School Supply Santa ready to deliver classroom suppliesNews from Fox17: BYRON CENTER, Mich. – While several students are back in school, most kids won’t be returning to the classroom until next week. When they arrive, those facing financial constraints will prevent them from having the necessary supplies. You may remember Denise Kooiker – the School [...]
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Israeli Airstrike Levels 7-Story Building in GazaNews from ABC News: Israeli airstrikes leveled a seven-floor office building and severely damaged a two-story shopping center in the Gaza Strip early Sunday, signaling a new escalation in seven weeks of fighting with Hamas. The strikes in the southern town of Rafah came just hours after Israel bombed [...]
Bao Bao’s one-year birthday panda-moniumNews from Washington Post: Bao Bao, the National Zoo’s beloved young panda, celebrates her first birthday with a Zhuazhou ceremony, a Chinese tradition for a 1-year-old child. (Ben Dorger/The Washington Post) By Karen Chen August 23 at 12:05 PM One-year-olds can be known to approach their birthday cake with more enthusiasm [...]
Holyoke collective of artists and other creators known as Brick sets 1-year …News from The Republican – masslive.com: HOLYOKE — Celebrate Brick. Specifically, the collective of artists, designers and other creative folks who comprise Brick will mark its one-year anniversary Saturday (Aug. 23) with a party at the collective’s headquarters, 384 Dwight St. “We’ll have [...]
Family Dollar Backs Dollar Tree Bid, But Investors… FDO DLTR DGNews from Investor’s Business Daily: Family Dollar Stores (NYSE:FDO) on Thursday reaffirmed its support for Dollar Tree’s (NASDAQ:DLTR) takeover bid, rejecting Dollar General ‘s (NYSE:DG) higher offer on antitrust grounds. But Family Dollar Stores shares continued to trade above both offers, suggesting investors expect an [...]
Why Nobody Calls Target ‘Tarjhay’ AnymoreNews from TIME: … Read the full article . Related News: Back-to-school block party offers free supplies to children SaturdayNews from Staten Island Advance – SILive.com: The Golden Strikers Motorcycle Club will hosts its Children’s Day/Back to School Block Party on Saturday. Staten Island Advance STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The Golden [...]
2 arrested in Natomas birthday party shootingNews from Sacramento Bee: Sacramento police have arrested two men in connection with the May shooting that killed one man and injured a 7-year-old girl at a birthday party in Natomas. Authorities described the shootings as gang-related and said narcotics prompted the violence. Orlando Rhinehart, 28, was arrested Tuesday [...]
Attacks on police forced tear gas use in Ferguson, officer saysNews from Los Angeles Times: As another night of peaceful protests over the police killing of an unarmed black man devolved into confrontation and confusion, the Missouri State Highway Patrol officer in charge of law enforcement in this St. Louis suburb said attacks on police [...]
Retailers And Their Computers Wait For Holiday Season Starting BellNews from Forbes: … Read the full article . Related News: Fans bring course to life at Dick’s OpenNews from Press & Sun-Bulletin: By Matt Weinstein, mweinstei@gannett.com 6:17 p.m. EDT August 17, 2014 A mass of fans crowd around one of the late holes at the [...]