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There is only one local initiative on this November's ballot. And like everything else this election, it has to do with money. Voters are being asked to consider a business license fee of 3.5 cents per square foot for distribution centers....more...Proposal for Carlsbad desalination plant rejected (San Diego Union-Tribune)
9:50 p.m. Nov. 2 (UNION-TRIBUNE): The staff of the California Coastal Commission has rejected a private developer's proposal to build an ocean-water desalination plant on Carlsbad's coast....more... Proposal for water plant is rejected Coastal panel staff finds flaws in plan (San Diego Union-Tribune)
'Partying with the dead' CHARLIE NEUMAN / Union-Tribune Student Fabiola Martinez and Miguel Molina of the Mexican dance group Pitao-Cozobi perform at an event commemorating Day of the Dead at Palomar College. Altars and exhibits are on display through Nov. 13 at the college library. Proposal for water plant is rejected...more... 101 gadgets that changed the world (Independent)
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Um, the gym will totally still be there after you finish that crème brûlée. 1501 W. Sahara Ave., 214-4000. The restaurant in hipster hangout the Artisan Hotel offers primarily Italian choices served in a dining room that's just as cool as the rest of the building....more... MMC Energy, Inc. to Present At Third Annual Sanders Morris Harris Investor Growth Conference (PrimeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance)
NEW YORK, Nov. 1, 2007 -- MMC Energy, Inc. today announced that Karl Miller, Chief Executive Officer and Denis Gagnon, Chief Financial Officer, will present at the Sanders Morris Harris Investor Growth Conference to be held in New York City at the New York Palace Hotel on November 8th and 9th....more... Jury begins deliberations in Kohring trial (Anchorage Daily News)
Jurors deliberating the corruption case against former state Rep. Vic Kohring were wrestling with two opposing pictures of him laid out Wednesday in closing arguments: manipulative state lawmaker on the take, or well-meaning public servant who took some gifts from friends....more... Iraq war stays under the skin of Marines (Charleston Daily Mail)
LOS ANGELES -- It's a canvas of sorts, one threaded with blue veins, bruises, and hatch-marks that, upon closer inspection, turn out to be scars. It's skin -- but that's just one layer of a story....more... Album reviews | Brit's back -- and it's not an embarrassment (Miami Herald)
BRITNEY SPEARS Blackout Jive ½ I'll spare you any jokes about the title of Britney Spears' new album, out of respect for the pop princess' recent problems with drugs and alcohol....more... |