annies home (Free subscription) | yesterday
Whether you are looking for aprons like your grandma had, one to impress those that you love or one to make you look extra flirty with a flair of beauty the folks over at Flirty Aprons can help you out. We adored the party pink apron we received to review for this post. So fancy and yet so useful allowed us to stay looking great under the heat and pressure of cooking for the family. The apron allows...
Hamster's Wheel (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
LGBT people born today: 1886 – Margaret Caroline Anderson – US Editor – Died 18 th October 1973 1915 – Denise Restout – French Musician / Teacher / Author / Editor – Died 9 th March 2004 1940 – Arthur Tress – US Photographer 1944 – Candy Darling – US Actress – Died 21 st March 1974 And those who died: 1991 – Freddie Mercury –...
ColoradoPols.com - Front Page (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
To be honest we don't any more, so we'll just throw up the latest report from the Colorado Springs Gazette and hopefully one of you in-the-know types can tell the group. Unionized grocery workers in Colorado are questioning why their international union has not yet approved a strike against Safeway despite assurances last week by a top international official that it would be granted "in a day...
The Mex Files (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
The plot of any number of stories (the best twist on which being in Joseph Hansen’s “Steps Going Down“) — guy fakes his death to live a “simple life” in Mexico — has made a small appearance in the “real” news (er, the gossip columns). Some guy named Patrick McDermott had his fifteen minutes of fame [...]
Hamster's Wheel (Free subscription) | 19/07/2009
LGBT people born today: 1856 – Elisabeth Marbury – US Agent – Died 22nd January 1933 1875 – Alice Dunbar Nelson – US Poet / Journalist / Activist – Died 18th September 1935 1892 – Suzanne Malherbe – French Artist – Died 19th February 1972 1923 – Joseph Hansen – US Author – Died 24th November 2004 1943 – Jerry Smith –...
Healthcare-NOW! (Free subscription) | 20/03/2009
Two United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW) local unions have joined the growing list of labor organizations voicing support for HR 676, single payer healthcare legislation introduced by Congressman John Conyers (D-MI). In South St. Paul, Minnesota, the Executive Board of UFCW Local 789 overwhelmingly endorsed HR 676 on March 10. The 7,000 member local [...]
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 05/03/2009
The Pontiac City Council told the state Financial Review Team it would offer greater details into its financial dealings in an effort to avoid the appointment of an emergency financial manager to oversee the city's finances.
The Rap Sheet (Free subscription) | 16/01/2009
In addition to Rob Kantner’s Rap Sheet write-up about Death of a Citizen, by Donald Hamilton, this “forgotten books Friday” offers a flood of posts elsewhere about overlooked older titles. Among the picks: Icebreaker, by John Gardner; The Gutter and the Grave, by Ed McBain; Last Bus to Woodstock, by Colin Dexter; Dying to Sing, by Meg Chittenden; Odds Against Tomorrow, by William...
Standing FIRM (Free subscription) | 04/12/2008
On the second roundtable (where is the table, by the way'), the panelists are talking about democracy in the New America. Melody Barnes, Domestic Policy Council for President-Elect Obama’s White House, says that Obama will be a different kind of president. She talks about Obama economic stimulus shock plan and what it will mean for hard-working [...]
The Real Barack Obama (Free subscription) | 18/11/2008
Caveat: By now we should all be used to the idea that lines cross, criss cross, and cross over again any time one attempts to trace a direct pathway between Barack Obama and anyone else. If you have tried to do this, you thoroughly understand the complexity — and frustration — of the task. In this [...]
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 31/08/2007
An Oakland County Judge on Thursday dismissed an involuntary manslaughter charge against a 22-year-old Kettering University student, who accidentally shot and killed a fellow fraternity member in June at a party in Auburn Hills.
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