Kick-Starting Israel's Place In SpaceMonday, September 6, 2010 @ 7:23PMby Rivka Van Der Meer Tel Aviv, Israel (SPX) Sep 07, 2010 With a promised $80 million cash injection every year for the next five years, its lucrative defense and communications industries as a solid base, and a new satellite research accord with NASA, Israel is looking to space as its newest high-tech business frontier.
Londoners Plan to Take to Bikes, Boats, Taxis in Tube StrikeMonday, September 6, 2010 @ 6:57PMLondoners plan to take to boats, bikes, taxis, and their own two feet to get to work today, with as many as 10,000 Tube workers staging the first of a series of 24-hour strikes over planned job cuts.
Three challenge Ka'u incumbentMonday, September 6, 2010 @ 5:05PMThe race to represent the largest County Council district involves two candidates seeking greater communication, an incumbent who won't talk to the Tribune-Herald, and a fourth political hopeful pushing job growth.
Mt. Pleasant ADC receives silver shovelMonday, September 6, 2010 @ 1:23PMIowa Area Development Group (IADC) and Access Energy Cooperative honored the Mt. Pleasant Area Development Commission with the Silver Shovel Award on Aug. 20 at the Mt. Pleasant Golf & Country Club. IADG is the business and community development leader for Iowa’s rural electric cooperatives, member municipal electric systems and independent telephone companies.
The Red ScourgeMonday, September 6, 2010 @ 12:33PMLoggers in Coeur d’Alene National Forest, which was torched in the Big Burn of 1910. Around 3 o’clock in the morning, A.J. Breitenstein awoke to his phone ringing.
Who's Often Dreading College Sendoff More? ParentsMonday, September 6, 2010 @ 10:16AMIOWA CITY, Iowa The hour when Ariana Kramer will begin her college career is fast approaching and her parents are in an office supply store, disagreeing about hanging files, of all things.
Government & Public SectorMonday, September 6, 2010 @ 9:28AMMalta is an archipelago situated in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea between Southern Italy and the Northern African coast. The total area is 316 square kilometres that consists of Malta the largest island, Gozo, Comino and other small islands that are uninhabited.
Demise of the printed word?Sunday, September 5, 2010 @ 7:54PMOne of the main topics of discussion at last week's 17th Beijing International Book Fair was not whether the printed book was dead - for some that was a given - but whether publishers might be about to die with it.
Mariner opposed proposed federal safety rule, which still has not been adoptedSunday, September 5, 2010 @ 2:30PMWASHINGTON (AP) — The company whose Gulf of Mexico oil platform erupted in flames this week cited the industry's "excellent safety record" when it opposed a proposed federal rule last year that would require offshore oil and gas operators to have safety systems aimed at reducing workers' mistakes.