Knights Templar Jun 14, 2008
Most members of the Order joined as adults, in their mid - late 20 s. Some joined to escape a tough life back home, as penance for sins, a worthwhile career or to escape justice. Some were genuinely intent on protecting pilgrims in the Holy Land. (Suite101.com)
World changers Jun 13, 2008
Crew leader Charles Houghton said the temperature was 101 degrees back home in Atlanta on Thursday, almost double what the gray Wasilla morning could muster. Houghton, a veteran of four World Changers projects, said most teen volunteers have never used a hammer or a saw. (Anchorage Daily News)
Demonizing 'most liberal senator'? Jun 12, 2008
No wonder he suggeated 15,000,000 million illegal immigrants should be sent back home and come in later. Mike Hukabee, has a thinking problem. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Braves need to teach new dogs old tricks Jun 10, 2008
it is still early IF the braves can have a good road trip and have positive energy coming back home get within 3 or 4 games by the all star break,make a trade for a 1,2 starter get mike gonzalez and soriano back in the bullpen who knows what can happen. By gayle. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
The Kooks, Brit pops frontrunners, claim theyre quite prolific Jun 7, 2008
You come back home and they re living with their girlfriends and having kids and s ... But when The Kooks tour as much as they do, they have few chances to come back home ... You live in this weird sort of zone, and then you come back, and everyone else back home is kind of very conformed. (Kingston Mariner, MA)
A prescription for quality health care in West Michigan Jun 7, 2008
Often there is little coordination for patients who move from the doctor's office to the hospital, then back home. There is generally little communication among the long list of primary care doctors, specialists and nurses who all have a stake in managing a single patient's care. (The Grand Rapids Press - MLive.com)
Europe on the cheap Jun 7, 2008
Better yet, pick up a bottle of the stuff to bring back home. Becherovka is available in Canada, but only in Ontario and Alberta. (Globe and Mail)
Luxury for locavores Jun 4, 2008
The fishermen set halibut trawls in the morning, haul lobster traps all day, and then pull the halibut lines into their boats on the way back home. "Right now most of the guys are selling their fish, but some keep them for the grill, or hand them out to elderly neighbors," says Trisha Cheney, a scientist with the Maine Department of Marine Resources. (Boston Globe)
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Sunday, June 01, 2008. Preserving friendships. (Searcy Daily Citizen, AR)
Exit strategy: May 31, 2008
As many as 6,000 guardsmen, some just back home from overseas deployment, volunteered along the southern border the first year, with about 1,200 of those in California. Their numbers were halved last year as the operation wound down. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Tragedy hits home to Meesters May 29, 2008
But when Wednesday morning came, and Jamie was back home seeing firsthand so many pieces of her childhood in ruin, it became harder for the tough farm girl to stop the tears. "I think that I'm not going to cry, but you walk past all these places that you have so many memories of, and it's hard not to break down," Jamie said Wednesday in a telephone interview from Iowa. (Florida Times-Union)
Willie Randolph keeps job, Mets keep losing May 27, 2008
Back home after a 1-6 road trip, the Mets lost for the 10th time in 14 games overall. With few fans remaining at Shea Stadium in the late innings, a chant of "Fire Willie!" could clearly be heard. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
29ers look to experience May 27, 2008
There's nothing like playing Legion ball with all my boys from back home, Merriken says. It's just a totally different atmosphere. (Lenoir News Topic, NC)
Uncommon Bonds May 27, 2008
Regardless of Mickler or Sebesta s fortunes in wood flooring, both will never quit living for those who weren t able to come back home. It s a lot of that; to remember the people that haven t come back, Sebesta said. (Dublin Courier Herald, GA)
Backpacking with backup May 25, 2008
The unexpected beauty of a sat-phone is not that everybody back home knows I m OK, but that I know they re OK. It means I can keep playing. As I shoulder my vastly lighter pack for the day s hike, I feel 10 feet tall. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Celebrating an Engineering Marvel May 23, 2008
No matter how far I may have gone the sight of the Brooklyn Bridge, always is a welcome back home sign for me and my family. Posted by Saana Malik. (New York Times)
My biking attitude? 'Totally freaked out' May 23, 2008
Fear of arriving at work, or back home after work, stressed out by spending 30 sweaty minutes trying not to get killed or maimed by a car or truck. Irrational. (OregonLive, OR -- News)
Memorial Day For Matt Joyce Means Playing Taps n 10 Times May 23, 2008
Back home in Madison, he gears up for his neighborhood s street party. But first, he replaces his trumpet in its case where it will remain until Memorial Day 2009. (Agri-View, WI)
Cooking while hanging out with Mother Nature May 22, 2008
You can head back home with delicious recipes and friendships to boot. St. Paul, Minn. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Frugal Traveler | Toronto: O Canada, where have your bargains gone? May 21, 2008
Its enchanted currency the other dollar allowed Americans to indulge as they could not back home. This delightful fantasyland was called Canada, and for centuries it was synonymous with frugality. (International Herald Tribune)
Obama's old pal loyal, despite divergent path May 18, 2008
Thummalapally wanted to start a business back home; Obama talked about helping people. "I want to get into public service," he recalls Obama saying. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Photo Gallery May 17, 2008
After earning a bachelor's degree in art back home, Rajani spent her first two years in the United States actively painting, showing her work, and making periodic sales. But, as is the case with many artists, life intervened. (Union City Reporter, NJ)
Where do you really live? May 14, 2008
I moved here from another state and if I m talking to someone back home I just say Atlanta ... I moved here from another state and if I m talking to someone back home I just say Atlanta. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Pool of talent to burn Stoeckel puts pedal to medal May 11, 2008
" Thompson told him to go back home, train hard, throw himself into every single training lap and make the Olympic team. Stoeckel joined forces with Peter Bishop at the Norwood Swimming Club and his personal best times dropped dramatically. "He needs family and friends around him," Carol Stoeckel says. "He needs some discipline and some prodding. I guess he was just the sort of kid who was always a follower. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Sabathia itching for another chance to hit May 11, 2008
"To be able to brag about hitting a home run, like, to all my friends back home, I got the DVD of me hitting a home run, copied it and give it to them for Christmas," he said. Really. (MLB.com -- Cleveland Indians)
For the birds May 10, 2008
As a kid in the pool hall back home in the hills, I remember Ol' Bill telling me that he and Audubon had gone to school together, and that as a youngster, Bill had taught John James how to use binoculars. He also claimed that once during recess when he saw the younger Audubon boy drawing insects he suggested he paint birds instead since they were so much more colorful. (Camdenton Lake Sun Leader, MO)
Police officer busted on DUI charge May 8, 2008
Urban then talked about resigning from the police department and moving back home to the mainland, the report said. Urban then refused to take any test and turned in his driver's license. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Letter: What has happened to Lebanon? (21) May 8, 2008
I was finally able to move back home after being away for eighteen years and it just doesn't seem to have that home town feeling anymore. Lebanon is just going to be another city like Albany or Corvallis. (Lebanon Express, OR)
Making millions off fish eggs May 6, 2008
Imagine you're a , and plan to make a deal for your clients back home. Your mission: Spend $5-$10 million, and bring home 200-300 tons. (Anchorage Daily News)
talks about his desire May 2, 2008
There s this constant inner battle where you wish you could be working back home. It was the reason Chokachi opted for a role in the TV series, Witchblade, filmed in Toronto from 2000-2002. (Allston Brighton TAB, MA)
There's no reason we should pay more taxes May 2, 2008
cross1242 wrote on Apr 23, 2008 2:34 PM:" Kramerica @ Apr 22, 2008 9:00 AM gave us the complete take of Lou Dobbs foaming at the mouth about illegal immigrants from Mexico.Good luck, Kramerica, in trying to cut it off. The people are not coming here for vacations. Nor are the coming here to be able to build mansions back home. They are coming here because they have to in order to survive. There is no barrier and no law (including a death penalty) that will keep the people out when its either... (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Pakistan sending Afghan refugees back home Apr 22, 2008
From Tuesday's Globe and Mail. April 21, 2008 at 10:23 PM EDT. (Globe and Mail)
Veterans to march alone Apr 22, 2008
He was broken hearted and left and went back home to the Central Coast. It took us many years to actually talk him into doing the Sydney march and it turned out disasterously. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
GUATEMALA, U.S.A. A husband and father of seven left his family in... Apr 20, 2008
But the future remains uncertain, not only in America, but also back home ... But the future remains uncertain, not only in America, but also back home ... But the future remains uncertain, not only in America, but also back home. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
St. Amant shuts out Ehret in bi-district Apr 19, 2008
Top-seeded St. Amant (27-6-1) will be back home again Saturday to play No. 16 Chalmette in the regionals at 2:30 p.m. Chalmette defeated Terrebonne, 11-1, Tuesday. St. Amant took advantage of nine hits and eight walks Tuesday. (Gonzales Ascension Citizen, LA)
Sound off: Band of brothers Apr 17, 2008
Their fans back home have embraced the band s do-it-yourself attitude and approach, and people here in the U.S. have started to do the same ... They are really insane, Jarman said of the band s fans back home. (Norwell Mariner, MA)
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Back home, Christine Wise faced her own trials, losing all of her immediate family for a stretch of 90 days. It was tough for her, Dennis Wise said. (Kansas City Kansan, KS)
Living in a garbage dump Apr 14, 2008
As a result, these refugees are trapped in the garbage dump -- not enough money to go elsewhere and no prospects back home. I thought I had become accustomed to the grinding poverty I had encountered in parts of Asia. (CNN -- International)
Baker set to return to Wrigley Apr 14, 2008
" Memory lane will be a secondary concern on this journey. The Reds are 2-4 on their 10-day, nine-game road trip after taking two of three at Milwaukee and getting swept in three games by the Pirates. In the Pittsburgh series, Reds hitters were 6-for-35 (.171) with runners in scoring position and stranded 32 runners on base. They did not hit a single home run. "Nobody is very happy here about what happened here this weekend," Baker said after Cincinnati's 9-1 defeat Sunday. "I think the off-day... (MLB.com -- Cincinnati Reds)
Pet projects expand budget Apr 11, 2008
It's the place where lawmakers pay for projects that please the voters back home. High oil prices and last year's tax increase are sending billions of extra dollars into the state treasury. (Anchorage Daily News)
Pirates take win streak back into C-USA Apr 11, 2008
"We're just glad to be back home. In Conference USA, it's just another weekend with another good opponent.". The Thundering Herd (14-6-1) has been mired in a slump in recent weeks, which included four losses in its last six games. (The Daily Reflector)
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Montana's economic forecast favorable Apr 10, 2008
The income that Ravalli County residents earn in Missoula and bring back home amounts to 46 percent of the total labor income derived from the county's basic industries. It's more than wood products, federal government, agriculture and medical research combined. (Missoulian, MT)
Co-Cathedral rings true: Dedication sounds bells for new era among area Catholics Apr 9, 2008
I send them back home to my family. I watched this church grow since they broke ground, and here it is brought to fruition. (Woodlands Villager, TX)
Stones shine 'Light' in Britian Apr 9, 2008
Rockers bring documentary back home. By. (Variety)
Should our expats come home? Apr 9, 2008
I suspect they secretly want everyone back home as cannon fodder for the years ahead ... we'd often chat on face book about moving back home one day ... Australian born and bread, that's me; however I have chosen to live overseas since I was about 25 (I'm now 37) and as much as I would love to go back home to live, I never will. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Joan of art: Woman of many names is a rancher, survivor and, above all, an artist Apr 8, 2008
"She used to baby-sit our son, and in the dead of winter she'd bike in from Mullan Road to our house in the Rattlesnake and then we'd take her and her bike back home," Lo says. "But she's always been great with kids. She used to work with Head Start here in Missoula, and I'll bet she's probably working with kids in Hot Springs now.". (Missoulian, MT)
Sabathia's heart a bankable trait Mar 31, 2008
His Cy Young Award is in a place of honor back home in the Bay Area, but his heart doesn't get left behind during the baseball season. This is the only big-league town and organization he's known. (Cleveland.com -- Sports)
Perdue: On Sunday beer, liquor sales Mar 28, 2008
We would all be better off with Sonny-Bubba back home in Perry tending his hogs. By Jesus H. Christ. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Pirates break out the whooping sticks Mar 27, 2008
ECU will be back home Tuesday against N.C. State. Campbell 000 110 010 -- 3 8 1. (Washington Daily News, NC)
Red Sox' Papelbon thrown off by schedule Mar 26, 2008
"He's had a lot to deal with. He just had a baby boy, being away from that, coming back home here, not having his family, that all can be tough mentally.". Matsuzaka conceded that starting the opener in place of Josh Beckett (back spasms) may have contributed to nerves. (Boston Globe)
Anxious for changeThe plight of women who have fled Zimbabwe for Zambia Mar 26, 2008
"I wasn't expecting this, but from the situation back home we have no choice. We do what we can do to put something on the table." ... With the money they earn they buy basic supplies to take back home - flour, cooking oil, soap, even bread. (BBC News)
Waiting For Dellums Mar 26, 2008
It's the kind of place where a homeboy who went on to the halls of Congress would be assured of a warm welcome, if he ever decided to make the journey back home. There's a guy in an old rusty RV who'd see to that. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
Schussing with accent: Konrad celebrates 50 years Mar 26, 2008
At age 20, the handsome blond Austrian began teaching skiing back home in Kitzbuhel ... Back home I would have 15 to 20 people in one group. (Wood River Journal, ID)
Love & Litigation Mar 26, 2008
when you laugh the world laughs with you when you cry, they all tell you they got something to do back home and the leave, with not so much as a goodbye. (someone got something happy to talk about i am in a pizz-ee mood). (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)
Community : Beautiful weather for Easter? Mar 26, 2008
May our Lord bless and protect us and bring us all safely back home. Tell us what you think. (Forest Republican, WI)
US Death Toll in Iraq War Hits 4000 Mar 25, 2008
Unlike the soldiers of some previous wars, who were only occasionally able to send letters back home to loved ones, many of those who died left behind an extraordinary electronic testimony describing in detail the labor, the fears and the banality of serving in Iraq. In excerpts published here from journals, blogs and e-mail messages, six soldiers who died in the most recent group of 1,000 mostly skim the alarming particulars of combat, a kindness shown their relatives and close friends. (New York Times)
Siouxland Film Festival now in third year Mar 21, 2008
That's not quite the reason he started the Siouxland Film Festival, but it does bring him back home. Now in its third year, the event, March 28-29, showcases independent work in conjunction with graduate student work from Siouxland and across the country. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Marc Bernier fills local pubs with his stout baritone Mar 21, 2008
"I do different things on each instrument I play, and it s hard to choose a favorite otherwise. Lately I ve been working a lot on the songs of Christy Moore, like The Ballad of the Ordinary Man, and also Back Home in Derry, which was actually written by Bobby Sands," the IRA volunteer known for leading a hunger strike in Irish prisons ... he was for the most part performing by himself, but on songs like "Back Home in Derry" and "The Fields of Athenry" there were voices joining in all around the... (Westerly Sun, RI)
Church Columnists: March 19, 2008 Mar 19, 2008
He received a life box from Baptists back home. He said a life box is packed with items such as a personal note to service member, gum, socks, small candies, stationery supplies, homemade goodies, wet wipes, a Lifeway magazine, Christian music CD s and books. (Catoosa County News, GA)
Vine City deals with storm's aftermath Mar 17, 2008
Sunday, he was back home, protecting his property and contemplating his next step. Like many of his neighbors, he said he didn't have a lot of options in terms of housing. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
Flick: Are you a 'local' yet, or still just a transplant? Mar 15, 2008
Bloomington-Normal, Illinois. Sunday, March 9, 2008 8:51 PM CDT. (The Pantagraph newspaper)
Slowest mushers look at the bright side Mar 5, 2008
"I got a good nap, the dogs got a good nap and now I'm just hoping the snow's not too deep up ahead,'' he said. Herbst eventually departed Skwentna six minutes ahead of Franklin. She expects to finish. Nine of her 16 dogs have passed beneath the burled arch in Nome, so she's hoping they can lead her to the finish line without many problems. But there are a lot of challenges out there. What Franklin has faced so far on the Iditarod, she confessed, is a monumental change from anything on the... (Anchorage Daily News)
Lucas: Senior Appreciation Mar 5, 2008
University of North Carolina Tar Heels Official Athletic Site. Thomas leaves the Smith Center as one of the greatest winners in Tar Heel hoops history. (Tarheelblue.com)
Crafting a best boat trophy Mar 4, 2008
Hobbs said the idea is to try to lessen the burden on troops and provide them a way to talk to their loved ones back home. In the world of show and shines, trophies are important, Hobbs said. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)