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September 25, 2011

News in a Nutshell

 

September 24, 2011
Headlines that caught my eye





Facebook Charging In 2011:Chain Letter Spreads False Rumor

The chain letter claiming Facebook will begin charging this year alleges that the site must charge its users a fee to pay for the new profile design.


Satellite likely in ocean, but may have hit US


NASA space junk scientists believe that all — or nearly all — of the parts of their 20-year-old dead satellite safely plunged into the Pacific Ocean, likely missing land.


NASA urges anyone who thinks they've found satellite debris to call police. It's government property and illegal to keep it or try to sell it. The debris has no toxic contamination, but there could be sharp edges, NASA officials have said.


Flood-ravaged Schoharie village had Top 10 reasonons to love Letterman for support


Letterman is expected to reminisce about Schoharie's lighthearted 2002 visit en masse to the Ed Sullivan Theater and to encourage contributions to the Schoharie Recovery Fund, a tax-exempt 501c3 organization that village officials set up this week.

The stunt of bringing the village for a taping grew out of a "Late Show" segment on "Biff Henderson's America" that chose Schoharie at random as a typical rural upstate village.


Notary commission at risk
 

East Greenbush - The state Department of State is seeking to strip a town councilman of his notary commission over allegations that he notarized petition signatures of voters who never appeared before him.

August 29, 2011

News in a Nutshell

Headlines That Caught My Eye 

  • Uncle Of President, Arrested For Drunk Driving 
  • Tropical Storm Irene: Irene Spares Big Cities, But Vermont Sees Huge Floods (LIVE UPDATES, VIDEO)
  • Strauss-Kahn returns to IMF, gets warm applause 
  • Flags rising 10 years later
  • Fish-catching trick may be spreading among dolphins

August 21, 2011

Nutshell August 21, 2011

News in a Nutshell

Many Republicans are adamant about not raising taxes but largely silent on what it would mean to let the payroll tax break expire.

Adamant about not raising taxes....but....

Is this a win for the union or for Verizon?
 CHS Grad take a ride on "The Vomit Comet."

August 5, 2011

News in a Nutshell

 
  • S&P downgrades U.S. credit rating
  • New study finds arsenic in chicken 
  • NY to refund a 2011 sea fishing fee
  • Made in the USA 

July 28, 2011

News in a Nutshell

July 28, 2011


NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a public hearing will be held by the Town Board of the Town of Schodack, Rensselaer County, State of New York, at the Schodack Town Hall, 265 Schuurman Rd., Castleton, NY 12033, on Thursday, August 11, 2011 at 7:15 p.m. to seek input on proposed Local Law #2 of 2011 (P2-2011), to amend the Zoning Schedule of Use Regulations parts 1 through 6 of the Town of Schodack.

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South Mall Expressway to reopen Friday
The expressway was closed to traffic on July 13 after a bridge inspection revealed a 10-foot-long crack in the concrete pier cap beam of two piers carrying the bridge over Broadway.

Steeped in Wild West tradition, with two jails and a saloon of gun-slinging lore to show for it. And you can stake your claim for $800,000.