Stoneham trims White House tree Dec 4, 2008
Jessica Swegels ornament was picked to represent Massachusetts 8th District on this years official White House Christmas tree ... It s a rare honor for an artist to be tapped to create an ornament for the official White House Christmas tree ... This past Tuesday, Peg Drummey and Jess Swegel were at the White House, where their artistic creations would be hung from the boughs of the presidential Christmas tree. (Stoneham Sun, MA)
Is the NSA spying on U.S. Internet traffic? Dec 4, 2008
The White House censored her subversive Christmas tree ornament -- only to spread its anti-Bush cheer. By Jeremy Olshan. (Yahoo News -- Online Privacy)
worst Christmas tree spruced up Dec 4, 2008
A threadbare Christmas tree derided as the worst in Britain is to be replaced. Since the tree was put up at a shopping centre it has attracted barbed comments and even made international headlines for its less than shapely form. (Times Online)
From the Editor: Supportive community takes away some of the pain Dec 4, 2008
An hour later, Pastor Rod Hopp of Immanuel Lutheran Church prayed the prayer at the annual Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony, and he talked about the different color of the lights representing the diversity of the world both today and the world that the baby Jesus came into so long ago. Believers trust that God's son came here not for a select few but for all of us and that to this day he embraces all of us. (Forest City Summit, IO)
Christmas begins! Dec 4, 2008
As soon as the folks gathered around Forest City's big Christmas tree on the Winnebago County Courthouse Square, she flipped the switch and lit up the twilight sky with the lights of Christmas. All week she's been so excited, said her mother, Shelley Robson. (Forest City Summit, IO)
Man accused of tossing Christmas tree at his dad Dec 4, 2008
Florida man accused of tossing 3-foot Christmas tree at his father ... -- Authorities say a west Florida man who lives with his parents has been arrested on a felony assault charge after he used a Christmas tree as a weapon to attack his father ... According to the Manatee County sheriff's report a 37-year-old man was arrested last week after he threw a 3-foot Christmas tree at his father. (Albany Times Union)
AstraZeneca to axe 1,400 jobs in Europe, shuts three plants Dec 4, 2008
Thu Nov 20, 10:56 am ET. AstraZeneca Anglo-Swedish pharmaceuticals giant AstraZeneca said Thursday it would slash 1,400 jobs by 2013 as it. (Yahoo News -- Pharmaceutical Industry News)
'Bring joy to many' Dec 4, 2008
I learned recently while watching the news that it costs approximately $80,000 to light Christmas Tree Lane. It seems to me that if PGafford to support certain political agendas, it could also donate the power to sustain a community tradition. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Gift of reading: A bounty of books Dec 4, 2008
Which books would you like to see under the Christmas tree. HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE. (USA Today -- Life)
Follen urges caution on street when picking up trees Dec 4, 2008
The familiar sign advertising Follen Churchs Christmas tree sale will be hung this weekend ... Follen Community Church, Unitarian Universalist, will begin its annual sale of Christmas trees Saturday, Dec. 6 beginning at about 1 p.m.. (Lexington Minuteman, MA)
NORTH COUNTY: Weekend offers plenty of opportunities for Santa sightings Dec 4, 2008
Santa will trade in his sleigh for a fire engine around 6:30 p.m., arriving in time to light the city's 50-foot Christmas tree at 6:45 p.m.. He also will be on hand for "Breakfast With Santa" from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Sunday and be available for photos from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. and 7:15 to 8 p.m. Saturday, and from noon to 3 p.m. Sunday. (North County Times)
Sea's pollution hotspots 'missed' Dec 4, 2008
Page last updated at 12:56 GMT, Wednesday, 3 December 2008. Sea's pollution hotspots 'missed. (BBC News -- Science)
Rediscovered art sells for 2.8m Dec 4, 2008
Page last updated at 12:38 GMT, Wednesday, 3 December 2008. Rediscovered art sells for 2. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Lab Band takes new direction (5) Dec 4, 2008
World Photo by Lou Sennick The man in red arrived Friday evening on the Coos Bay Boardwalk for the lighting of the citys Christmas tree ... The Marshfield graduate had a somewhat different experience Friday night as the group performed at Coos Bay s Christmas tree-lighting ceremony. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
Future in bits Dec 4, 2008
Page last updated at 10:33 GMT, Wednesday, 3 December 2008. Some paper copies of Ronnie Hazlehurst's obituary retain the error. (BBC News -- Technology)
Fooling filters Dec 4, 2008
Page last updated at 16:09 GMT, Wednesday, 3 December 2008. Pupils can beat safe net filters. (BBC News -- Technology)
Tree of Remembrance Dec 4, 2008
About 45 ornaments hung on a decorated Christmas tree were inscribed with the names of victims. The tree will be on display at the Heritage Mall during the holiday season. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
McCain hails polls in Bangladesh Dec 4, 2008
" Mr McCain said that a democratic and prosperous Bangladesh was important for the region and the world. He said he hoped the political parties would accept results of the polls and that both ruling and the opposition parties would closely work after the elections. "It is important for everybody to respect the outcome of the election and come together as citizens of this great country after the election is over," he said. Mr McCain met caretaker government leader Fakhruddin Ahmed on Wednesday to... (BBC News -- South Asia)
Massive glass Christmas tree will come to life in warehouse district Dec 4, 2008
BLOOMINGTON -- Christmas will arrive early in Bloomington's old warehouse district beginning Friday as a massive glass Christmas tree sculpture comes to life ... What: Creation of glass-sculpted Christmas tree and glassware sale ... Josh DeWall, a sculptor at Mack Glass Company, 400 S. Madison St., rolls a molten slug of glass into stemware that will be for sale during the Christmas tree sculpture construction this weekend. (The Pantagraph newspaper)
Tuesday's lesson for 2010 Dec 4, 2008
Little rubber christmas tree erasers. Pick em up. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Rockefeller Center Lights Tree Dec 4, 2008
NEW YORK (AP) -- A family of Hurricane Katrina survivors whose new house was partly built with lumber from last year's Rockefeller Center Christmas tree were among tens of thousands who attended this year's lighting ceremony ... The tree lighting ceremony started in 1933, but workers building the Art Deco complex began putting up Christmas trees in 1931 during the Great Depression. (New York Post)
NYC tree lighting hits close to home for Pascagoula family Dec 4, 2008
NEW YORK A Mississippi family who lost their home in Hurricane Katrina and got a new house partly built with last years Rockefeller Center Christmas tree will be among the throngs attending this years lighting ceremony ... While the first official lighting was in 1933, the first Rockefeller Center Christmas tree was put up two years earlier during the Depression by workers building the Art Deco complex. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Orcutt house in lights quite the holiday sight Dec 4, 2008
In addition to the elaborate computerized light and music show with 27,000 lights that debuted last year, Iliff is adding a 10-foot-tall Christmas tree made of more than 7,000 lights to the spectacle at 917 Beth Court. It s quite a display, even if I say so myself, he said. (Santa Maria Times)
SHELF LIFE - Tap library’s audio books at home via MP3 Dec 4, 2008
The parade steps off from the corner of Higgins Avenue and Fourth Street at 6 p.m., traveling across the bridge to Circle Square near the X s where they ll light the downtown Christmas tree. As if that s not enough fun, all sorts of seasonal activities will take place Saturday afternoon, including the library s special lights story time at 1 p.m. and make-n-take craft project for kids. (Missoulian, MT)
Trees for teen mothers - Auction of fully decorated items benefits young single parents Dec 4, 2008
Bauer thinks a bit outside the box when designing for the Christmas tree gala. She doesn't use a tree at all. (Missoulian, MT)
Schweitzer elected leader of Democratic Governors Association Dec 4, 2008
The governor spoke with the Missoulian State Bureau from Washington, D.C., where he attended the Democratic Governors Association meeting and watched the lighting of the Montana-grown Capitol Christmas Tree on Tuesday night. Brian Namey, a spokesman for the Washington-based Democratic Governors Association, said Schweitzer, who previously served as vice chairman of the group, was the only governor nominated to lead the organization. (Missoulian, MT)
Celebrate the holidays in historic downtown Mystic Dec 4, 2008
Be sure to linger because Santa returns at 6 p.m. for the Traditional Christmas Tree Lighting at Mystic River Park ... Be sure to linger because Santa returns at 6 p.m. for the Traditional Christmas Tree Lighting at Mystic River Park. (Westerly Sun, RI)
Red Sox give AL MVP Pedroia a 6-year, $40.5M deal Dec 4, 2008
" The second baseman earns a signing bonus of $1.5 million and a salary of $1.5 million in 2009, followed by salaries of $3.5 million, $5.5 million and $8 million in what would have been his three years of arbitration eligibility. He would earn $10 million each in 2013 and 2014. The deal negotiated by agents Sam and Seth Levinson also includes a team option to pay him $11 million in 2015 or buy him out for $500,000. And it has a $100,000 bonus if he wins another MVP, something he didn't have in... (Yahoo News)
Tar Heels & Hansbrough impressive vs. Michigan St. Dec 4, 2008
" The 6-foot-9 forward missed the Tar Heels' first two games with a stress reaction in his right shin, didn't play against Chaminade in the Maui Invitation and sat out Sunday's game against UNC-Asheville for precautionary reasons. Those are the only games the senior has missed in his career. Michigan State was without its top frontcourt player, Goran Suton, and will miss him for at least two more weeks because he's scheduled to have arthroscopic surgery on his sprained left knee Thursday. "It's... (Yahoo News)
Europeans make big rate cuts to fight recession Dec 4, 2008
By Angus MacSwan Angus Macswan. Reuters People look at property for sale in the window of an estate agents, in London, December 4, 2008. (Yahoo News)
Judge blocks suspensions of Vikings' Williamses Dec 4, 2008
" The ruling gives the Vikings a newfound hope that they may have the Williams Wall intact, at least for the immediate future, while they try to sew up the division title. "They'll get back and get their playbooks and start focusing on Detroit," Ginsberg said. ___ AP Sports Writer Jon Krawczynski contributed to this report. Buzz Up More on Drugs in Sports AP AFP AP More... Most Viewed - Sports AP AP AP AP AP Most Blogged - Sports FanHouse Wed Dec 3, 4:45 pm EDT New York Times Wed Dec 3, 6:02 pm... (Yahoo News)
Thousands more UK bankers face the axe Dec 4, 2008
A Christmas tree at the headquarters of Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse. Photograph: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images. (guardian.co.uk)
White House nixes ornament backing impeachment Dec 4, 2008
WASHINGTON Tis not the season to post calls for impeachment on the White House Christmas tree ... American First wrote on Dec 2, 2008 1:08 PM:" Lawrence sure has low standards, I mean a congressman is her hero? A Christmas ornament on a Christmas tree as a political platform? At 55 one would hope Lawrence would possess a bit more tact, and intelligence. Hopefully she's learning something other then art in college. I sure hope she's not teaching, although this could help explain why our country... (Longview Daily News, WA)
Santa reading time Dec 4, 2008
Santa made a surprise appearance in a room full of 3-year-olds who were seated in front of a lit Christmas tree in the dark as Lynn Johnsey, from Mamie s Children s Library, recited The Night before Christmas. Johnsey had just started the poem when Santa appeared in the room with a loud, Ho-ho-ho. (Alexander City Outlook, AL)
More of this story... Dec 4, 2008
Firefighters and their families are also invited to the Governors Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony at the Capitol. . (The Exeter Sun, CA)
A tree shines in N.Y. Dec 4, 2008
The tree had been planted just off Klockner Road, next to what is now the family's Tree King Nursery property, by Varanyak's late mother, Mary, after being used as an indoor Christmas tree. It was cared for by the family through the 74 years before being cut down last month. (NJ.com -- Times)
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Idaho State Journal Clayton and Rhonda Pierre who run the CR Christmas tree lot situated on the Ridleys parking lot in Pocatello, open a bunch of trees to put up on the stands for customers to look at ... POCATELLO -- Clayton and Rhonda Pierre were in Pocatello selling Christmas trees last year when their 22-year-old son, Joshua Dean Young Running Crane, committed suicide. (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
Port St. Lucie tree Dec 4, 2008
Last year's fake Christmas tree. PORT ST. LUCIE Eight dead Christmas trees ... After years of Christmas tree debacles, the City of Port St. Lucie hopes to break its losing streak Thursday with a 24-foot-tall freshly cut spruce. (The Palm Beach Post)
Humane Society to host open house this weekend Dec 4, 2008
The ornaments will be hung on the Christmas tree in the shelter s lobby. In the spirit of the season, we are asking the community to help give our animals a sense of hope and health by becoming their angels, Swanston said. (Wickenburg Sun, AZ)
State tapped to provide U.S. Capitol Christmas tree in '09 Dec 4, 2008
The U.S. Forest Service selected the state to provide the Christmas tree that will grace the national Capitol's west lawn next year, and Arizonans will be asked to help make the estimated 5,000 ornaments that will adorn that tree and 75 smaller companion trees ... The U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree is lit up on Capitol grounds on Tuesday. (AZCentral -- News)
A holiday traditon: Finding the perfect Christmas tree Dec 4, 2008
Christmas trees of all shapes and sizes lined the hillsides at Trees-R-Us farm. Don Berg and his wife Sue discuss the shape of Christmas trees Sunday at Trees-R-Us in Winona. (Winona Daily News, MN)
Impeachment bauble won't be on White House tree Dec 4, 2008
Tis not the season to post calls for impeachment on the White House Christmas tree. More News. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Soprano family values Dec 4, 2008
The lights went up on New York's most famous Christmas tree on Wednesday night. Today in the NY Daily News. (Yahoo News -- The Sopranos)
Santa Saturdays: Downtown Racine rings in the season Dec 4, 2008
There will even be a Christmas tree lot, where shoppers can find everything from balsams, white pines and Frazier firs to specialty wreaths and kissing balls designed by Balsam Wreaths Country Scents & Gifts. Meanwhile, inside Downtown businesses, visitors will not only find special holiday promotions but 26 theme-decorated Christmas trees that will be raffled off to lucky winners on the last Santa Saturday ... And, after you ve immersed yourself in all of that holiday cheer, you can head on... (Racine Journal Times, WI)
Visit ban as vomiting bug hits hospital Dec 4, 2008
A MEMORIAL Christmas tree is to take centre stage at a Ledbury funeral directors. TV star Clive Mantle cannot wait until Malvern Theatres panto Aladdin opens next month. (Ledbury Reporter)
Havre fourthgrader lights up D. C. Dec 4, 2008
Hav r e fo u r t h - g r a d e r Ch r i s Gabrielsen helped House Speaker Nancy Pelosi light this year's Capitol Christmas Tree in a ceremony Tuesday evening. The tree hails from the Sapphire Mountain Range in the Bitterroot National Forest. (Havre Daily News, MT)
Lebanon FFA sells Christmas trees, more Dec 4, 2008
The Lebanon FFA annual Christmas tree and greenery sale is going on from Dec. 4 to 21 at the Land Lab. Hours are 4-7 p.m. Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturdays and 1-4 p.m. on Sundays. (Lebanon Express, OR)
Holidays in the Park Dec 4, 2008
Lights on the living Christmas tree and small trees will be turned on in a ceremony at 5 p.m.. Santa Claus will take Christmas wishes and pose for photos with kids. (Lebanon Express, OR)
Sweet Home Singing Christmas Tree Dec 4, 2008
Sweet Home's Singing Christmas Tree performs at the Sweet Home High School auditorium at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 5 and Saturday, Dec. 6; a Sunday matinee is at 3 p.m. on Dec. 7. The first half of the concert features both traditional and contemporary Christmas songs, and the second half is a presentation of the Nativity in song. (Lebanon Express, OR)
Toy program growing Dec 4, 2008
Robin Pyle (left), Dr. Connie Schmidt and Huachinanso, a 10-month-old border collie, stand beside the Christmas tree that Lebanon Animal Hospital will be giving away to a lucky donor to the Lebanon Christmas Toy Program. The tree was decorated by Carol Hood and Pyle with a teddy bear theme. (Lebanon Express, OR)
Decking the halls Dec 3, 2008
At this time last year Kris Rehder was using bullet casing and grenades to decorate an artificial Christmas tree his mother sent to him in Iraq ... This year the 30-year-old solider, who recently returned to the United States after he was wounded during his second tour in Iraq, happily used hundreds of white lights and snow angels Wednesday to decorate the Montana Outreach Christmas tree themed Guardian Angel of Light for the 21st Annual Festival of Trees ... The Christmas tree, shaped like a... (Helena Independent Record, MT)
'The Jewel of Medina' to speak in Helena Dec 3, 2008
Denny Rehberg and Gov. Brian Schweitzer listen to Montana troubadour Jack Gladstone sing Heart of Montana at the Capitol Christmas Tree lighting ceremony in Washington, D.C., Tuesday night. Novelist, journalist and former Independent Record Reporter Sherry Jones will be in Helena Thursday to present a lecture on her controversial book The Jewel of Medina. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
Pelosi Remarks at U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree Lighting Dec 3, 2008
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi was joined by Members of the Montana congressional delegation and the governor of Montana to light the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree during a ceremony this evening ... "Thank you, Senator Baucus for that kind introduction. "Thank you as well to Governor Schweitzer, Senator Tester, Congressman Rehberg, and the people of Montana for bringing us this magnificent subalpine fir to serve as our United States Capitol Christmas tree ...... (PR Newswire)
Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. Presently Estimates Net Earnings of Approximately $.31 to $.35 Per Diluted Share for Fiscal Third Quarter Ended November 29, 2008 Dec 3, 2008
Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. and subsidiaries (the "Company") is a chain of retail stores, operating under the names of Bed Bath & Beyond, Christmas Tree Shops, Harmon, Harmon Face Values and buybuy BABY. Through a joint venture, the Company also operates two stores in Mexico under the name "Home & More." The Company sells a wide assortment of merchandise principally including domestics merchandise and home furnishings as well as food, giftware, health and beauty care items and infant and toddler... (PR Newswire)
OCSD board updated on studio schools, 16th Section leases Dec 3, 2008
City s Christmas tree Jerry McDill, of Columbus, signals to crane operator Vic Wells, of Millport, Ala. as Wells guides the Columbus Christmas tree into place beside Main Street near the Tennessee Williams Welcome Center. (Columbus Commercial Dispatch, MS)
Taj Mahal leads India's recovery Dec 3, 2008
Early December days are usually when the brown-uniformed housekeeping staff of the Taj hoist the hotel Christmas tree and lighted decorations in the marble lobby. But Santa won't be appearing in the hotel for maybe another year, as the Taj called its 1,500 employees for a meeting on December 1 to decide a future course of action. (Asia Times Online)
Ready for the Rails: Sandwich man has passion for antique trains Dec 3, 2008
The fascination started when he was just 2 years old with the old train around the Christmas tree, he said, and has developed into a passion for traveling around the U.S. and Canada in antique railcars. The railcars he collects, restores and rides are from the 1930s and 1960s. (DeKalb Daily Chronicle, IL)
Cops: Florida Man Attacked Father With Christmas Tree Dec 3, 2008
Police: Florida Man Arrested for Attacking Father With Christmas Tree ... Authorities say a west Florida man who lives with his parents has been arrested on a felony assault charge after he used a Christmas tree as a weapon to attack his father ... According to the Manatee County sheriff's report, 37-year-old Thomas Edward Lackie was arrested last week after he threw a 3-foot Christmas tree at his father. (Fox News)
Oy Tannenbaum Dec 3, 2008
As The Post first reported, prominent Jews were aghast when invites they received to the official White House Hanukkah reception had a Christmas tree and Christmas wreaths on it. It prompted Brooklyn Jewish community leader Isaac Abraham to crack, "It's obvious . . . the Christmas tree is being taken out of the White House and the menorah is being brought in the back." New invites went out yesterday with a menorah on them and a note saying, "Please accept our apologies as the invitation you... (New York Post -- Gossip)
Black, white, "read" all over Dec 3, 2008
Pat McNew and Rita Morrissey, members of the Christmas to Remember Committee put the finishing touches on the Christmas tree they decorated for the Laurel Outlook. Jean Carroll Thompson came up with the decorating idea for the tree at the Outlook which will be 100 years old in 2009. (Laurel Outlook, MT)
East Tawas rang in the holidays Dec 3, 2008
HOLIDAY VISITORS Santa and Mrs. Claus arrived in East Tawas Friday on a horse-drawn carriage as the community opened the holiday season with a parade, caroling and the annual lighting of the city s Christmas tree ... The celebration began downtown at about 6 p.m. with a parade and was followed at 6:30 with caroling and the 33rd annual lighting of the city s Christmas tree ... Organizers served hot chocolate, cookies and popcorn to the carolers as East Tawas Mayor Bruce Bolen led a countdown to... (Iosco County News Herald, MI)
The world's 10 best new hotels Dec 3, 2008
$7 online stock trades. The most exciting new hotels of the season, from Boston to Botswana. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Needham Senior Notes (Dec. 4) Dec 3, 2008
Thursday, Dec. 4, is the final trip of the year, traveling to the Yankee Pedlar Inn for a spectacular meal, a trip to the Christmas Tree Shop and topping it off with a drive through the Bright Nights display in Forest Park in Springfield. Cost: $60. (Needham Tab, MA)
Is the NSA spying on U.S. Internet traffic? Dec 3, 2008
The White House censored her subversive Christmas tree ornament -- only to spread its anti-Bush cheer. By Jeremy Olshan. (Yahoo News -- Online Privacy)
Marketing Briefs: U.S. hog producer to import wheat for feed Dec 3, 2008
A Nebraska Christmas Tree Growers Directory is available to help consumers find a Christmas tree farm. The directory features more than 30 tree farms. (Midwest Bulls Eye, NE)
