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Tokyo unveils logo for 2016 bid
AP - Hundreds of people fled this waterlogged city Saturday for higher ground as powerful Hurricane Ike threatened to unleash heavy rain and compound a disaster caused by a previous storm. Food was di... |
Great Teaching, Not Buildings, Make Great Schools
The Tokyo 2016 Olympic Games Bid Committee on Tuesday unveiled its logo for the city's bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympics. Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara, Tsunekazu Takeda, president of the Ja...... |
Coolest places in Spain
As happens in many urban school systems, D.C. school and D.C. Council officials have been in a tiff over the repair and renovation of aging buildings. Nobody wants children to walk into schools with p... |
Man returns from vacation, finds $107,000 stolen in 72 debit card withdrawals
"Barcelona, posa't guapa" — "Doll yourself up!" That's what Barcelona's city hall advised the denizens of this vibrant Mediterr...... |
Athens council gets update on hotel/motel tax funds
A Foster City resident came back from vacation this week to find someone had used his debit card 72 times at various banks, withdrawing a total of $107,000 from his checking account, police said.Polic... |
Despite influx of evacuees, August wasn
By Lauren Ricks, Athens Daily Review, TexasMcClatchy-Tribune Regional News Sep. 4--The City of Athens is coming up on a new fiscal year. At a workshop meeting Wednesday, Director of Finance David Hopk... |
Microsoft deploying in-store customer-service reps
By Daniel Carson, The News Herald, Panama City, Fla.McClatchy-Tribune Regional News Sep. 4--PANAMA CITY BEACH -- Before storm activity picked up in the Atlantic Ocean this summer, Labor Day looked to ... |
Vallejo gets OK to move ahead with bankruptcy
As part of its new $300 million marketing campaign and image makeover, Microsoft Corp. plans to deploy its own customer-service representatives at retailers like Best Buy and Circuit City to help peop... |
Video: First Person: Helping Haitian Flood Victims
A federal judge ruled Friday that Vallejo is eligible for municipal bankruptcy protection, setting the stage for a major battle over possible dissolution of city employee union contracts....... |