TechBits package (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Published:Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:13:01 GMT
Kiva.org has spent the past 3 1/2 years raising money on the Internet to finance destitute entrepreneurs in 44 impoverished countries. Now in a sign of the economy's spreading despair, the online microlender is reaching out to low-income entrepreneurs in the United States....
Published:Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:13:01 GMT
Kiva.org has spent the past 3 1/2 years raising money on the Internet to finance destitute entrepreneurs in 44 impoverished countries. Now in a sign of the economy's spreading despair, the online microlender is reaching out to low-income entrepreneurs in the United States....
The Philadelphia Zoo (The Morning Call)
Published:Thu, 11 Jun 2009 08:05:44 GMT
What: Chartered in 1859 by the Zoological Society of Philadelphia, the 42-acre zoo was the first in the nation. Celebrating its 150th anniversary all year, the zoo has more than 1,300 animals and recently opened the state-of-the-art McNeil Avian Center to showcase more than 100 tropical birds....
Published:Thu, 11 Jun 2009 08:05:44 GMT
What: Chartered in 1859 by the Zoological Society of Philadelphia, the 42-acre zoo was the first in the nation. Celebrating its 150th anniversary all year, the zoo has more than 1,300 animals and recently opened the state-of-the-art McNeil Avian Center to showcase more than 100 tropical birds....
Dame Judi Dench does the Telegraph crossword on Cranford set (Daily Telegraph)
Published:Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:17:41 GMT
Dame Judi Dench took time out from learning her lines on the set of BBC drama serial Cranford to tackle The Daily Telegraph crossword....
Published:Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:17:41 GMT
Dame Judi Dench took time out from learning her lines on the set of BBC drama serial Cranford to tackle The Daily Telegraph crossword....
Make the Sunday crossword bigger (Daily Record)
Published:Tue, 09 Jun 2009 08:20:00 GMT
One of my weekend pleasures was doing the Sunday crossword puzzle in the Daily Record. Forget it now. The print is much too small. I don't have any eyesight problem and refuse to sit with a magnifying glass. I've been tempted to cancel my subscription and may still do it....
Published:Tue, 09 Jun 2009 08:20:00 GMT
One of my weekend pleasures was doing the Sunday crossword puzzle in the Daily Record. Forget it now. The print is much too small. I don't have any eyesight problem and refuse to sit with a magnifying glass. I've been tempted to cancel my subscription and may still do it....
June 4 Crossword Contenders (San Diego Reader)
Published:Tue, 09 Jun 2009 01:50:45 GMT
Flo Abena, Rancho Penasquitos, 22. AP Chem stands for Ate Pocky. Mary Arana, Encinitas, 22. Royalty - great word card game. Shannon Barry, Pine Valley, 22....
Published:Tue, 09 Jun 2009 01:50:45 GMT
Flo Abena, Rancho Penasquitos, 22. AP Chem stands for Ate Pocky. Mary Arana, Encinitas, 22. Royalty - great word card game. Shannon Barry, Pine Valley, 22....
Bing swing: New search engine ups Microsoft share (Boston Herald)
Published:Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:05:19 GMT
SEATTLE - In the week since Microsoft Corp. launched Bing, its new search engine, the software maker's share of U.S. Web searches has crept into double digits for the......
Published:Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:05:19 GMT
SEATTLE - In the week since Microsoft Corp. launched Bing, its new search engine, the software maker's share of U.S. Web searches has crept into double digits for the......
Fill in the clues to win signed limited-edition Oxfam book (Edinburgh Evening News)
Published:Wed, 10 Jun 2009 08:40:34 GMT
OXFAM shops in Edinburgh have launched a cryptic crossword competition and are offering a signed, limited-edition book as the top prize....
Published:Wed, 10 Jun 2009 08:40:34 GMT
OXFAM shops in Edinburgh have launched a cryptic crossword competition and are offering a signed, limited-edition book as the top prize....
Review: 'Glengarry Glen Ross' a must-see (The Morning Call)
Published:Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:19:13 GMT
Memorable acting and tight direction mark the Pennsylvania Playhouse production of ''Glengarry Glen Ross.'' David Mamet's drama is about four desperate and ruthless real estate salesman who will do anything to get leads. The characters make all the difference here, and their aggession, fears and anxiety all come alive to create a realistic story that holds you all the way. Be warned: graphic ......
Published:Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:19:13 GMT
Memorable acting and tight direction mark the Pennsylvania Playhouse production of ''Glengarry Glen Ross.'' David Mamet's drama is about four desperate and ruthless real estate salesman who will do anything to get leads. The characters make all the difference here, and their aggession, fears and anxiety all come alive to create a realistic story that holds you all the way. Be warned: graphic ......
57 Washington community-college students earn four-year degrees (Seattle Times)
Published:Thu, 11 Jun 2009 07:17:49 GMT
This month, 57 students in Washington will break new ground by being the first to graduate with baccalaureate degrees from community colleges....
Published:Thu, 11 Jun 2009 07:17:49 GMT
This month, 57 students in Washington will break new ground by being the first to graduate with baccalaureate degrees from community colleges....
