MEO moves fundraising onto eBay - Maui News
Giving Works Web site: givingworks.ebay.com. Funds will go toward the construction of MEO's new transportation hub in Puunene. When: Begins Saturday; MEO seeks donors of goods and money. Donors for the silent auction have until March 15 to give and

FHLBank Pittsburgh Announces Financial Results for 2009 - MSN Money
For the year ended December 31, 2009, a number of factors contributed to a net loss of ($37.4) million, which was a decrease of $56.8 million compared to net income of $19.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2008. In both 2009 and 2008, the

Admin. Leave Costs Taxpayers $1 Million - Denver Channel
DENVER -- In the past three years, state departments have spent more than $1 million paying employees on administrative leave – often allowing the employees to stay home for weeks or months with pay while their discipline is decided, a CALL7

Eritrea: Journalist Milkias Yohannes lashes out at anti-UN sanction - American Chronicle
Al-Jazeera´s Jane Dutton on Saturday boldly confronted Eritrea´s besieged President Isayas Afwerki with legitimate questions which every journalist would love to put to a dictator. Isayas tried in vain to show that he was in control although his

Western Wyoming's once-booming gas industry approaches economic and - Minneapolis Star Tribune
PINEDALE, Wyo. - Drilling rigs on the horizon underscore that cattle ranching and tourism no longer drive the economy in this picturesque town at the foot of the Wind River Range. But the future of the natural gas industry in the Pinedale, Wyo., area

Worst is yet to come, governors say - Stateline
MN: Pawlenty rips stimulus program Gov. Tim Pawlenty says the federal economic stimulus program has been largely a waste of money that failed to produce private-sector jobs. CA: Arnold Schwarzenegger criticizes fellow Republicans California Gov

Once called 'angel' of Wellington polo, Goodman faces scrutiny after - Palm Beach Interactive
Until this month, John Goodman was little known outside the high-rolling, celebrity-studded world of elite polo. Within that world, he was revered. The Texas-born heir to an air-conditioning empire is not just the man who rescued world-class polo in

Meet the Sims and Shoot Them - Brookings Institution
At the Institute for Creative Technologies, founded with a $100 million Pentagon grant and housed at the University of Southern California, the self-described mission is to tap the best of Hollywood to create "synthetic experiences so compelling that

Producer BRUCE TIMM Talks JL: CRISIS, BATMAN, & Green Arrow? - Newsarama
Newsarama hosted the NY and LA premieres of the new DC Universe animated film, Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths , and I was lucky enough to cover the red carpet in Los Angeles. Executive producer Bruce Timm was unable to attend, but I did get a