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Prosecutors build case in homicide trial
FRIENDSHIP — A 61-year-old Big Flats man showed no emotion Tuesday when prosecutors displayed pictures of his mother?s remains during the second day of his homicide trial. Larry W. Clark occasionally glanced at the photos displayed on two large screens at the front of the courtroom. Wearing the same dark gray suit he wore when [...]
Swaddling: A Common Parenting Practice Under Fire
Swaddling can be beneficial for babies — as long as you do it correctly. (Photo: Getty Images)Two California caregivers were arraigned last week on child abuse charges for swaddling seven babies so tightly that the children had trouble breathing. Now parents around the country are wondering whether they could be harming their own children by [...]
Book offers parenting tips from the scriptures
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Priceline Plans To Pare Expedia’s Lead In U.S. Online Bookings
Quick Take Pricelines share in the US travel bookings was just 11% in 2012 vs. 43% for Expedia. Despite slowing growth, the US online travel market remains the biggest market in terms of sales and will continue to be so for years to come. US online travel sales is expected to cross $180 billion by [...]
May 1 Police Beat
MORGAN COUNTY Jacksonville Police Arrests, Citations o A 17-year-old boy was arrested about 9:30 pm Monday on a charge of domestic battery. o Chevezes D. White, 19, of 925 Doolin Ave. was arrested about 11:50 pm Monday on a charge of domestic battery. o A 14-year-old girl was arrested about 8:45 am Tuesday on a [...]
Measuring the Benefits of Tech Tools
When I was a young reporter we could not afford cellphones. I remember waiting in line for a pay phone in downtown Mexico City one afternoon to call in the news about the auction to privatize the phone company Telmex, driving those behind me crazy while a copy editor on the other end patiently typed [...]
What is Value-Based Parenting?
Bill Cosby has this to say about parenthood, In spite of the six thousand manuals on child raising in the bookstores, child raising is still a dark continent and no one really knows anything. You just need a lot of love and luck–and, of course, courage. (Fatherhood, 1986). Author Julie K. Nelson comes from a teaching background [...]
Boston victims face huge bills; donations pour in
Various items are displayed at a makeshift memorial in Copley Square on Boylston Street in Boston, Wednesday, April 24, 2013. Traffic was allowed to flow all the way down Boylston Street on Wednesday morning for the first time since two explosions on April 15. Michael Dwyer AP Photo
Owatonna juniors make bracelets to help cancer sufferers
OWATONNA — Three Owatonna Alternative Learning Center students have spent every moment of free time the past couple of months creating bracelets, which they are now selling to help local families dealing with cancer. ALC juniors Katelyn Duncan, Tara Schultz and Osbeiva Aguilar have made hundreds of bracelets. The bracelets were made from various items, [...]
Obama Ally Likely Pick for FCC
WASHINGTON — President Obama is expected on Wednesday to nominate Tom Wheeler, a venture capital investor and fund-raiser in Mr. Obama’s presidential campaigns, as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, two administration officials said Tuesday. Enlarge This Image Business Wire Tom Wheeler Mr. Wheeler, who more than a decade ago led two telecommunications industry trade [...]