PPL posts $85,827 deficit for fiscal ?07 (Providence Business News)
PROVIDENCE ? The Providence Public Library?s expenses outpaced its income last year by $85,827, according to the PPL?s unaudited report for the fiscal year ended June 30....more...The Street Life Series by Kevin M. Weeks Tops African American Literary Reading List for 2007 Holiday Season (Christian News Wire)
ATLANTA , Nov. 26 / Christian Newswire / -- According to the Holiday 2007 Jupiter Report , "Online retail sales for holiday 2007 will increase by 20% over 2006." This news is encouraging for authors, such as Kevin M. Weeks, whose online book sales constitute a large portion of book revenue....more... Stock rebound may have legs (CNN Money)
U.S. stocks may continue their rebound Wednesday, although investors will have to weigh new details about the mortgage meltdown and related housing slump....more... Every School Every Thursday -- West Des Moines & Clive (The Altoona Herald-Mitchellville Index)
First- through third-grade students in Denny Barton's physical education classes spent October and November playing games of tag that enhanced their chasing and fleeing skills. Students then completed a locomotor-skills unit and were tested on these movements at the end of the unit....more... A Changing Face (The Post-Journal)
Over the years, the concept of libraries has changed dramatically from a dark and dusty mausoleum for books to what they are today ? community centers brimming with reading material of every kind, the latest in electronic research equipment and hundreds of videos and DVDs....more... Arkansas News Bureau (Arkansas News Bureau)
Court orders new trial in rape case By John Lyon LITTLE ROCK - A convicted rapist deserves a new trial because testimony ruled inadmissible prior to his trial was improperly admitted during the proceeding, the state Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday....more... ?ÄòBe a Santa to a Senior? brightens holidays for seniors (Kern Valley Sun)
Now in its fourth year, a national non-profit program that has brightened the lives of hundreds of thousands of older adults with gifts and companionship is being organized locally this year....more... Arkansas News Bureau (Arkansas News Bureau)
Environmentalists call for more state inspectors for Fayetteville Shale play By Jason Wiest LITTLE ROCK - The state should employ more inspectors to monitor activity and protect the environment in the rapidly developing Fayetteville Shale play, environmentalists told legislators Tuesday....more... Report: Americans are reading less, despite rising teen fiction sales (Portsmouth Herald)
The latest National Endowment for the Arts report draws on a variety of sources, public and private, and essentially reaches one conclusion: Americans are reading less. ...more... |