Feb 29 2008
COACH Dave Clark insists psychological damage from this Northern Rail Cup beating will be minimal.But after one of the club’s heaviest-ever defeats the mental scars, for some, will take longer to heal than the physical ones.Clark made no apologies for fielding this raw and inexperienced squad with Sunday’s home game with Leigh Centurions in mind.Only […]
Feb 29 2008
The Fix had the unique opportunity yesterday to sit down with four governors mentioned as potential vice presidential picks for their respective parties this November as part of the PostTalk show.In our conversations — edited video versions of which you can find below — an interesting but far from surprising trend emerged. The more serious […]
Feb 29 2008
GASTONIA — Gastonia Police say a 27-year-old man who tried to rob a cab driver Tuesday morning got a gun pointed at him instead of the money he was looking to steal.Gastonia Police Sgt. Mike Lari gave this account of what happened:Around 12:40 a.m. William Manney, 46, of Grove Street in Gastonia pulled into a […]
Feb 28 2008
Pete Seeger, now 88, has songs that he’s been singing for decades all over this land.The folk singer, songwriter and activist has raised his voice for organized labor, peace and civil rights.And he’s largely managed to elude the trappings of celebrity. He and his wife of nearly 65 years live simply in a log cabin […]
Feb 28 2008
The current meme about the Kindle is that Amazon’s e-book reader is a monster success and is heralding the end of the hardcopy paper book. If that notion wasn’t strange enough, some industry observers point to Amazon’s purchase of Audible as another boost for its content platform. The fly in the ointment is Apple […]
Feb 28 2008
The man drought broke momentarily at Bondi Beach yesterday when nine of the nation’s most eligible bachelors displayed their wares for the cameras.A research scientist, a broker, a designer, a musician and a gaggle of television presenters posed in various degrees of bare-chestedness on the day they were named among the nation’s 50 most eligible […]
Feb 28 2008
Tendrich helped area residents weather some pretty tough storm seasons — with all the seriousness required, and a sense of humor. He worked alongside co-anchors Roxanne Stein and Jon Favole for a decade.He is leaving television all together, but isn’t leaving the area.He’ll be working alongside his father, Steve Tendrich, who owns Tendrich Companies, a […]
Feb 28 2008
Bloomington State Representative Dan Brady says he can’t see a scenario in which he would run for the 11th Congressional District now that Republican Tim Balderman has decided he can’t balance the candidacy with his jobs as mayor and police chief in two suburban communities.Brady last year considered a run, but decided against it because […]
Feb 27 2008
by Mark SilvaThe Ohio debate last night between Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama drew 7.8 million viewers, MSNBC reports — a record for the network.The cable news network’s coverage of the debate ran “second only” to American Idol in its time slot. Not since the start of the Iraq war — a subject which […]