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No extra tax break for hurricane shutters Sunday, March 14, 2010 @ 5:19AMAnswer Spot addresses post-Hurricane Katrina questions. To submit a question, send it to insurance@timespicayune.com. I had accordion-style hurricane shutters installed on every window and door of my home during 2009. Most of them are kept closed year-round. Is there...
It’s Daylight Grousing Time for clock setters Saturday, March 13, 2010 @ 4:10PMPublished: Saturday, March 13, 2010 at 8:00 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, March 12, 2010 at 2:36 p.m. NEW YORK — Turning clocks ahead for spring is a ritual some people love to hate . We’re groggy. Our kids are cranky. While sitting better than fall’s theft of afternoon daylight, still we grumble.
Living on borrowed time: March ahead this weekend Saturday, March 13, 2010 @ 1:25PMBeginning this weekend, there will be a little more “day” in everyone’s day. Thanks to the Energy Policy Act of 2005, most Americans will be setting their clocks ahead one hour this Sunday, March 14, at 2 a.m. (or doing it before they go to bed on Saturday night).
State-of-the-art emergency center nears completion Saturday, March 13, 2010 @ 9:19AMWe pray for a day where tragedy and disaster are shadows of distant memories of nightmarish dreams. Our common reality, though, is one of recurrant human and natural disasters — hurricanes, fires, tornadoes, disease — sent to test the human will to survive.
It’s Daylight Grousing Time for clock setters Saturday, March 13, 2010 @ 8:01AMNEW YORK — Turning clocks ahead for spring is a ritual some people love to hate. We’re groggy. Our kids are cranky. While sitting better than fall’s theft of afternoon daylight, still we grumble. Does anybody have anything nice to say about Daylight Saving Time?
Time to spring forward Saturday, March 13, 2010 @ 7:14AMDaylight-saving time starts Sunday morning as the 2 a.m. hour disappears, leaving in its wake the groans of those who would have enjoyed the extra hour of weekend rest.
Verandah’s Clementine model offers outdoor fireplace and living area Saturday, March 13, 2010 @ 5:00AMThe Clementine is now open for viewing in Verandah’s Citrus Creek neighborhood.
Clock setters find change refreshing Saturday, March 13, 2010 @ 1:23AMNEW YORK -- Turning clocks ahead for spring is a ritual some people love to hate.
Embracing that extra hour of daylight Friday, March 12, 2010 @ 8:17AMTurning clocks ahead for spring is a ritual some people love to hate. We're groggy. Our kids are cranky. While sitting better than fall's theft of afternoon daylight, still we grumble. Does anybody have anything nice to say about Daylight Saving Time? New York City's Camilla Brooks does.
March 13-20, 2010 Friday, March 12, 2010 @ 2:19AMSATURDAY, March 13Midnight(DIY) Yard Crashers — Turning a small and odd-shaped yard into a griller's paradise with a barbecue island complete with built-in seating.
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Editorial: Hold the cannons Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 11:08PMAs we spring, march, or leap ahead one hour into daylight-saving time this weekend, you may well ask whose bright idea was this anyway? Benjamin Franklin is often credited with coming up with the idea of what we now call daylight-saving time.
Smart Windows: Good for Seeing Through, Generating Electricity Too Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 6:24PMPhotovoltaic solar power may be the bees knees in green power cleverness, but you still have to work out how to mount the panels on your building. That's going to be much easier now a Dutch company has combined them with windows. PV panels aren't exactly the most attractive of household additions, in their typical "we just bolted these suckers onto your shingles" installation (though they are ...
Area Budget Blinds franchise honored Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 6:40AMBudget Blinds offers homeowners and businesses in the area free consultations, professional measuring and installation, and a selection of window treatments including shutters, blinds, draperies and shades..
More paperwork will be required of homeowners seeking discounts Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 1:04AMHomeowners can still get insurance discounts for hurricane clips and window shutters, they'll just have to file more paperwork to get them.
Jim Telfer: England are no longer our main rivals Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 5:19PMWe think of him as part of a pair, the ying to Ian McGeechan’s yang, but in so many things and so many ways, Jim Telfer stands alone. The fiercely proud Borderer who despises insularity, the autocratic socialist, the hero and the villain. He is all of these things and he loves it.
BJP leader shot dead in Punjab Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 2:35AMPhagwara, Mar 5 : Punjab BJP leader Sudarshan Dhillon was shot dead by some unidentified assaliants in front of a private hospital in the Hargobind Nagar locality of the town here today.
Smart New Tyneside Shop Is Just A Front Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 6:35PMA smart delicatessen that caters only for window shoppers has sprung up in a Tyneside town after the council decided to put up fake shop fronts to cover empty units.
The deli that's for window shoppers only: Fake shopfronts built to cover up High St stores that have been closed down Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 9:03AMAs High Streets are decimated by the recession - fake business facades have been installed to create the illusion that shops are still occupied.
44 Eton Rd, Lindfield Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 7:42AMThis exemplary family house is designed to provide versatile living. It has luxurious finishes, privacy and convenience.
Protests against publication of Taslima's article:1 killed Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 12:20AMShimoga, Karnataka, Mar 1 : One person was killed in police firing and over 100 people were injured as violence broke out when groups of people went on a rampage after taking out a protest march against the publication of Kannada translation of an article written by Bangladesh author Taslima Nasreen in a daily today.
Protest against publication of Taslima's article turns violent Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 8:54PMShimoga, Karnataka, Mar 1 : One person was killed in police firing while over 100 injured in violent incident groups of people went on a rampage after taking out a protest march against the publication of Kannada translation of an article written by Bangladesh author Taslima Nasreen in a daily today.
Jefferson Parish property tax assessments show disparities with home sale prices Saturday, February 27, 2010 @ 11:02PMTimes-Picayune study finds average 14 percent gap, in owners' favor
Family now homeless after fire Saturday, February 27, 2010 @ 10:04PMSOUTHWEST MIAMI-DADE, Fla. (WSVN) -- An intense fire leaves a family homeless. Flames sparked inside the home located at Southwest 136th Street and Old Cutler Road.
Classic saltbox Saturday, February 27, 2010 @ 3:52AMDespite its name, Hulls Highway is a quiet, rural road that meanders passed a melange of stately homes and properties with horses; and despite its appearance, the colonial saltbox house looks like it was built in the 18th century. The 3,634 square-foot house was meticulously designed as a quintessential 1750 classic New England saltbox and painstakingly appointed with chestnut beams, wide ...
Colonial Revival features 1930s touches Saturday, February 27, 2010 @ 2:57AMThe 1930 Colonial Revival house in North Stamford has some 5,500 square feet, 15 rooms and six bedrooms inside. The huge foyer has a fireplace, as does the living room and den. The random-width oak floors have been restored, and the original moldings and details retained.
BookEnds: Shutter Island Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 3:15PMAngie: What did you do this weekend? Mandy: Stayed in and rented movies.
Reader's Digest: Thirteen Things a Burglar Won't Tell You Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 11:07AMWith five rapes in the Waldo area in six months, residents are on high alert. Reader's Digest takes a look inside a burglar's mind to help get an idea of how they pick their targets.
150,000 Happy Thomas Sanderson Customers and Counting... Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 2:17AMWith over 20 years experience in shading and styling for the home and conservatory, Thomas Sanderson are the UK’s leading made to measure Blinds and Shutters specialist. More than 150,000 homeowners have chosen to improve their homes with Thomas Sanderson because of their superior quality products, backed by a first class local service – nationwide. (PRWeb Feb 25, 2010) Read the full story at ...
150,000 Happy Thomas Sanderson Customers and Counting... Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 1:01AMWith over 20 years experience in shading and styling for the home and conservatory, Thomas Sanderson are the UK’s leading made to measure Blinds and Shutters specialist. More than 150,000 homeowners have chosen to improve their homes with Thomas Sanderson because of their superior quality products, backed by a first class local service – nationwide.
McBain empties after Deluxe fire Wednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 4:47AMAn electrical fire that originated on a sign above Deluxe Restaurant on 113th Street and Broadway, forced residents of McBain—which is adjacent to the building—to evacuate for approximately an hour Wednesday morning.
Santa Cruz the very definition of laid-back Tuesday, February 23, 2010 @ 7:35PMThree-hundred and forty-five driving miles north of Los Angeles, 72 miles south of San Francisco and many leagues to the left of Middle America, Santa Cruz calls out to newcomers like a lazy mermaid atop Monterey Bay. With tie-dyed scales.
Astronauts take call from admiring President Obama Tuesday, February 23, 2010 @ 5:48PMCAPE CANAVERAL, Florida - With their construction work finished, the 11 astronauts aboard the shuttle-station complex accepted congratulations Wednesday from President Barack Obama, who assured them of his "unwavering" commitment to NASA.
Meet Dead Space 2's necromorphs Tuesday, February 23, 2010 @ 11:23AMPre-production work on Dead Space 2 has only been official for less than six months, but it was never in serious doubt. Isaac Clarke’s first encounter with the alien virus that created the necromorphs was a hugely atmospheric blend of action shooter, with grim tones of survival horror.
Once upon a life: Hilary Mantel Tuesday, February 23, 2010 @ 11:14AMFor four years, the Booker prize-winner lived in the repressive, claustrophobic kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Until one day in 1986 when she and her husband left Jeddah and rediscovered freedom At five o'clock on the morning of 13 March 1986 I stood with my husband in the half dark outside our house, listening. Nothing in this place was simple, so we thought: what if the car doesn't come? Beyond the ...
Space shuttle Endeavour defies forecasters of doom Tuesday, February 23, 2010 @ 12:35AMThe space shuttle Endeavour and its six astronauts returned safely to Earth today, ending a mission that resulted in the virtual completion of the International Space Station. Related Stories Woman guilty of murdering children found in freezer Grim clean-up begins on Madeira Obama’s last-ditch health bid
Boys, 14 and 16, arrested over Blackburn knifepoint robbery Monday, February 22, 2010 @ 12:25PMTWO boys, aged 14 and 16, have been arrested after a masked gang burst into a Blackburn shop and threatened a woman with a knife.
Space shuttle makes rare nighttime landing Monday, February 22, 2010 @ 12:24PMCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Endeavour and its six astronauts returned safely to Earth on Sunday, making a rare nighttime landing to end a mission that resulted in the virtual completion of the International Space Station.
US space shuttle makes rare nighttime landing Monday, February 22, 2010 @ 8:08AMAgencies Florida, Feb 22: Endeavour and its six astronauts returned safely to Earth, making a rare nighttime landing to end a mission that resulted in the virtual completion of the International Space Station.
Space shuttle makes rare nighttime landing Monday, February 22, 2010 @ 7:05AMCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Endeavour and its six astronauts returned safely to Earth on Sunday, making a rare nighttime landing to end a mission that resulted in the virtual completion of the International Space Station. The shuttle's on-time arrival took some by surprise. All day, forecasters said rain and clouds probably would scuttle any touchdown attempts. But the rain stayed away and the ...
Ukraine's leading English-language newspaper since 1995 Monday, February 22, 2010 @ 3:07AMCAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (AP) — Endeavour and its six astronauts returned safely to Earth, making a rare nighttime landing to end a mission that resulted in the virtual completion of the International Space Station.
Endeavour crew makes rare nighttime landing Sunday, February 21, 2010 @ 11:50PMn Team spent two weeks installing windowed dome on space station
Space shuttle makes rare nighttime landing (1:08 p.m.) Sunday, February 21, 2010 @ 11:28PMCAPE CANAVERAL, Florida — Endeavour and its six astronauts returned safely to Earth, making a rare nighttime landing to end a mission that resulted in the virtual completion of the International Spa read more
NASA managers assess weather, landing options Saturday, February 20, 2010 @ 3:21AMWith Endeavour safely away from the International Space Station, flight controllers are looking ahead to the crew's planned landing Sunday night, assessing threatening weather in Florida and California and evaluating a variety of landing options.
Shuttle Endeavour departs International Space Station Friday, February 19, 2010 @ 7:51PMThe shuttle Endeavour undocked from the International Space Station Friday, leaving a new habitation module and observation deck behind that virtually complete the U.S. segment of the lab complex after more than 11 years of construction.
Endeavour departs nearly completed space station, heads home after 1st-rate construction job Friday, February 19, 2010 @ 7:03PMCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Space shuttle Endeavour has left the International Space Station and is headed home. Endeavour undocked from the practically finished space station Friday night.
Tiger Woods sticks to the script in his apology and reveals nothing of note Friday, February 19, 2010 @ 6:54PMAfter hiding out for more than two months from prying cameras, Tiger Woods faced the world again on Friday.
Shuttle Endeavour to depart the space station tonight Friday, February 19, 2010 @ 5:51PMThe Endeavour astronauts are prepping the shuttle for undocking and separation from the International Space Station this evening, leaving the lab complex more than 98 percent complete after the delivery of a new habitation module and multi-window cupola.
Endeavour Preps For Sunday Night Landing Friday, February 19, 2010 @ 4:20PMKENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The space shuttle Endeavour is about to head home. The shuttle crew will undock from the International Space Station Friday evening in preparation for their return to earth.
Shuttle Endeavour undocks from space station Friday, February 19, 2010 @ 2:08PMSpace shuttle Endeavour undocked from the practically finished International Space Station Friday night. The two spacecraft and 11 astronauts spent nearly 10 days together, working to install a new room and observation deck.