National Budget for 3.4.08
GateHouse News Service National Budget For 3/4/08 editions
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GOOD NEWS: This week's NASCAR page will move by midday Tuesday. Check the sports section of the news service.
Lifestyles (Tuesday is Health)
HEALTH PAGE: Skin care solutions.
HEALTH VIDEO: This week, two new ways to work your abs.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/lifestyle/health/x1300273332
HEALTH WATCH: Weekly rail, leads with why babies can light up your life.
VIDEO: 'Idol' prospect's performance roots trace back to high school.
JONAS BROTHERS: Young, hip, cute and (probably) the next big thing - If 2007 was the year of Hannah Montana - aka Miley Cyrus - then 2008 might be the year of the Jonas Brothers. At least, the teenage pop-rock act seems to have all the pieces in place for a breakthrough of "Montana-mental" proportions. The boys perform March 20 at Agganis Arena in Boston.
Ledger, Sculley, 18 inches, on wire now
ALMOST-PERFECT CRIME: Book reveals insight into the almost-perfect crime - From Lizzie Borden's chopping spree to the Boston Strangler's necktie parties, Bay Staters remember crimes that combine passion, a colorful cast of characters and strange twists and turns. MetroWest, Bergeron, 25 inches, on wire now
With photos
Opinions
JULIA SPITZ: Fighting invisible enemies - If you still believe some stranger in Africa wants to send you $350,000, well, maybe you deserve what you get. But what if you get an e-mail notifying you there's a problem with your PayPal account, or an IRS message offers an advance on your 2007 tax refund? MetroWest, Spitz, 20 inches, on wire now
PETE COSTA: Get organized or get tossed - I am not organized. To be organized you must do more than simply neaten and rearrange dusty things. You also have to be willing to throw objects away. I don't toss anything out - not until I have determined whether or not something is a collectible. CNC, on wire now
GRANLUND: Einstein's theory on black holes and potholes. MetroWest, on wire now
EDITORIAL: Sorry milestone for U.S. Prison system
DEBORAH GAUTHIER: Notice from the IRS (also in business)
Sports
JANE MILLER: Kahne adjusting to season on the upswing. Kasey Kahne's career has been like a roller-coaster: up one year, down the next. Last year was a definite down.
News
BEEF RECALL: Know where your beef has been? Purveyors from corner butchers to supermarket chains insist the meat they sell is safe, including meat bred on farms thousands of miles away and that's passed through many hands, before reaching consumers. Ledger, Conkey, 30 inches, on wire now
With photo, sidebars and graphic download link
PRIMARIES: Tuesday's primaries might finally determine the Democratic nominee for president. And the lead up to the voting has seen some strange things -- Hillary Clinton appearing on Saturday Night Live -- and the usual round of attack ads. But how effective have these tactics been? By Adriana Colindres of the Illinois Statehouse bureau.
SONS AT WAR: In Cheri Williams‚ apartment, it looks like Christmas every day. Her small, white, artificial tree sits in the corner, red garland and lights still wrapped around the branches. Stockings remain hung from the ceiling with care. They are reminders, not of the happy times, but of a heartbreaking holiday ˜ the first spent apart from her two sons. Michael and John are in the Marines, and Cheri said that her tree isn‚t coming down until her sons come home. GALESBURG, Ill.
DISABLED DUCK: Saving disabled duck gives teacher solace, inspires book. Laura Backman learned from an area veterinarian that the duck - named Lemon because of her yellow, downy feathers - had neurological problems. Lemon sometimes forgets which way is up and gets her neck a bit twisted. Herald News, Allard, 18 inches, on wire now
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Elementary students charged in plot to stab their bus driver - Two Lebanon (Conn.) Elementary School students, ages 7 and 8, carried knives to school in their backpacks Friday for a planned attack on their bus driver, state police said. Norwich, Smith, 12 inches, on wire now
Business
BIOFUEL BLENDING: Research suggests biofuel blending is often inaccurate - Chris Reddy, a marine chemist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, has discovered is that biodiesel blending is often inaccurate, a finding that speaks to an important concern for the emerging biofuel industry. CNC, Salters, 18 inches, on wire now
With photo
MAKING CENTS: Don't let lenders prey on you
CAR INSURANCE: Guide to saving on your automobile insurance