Grants Pass officials arrest ten in arson investigation (The Oregonian)
Police in Grants Pass said they arrested ten people -- nine of them juveniles -- on accusations of setting at least 34 fires in the southern Oregon town during the past 18 months. During a news conference this morning, and...
Toowoomba storm season safety checklist (Toowoomba Chronicle)
Are you prepared for storm season in Toowoomba? Toowoomba residents began preparing for the storm season early this year with a series of spectacular light shows kicking off an early start to the spring/summer storm season in south-east Queensland.
Inkwells Once Came In Fanciful Shapes And Sizes (Hartford Courant)
Writing a letter? You're probably using a ballpoint pen or a computer. But our ancestors used other writing instruments.
Bailout perplexes Utah's small businesses owners (The Salt Lake Tribune)
Plenty of customers still come to Fran Brown's salon in Layton for the pleasure of a pedicure or a haircut, but the economy has dropped in for a trim, too.
Kovels: Inkwells obsolete but valued (The Star-Ledger)
This boat-shaped milk glass inkwell was patented in 1870. It has a pewter top decorated with an anchor and chair. It sold for $160 at a Glass Works auction in East Greenville, Pa. Writing a letter? You're probably using a...
Northeast preps for rain as Hanna aims at Carolina (Republican-American)
BOSTON ? Emergency managers in southern New England urged residents Friday to keep a watchful eye on Hanna, a tropical storm preparing to bear down on the mid-Atlantic then move quickly north along the coast.
SES warns to make homes storm safe (The Maitland Mercury)
Gangajang sang about lightning cracking over cane fields as a quintessential Australian scene.
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