Revitalized CW seeks to regain youth audience (Los Angeles Times)
With new series, the network tries to tap into an interactive audience. THERE'S a unicorn protruding from the wall in the lobby of the CW's headquarters in Burbank. A colorful gummy bear sculpture occupies a corner nearby. Dozens of trendy terms ? such as "freeganism," "ghost riding" and "VM-ing" ? are written on one wall in the form of a subway system map. ...more...Australians Snub New York Offices, Find Value in Mineral Wells (Bloomberg.com)
July 11 (Bloomberg) -- Australian investors widened their lead as the biggest international buyers of U.S. real estate, spurning skyscrapers in New York and San Francisco for warehouses in Mineral Wells, West Virginia, and malls in Sylvania, Ohio....more... Do you know the way to sand or shade? (KOMO Seattle)
Sand and shade were in short supply Tuesday as western Washington broiled in a California-like heat wave, with some spots hitting 100 and Hoquiam setting their all-time record high....more... Toxic Tour (Hartford Advocate)
Wethersfield and Windsor are both ranked 11. West Hartford 14. New Britain 26. Southington 30. Hartford 38. I was looking at the findings of a 45 page report put out in April by West Hartford?s Toxic Action Center....more... A Blog That Made It Big (Washington Post)
NEW YORK -- In the high-ceilinged SoHo offices that once housed an art gallery, Rachel Sklar is juggling a slew of stories destined for the virtual pages of the Huffington Post. ...more... Local tennis player fights to keep tennis dollars in Georgia (The Weekly)
GAINESVILLE, GA (July 9, 2007) - Just one year ago, Beth McCaskill, a Gainesville, Georgia competitive tennis player began brainstorming ideas on how to grow the businesses that keep Georgia tennis topping the charts nationally....more... Mapping the danger of L.A. streets (Los Angeles Times)
Western Avenue is one of the city's most dangerous roads, a safety researcher shows. Western Avenue is one of the longest streets in this sprawling city and one of the most eclectic, running from the wealthy enclaves of Palos Verdes through Inglewood, Koreatown, Little Armenia and up into Hollywood. ...more... Touro gives us a spot on the medical map (Vallejo Times-Herald)
Vallejo can't seem to land a Trader Joe's or a large bookstore, but when it comes to a particle beam therapy center that could revolutionize cancer treatment in the United States, this city's first in line....more... Bush Says No Iraq Shift; Criticism Rises (The San Francisco Examiner)
(AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke) Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. gestures while meeting with reporters to discuss Iraq, Tuesday, July 10, 2007 on Capitol Hill in Washington....more... |