans will be eligible for property tax, rent and heat rebates after the first of the year.a href=http://www.lamarledger.com/news/2008/dec/16/elderly-disabled-can-get-help-winter-heat-bills/?partner=RSS rel=nofollow target=_blankgt;gt;/a/td/tr/tabletable border=2 width=100% valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=topbHiding from Kirkuk/bnbsp;The city of Kirkuk remains a dangerous flashpoint in Iraq. But who will grasp the nettle? ) In a recent article for Cif I mentioned that Iraq still has a sensitive political arena that could explode at any ...a href=http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/dec/16/iraq-kurds rel=nofollow target=_blankgt;gt;/a/td/tr/tableb /b