Provides the latest RSS feeds for House & Garden News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Maine Mirror.com http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/cat/57ef06a09618a2d6/ en-us Fri, 24 May 2013 02:09:46 -0400 Fri, 24 May 2013 02:09:46 -0400 30 A new Russian parliamentary centre will be built in central Moscow, that will house both the upper and lower houses as well as their administrative and support services, an official said. The idea of building such a parliamentary compound has been considered for a while. The upper and lower houses, their administrative and support services are currently scattered around Moscow at over 10 ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214728117/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 20:50:02 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214728117/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 A new study by US researchers shows that children living with married parents are less likely to be obese. "Childhood obesity is a significant public health issue in our country with nearly one-third of all US children aged 2-17 overweight or obese," said Rachel Kimbro, study co-author and associate professor of sociology at the Rice university. "Despite this, very little research has been ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214714801/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:50:01 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214714801/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Children living in households where the parents are married are less likely to become obese than their peers who live with divorced or separated parents, according to new research from Rice University and the University of Houston. Research by Rachel Kimbro, study co-author, associate professor of sociology at Rice, and colleagues has shown that children living in a traditional two-parent ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214711840/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 06:50:02 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214711840/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Mumbai Police have finally entered the residence of the Principal of Chennai Super Kings, Gurunath Meiyappan. Gurunath is the son-in-law of N. Srinivasan, President of the Board of Cricket Control in India. Meanwhile, Kolkata Police arrested ten bookies on Thursday from Kolkata. The bookies will now be produced in the Sealdah court today. Meiyappan's name has been figuring prominently in the ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214711114/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 06:30:04 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214711114/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Researchers have claimed that households that have dogs residing in them have more types of bacteria - including those that are rarely found in the homes where dogs don't reside. Dr. Rob Dunn, an associate professor of biology at North Carolina State University and co-author of a paper, said that the team wanted to know which variables influenced the microbial ecosystems in their homes, and the ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214709121/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 04:20:05 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214709121/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 More then 10 years ago, Heinz Loelke started having problems with his home: cracks, a corner sinking, the front door sometimes not opening properly.At one point, the living-room double-paned window started leaking because it was no longer sealed properly.He had to replace it -- and found a two-by-four stud was cracked.Loelke, 88, who has been living in his home for 41 years with his wife Edith, ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214731061/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Fri, 24 May 2013 00:38:42 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214731061/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 its new way to measure cost of living across America : "To make the relative cost of living more understandable and relatable, we created the Quarter Pounder Index (QPI), a basic cost of living guide that uses the price of a McDonald's Quarter Pounder with Cheese to gauge cost of living differences between cities. Like the Economists' Big Mac Index, which measures the purchasing ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214730569/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 23:51:49 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214730569/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 home market of Singapore in the first quarter to a much greater extent than buyers from China, India and the United States. DTZ Research said Indonesian buyers bought 11 ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214729705/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 22:56:43 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214729705/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 This 4,800-sq.-ft.home is the grand prize in the lottery that benefits the VGH Burn Fund. Numerous fireplaces, sumptuous finishing and all the extras, such as a wine fridge and theatre room, complete ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214730029/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 22:50:09 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214730029/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Da Kitchen business partners Les Tomita and Mariah Brown, seen in this 2011 file photo, may open another restaurant on Oahu after their only Honolulu location closes on Saturday. The owners of Da Kitchen are considering opening a new location on Oahu after the planned closure of their Moiliili location this Saturday. Da Kitchen is a popular local and Hawaiian food restaurant that got its start ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214730154/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 22:49:54 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214730154/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 The 9th China International Garden Expo, which opened in Beijing's Fengtai District last Saturday, offers a place where citizens and tourists alike can see miniature replicas of famous buildings from China and around the world on the 500-hectare expo ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214729149/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 21:59:52 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214729149/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 For decades, Sun's self-designed residence, a two-storey building with arches on the ground and top floors, has attracted countless visitors from around the world as part of the Sun Yat-sen Memorial ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214729092/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 21:59:44 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214729092/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Source: ONE News New Zealand's largest kaupapa Maori provider of services for intellectually disabled people says it has made a number of improvements following a damning report. Te Roopu Taurima O Manukau Trust, which looks after 300 people, with 500 staff in 54 separate residences in Auckland, Northland, Waikato and Canterbury regions, has been under investigation since 2010 ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214728856/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 20:59:25 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214728856/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 A white box covered in Teflon-coated fiberglass fabric in the Netherlands. A Cor-Ten-clad volume cantilevering over a glass shop in Pittsburgh. A house in Tokyo composed solely of glass and small platforms of white steel. A raised concrete box in West Africa designed by two German artists. A seven-story concrete tower serving as a house and office for Chilean architects. These are a handful of ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214728195/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 20:46:14 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214728195/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 MEMRI Special Dispatch |5302|May 17, 2013 Fatah Marks 65th Nakba Day: We Cling To The Refugees' Right To Return To Their Homes In The 1948 Territories For the 65th Nakba Day, Fatah and its spokesmen underlined their continued adherence to the Palestinian refugees' right of return to their homes in all of the 1948 territory, and noted that that this sacred right is passed down from ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214728387/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 20:29:57 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214728387/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Halekauwila Place, whose crane is shown in the foreground, is one of 15 condominium projects known to be in the works in Kakaako. If all of the projects go forward, more than 4,000 units will be added to the market in the next five years. Most of the big guns in Hawaiis housing market were out in full force Thursday at Honolulus Plaza Club talking about whats mostly on everyones minds these days ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214728264/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 20:14:56 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214728264/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 /enpproperty--> Zhang Ke moved to Chongqing a year ago, after spending two years in Beijing. His salary as a civil servant in the city's Liangjiang New Area is two-thirds what he earned as a newspaper reporter in Beijing, but his life is much easier. The 32-year-old recently bought a riverside apartment in downtown Chongqing for slightly more than 10,000 yuan ($1,600) per ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214727958/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 19:51:25 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214727958/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 USA New Yorkers who use an accommodation business to rent apartment space to tourists are in violation of a city law protecting expensive hotels and, according to a recent court ruling, will be hit with major fines if they continue the practice. Earlier this month Administrative Law Judge Clive Morrick ruled that resident Nigel Warren was operating an improvised hotel out of his apartment in ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214727959/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 19:46:24 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214727959/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Close to half of the homes in the rugged hamlet of Johnsons Landing are at a moderate to very high hazard for landslides similar to the one that killed four people last July, according to a government ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214727404/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 19:43:36 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214727404/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Video: How much would you pay for this narrow Beaches home? Within a month's time, the century-old structure in Coronation Park will become a popular destination for commuters once again, but this time as a sales centre for a rare condominium development adjacent to a busy GO Train station."I've been told we're the only site in the GTA ... with direct access to the GO ... ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214725888/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 18:50:31 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214725888/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 I admit it, my roommate is a bit of a slob.She tosses her toys all over the floor with reckless abandon, cleans herself with her tongue and makes rogue attempts to drink out of the toilet bowl. If my dog Ruby weren't so impossibly cute, I'd toss her out. (But ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214726817/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 18:50:15 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214726817/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 WASHINGTON -; Schoolchildren from New Jersey shore communities battered by Superstorm Sandy will join Michelle Obama for a garden harvest next ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214726047/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 18:48:39 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214726047/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 $(document).ready(function() { $('.storyTitle a.premium:first-child, ul li.premium a:first-child, .vidList .premium, ul li a.premium').prepend(' '); ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214726819/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 18:22:00 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214726819/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 FILE - In this May 14, 2013 file photo, Donald Trump arrives at federal court in Chicago to testify at a civil trial where he is accused of cheating an 87-year-old Jacqueline Goldberg in a condo deal. On Thursday, May 23, 2013, jurors sided with Trump and against Goldberg. Goldberg claimed the real estate mogul-turned-TV star carried out a bait and switch by offering her profit sharing in his ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214726821/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 18:17:28 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214726821/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Moore, Oklahoma held the first funeral for a victim of Monday's monster tornado -- a nine year-old girl killed when the storm tore apart her elementary ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214724554/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:39:46 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214724554/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Monty Montgomery surveys the scene as he prepares to clean up a friend's tornado-ravaged home Thursday, May 23, 2013, in Moore, Okla. Cleanup continues three days after a huge tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburb, flattening a wide swath of homes and businesses. (AP Photo/Charlie ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214724354/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:35:10 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214724354/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Jacqueline Goldberg, 87, and her attorney Shelly B. Kulwin, left, talk to media as they leave Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago after the jury delivered a verdict in her case against Donald ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214725468/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:06:31 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214725468/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 The Memorial Day weekend kicks off summer and, with no Triple Crown hopes to extend the spring, also kicks off a "second season" of racing. There are important turf races at Churchill Downs, Belmont Park, Hollywood Park and Arlington Park. Some of the nation's top steeds will be on display in the Grade I Met Mile at Belmont. Fillies and mares are in action from coast to coast and ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214725548/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 16:58:28 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214725548/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Muslim leaders condemned the killing of a British soldier, calling it an "evil act" as police raided two homes connected to the suspects. Deborah Gembara ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214722875/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 16:22:35 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214722875/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 It is a open secret the board funds its activities through registration and licence fees collected from doctors and hospitals hence creating a conflict of interest. This perhaps vindicates the observers' claim the board cannot effectively punish doctors and hospitals who foot its ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214723015/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 16:20:49 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214723015/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 The report reveals that more girls than boys enrolled in Standard One, sat for Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) and enrolled for Form One in ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214723977/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 16:20:48 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214723977/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 TSC shall have three commissioners, the minimum constitutional requirement. "We want the two officers appointed immediately because we do not want to manage a crisis when we can avoid it," said Knut chairman Wilson Sossion. The names in question are the next best performers in the interview conducted by the educationist James Kamunge panel. The initial list presented to Parliament was ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214723978/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 16:20:47 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214723978/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Honesty is flowering all around the dark pile of leaves. Hellebores, fading from burgundy to antique pink, are creating a screen. Under the leaves a hedgehog is sleeping out the daytime, here in the same place that it spent the winter. This is its hibernaculum made from leaves that I heaped on this border last autumn. Perhaps thanks to my feeding it in November, it has survived the lengthy ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214722844/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 16:13:03 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214722844/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 The 2013 report card released by Active Healthy Kids shows Canada gets low grades across the board in physical activity. Active Healthy Kids is an organization that promotes an active lifestyle in children, and a source for knowledge, insight, and understanding for stakeholders to help build better programs to increase physical activity in children. Active Healthy Kids releases a report card ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214723021/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 16:02:23 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214723021/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Daniel Monti designed this Venice house for his parents. The living room, dining room and kitchen unfold in one long, continuous space where appliances are hidden in the walnut storage wall. For more living rooms -- large and small, in all types of styles -- click to ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214723980/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:53:43 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214723980/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 David Blunkett said he believed that the perpetrators of the Woolwich incident were not part of the al-Qaida network. Photograph: Martin Argles for the ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214723222/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:53:38 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214723222/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 children to staff in nurseries.Government plans are currently stalled due to a disagreement within the coalition between the Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives.The new calculations released by the Department for Education under a freedom of information request said parent costs could be cut from 4 an hour to 3.49 an hour (a 12% cut) while teacher salaries could go up. Alternatively, if the ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214723221/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:53:36 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214723221/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Donald Trump won a heated court fight today when a federal jury in Chicago awarded no damages to an 87-year-old Evanston grandmother who sued the TV celebrity over a disputed condo deal at his high-rise Chicago hotel.Jacqueline Goldberg testified the real estate mogul pulled a fast one by yanking financial incentives after she had plunked down a $500,000 deposit on two condos at Trump ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214723981/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:50:56 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214723981/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Marc Paquin, president of Cass Hill Development Cos. outside The Monroe, a 44-unit apartment building that straddles Sheridan Avenue and Monroe Street downtown. Cass Hill converted the former Boyd printing plant into apartments. Paquin said he's pursuing other projects in the city, but has no imminent ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214723817/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:48:16 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214723817/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 (CBS) – A federal jury on Thursday sided with developer Donald Trump — not the 87-year-old woman who says she was cheated financially after buying two condominiums at his Trump Tower ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214723494/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:46:28 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214723494/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Florida police said a woman accused of domestic battery allegedly used a garden gnome decked out in New Orleans Saints gear to strike a man in the head. Gulfport police said Lisa Buckley, 47, arrived home around 4:17 p.m. Sunday "and began yelling at the victim" to start an argument that soon turned physical, the Tampa Bay (Fla.) Times reported Thursday. Buckley "threw items all ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214723986/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:42:25 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214723986/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 A spectacular image of a stellar nursery has been released to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the world's most advanced optical telescope in Chile. The European Southern Observatory, with headquarters in Germany, published the image of the pink glowing gas cloud known to astronomers as IC 2944 to mark 15 years since it inaugurated the Very Large Telescope at Paranal, Chile. The image is ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214724004/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:42:17 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214724004/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Scientists say they've found bacteria growing in the Canadian arctic at temperatures below freezing, nearly as cold as the surface of Mars. Growing at just 5 degrees Fahrenheit, the coldest temperature ever reported for bacterial growth, the bacterium offers clues about some of the necessary preconditions for microbial life on other worlds, such as Saturn's moon Enceladus and Mars, ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214722846/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:42:16 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214722846/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 The council in March received a draft of the proposed changes but held off on any decisions because it thought the 2007 state legislation was poorly ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214722477/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:08:24 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214722477/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 UN Humanitarian Chief Valerie Amos arrives in El Fasher en route to the Zam Zam camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in North Darfur. Photo: UNAMID/Albert González ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214721552/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:08:19 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214721552/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 New Coral Gables rental apartments Gables Ponce will feature Epicure Gourmet Market in the fall. Units start at more than $2,000 a month. In the fall, a 24,000-square foot Epicure Gourmet Market will anchor the ground floor retail of the recently completed Gables Ponce, a luxury rental community in Coral Gables. Each of the 248 apartments includes custom, espresso-wood cabinetry, granite ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214722924/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:03:44 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214722924/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 has signed a new long-term lease with American Realty Advisors, which was acting on behalf of its clients, for 215,400 square feet of industrial space in Addison, Ill.Haynes Furniture, a Virginia-based retailer, is expanding into the Chicago-area market, choosing this distribution facility to service their forthcoming Lombard retail store.The leased space is located in a 265,068 square foot ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214722262/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:58:52 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214722262/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 New U.S. one-family home sales rose modestly from March to April, the U.S. Commerce Department said Thursday. New single-family home sales rose 2.3 percent month to month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 454,000 units, a level that is 29 percent above April 2012, when the annual rate was 352,000, the department said. The median sales price of a new home was $271,600 and the average ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214722478/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:57:44 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214722478/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Children in Athens look at a Christmas tree made of milk tin cans, after donating some on December 14, 2012, during an event organized by Medecins du Monde, a non-governmental humanitarian aid organisation. Child poverty has been skyrocketing in the debt-ridden country. (Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP/Getty ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214721760/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:56:54 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214721760/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Residents of Moore, Oklahoma can now return to what had been their homes, but the mighty task of rebuilding is hampered by more severe weather. Michael Thompson, Oklahoma Secretary of Safety and Security, ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214721885/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:47:17 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214721885/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Hundreds of people have been evacuated from their homes after heavy rain caused flooding in southeastern Norway. In Nesbyen, a mudslide reached properties, filling some basements with water. A river overflowed its banks in Kvam, sending water through the centre of the village. Around 250 people had to be evacuated. Roads and rail services have also been affected by the bad weather, including ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214721546/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:34:34 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214721546/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 A tent is pitched on a property as rescue workers search through debris in Moore, Oklahoma on May 22, 2013. A destructive tornado tore through the city on May 20. UPI/J.P. ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214722106/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:24:57 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214722106/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Health officials say they traced a salmonella outbreak that sickened nearly 300 people to cooked chorizo sausage served at a Las Vegas restaurant. A report released Wednesday by the Southern Nevada Health District said the salmonella contamination likely occurred at the Firefly Tapas Kitchen & Bar, not where the sausage was produced, the Las Vegas Sun reported. "[There is] a small ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214721275/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:24:55 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214721275/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Afghanistan . Army officials said Lee Rigby, 25, nicknamed Riggers, was married with a 2-year-old son, The Guardian reported. He enlisted in 2006 and was deployed to Afghanistan in 2009. Rigby, apparently targeted because he was wearing a T-shirt for the soldiers' charity Help for Heroes, was hacked to death Wednesday outside the Royal Artillery Barracks in the Woolwich district of London. ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214721703/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:24:55 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214721703/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 VATICAN CITY, May 8 (CNA/EWTN News) .- Pope Francis told leaders of women's religious orders today that their vocations can only be recognized within the fold of the Church."Your vocation is a fundamental charism for the Church's journey and it isn't possible that a consecrated woman or man might 'feel' themselves not to be with the Church," he told around 800 ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214722457/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:22:29 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214722457/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Top residential remodelers Remodeling work was big business for some of Portlands largest commercial contractors in 2012. We know because we asked the contractors surveyed for our list of top contractors, which you can see here. Top residential remodelers >> Ten contractors shared information about their Portland metro residential remodeling work. Collectively, they reported $42.7 million in 2012 ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214722483/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:50:55 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214722483/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 career decisions is an important step towards realising your professional dreams, and those who make mistakes at the preliminary stages may live to regret their choices or be forced to make changes later on life, which can be very ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214720879/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:46:29 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214720879/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 job seekers, an invitation to an interview is a ray of hope for better things to come. An interview can be equated to a market place with you as the product on sale. The challenge is that the product and the seller are one -- ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214720880/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:46:28 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214720880/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 . Or maybe not. According to a recently published study from researchers at North Carolina State University and the University of Colorado, Boulder, people who live with a pet dog harbor more types of bacteria in their homes than those who do not - and that includes species of bacteria that are rarely found in dog-free households. ';We wanted to know what variables influence the microbial ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214720881/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:45:12 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214720881/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 ? ????????????, ?????????????, ????????????, ??????????, ?????????? ????? ?????? ? ????. - ??????????? ????? ???????? ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214719692/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:40:25 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214719692/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 continues to hemorrhage cash . Undaunted by the shaky computer sales, the company also used Wednesday to launch a fleet of new PC offerings, including traditionally minded and budget-priced desktop towers, a range of low-cost touchscreen laptops, and a 20-inch, supersized tablet that will feature Intel's next-gen Haswell processor. Reduced prices and new chips are among the factors that ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214720882/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:39:40 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214720882/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 A campaign for Bloomberg Businessweek revolves around cards that gently nudge live-at-home millennials with subtle messages like: "Spoiler Alert: You End Up Middle Aged And ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214720885/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:18:02 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214720885/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 The U.N.'s top humanitarian official says that 300,000 people have fled fighting throughout Sudan's rebellious province of Darfur in the first five months of this year, more than the total number of people displaced there in the last two years put together. U.N. Humanitarian Chief, Valerie Amos is on a visit to the area and spoke Thursday in Khartoum, Sudan. She says "We cannot ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214719939/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:16:54 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214719939/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Just because the bathroom is utilitarian, doesn't mean it should be lacking in style. More and more, homeowners are furnishing the bath, doing more than just buying towels and a shower curtain. The result is a stylish space more like the living room than ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214718013/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 12:21:55 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214718013/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Military and civilian lawyers representing terror suspect detainees at Guantanamo Bay are sent a letter to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel urging him to improve conditions as authorities there crack down on detainees engaging in a hunger strike. ';While the hunger strike continues to increase in scope and severity, there is much you can do, right now, to improve the quality of life for all ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214718144/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 12:15:20 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214718144/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 The man accused of abducting and murdering April Jones told a court he lay the five-year-old girl on his living room floor to give her some "peace and quiet" and keep her warm - even though he claims she was dead by this point.During his second day in the witness box, Mark Bridger conceded he looked at a cartoon image of a girl being restrained and sexually abused on the day April ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214718478/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 12:03:26 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214718478/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Widespread flooding has either completely destroyed or damaged thousands of homes in New Providence, according to National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) officials. Eastern New Providence and Pinewood Gardens were just some of the areas hardest hit by the flooding. Residents spent most of the day waist deep in water cleaning up the mess and assessing their losses. NEMA officials could not ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214719259/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 11:52:23 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214719259/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 A retired couple in Colombia has turned their plant eaters into a thriving business that exports four tons of snail meat a month to Europe. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214716868/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 11:12:47 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214716868/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Old German Beer Hall on Old World 3rd St., is making a $125,000 upgrade to the site, north of E. Capitol Drive; the improvements become property of Milwaukee County, which owns the park. The county has extended the operator’s lease by 13 years after a successful first season last year. General manager Stephen Schultz said a full commercial kitchen is being installed so the beer garden can ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214716444/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 11:10:49 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214716444/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 The Fond du Lac Reporter says about 50 company employees live in Moore and that many have been displaced. The Oklahoma City plant operated by Quad was not damaged but production was hampered by a power failure. The company's Oklahoma City plant has 600 employees and operates much like the Lomira plant producing glossy catalogues and other inserts. . Module type name is JSO Mod-Script ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214717297/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 11:10:45 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214717297/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 The Hendler Creamery on Baltimore Street is slated to be turned into 250 apartments. The building is on the National Register of Historic Places. The Commercial Group is planning a $45 million, 250-unit apartment complex for the former Hendler Creamery site that will encompass an entire block between Fayette and Baltimore streets in Jonestown. The Baltimore Development Corp. voted Thursday to ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214718175/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 11:06:36 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214718175/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Russia Russian police have searched the homes of two opposition activists as part of an investigation into the criminal case against protesters allegedly involved in unrest during the anti-Kremlin rally on Moscow's Bolotnaya Square on May 6 last year. Early Thursday, after law enforcers searched the home of Vasily Kuzmin - the head of the Moscow branch of the Left Front movement - he was ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214716506/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 11:01:20 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214716506/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 MOSCOW, May 23 (RIA Novosti) – Police carried out searches on Thursday at the homes of two members of Russia’s Left Front movement, which played a key role in last year’s mass protests against the rule of President Vladimir Putin. Police detained Vasily Kuzmin, head of the Moscow branch of Left Front, and raided the home of Denis Kuraishi, a former bodyguard for the ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214716509/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:59:35 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214716509/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 The Walnut Creek City Council has approved a 141-apartment project that will include 18,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space, the Contra Costa Times reports. Laconia Development is set to build the 164,615-square-foot project, called 1500 California, on a 1.23-acre site in the city's downtown. The development will consist of two six-story glass towers on California Boulevard, with ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214716548/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:19:40 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214716548/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 "Our job is first of all to bring in money, and people forget this," said Israel Tax Authority real estate taxes division head Shay Aharonovich at the Israel Builders Association's annual conference at the Herod's Hotel in Eilat today. "We are a conservative body, which knows what the real estate tax revenues are, and we know that every exemption and break will reduce ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214715491/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:56:06 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214715491/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 MIAMI (CBS4) - Two people confined to wheelchairs say they feel like prisoners in their own homes after the elevator in their North Miami apartment broke. Mark Merriman has been in a wheelchair for 21 years. He was an innocent bystander in a shooting which left paralyzed on his left side. Merriman, who has worked as a ticket taker at the AmericanAirlines Arena said because the elevator ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214716088/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:30:56 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214716088/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 >For local coverage of Monday's devastating storms in Oklahoma, go to these CNN affiliates: KFOR, KOCO and KOKH.(CNN) -- The lone, tattered page from a decimated children's book sat quietly amid the rest of the rubble. But the words spoke volumes about the pain and nostalgia in the city of Moore:"I remember my old house,Its rooms so bright and wide. Its halls will echo for all time,With the ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214716084/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:20:55 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214716084/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu May 23, 2013 9:08am EDT May 23 (Reuters) - Ally Financial Inc: * Residential capital llc asks US bankruptcy court to approve settlement with Ally Financial Inc * Ally financial inc to increase contribution to residential capital llc estate to $2.1 billion - court docs * Ally financial inc settlement to be $1.95 billion in cash, $150 million anticipated from ally's insurers- court docs ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214716013/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:08:06 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214716013/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Fistula Centre in Eldoret. The girl, let us call her Veronica, went into labour in February and laboured for so long because she was too timid to tell her husband she was about to have a baby. "I didn't know the cause of the pain or that it was a sign that I was giving birth," Veronica says. Hours later when the pain became unbearable Veronica was taken to hospital for emergency ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214713828/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 08:50:49 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214713828/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Hialeah police on Thursday morning are investigating a homicide at a home that may have stemmed from a landlord-tenant dispute.Police are questioning someone in custody. The medical examiner's office have removed a body from the lawn of the home near Palm Springs Middle School.The family renting the home were "calm people," neighbor Michael Allen told Miami Herald news partner ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214714334/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 08:47:04 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214714334/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 SANTA ANA, Calif. -- Purses, backpacks and textbooks are piled up on the floor, benches and any available surface, completely forgotten. Instead, students fill their hands and laps with four-legged friends. The Orange County, Calif., chapter of The Bright and Beautiful Therapy Dogs paid a visit to Chapman University School of Law's Donald P. Kennedy Hall just before finals, as a courtesy to ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214714643/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 08:46:57 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214714643/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 - Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes ticked up last month to the highest level in 3 1/2 years, helped by a jump in the number of houses for sale. The National Association of Realtors said Wednesday that sales rose to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.97 million, up from 4.94 million in March. Home sales have risen 9.7 percent in the past 12 months, evidence that the housing market ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214713594/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 08:30:20 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214713594/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 real estate leaders estimate that it would create a new pool of 3 million homeowners and pump more than $500 billion in sales, income and spending into the U.S. housing economy. According ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214713595/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 08:30:19 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214713595/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Madison-based LaForce Inc. sold its decorative hardware division which will move to a new location and be renamed Inspiration Hardware. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. LaForce is one of the country's largest distributors of commercial doors and ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214713723/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 08:27:04 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214713723/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 The California-based Price Group, which owns Newport on the Levee, is working with an unnamed developer to expand the Northern Kentucky mixed-use development. The Business Courier of Cincinnati reports that the Levees owners plan to add up to 220 apartments and a limited service hotel on the block of space just north of the Hofbrauhaus. The owners also want to bring a digital entertainment tenant ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214713721/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 08:24:58 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214713721/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 In the UK, five men have been arrested over an allegation of sexually assaulting a child at a day nursery in Worcestershire.The child told their family about an incident which is reported to have happened last week.It is said to have taken place at a branch of the Bright Eyes Nurseries - which are in Bromsgrove, Redditch and Droitwich.They have been searched - along with three other ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214713783/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 08:22:19 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214713783/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 CHICAGO (CBS) – Two people were taken to the hospital early Thursday, after a CTA bus crashed into a building. WBBM Newsradio's Bernie Tafoya reports police said someone cut off the #52A Kedzie bus around 4:45 a.m. as it was driving north on Kedzie Avenue near 64th Street, with at least one set of the bus wheels rolling on wet metal sheeting covering roadwork on ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214713638/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 08:18:57 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214713638/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Yuichiro Miura, 80, scaled Mount Everest Thursday, becoming the oldest person to reach the summit of the world's tallest peak, his office said. Miura, who is also an extreme skier, reached the summit of the 29,028-foot Himalayan peak in Nepal about 9 a.m. Thursday, Mainichi Shimbun reported, quoting his Tokyo office. "It's the greatest feeling in the world. I feel like ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214712801/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 07:20:41 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214712801/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Northwest Indiana single-family home sales increased 26 percent in April as compared to one year ago, marking the 22nd straight month home sales have increased in the region. A total of 766 single-family homes were sold in April in the region, as compared to 608 homes in April 2012, according to sales figures from the Greater Northwest Indiana Association of Realtors. ';It is crazy,'; ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214712271/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 07:19:43 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214712271/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 The gold was spread among six boxes unloaded from American Airlines Flight 902, which arrived at 4:42 a.m. Tuesday morning from Guayaquil, Ecuador, according to ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214711992/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 06:30:16 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214711992/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 ROGER HARRIS/NEWS SENTINEL Knoxville Wholesale Furniture has purchased the former Fowler’s Furniture building on Peters Road, seen here on ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214711913/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 06:24:42 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214711913/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 The U.S. residential industry boomed in April, with existing home sales rising 0.6 percent to 4.97 million units, the highest level in about three and a half ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214711200/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 06:09:12 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214711200/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Residents of Moore, Oklahoma, consider the task of rebuilding their homes and lives after a massive tornado ripped through their city on Monday. Standing in front of mounds of rubble where her home once stood, one woman says God will provide help in the coming weeks. Twenty-four people, including nine children, were killed in the ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214711379/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 06:04:14 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214711379/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Union Kitchen has proposed a new outdoor market in NoMa with live music, happy hours and food trucks, The Washington Post reports. The "food incubator," which offers kitchen space for food truck operators, startup businesses and caterers, is looking to create room for 200 people in the parking lot next to its building, located at Third and L streets NE. Jonas Singer, a founder of Union ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214711285/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 05:55:05 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214711285/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 grade level at the school -- meaning that roughly an astonishing 10 percent of them are twins. Only one of the 23 sets of twins are reportedly ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214710971/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 05:22:09 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214710971/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 The Forum, a joint initiative between infoDev, a global innovation program within the World Bank, and the Department of Science and ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214710205/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 05:22:08 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214710205/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 The housing cabinet unanimously approved the construction of 150,000 rental apartments at its first meeting yesterday. "Lowering housing prices is one of the government's great tests," said Minister of Finance Yair Lapid. "We have a housing emergency, which threatens an entire generation of young people who are afraid to go out into the world if they ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214710628/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 05:14:34 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214710628/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Fourth-graders at Joaquin Miller Elementary School celebrate, learn and relive the history of the migration of African-Americans to California from the south in the 1940s with music, dance, costumes, food and ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214710457/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 04:55:56 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214710457/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Climate Finance as currently constituted supports projects that are not relevant to Africa, the Secretary General of the Pan African Climate Justice Alliance has ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214709980/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 04:12:47 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214709980/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Malaysia 's national news agency, the ministry is concerned that Masmud's action may set an example by providing an escape route in cases of statutory rape. "In order to protect public interest and prevent such incidents, the Ministry urges that the man be charged under Section 376 of the Penal Code in the Sessions Court or Section 80 of the Sabah Syariah Offences Enactment 1995 in ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214709981/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 04:12:47 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214709981/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Mexican white girl doesn't speak Spanish ." Like many others who have written to The Race Card Project, she grew up in bilingual household but never learned the language of her elders. O'Brien says she often feels like she has a foot in two worlds, but is never fully accepted in either. Whites often assume she is Greek or Mediterranean because her face is slightly angular and her ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214709205/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 04:09:16 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214709205/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 BONITA SPRINGS, Fla. -- A photographer is planning to reopen former animal attraction in southwest Florida as a botanical garden.Everglades Wonder Gardens in Bonita Springs closed its doors last month after 77 years. Its remaining alligators, crocodiles, snakes, turtles, deer and bobcats were moved to Gatorland in central Florida.Wildlife photographer John Brady tells the Naples Daily News ( ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214709709/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 04:07:59 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214709709/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 FORT WAYNE – Board of Public Works members voted unanimously Wednesday to move forward with a project to take 56 homes in Aboite Township off septic systems and put them on city sewers.The city’s Nancy Townsend told board members the project will install nearly 8,000 feet of forced-main sewer line plus individual grinder pumps in the Covington Dells neighborhood at Illinois and Hadley ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214709872/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 04:05:56 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214709872/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Dr. Patricia Bragg, CEO/President of Bragg Live Food Products and Founder of Bragg Health Institute, along with internationally acclaimed classical-crossover vocal recording-artist and health advocate Duchess Sylvia Valentina, will present a BraggHealth Lecture and Program entitled, 'The Bragg Healthy Lifestyle - You are what you Eat, Drink, Breathe, Think, Say and Do' as part of a ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214709239/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 04:05:03 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214709239/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 regeneration work is not always a top priority for councils. Spending money to help businesses and provide residents with better high streets is often considered too much of a gamble.However, at Waltham Forest council we have decided to put money into this area. As a result earlier this year ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214709982/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 04:04:22 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214709982/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Housing associations are braced for reform. Legislation, from housing benefit direct to tenants to the bedroom tax, is being driven through but scant consideration has been given to data security. Changing how and where data is held, accessed and transmitted can have profound implications and could see some housing associations breach regulations.Securing personal data on the wide range of ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214709983/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 04:04:20 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214709983/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 hour-long sneak preview into what's coming soon for the entertainment platform gives us a pretty good picture into how serious Microsoft takes the living room. While the devices-and-service company struggles in mobile and other computing devices, it has pretty good head start in the living room, and the message to competitors: We're ready for a fight. Microsoft positions the new ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214709984/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 03:59:45 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214709984/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Zombie houses are what RealtyTrac is calling properties vacated by owners who have moved out and moved on with their lives after getting tired of waiting for their lenders to foreclose. In a new report, the first-ever "foreclosure inventory " found 301,874 "zombie" properties have been abandoned by their owners. Last year at this time some 7.73 percent of all mortgages were ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214709183/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 03:33:34 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214709183/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Worldwide levels of the chief greenhouse gas that causes global warming have hit a milestone, reaching an amount never before encountered by humans, federal scientists said. Carbon dioxide was measured at 400 parts per million at the oldest monitoring station which is in Hawaii sets the global benchmark. The last time the worldwide carbon level was probably that high was about 2 million years ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214709153/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 03:32:40 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214709153/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 There are plenty of germ-infested hot spots and tough-to-clean areas in your kitchen, so be sure to take a methodical approach when scrubbing time comes. Start with the stove. Cover drip pans, hobs and knobs in warm, soapy water and leave to soak while you work your way, clockwise, around the rest of your kitchen until you end up back at the stove, which should by then be easier to clean. Make ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214708830/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 03:03:25 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214708830/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 security option turned on, it's still important for you to use a strong password and follow the rest of our advice for keeping your account ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214708443/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 03:01:46 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214708443/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Employers might redesign regulation at work minimizing use of personal devices at work blamed for rise in online insecurity to businesses. A new study by Cisco networks blames current work lifestyles adopted by employees for the rise of network insecurity in offices. Security risks in businesses are on the rise because many employees adopt "my way" work lifestyles in which their ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214707982/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 01:53:15 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214707982/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 NATIONAL CITY -; Firefighters quickly extinguished a blaze off Interstate 805 in National City on Wednesday night that was next to a residential area, a fire official ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214707983/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 01:53:05 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214707983/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 A Los Angeles county sheriff's statement says the department received a 911 call Wednesday from the woman, who said the bear had climbed through her window and she had locked herself in an upstairs ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214707888/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 01:52:56 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214707888/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Mark next Saturday, June 1 on your calendars to attend the annual Home Garden Tour, sponsored by Smith County Master Gardeners. The tour is a unique opportunity to view five private gardens and landscapes. This year's gardens showcase a variety of landscaping styles and methods — ranging from a woodland setting to an intimate garden planned for the wheelchair gardener. Featured gardens ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214707985/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 01:21:12 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214707985/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Peter Bennett (left) and Michael Quinlan were found guilty of dealing in cannabis-growing equipment. Photo / Greg Bowker The two men at the top of the Switched on Gardener chain are appealing their convictions and sentences. Owner Michael Quinlan was sentenced to four years and three months in jail last month. He had been convicted of possessing and supplying equipment to grow cannabis ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214706504/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 00:29:59 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214706504/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 A Strathcona-Tweedsmuir School student releases a butterfly in tribute Wednesday to residential school students on the memorial grounds of St. Joseph Industrial School, a Catholic residential school south of ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214707029/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 00:26:46 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214707029/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 A $5 million development to turn an historic Port Adelaide wool shed into a residential and entertainment precinct has been stalled. Port Adelaide Enfield Council's Development Assessment Panel deferred a decision on the development at 7 Santos Parade last night because of its proximity to fertiliser storage company Incitec Pivot and insufficient vehicle access into the building. The ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214707327/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Thu, 23 May 2013 00:07:00 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214707327/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Da Kitchen business partners Les Tomita and Mariah Brown, seen in this 2011 file photo, are closing their only Honolulu restaurant on Saturday. The closing doesn't affect Da Kitchen's two Maui locations. Da Kitchen, a popular local and Hawaiian food restaurant that started on Maui, will be closing its only Honolulu restaurant on Saturday, co-owner Mariah Brown told PBN on Wednesday. Da ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214706194/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Wed, 22 May 2013 23:58:03 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214706194/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 According to a spokeswoman, the flag garden is meant to honor Massachusetts' fallen heroes from the Civil War to present day. The 300 volunteers will continue to plant the flags until Memorial Day. Gov. Deval Patrick, Boston Mayor Thomas Menino and Attorney General Martha Coakley will join families and volunteers at a ceremony Thursday morning for the planting of 170 flags, each ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214705502/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Wed, 22 May 2013 23:31:35 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214705502/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 A group of residents who sued the city of Ventura and a developer over a proposed housing development has reached an agreement with both of them. The developer will revamp his 154-unit apartment complex, and the city agreed to do more traffic ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214704906/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Wed, 22 May 2013 22:27:39 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214704906/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, shows off her baby bump in a yellow coat dress as she mingles with Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, at the Queen's annual Garden Party on the grounds of Buckingham Palace on May 22, 2013. ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214704907/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Wed, 22 May 2013 22:13:20 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214704907/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 A $1.7 million Government grant will provide more affordable housing for some of Tauranga's most vulnerable people. The grant has been made to Tauranga Community Housing Trust and will be used to build new units and modify existing ones to make them suitable for people with restricted mobility. Trust manager Chris Johnstone said eight units on an existing Clarke St site would be ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214708831/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Wed, 22 May 2013 22:11:12 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214708831/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 The revolutionary concept of seeing the lead character in Tennessee William's classic "The Glass Menagerie" as a homeless man came to creator Hans Fleischmann appropriately enough while he was living out of his 1987 Chevy conversion van on the streets of Los Angeles in 2011. "It's 2 in the morning, and there is this guy talking loudly right outside my van. He just sounds ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214703837/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Wed, 22 May 2013 21:07:50 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214703837/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Nearby houses were being evacuated late Wednesday afternoon after a car crashed into a Surrey home and hit a gas meter.It was not immediately clear how many homes were being evacuated or how long it would be before Fortis B.C. was able to shut off the line.This comes after another gas line in Mission caught on fire Tuesday evening.That blaze was finally put out and gas shut off just before 11:30 ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214703839/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Wed, 22 May 2013 20:56:52 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214703839/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Bradley Cooper, star of "The Hangover 3," may be Hollywood's most well-adjusted mama's boy. As he has explained at length before, the 38-year-old Cooper moved in with his widowed mother after the death of his father a few years ago. And, in a move that made women across the country swoon, the actor even brought her as his date to this year's Oscars ceremony, where ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214702809/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Wed, 22 May 2013 19:58:55 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214702809/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Pakistan -- There's no shortage of sunlight in this city. Overcast days are rare, and the mid-afternoon sun is so searingly bright, I actually have to wince my eyes shut and wait for the sunspots to clear before I can see again. So imagine my surprise when a recent blood test showed that my vitamin D levels are so low my doctor called for injections. "Vitamin D shortages can cause ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214702810/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Wed, 22 May 2013 19:57:33 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214702810/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 The tornado that struck an Oklahoma City suburb this week may have created $2 billion or more in damage as it tore through as many as 13,000 homes, multiple schools and a hospital, officials said Wednesday as they gave the first detailed account of the ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214702811/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Wed, 22 May 2013 19:57:03 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214702811/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 /enpproperty--> Zhang Yuchen reports on the grim plight that faces 'left-behind seniors'. Cheng Deguang often spends half his day sitting on the banks of the river that connects his village to the city of Jinan in Shandong province. Sometimes, Cheng stares at the water for hours, immobile as a statue. When the temperature begins to fall, he moves inside his house about 1 km ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214701961/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Wed, 22 May 2013 19:55:28 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214701961/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 A mixed martial arts fighter is suing a Philadelphia adult shop, saying a product he bought to enhance his sex life had the opposite effect. Michael Waylon Lowe alleges in court papers the Kama Sutra Pleasure Balm Prolonging Gel left him with scars on his penis, the Philadelphia Daily News reported Wednesday. He filed a lawsuit May 14 against The Mood, the store on Philadelphia's trendy ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214701905/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Wed, 22 May 2013 19:30:05 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214701905/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Why Oklahomans Don't Like Basements Melissa Block talks to NPR Two-Way blogger Scott Neuman about why basements in Oklahoma are so ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214701088/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Wed, 22 May 2013 18:53:29 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214701088/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Santo Domingo.. - Dominican Republic's State-owned bank (Ban-Reservas) on Wednesday announced a 7.5% interest rate for low-cost homes of up to RD$4.0 million (US$97,500). Reservas administrator Vicente Bengoa said the rate, which stems from the Monetary Board's release of bank reserves, will increase to 8% in the second year, and 8.5% in six years. He said industry can access loans ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214700825/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Wed, 22 May 2013 18:47:17 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214700825/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 FDLE said agents executed a search warrant at Andres David Hernandez's Avenue of the Groves apartment and found several hundred full length videos and images of child pornography on his ... http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214701253/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6 Wed, 22 May 2013 18:45:45 -0400 http://www.mainemirror.com/index.php/sid/214701253/scat/57ef06a09618a2d6