News that Saudi Arabia had boosted its oil output by 300,000 barrels a day was greeted as a non-event on oil markets †the move wasn't anywhere near the kind of production increase needed to bring prices down on Friday.
H.D. Jacobs High School in Algonquin has increased its police presence to prevent more fights like the ones that have broken out in the past week, officials said Friday. According to police, the situation began with a verbal conflict involving students and nonstudents at Jacobs on May 9. On Monday, there were two more fights at the school, which police believe stemmed from the previous week's
A Barrington, N.H., man who survived the devastating earthquake in China this week is back home, reflecting on his good fortune and feeling for the thousands of victims.
By PAMELA HESS The U.S. is its own worst enemy when it comes to the desperately important task of recruiting immigrants as spies, analysts and translators in the war on terror, new Americans are telling intelligence officials. The government's policies raise suspicions and fear in the immigrants' home countries and disturb potential recruits here who might otherwise want to help. The U.S. knows
JOHNSON CREEK †Southern Trailways leader Johnson Creek belted out 14 hits and took advantage of early mistakes to beat Hustisford/Dodgeland, 7-2, Friday night."The errors prolonged innings," H/D coach Rich Padron said. "That doesn't help too many teams, especially against good ones."Johnson Creek (13-3, 11-1 South) jumped out quickly on H/D ace Austin Neu, belting out 12 hits and seven earned
Millions of Americans are counting on their 401(k) and homes to pay for retirement. But market and home equity returns have taken hits forcing many to fear they will have less money and work longer than planned.
DEAR SARA: Do you have any ideas on how to make space-saving items from everyday things that most of us have on hand? My oldest children have jobs now and are buying more for themselves, which equals more clutter and nowhere to put it. I don’t have a lot of
NEW YORK (AP) †As President Bush wrapped up a meeting with Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah on Friday, the country’s oil minister announced the desert kingdom had opened its taps and was pumping an additional 300,000 barrels of crude a day.
More than half of VMI's 2008 graduates have already been commissioned into the military. LEXINGTON -- An increasing number of cadets graduating from Virginia Military Institute are joining the military, and more are serving even before they graduate. "What a tribute to this institution and the values that it instills," U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates told 246 graduates during a Friday
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