Joplin fares well in park land per resident w/ link to The Trust for Public Land Web site (The Joplin Globe) Greener than average. That?s how Joplin fared when the amount of park land per resident was compared to other cities in Missouri and the Midwest....more...Electronics mogul, wife divorce for 2nd time (The Palm Beach Post) Minutes after a judge approved a settlement ending their marriage, a sobbing Jody Tagaris threw her arms around her newly minted ex-husband, pledging her eternal love....more... Police Seek Suspect In Attempted Carjacking (The Tampa Tribune) PLANT CITY ? Police continued to search today for a suspect who tried Saturday to steal a man's 2004 Corvette at gunpoint....more... November 2007 (Watertown Daily Times) JEFFERSON - Florence M. Hamilton, 92, of Jefferson passed away on Thursday, Nov. 29, 2007, at Countryside Home in Jefferson. She was born on Sept. 8, 1915, in Prairie du Chien, daughter of the late Charles and Mary (Suhrada) Konicheck....more... Gorillas line coach Kroenke to take over as marketing AD (The Joplin Globe) PITTSBURG, Kan. ? Bill Kroenke, an assistant football coach at Pittsburg State the past 18 years, has been appointed as assistant athletic director for marketing and promotions....more... November 2007 (Watertown Daily Times) Nancy G. Lovejoy, 74, of Watertown, died unexpectedly on Saturday, Nov. 24, 2007, at Watertown Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Friday at 1:30 p.m. at the Pederson Funeral Home in Watertown with the Rev. Father Thomas Marr of St. Bernard's Catholic Church officiating....more... November 2007 (Watertown Daily Times) Clark G. Tracy Jr., 27, of Watertown, passed away Sunday morning, Nov. 25, 2007, in Adams County, in the town of Quincy, as the result of a motor vehicle accident....more... New Malibu is bold move (Dallas Morning News) Rental car roots run deep. Just ask Chevrolet, the company that gave us solid-lifter Corvettes, fuel-injected '57s, the Beach Boys' she's-so-fine 409, the terminator Z06 ? and, oh yeah, the leaden, lumpy Malibu....more... There's a turbocharger in your future (Concord Monitor) The next thing in greener cars doesn't need hydrogen, lithium-on batteries or even a power cord. In fact, it's based on century-old technology that has been used on trucks since before World War II: the turbo....more... |