| Snow, cold create day off, chaos
An overnight snowfall and frigid temperatures created a day off for some, but a wintry mess for others who were without power or water due to bursting pipes. Two homeowners accidentally set fire to their homes last night while trying to thaw frozen pipes and water heaters. The arctic blast has damaged pipes at more than two dozen businesses and homes in the past two days.
Roughly 620 people were without power for six hours yesterday in the Arundel on the Bay neighborhood while Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. workers tried to fix a broken cable.
Yet the cold and the snow didn't stop mechanic Chris Adair from riding his bike to work. He bundled up in cycling tights, jersey, sweatshirt, snow board jacket, snow board gloves and two pairs of socks as he headed to his job at Capital Bicycle.
Juliet plans $75 million retail center in North Las Vegas
Juliet Cos. is building a $75 million, 325,000-square-foot power retail center called Deer Springs Crossing in North Las Vegas. The 35-acre complex at Fifth Street and Deer Springs Way will consist of 25 buildings, including a 90,000-square-foot Kohl's. J&F Construction is the general contractor, with RSJ architecture as designer. The project is a joint venture between Rome's Golden 40 LLC, the land owner, and Juliet, acting as lead developer."The development of quality shopping centers, such as Deer Springs Crossing, is vital to the existing and continuous growth of the city of North Las Vegas," said John Stewart, Juliet's vice president of development. The first phase will entail the 7.5-acre Kohl's, the project's anchor, plus a 5,000-square-foot Irish pub called "Bun Ratty" and another stand-alone restaurant pad.
East Tenn. woman has birthday dinner with family at age 111
The lady of the hour at one of Knoxville's finer restaurants was dining with her family at Regas and laughing about having another birthday. Marion Haseloff Stoutt has had quite a few. The one on January 31 was her 111th. She lived alone until she was past 100. Now, Stoutt lives at an assisted living center in Maryville and is believed to be Tennessee's oldest resident. Asked for tips on longevity, Stoutt said she never smoked or drank, but she did have a stressful job on Wall Street. She advises to be careful about what you eat and what you do. For the record, she doesn't feel 111. Asked about it, Stoutt laughed that she might feel, oh, about 105. Copyright 2007 The Associated Press.
BRIDGEWATER: Program will focus on identity theft
A consumer-awareness program on identity theft will be presented at The Avalon Assisting Living at Bridgewater 1:30 p.m. Feb. 23. This program is presented by the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance, Office of Public Affairs.
Attendees will learn about the problems caused by identity theft and effective prevention measures that can be taken to help safeguard themselves against credit card fraud, securing of bank information, driver's license duplication, and more.
Identity theft is a nationwide problem. It occurs when someone uses your personal identifying information, such as your name, Social Security number or credit card number, without your permission to commit fraud or other crimes.
The Federal Trade Commission estimates that as many as 9 million Americans have their identities stolen each year.
Centre will expedite constitution of wage board: Minister
Kochi, Feb. 11 (PTI): The Central government will expedite the constitution of a new wage board for journalists and non-journalists, Union Minister for Non-Resident Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi said today. Inaugurating the three-day annual general meeting of the Federation of PTI Employees' Unions here, he said he would use all his influence to ensure that the board was constituted without further delay and exhorted trade unions to take up matters related to retirement benefits along with the prime task of enhancing the wage structure. Lamenting that issues of the common man were not getting the importance they deserved in the media, he said journalists should focus on the problems of a major chunk of the population living below the poverty line. "While the Q1, Q2, Q3 results and marriage of film stars are hogging headlines, reports on developmental issues, suicides by farmers and problems of the common man are getting relegated to the back pages.
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