Saturday, July 01, 2006

Westcor targets luxury travelers with shopping tour



Arizona Republic, AZ - 9 hours ago... for the International Council of Shopping Centers in New York City. ... of visitors at eight of the city's high-end ... would buy one of Westcor's new shopping tours ...
Source: www.azcentral.com

Caribbean Week New York 2006 Lights Up New York City With A Series ...
TravelVideo.tv (press release) - Jun 20, 2006... with Caribbean nationals living and working in New York City. ... were a number of local politicians from New York. ... included two weddings and a Vacation Mart where ...
Source: travelvideo.tv

Bombay's Boom
TIME - Jun 27, 2006... As the subcontinent's New York City, Bombay is built not on ... 21, I came to India for a vacation, met someone ... she stuck with Bombay, and the city quickly became ...
Source: time.com

History of US Table Tennis Vol VI
USA Table Tennis - Jun 26, 2006... there (appearing only in New York �for some token play and a vacation?) was Japan ... I was introduced to Emil Muceran of New York City , a past or present vice ...
Source: www.usatt.org

Thursday, June 29, 2006

J-Mac Could Win an ESPY 



And the ESPY goes to ... Could be J-Mac. Greece Athena's Jason McElwain is one of the nominees for a "best moment" ESPY. The autistic basketball manager from Greece Athena got into one game last season and hit six three pointers.
Source: www.rnews.com

Two Nabbed in Large-Scale Drug Bust 
Authorities charged 19 western New York residents, including two from Geneva, in connection with a large-scale cocaine trafficking and gang operation.
Source: www.rnews.com

Firefighters Rescue Woman in Gorge 
Rochester firefighters rescued a woman from the Genesee River gorge Wednesday morning. Firefighters responded to the gorge near the High Falls Brewery around 7 a.m. Police had been talking to a woman on the side of the gorge when she fell at least 75 feet to the rocks below.
Source: www.rnews.com

Hospital Completes Renovations 



Cancer patients and their families can hopefully feel more comfortable at Rochester General Hospital. RGH completed six years of renovations to its Department of Radiation and Oncology.
Source: www.rnews.com

Student Loan Rates Jump July 1 
Interest rates on federal student loans are going up by two-percent this Saturday. College students, graduates and parents have been clogging lenders phone lines, consolidating and locking in today's rates before the July 1st deadline.
Source: www.rnews.com

Beck and Michel Gondry, Together Again 



Back in 1997, director Michel Gondry helmed the clip for Beck 's "Deadweight" (from the soundtrack to the forgettable film A Life Less Ordinary ). It lived up to both artists' high standards of video awesomeness: everything is backwards (Beck works at the beach and goes on vacation at the office; his room has photographs all over the walls and wallpaper in picture frames, etc.), Beck interacts
Source: www.pitchforkmedia.com

Opportunities await 
When Dominika Dziedzic signed up to spend the summer in the United States, she was a little nervous about leaving her home country of Poland for four months.
Source: www.centralohio.com

Local Program Gets Federal Grant 
A local program is one of dozens nationwide to be awarded a grant from the Department of Labor. Rochester Landscape Technicians Program will receive a $75,000 grant to help hard to serve people prepare for employment opportunities in the green industry.
Source: www.rnews.com

Judge Postpones Spahalski Trial 
A judge has postponed the murder trial of a Rochester man accused of killing four people. Robert Spahalski's trial was scheduled to start July 31st. The delay is so Spahalski's lawyer can decide whether to offer an insanity defense.
Source: www.rnews.com

Tuesday, June 27, 2006

Fuel tax magic, part two



Grist Magazine, WA - Jun 25, 2006... a guest essay from Charles Komanoff, an economist and environmental activist in New York City. ... buying a roadworthy bicycle or selling the far-away vacation home ...
Source: gristmill.grist.org

Bellying Up to Some Bargains in New York's Bars
New York Times, United States - Jun 23, 2006... do is get a handle on the city's nearly endless ... and Rink too touristy, a deeper New York scene that ... network if, sadly, you have taken your laptop on vacation. ...
Source: travel2.nytimes.com

It's hard work for Americans to take it easy
Dowagiac Daily News,  USA - 19 hours ago... Who among us has not gasped, "I need a vacation from my vacation?". ... why I've been to Arizona but not the Grand Canyon and Cooperstown but not New York City. ...
Source: www.dowagiacnews.com

Monday, June 26, 2006

Rochester Man Shot Dead In Driveway 



A Rochester man is dead after he was shot Sunday morning on the city's west side. Police say the 25-year-old man was found lying in the driveway of his Madison Park home around 2:30 a.m.
Source: www.rnews.com

Firefighter Burned At City Blaze 
A Rochester firefighter was injured trying to put out a fire at a city home Sunday morning. Investigators say the fire burned through this single family home on Seward St. around 2:30 a.m.
Source: www.rnews.com