The $5 million initiative advanced Monday when a retired marine, Patricia Orsini, was named director of the House of Representatives' Wounded Warrior Program. The program first was announced last November, on the eve of Veterans Day, by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other lawmakers. Pelosi, joined by Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Maryland and Rep. Robert Brady, a Pennsylvania Democrat, said she knows from visiting wounded servicemen and -women that they have the right stuff. They "possess a wide range of valuable skills and experiences, as well as enthusiasm for hard work, which would be enormously valuable to any employer," the lawmakers said in a letter to Daniel Beard, the chief administrative officer for the House.

The aim is to bring 25 people on board by the end of September and 50 more in the following year, according to Beard.

2% entertainment tax on deck

Claudia Location: j. on Oct 5, 2007 at 10:13 PM Just another one of Fayhey's Follies. Heaven hElp us if he gets elected to any other ofice, in either our city or any other office. He's just to busy making a name for himself, rather than doing any good for this city.Making himself a joke is more like it.
Posted by: Justin Location: BIG O! on Oct 5, 2007 at 07:15 PM I do not agree with this tax one bit, not to mention I do not agree with building a new stadium. Taxes of Nebraska pushed me across the river, everything is cheaper there; from gas and cigarettes to eating a nice dinner with your family. I do not understand why the Mayor of Omaha wants to spend millions of dollars the city DOES NOT have for a new stadium, espicially when we have the gun crime problems this city has. 3-5 shootings a night, in North Omaha? But its ok to brush those off and worry about spending 95-125 MILLION dollars because he thinks everybody in this city can afford it.

Foreign Fighters of Harsher Bent Bolster Taliban

In interviews in southern and eastern Afghanistan, local officials and village elders also reported having seen more foreigners fighting alongside the Taliban than in any year since the American-led invasion in 2001.

Gauging the exact number of Taliban and foreign fighters in Afghanistan is difficult, Western officials and analysts say. At any given time, the Taliban can field up to 10,000 fighters, they said, but only 2,000 to 3,000 are highly motivated, full-time insurgents.

Hip-Hop Rumors: Is Kimora Preggers? Bottle Hits Pitbull! Timbaland ...

He said the money would mean he would have to sell out.

With a blinged-out cross dangling from his neck, a sweaty Timbaland addressed the crowd at the Avalon Club just after finishing a high energy set with longtime muse Missy Elliott, capping a night of performances from acts such as Chris Cornell, Grammy-nominated band Paramore and One Republic in front of a crowd that included Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan and Ludacris.

January 2006

At least a half hour too long. Only one scene in which the audience sucked in its collective breath, according to the Berry Picker -- when Heath Ledger unbuckles his belt in the process of, ah, consummating his love for bent-over fellow sheepherder Jake Gyllenhaal. (But no one walked out.) Other than that, the BP said, it was decent acting and pretty scenery. And wouldn't have been a big deal at all if a man and a woman had been involved.

DFO: Sorry, Hoss, I'm not going to see it. Besides, I'd never hear the end of it from my brother-in-law, who is a bonafide bronco-busting cowboy from eastern Montana, not a celluloid wannabe hired hand like Ledger and Gyllenhaal. I'd rather remember Ledger in "A Knight's Tale" or portraying Mel Gibson's son in "The Patriot." Chick flicks are bad enough.

South River suffers second power outage

SOUTH RIVER — The second power outage in as many days left borough residents without heat and electricity for about two hours on a frigid Sunday night.

The borough lost electricity around 6 p.m., leaving residents and businesses to cope with the cold conditions until power was restored in most of the municipality just before 7:50 p.m.; there were scattered reports of individual power outages even after that time.

Mayor Raymond Eppinger said the problem occurred about a mile away from the borough's electrical substation at the line that feeds the South River utility with raw electricity from PSE&G. An undetermined malfunction occurred on the line and caused the entire system to shut off as a safety precaution.

The blackout was the second in less than 36 hours for South River, which operates its own electrical utility; the borough went dark on Saturday around 9:30 a.m.

The ‘Awakening’ of Muqtada al-Sadr: What is Iran’s Role?

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What's up in The Albemarle 01/18

School needs help for Black History Month. Northside Elementary School is organizing black history activities for the month of February. If you or a group have talent you would like to share with elementary school students, call Pam at 335-2033 by Friday, Feb. 1.

ECSU alumni to meet. The Elizabeth City State University National Alumni Association will hold a general membership meeting in the theater of the Ridley Student Center Saturday at 10 a.m.

Wal-Mart Supercenter shrinks again

What's going to be the point if it's only 15,000 sf bigger than the current store? It sounds like Wal-Mart is more interested in building one of their Neighborhood Markets and routing out the other grocery stores in town as opposed to giving us Super Center ammenities. " .