| GOALFLASHES AND MAJOR INCIDENTS (all times GMT)
Trust me, there's nothing to talk about. This game is dire - as you might see by the "highlights" on Match of the Day tonight. 1845: "Judging by the Player Rater Nolan's having a top game - to anyone watching the match, should he have been taken off?"escavic on 606 .
If it's 4 a.m., that's an infomercial on TV
We can see product demonstrations instantly, online. Yet, even so, this particular brand of extended sales pitch -- rife with painfully bad acting, peppy spokespeople and enthusiastic product demos -- still rules the airwaves in the wee hours. Some suck you in, while others just plain... don't. But they all have something to say. So, now, as we settle down for the post-holiday sales doldrums, we have a few things to say about them. (As for the products themselves, we neither endorse nor malign, as we're strictly infomercial window-shoppers.) That said, we give you "The Insomniac's Guide to (a few) Infomercials," which is -- we swear -- based on descriptions of actual product pitches. The Magic Bullet This infomercial is unique in that it tells a story.
October 2006
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Beautiful Miss Idaho in LCHS Parade
With warnings to looters still on his business, Bob Rue folds a wet oriental rug outside his shop in New Orleans Thursday. Rue said he had already received about 30 flood-damaged rugs from customers wanting him to salvage them. You write the cutline. Top Cutlines: 1. Bob Rue displays the actual rug that was pulled out from under the people of New Orleans by FEMA -- Family Phil. 2. We needs it. Must have the precious Rug. They stole it from us. Sneaky little looters, wicked, tricksy, false. No, not master . . . Masters my friend. You dont have any friends. Nobody likes you. Not listening. Im not listening. Youre a liar. And a thief. Murderer. Go away. . . . I hate you. . . . Leave now and never come back -- Bre. 3. "Let's cut a rug, baby!" -- Stebbijo.
Claiming losses from sale of timeshare
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Paul, Timonium: If I sold a timeshare I have had for 19 years, is it tax deductible as a long term loss?
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Grieving Father Tells Of Nightmare
Brian Aim, 51, said he, his wife Peggy, also 51, and son Alan, 23, have been living through a constant nightmare ever since officers broke the news at his Orkney home. "It's felt as though we're watching a bad film on the television and could we not change channels?" he said. "But we're stuck on this channel for the rest of our lives. "We just wish that we could change over, instead of this absolute nightmare that we're going through." He said the full reality of what has happened would not sink in until Karen's body is returned home to Orkney. "We don't believe it's happened yet," said Mr Aim, who works as a joiner in Holm, Orkney. "It's beginning to register now that the house is half-full of flowers and sympathy cards. We are beginning to realise something is happening." Mr Aim described how his daughter had "landed on her feet" on her second visit to New Zealand, where she had been working at a glass-blowing gallery in the resort town.
October 2007 Archive
VAN WERT — The Van Wert County Hospital's Kids' Health Fair was held recently for more than 450 third-, fourth- and fifth-grade students of Van Continue » Pet CornerLocal News (258 words) The Humane Society of Allen County has many pets waiting to be adopted. Each comes with a spay or neuter, first shots, and a heartworm Continue » James F. McKinleyFor the Record (47 words) James F. McKinley, 50, of Spencerville, died at 5:56 p.m. Thursday at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta. A memorial service will begin at 11 a.m. Continue » Jeffcats demolish Knights 37-0Sports (692 words) By CHRIS KOENIG The Delphos Herald DELPHOS — Jefferson head coach Damon Ulm knew he had his hands full as the visiting Crestview Knights came to Stadium Continue » More fun on the CanalLocal News (1249 words, 2 responses) The old Miami and Erie Canal provided many fun, fun times for kids in town or anyone who lived nearby.
Cheaper electricity touted
Now, in hopes of prompting legislators to move on the measure, the Lexington Electric Utility Ad-hoc Committee is touting its review of electricity costs at 12 area high schools from July 2006 through June 2007, which found that schools served by a municipal electric company, or muni, paid about half of the average 18 cents per kilowatt hour of electricity that those served by NStar were charged. NStar is an investor-owned utility. "The study clearly shows that it's not just residential users who would save money with munis," said Patrick Mehr, a longtime advocate for municipal electric companies and member of the ad hoc committee. "Cities, towns, and the state would also save hundreds of thousands of dollars per year - money they could be put to much better use." The study included a review of electricity costs at public high schools in the Acton-Boxborough, Belmont, Brookline, Concord-Carlisle, Lexington, Lincoln-Sudbury, Newton (Newton North and Newton South), Wellesley, Weston, Westwood, and Winchester districts.
GOALFLASHES AND MAJOR INCIDENTS (all times GMT)
Trust me, there's nothing to talk about. This game is dire - as you might see by the "highlights" on Match of the Day tonight. 1845: "Judging by the Player Rater Nolan's having a top game - to anyone watching the match, should he have been taken off?"escavic on 606 .
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