Dealing with high gas prices at home, work and play (KXLY-TV Spokane) SPOKANE -- As gas prices across the Inland Northwest head ever upward, the financial impact is hurting the quality of life for everyone regardless if they live in town or in the country or whether they are at home, at work or at play....more...Mike Pound: Two important questions concerning the female-type (The Joplin Globe) My editor handed me an e-mail the other day. It was another one of those e-mails she gets all the time asking her to please fire me. Ha, that?s a joke. Most of the folks who write my editor and ask her to fire me don?t say ?please.?...more... 4:40 p.m. Steven Tyner found innocent of murder, guilty of attempted voluntary manslaughter (The Joplin Globe) A Cherokee County jury today found Steven Tyner innocent of murdering Brenda Brock on June 23, 2006. The jury found Tyner guilty of attempted voluntary manslaughter for shooting Darrel Henkle....more... FEMA notifies trailer occupants of chance to buy (NBC 15 Mobile) The Federal Emergency Management Agency is asking families currently living in FEMA temporary housing units if they want to purchase them....more... Our gas among cheapest but nearing record highs (The Daily Times) SALISBURY -- The city has a reason to celebrate frugality this week. The latest AAA report shows that as the 87 grade of unleaded motor fuel nears all-time highs, Salisbury-area metro residents have it best....more... Crusaders ready for semis (The Joplin Globe) There?s no doubt the Joplin Crusaders enter tonight?s home playoff game as favorites against the Washington County (Ark.) Warriors. Joplin, after all, is 11-0 and beat the Warriors (8-3) twice during the Central Football League?s regular season....more... A look at how prices have soared (The Mail Tribune) The 59-year-old considers Medford his hometown but winters in Yuma, Ariz. Wade said he and other motor home operators constantly scan the Internet and check with each other to find the best prices on fuel as they cruise the interstates....more... Priceless memories (Tacoma News Tribune) In September 2003, 27 senior citizens from the South Sound took a bus to California for a taping of ?The Price is Right.?...more... The Hypermiler (Hartford Advocate) On a midsummer Saturday in a sprawling Wisconsin parking lot, about a dozen people are milling about a candy-apple red Honda Insight. They?re watching Wayne Gerdes prepare for his run in Hybridfest?s MPG Challenge, a 20-mile race through the streets of Madison....more... |