Boise Police nab Nampa work center walkaway (Idaho Press-Tribune) An escapee from the Idaho Department of Correction's Nampa community work center is back in custody.Early today, Boise police officers caught Douglas Edward Johnson Jr., who walked away from his job at a Meridian restaurant last Thursday.Acting on a tip, officers found Johnson at a hotel in the 5400 block of Fairview Avenue about 3:30 a.m. Johnson was booked into the Ada County jail and will ... |
Hundreds at job fair hungry for work (The News-Press) Hundreds of job seekers waited for hours Tuesday to apply for about 30 part-time jobs at a new Fort Myers food store opening in October. |
Michelle Paterson: No One Would Have Asked David to Quit His Job (The New York Observer) DENVER—The First Lady of New York, Michelle Paige Paterson, said this morning that media inquiries about whether she would quit her job when her husband unexpectedly became governor earlier this year struck her as "a little bit out of touch.” Speaking to the New York delegation at a breakfast at the Sheraton Hotel, Paterson said, "Like so many of you, I have a daughter in college and a son ... |
The Week in Review (The New York Sun) 1. Contractor Sues the Plaza A Long Island contractor claims in a lawsuit that the developers of the Plaza Hotel failed to pay $3.71 million for work done at the newly restored building, the Real Deal reported. A heating and air-conditioning firm, S.W. Sims, filed a complaint in New York State Supreme Court on August 22. The Plaza Hotel, at 768 Fifth Ave. at Central Park South, reopened this ... |
Nye County manager adjusts (Pahrump Valley Times) Rick Osborne, who began work as Nye County manager Aug. 11, saw some similarities between his new job and his 37 years of employment for the city of Tallmadge, Ohio. |
Women have another who understands (Denver Post via Yahoo! News) Michelle Obama watched an Oprah rerun in her hotel room Monday, hours before her big speech. |
The Bid for International Cyber Property Rights (E-Commerce Times) Who would like to bid the highest amount for the exclusive global rights to the new domain suffix, .dubai, under ICANN's latest policy? Such a suffix will create a powerful domain root that will corner some 180 services underneath it, like go.dubai, hotel.dubai, job.dubai, cars.dubai or fly.dubai. Who would be the next global cyber-branding leader of this new millennium? |
5 things to watch tonight (Politico via Yahoo! News) Barack Obama wins the Democratic presidential nomination tonight, but it’s a formality on top of a formality. Obama secured the delegates he needed back in June, and those delegates actually cast their votes in hotel banquet rooms earlier today. |
TransCanada begins work on pipeline project (Anchorage Daily News) TransCanada Corp. doesn't yet have the state natural gas pipeline license legislators approved, but an executive with the Calgary-based energy firm says it has already started working on the huge project. |
Hermitage Hotel Men's Room Best In Nation (WSMV Nashville) The schoolhouse lights reflect off the art deco onyx and lime green tile. |