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In Baghdad on Wednesday, roadside bombings in south-central Iraq killed seven people and wounded nine others, Iraq's Interior Ministry said. A roadside bomb targeting police killed four people and wounded nine others in the south-central Iraqi provincial capital of Diwaniya on Wednesday morning, an Interior Ministry official told CNN. The city is the provincial seat of the largely Shiite Qadisiya province. Police were transporting prisoners at the time of the attack. The four killed, two women, a child and a man, were civilian passers-by. Four civilians, three detainees, and two police officers were wounded. A roadside bomb exploded midmorning in central Baghdad's Andalus Square, killing three civilians, according to the ministry. In eastern Baghdad, a third roadside bomb targeted a U.S.
Sagging housing market costs 17 Collier jobs
Joe Schmitt, administrator for the Community Development and Environmental Services Division, said he personally told the employees Thursday that their jobs in the division are being eliminated. The cuts are because of revenue shortages, not for performance issues, Schmitt said. Lee County also recently cut 29 employees from its community development department in the face of falling revenues. Along with those being laid off in Collier County, between nine and 13 employees are expected to accept early retirement. Incentives such as three years of medical coverage are being offered as a buy-out, Schmitt said. Employees have until the end of March to decide. The cuts are in response to an “economic slowdown that has impacted work volume and revenue," according to an announcement from county officials.
February 2008
Spokane Public Schools officials have decided not to start schools 15 minutes early to make up for days lost to January's snowstorm. Nor will those four days be tacked onto the end of the school year here/SR. 4. Blogosphere: Ski Report/TUBOB; Birthrite or birth place?/Dogwalk Musings; Everything's coming up fence posts/Slight Detour; One in 99.1 and sometimes worse/Randy Stapilus; and Sleep/Parents Council. 5. IMHO: Wolf population needs to be constrained, maintained/Spokesman-Review; Media Airways/David Horsey, Seattle PI; Lefty Mac: The discriminating liberal's choice/Bill Cope, Boise Weekly; Nader's quest for relevancy is lost cause/Daily Inter Lake; Finer points of college parties/Benjamin Ledford, UI Argonaut. 6. News Roundup: Suspect was dating female victim in Spokane double murder/KREM2; Loose moose keeps Moscow kids after school/KTVB; Barge hits John Day dam lock, closes Columbia to ships/KTVB; Idaho House panel OKs bill to ban abortion coercion/Idaho Statesman; Trustees: Turnover, staff errors led to Ed Board chaos/Twin Falls Times News.
Best Answers to Sunday Question ...
Rumsfeld gets a standing ovation after he spoke to U.S. Army soldiers during a town meeting Wednesday July 27, 2005 at the Balad airbase in Central Iraq. Rumsfeld, who arrived unannounced in Baghdad Wednesday, said he would urge the Iraqis not to miss the deadline for completing the draft of a constitution to be submitted for a national vote in October. 2. Political 'Toon Fix: Wayne Stayskal (Hollywood's box office slump), Brian Fairrington (Heat wave), and Timothy Kelly (Britain bombings). 3. Humor Fix: President Bush has asked for Congress to come up with an energy plan. Do you know what they came up with? They want to extend daylight savings time for four weeks to save energy. That's their plan? Take a break guys -- you're really earning your money" -- Jay Leno.
For the Enterprise/PATRICIA SADDLER (click to enlarge)
Mill Creek Police Officer Jason Didricksen, right, assists in the arrest of a woman with a felony warrant for fraud, Saturday, Jan. 13, near her home in Mill Creek. Area police agencies were having trouble finding qualified officer candidates to fill open positions this year. .
The new global gold rush
In South Africa's wake, the smart money is all over the map. Just last month, Richard O'Brien, the head of Newmont Mining Corp., conceded that the world's second-largest gold company will have to travel to places it had once considered off limits in its quest for rich sources of the precious yellow metal. "We enjoy staying in regions with a more stable environment like Canada," Mr. O'Brien told analysts. "[But] people ask when we will go to China, Russia or the Democratic Republic of Congo. I can't say when, but at some point, I anticipate we will be in all of those." Gold miners have always had to go where the gold is but the current dearth of large-scale deposits in mining-friendly countries has created unprecedented challenges. The sands of the gold mining industry are shifting and they are headed toward places mired in alarming uncertainty.
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