Democrats Head for Bigger House Majority Nov 5, 2008
William Jefferson - won't be known until December. Those districts held primaries Tuesday. (ABC 7 News, DC)
Fibre plans rolling shutdown; memo details dates, restart schedule Oct 31, 2008
This is a quote from Thomas Jefferson, check your history and do your homework. I will do all I can to help my many friends at fibre, because you can't count on the government to take care of you, to do so is, well ignorant. (Longview Daily News, WA)
Halloween Parking Restrictions & Street Closings Oct 31, 2008
1000 block of Thomas Jefferson Street, NW. 1000-1500 blocks of 29th Street, NW. (W-USA News, DC)
Speech Groups To Challenge Virginia Poll Apparel Rule Oct 30, 2008
The Thomas Jefferson Center for Free Expression and the Rutherford Institute, which has often been at odds with the ACLU over religious expression, also oppose the policy and will join in the lawsuit, the groups said in a joint statement. The organizations claim the policy, which prohibits clothing or other paraphernalia expressly advocating the election or defeat of a candidate, violates the free-speech guarantee of the First Amendment. (W-USA News, DC)
Indictment Dismissed For Death Row Inmate Oct 30, 2008
The indictment charged Prieto in the May 1988 rape and murder of Veronica Jefferson behind a school in Arlington. Preito was sentenced to death earlier this year for the December 1988 slayings of Warren Fulton and Rachel Raver in Reston. (W-USA News, DC)
FREDERICK: Man faces charges in crash that killed officer Updated 2:52 p.m. Oct 24, 2008
Mayor William Jefferson Holtzinger has ordered city flags flown at half-staff. Online Poll. (Carroll County Times)
Swift Boat Watch: Health Care for America NOW! Oct 21, 2008
" Update, 7:20 p.m.: Reader Bob Deaton tallied up the vote according to the status of the race, and noticed that representatives not running for re-election--most of whom are Republicans--were significantly more likely to support the measure. Of the 35 members about to leave Congress, 25 supported the bill. Among retiring Republicans, 75 percent voted for the measure. "There's something about giving up their seats that imbues our representatives with either integrity or reckless abandon,... (Slate)
The Rosen Group is the Premier Sponsor of the Human Resources Department of the Year Awards, November 13 Oct 18, 2008
The 2007 winners of the Human Resources Department of the Year Awards were Family Planning Council (Companies with 1-3 HR Dept. Employees); Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Methodist Hospital Division (Companies with 4-7 HR Dept. Employees); SIEMENS Medical Solutions- Health Services (Companies with 8-11 HR Dept. Employees); and AlliedBarton Security Services (Companies with 12 or more HR Dept. Employees). Last year's winners of the Human Resources Awards for Excellence were AstraZeneca... (PR Newswire)
Take Dogs, Jackets to win Oct 17, 2008
North Carolina (5-1) at Virginia (3-3): North Carolina has not won in Charlottesville since 1981 and Saturday the Tar Heels will travel to Mr. Jefferson s university without their best offensive weapon. Brandon Tate is college football s all-time leader in combined kickoff and punt return yards. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
No easy task Oct 16, 2008
The buzz: Air Force looks to have found two productive freshmen in TB Asher Clark and QB Tim Jefferson. UNLV struggles to stop the run, which obviously isn't a good thing when Air Force's option-based attack is next. (Notre Dame Sports -- Rivals.com)
Coast-to-coast Oct 16, 2008
Tight end (Jefferson Hills, Pa. Thomas Jefferson) and high-motored defensive end (Harrisburg, Pa. (ESPN -- Recruiting)
Three-day cookoff no longer humble event that it began as Oct 15, 2008
For example, the Jimplecute in Jefferson, Texas. There s no Jimplecute in the dictionary. (New Iberia, LA)
DEATHS FOR TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2008 (1256) Oct 8, 2008
Would you vote for a half-cent countywide sales tax to promote workforce development and job creation in Jefferson County ... Erma Rowland-Fuller (Bobby Joe) of Hensley, Ruby Rowland of Jefferson, Ersilene Randolph-Jones of San Francisco, Calif ... to the late Walter Jefferson Stueart and Mollie Elizabeth McDaniel Stueart. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
John Lott: Did Biden Get It Wrong? You Betcha Oct 7, 2008
Thomas Jefferson even spent his time A Manual of Parliamentary Practice: for the Use of the Senate of the United States. Modern vice presidents may show up only when they think tie votes will occur, but that is their choice. (Fox News)
House Roll Call Oct 5, 2008
Democrats Cazayoux, N; Jefferson, N; Melancon, Y.. Republicans Alexander, N; Boustany, N; McCrery, Y; Scalise, N.. (Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal)
'Pards Tangle With Quakers on Homecoming Weekend Sep 25, 2008
Making history at night is not a new feat for Leopard football as Lafayette and Washington and Jefferson played in the first indoor night college football game on Oct. 25, 1930. A crowd of 17,000 witnessed the game at the Atlantic City Auditorium. (Goleopards.com)
Gov. Blunt Tasks Missourians with Commemorating Civil War's 150th Anniversary (5) Sep 24, 2008
JEFFERSON CITY Gov. Matt Blunt today named 18 Missourians to serve on the Missouri Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission, which he created to commemorate Missouri's role in the Civil War ... Dr. Debra Foster Green, Jefferson City, serves as an associate professor of history at Lincoln University ... Gary Kremer, Jefferson City, is the executive director of the State Historical Society of Missouri. (Jefferson City News Tribune, MO)
Newsweek: Detroit seeking $25 billion bailout Sep 19, 2008
7/27/08: NEWSWEEKs David Jefferson and Tara Weingarten tool around the fashionable avenues of L.A. to see if the onetime-car-to-the-stars has lost its street cred (Editor: Jon Groat; Camera: Scott Thiel / Road Weary Films). . (MSNBC -- Politics)
MLK Memorial Group To Seek Building Permits Sep 19, 2008
The statue will face the Jefferson Memorial, surrounded by cherry trees on the Tidal Basin. On Thursday, a virtual tour of the memorial and the artist's changes to the sculpture won praise. (W-USA News, DC)
Volleyball ACCtion: Saturday, September 13 Sep 14, 2008
The Virginia volleyball team remains undefeated in the Marriott Jefferson Cup, as the Cavaliers defeated Binghamton, 3-0 (25-18, 25-17, 25-23), Saturday afternoon in Memorial Gymnasium ... The Virginia volleyball team swept it s own Marriott Jefferson Cup this weekend to open the season 3-0 at home. (Theacc.com)
No. 1 USC Crushes No. 5 Ohio State Sep 14, 2008
Wisconsin (3-0) scored its only points of the second half on a 23-yard field goal by Philip Welch after a fumbled punt by A.J. Jefferson. That proved to be just enough to win because Kevin Goessling missed three field goals, including a 35-yarder in the fourth quarter and a 51-yarder after a blocked punt in the third. (Click2Houston, TX)
Headache help Sep 13, 2008
Those with the placebo device, the headache eventually went away by itself, said Dr. Stephen D. Silberstein, director of the Jefferson Headache Center in Philadelphia, one of 16 medical facilities in the U.S. where the Neuralieve was tested. The headaches in all the subjects went away, but it went away much faster for those using the device than those not using the device. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Volleyball ACCtion: Friday, September 12 Sep 13, 2008
Playing in front of a capacity crowd of 714 in the first home match of the season, first-year head coach Lee Maes and the Virginia volleyball team swept Virginia Commonwealth, 3-0, to open play at the Marriott Jefferson Cup. Led by second-year Kendahl Voelker s (Fort Myers, Fla. (Theacc.com)
Developers Considering Green Subdivision Sep 13, 2008
The project was discussed briefly at a Jefferson County Commission meeting on Thursday ... Jefferson County is one of the state's fastest growing and has become a bedroom community for Baltimore, Md. (W-USA News, DC)
Nucleus seeks new developer for health district Sep 7, 2008
a division of Baltimore-based LLC, was selected in 2005 to create a plan to develop the campus on the former Haymarket property, bounded by Jefferson, Floyd, Preston and Market streets. Wexford also was prepared to invest millions of dollars in the construction of the research park s first building, officials said last year. (Louisville Business First, KY)
Georgia Tech-Boston College: Eagles to watch Sep 6, 2008
There were two chop blocks (one of which was a dubious call at best) that cost the Jackets 15 yards each time, a false start by reserve lineman Zach Krish on fourth-and-short when the Jackets were going for it, and a late hit by middle linebacker Brad Jefferson. Making that one worse, Jefferson was injured on the play, forcing him out of today s game. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
LETTERS: NCT, Sept. 4, 2008 Sep 5, 2008
I wonder if Jefferson and Hamilton and the boys chose other members of the Continental Congress in this manner ... Bull wrote on Sep 4, 2008 9:55 AM:I wonder if Jefferson and Hamilton and the boys chose other members of the Continental Congress in this manner. (North County Times)
Researchers Devise Means To Create Blood By Identifying Earliest Stem Cells Sep 3, 2008
8, 1999) Scientists at Jefferson Medical College have found a way to isolate hard-to-find hematopoietic stem cells. The researchers, in identifying a chemical beacon a protein marker on the. (Science Daily)
Falcons trade for Foxworth Sep 3, 2008
Collier, 26, and former Jaguars defensive end Kenneth Pettway were waiting in a Cadillac Escalade when a gunman fired into the vehicle, said Jacksonville Sheriff's Office spokesman Ken Jefferson. Collier was shot several times, but it wasn't clear where he was hit. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Sports scoreboard Sep 1, 2008
Cedar Rapids Jefferson 7, Cedar Rapids Xavier 0 ... Council Bluffs Jefferson 31, Fort Dodge 30 ... Elk Point-Jefferson, S.D. 12, Akron-Westfield 6. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
New Orleans Residents Flee City Aug 31, 2008
Even residents in the city's western suburb of Jefferson Parish, which was swollen by residents who did not return to New Orleans after Katrina, were ordered to leave ... Mike Mayer, owner of Jefferson Indoor Range and Gun Outlet in suburban Metairie, said sales of guns and ammunition were up. (W-USA News, DC)
Big East Preview: Week One Aug 29, 2008
Fresno State went 9-4 overall and 6-2 in the Western Athletic Conference last season, finishing behind Hawaii and Boise State in the WAC standings The Bulldogs were 40-28 winners against Georgia Tech in the Roadys Humanitarian Bowl Fresno State has played in a bowl game in eight of the last nine seasons Since 2000, the Bulldogs have registered 12 wins against schools from charter BCS conferences more than any other non- BCS-affiliated team Fresno State was 3-3 on the road... (BlueGoldNews.com)
Post a comment Aug 29, 2008
No one of any great significance in our history was ordinary (think of Jefferson, Lincoln, both Roosevelts). Ordinary is what I am - working every day, doing the best I can. (International Herald Tribune)
Jindal updates on state's plan for Gustav Aug 29, 2008
The Louisiana Guard already has satellite equipment positioned in Terrebonne, Lafourche, Jefferson, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard, and Orleans Parishes to assist in first responder communications on the ground. Additional satellite equipment will be positioned in Southeast and Central Louisiana today. (WWLTV.com, LA)
Releases on the Horizon for Aug. 28 Aug 28, 2008
Jefferson Starship, "Jefferson's Tree of Liberty". Michael Feinstein, "The Sinatra Project". (Carroll County Times, MD)
LETTERS: NCT, Aug. 26, 2008 Aug 27, 2008
" When he was sworn into office in 1801, there were no urban industrial inner cities to deal with. Most people worked on farms. Cities as we know them today, and the complexity and technological interdependence of large urban systems simply did not exist.The largest city in the U.S. was New York, with a population of only 60,000; the second largest was Philadelphia with 30,000. They were called "cities" but by today's standards they were barely small towns. Please remember that in those days... (North County Times)
Prep basketball Jefferson star Ross transfers Aug 27, 2008
Terrance Ross, voted The Oregonian Class 5A player of the year in boys basketball after helping lead Jefferson to the 2008 OSAA championship, began classes across the country in Maryland on Monday ... Marcine Ross, Terrance's mother, said Tuesday she agreed to send her son east because she was concerned he was not thriving academically at Jefferson ... His mother pulled him out of Jefferson after his freshman year and home-schooled him as a sophomore. (OregonLive, OR -- Sports)
U.S. Attorney Aug 21, 2008
The United States Department of Justice - United States Attorney's Office. The United States Department of Justice. (Harper's Magazine)
School bus routes Aug 20, 2008
Time 6:55, Blease Dr. and Colonial Dr. (HS), David Morris Road and Foster Road (HS), Chandler St. and John St. (HS), Boisvert Road and Chandler St. (HS), Chandler St. and Indian Hill Road (HS), Chandler St. and Sandalwood Circle (HS), 236 Pine St., (HS and WMS), Maureen Dr. and Pine St. (HS and WMS), Pond St. and Saville St. (HS and WMS), Berkeley St. and Oak St. (HS and WMS), Chapman Road and Jefferson Road (HS and WMS), Marston St. and Van Buren Road (HS and WMS), 745 Whipple Road (HS and... (Tewksbury Advocate, MA)
The Fives: Pick away Obama and McCain, you probably won't bring out the dregs like this Aug 20, 2008
He was popular enough to end up in a dead heat in his race for the presidency against Thomas Jefferson, one of the four faces on the Shrine of Democracy and considered to be one of the greatest presidents to have ever lived. Burr's place in history may have been mostly anecdotal in the ranks of poor politicians if not for his machinations after he left office and headed west to find his fortune. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Little League World Series team guide Aug 19, 2008
Jefferson Little League. Hometown: Jeffersonville, Ind ... Road to Williamsport: Hayden Robb had struck out four times in the game, but his fifth official at-bat produced an RBI single that broke open a 4-4 deadlock, and sent Jefferson (Ind. (Florida Today)
Treasury Auctions Set for This Week Aug 18, 2008
Thomas Jefferson School of Law, Calif. $120 million of debt securities. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Business)
Obituaries for Aug. 16 Aug 16, 2008
Survivors: Wife of eight years, Barbara A. Huke Wood; son, Richard J. Wood Jr. of Sinking Spring; daughters, Christine M. Boyer of Adamstown, Valerie A. Tyson of Womelsdorf; three stepsons Edward Smolinski of Upper Chichester, Earl Smolinski, and Michael Smolinski of Springfield; mother, Louise B. Jefferson Wood of Upland; sister, Carol Norris of Upland; brother, Ronald Wood of Upland; six grandchildren. Service: A memorial service will be scheduled at a later date. (The Delaware County Times, PA)
Feeling the pressure Aug 15, 2008
H.W. Herrell Distributing Co., Donald Herrell, Jefferson County ... H.W. Herrell services 280 retail accounts in Jefferson County from its offices in Imperial and sells about 1. (St. Louis Business Journal, MO)
Abdur-Ra'oof Returns to Lead 'M' Club Aug 13, 2008
He served as the membership director of the University of Maryland Alumni Association, as a marketing coordinator for the University College and as a color analyst on football broadcasts with Jefferson Pilot Sports. Abdur-Ra'oof earned four varsity letters as a Maryland football player. (Umterps.com)
Toddler Scorched On Plastic Slide Aug 13, 2008
A parent from Jefferson County sent photos of her son burned two weeks ago while sliding down his daycare center's plastic slide. That slide was manufactured by a different company, but the injuries were similar. (W-USA News, DC)
COMPLETE LIST: Is there a stroke center near you? Aug 12, 2008
Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, Inc. ... West Jefferson Medical Center. (USA Today -- News)
Editor's Mailbag (Aug. 6) Aug 9, 2008
Jules wrote on Aug 6, 2008 5:04 PM:" Rocck, exactly what race monopolizes the name "Hussein"? Yes, people said George Herbert Walker Bush alot. John Fitzgerald Kennedy. William Jefferson Clinton. James Earl Carter. Richard Milhouse Nixon. Dwight David Eisenhower. It's sad that Barry is ashamed of his middle name, but middle names have been and will be used when referring to presidents, and it's time to stop pretending it has anything to do with race. ". oldtimer wrote on Aug 6, 2008 5:16 PM:"... (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
HIV Expert Says 1 Step Down, 2 More To Go In Quest To Cure AIDS Aug 8, 2008
Scientists at Jefferson Medical College have found evidence for the first time of actively replicating HIV in the bloodstream of patients taking the. (Sep. (Science Daily)
Pitt football Q&A with Paul Zeise (Yesterday) Aug 8, 2008
Bob Podomnik, Jefferson Hills, Pa. ZEISE: If you go back to top and look at what I wrote, you'll see I couldn't disagree more. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
The Fives: Biker bands that are bad and simply bad biker bands Aug 5, 2008
The Altamont Speedway Free Festival held in December of 1969 had plenty of big name acts, including Santana, Jefferson Airplane and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. But the biggest name was the Rolling Stones. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Lawmakers defeat cut to their own health care (2) Aug 3, 2008
Mark Bruns, Jefferson City ... Bill Deeken, Jefferson City. (Jefferson City News Tribune, MO)
Movers & Shakers (July 21) Jul 21, 2008
News releases can be delivered to the front desk of the Gazette-Times, 600 S.W. Jefferson Ave.; faxed to 758-9505; e-mailed to ; or mailed to Business Editor, Corvallis Gazette-Times, P.O. Box 368, Corvallis, OR 97339. Please submit items for this section by 5 p.m. Tuesday for publication the following week. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
Blue Ribbon Index Jul 16, 2008
Specialists K: Dan Kelly, Hawaii KR: A.J. Jefferson, Fresno State P: Chris Keagle, Louisiana Tech PR: Phillip Beck, Louisiana Tech. Offensive Player of the Year. (ESPN -- College Football News)
Bucknell Places 246 Student-Athletes on University's 2008 Spring Semester Dean's List and 239 on Patriot League Academic Honor Roll Jul 16, 2008
Forty Team Captains Among those Recognized. - Two-hundred forty-six Bucknell University student-athletes have earned Dean's List honors for the 2008 spring semester. (Bucknellbison.com)
Balance of power Jul 15, 2008
At tackle, Philadelphia St. Joseph's , West Mifflin's , Camp Hill Trinity's and Jefferson Hills Thomas Jefferson's made the cut. Hollins and King will be suiting up for Pitt next year, while Arcidiacono and Gress committed to Penn State. (Prep Sports Sports -- Rivals.com)
Serendipity (7) Jul 13, 2008
He proposed to Confederate President Jefferson Davis a campaign into Union territory and Davis gave him the go-ahead. With more than 70,000 men in the Army of Northern Virginia, Lee headed north out of the Shenandoah Valley into Maryland, then on into Pennsylvania. (Leitchfield Grayson County, KY)
Summer fun in the nation's capital Jul 13, 2008
But there is still nothing quite like sitting on the steps of two of the old standards, the Jefferson and Lincoln memorials, at sunset as the lights brighten the columns and walls that make up these majestic structures. Bob Kovach is a coverage manager in CNN's Washington bureau. (CNN -- Travel)
Blunt names new Work Force Investment board members Jul 13, 2008
Duane Schreimann, 55, of Jefferson City, is an attorney for Schreimann, Rackers, Francka, and Blunt LLC.. Mental Health Commission -- Ronnie Dittemore, 69, of St. Joseph, is a mental health consultant at Heartland Health. (St. Louis Business Journal, MO)
"WASHINGTON: THE MAKING OF THE AMERICAN CAPITAL" Jul 6, 2008
But a backroom deal, hatched on Maiden Lane among Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and Alexander Hamilton, traded support for Hamilton's plan to make America solvent in exchange for a capital further south. With 13 states freelancing their finances with mostly Dutch banks and running deeper into debt, Hamilton's plan was to form a centralized federal bank that would guarantee investors their money - a none too popular idea at the time. (New York Post -- Opinions)
Our nation’s Declaration of Independence Jul 4, 2008
George Wythe, Richard Henry Lee, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Harrison, Thomas Nelson, Jr., Francis Lightfoot Lee, Carter Braxton. North Carolina. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
Could you pass the US Citizenship Test? Jul 4, 2008
CBS 6 - WTVR, Richmond Va - Could you pass the US Citizenship Test. Could you pass the US Citizenship Test. (WTVR.com, VA)
Star-Spangled Trail Gets Federal Grant Jul 3, 2008
Reenactors stage a skirmish at Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum, on the site of the 1814 Battle of St. Leonard's Creek ... (By David Krankowski, Courtesy Of Jefferson Patterson Park) ... Markers commemorating the Battle of St. Leonard's Creek will sit at what is now Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum, which in September will be the site of the largest War of 1812 reenactment. (Washington Post)
Remnants cannot tell a lie: George Washington's boyhood home found Jul 3, 2008
Even Thomas Jefferson lived in a one-room home before moving into Monticello. Clues to lifestyle. (Los Angeles Times)
U.S. Fuel Aid Jul 2, 2008
Ms. Sandra Mendez LIHEAP Coordinator Community Services Administration Arizona Department of Economic Security 1789 W. Jefferson, Site Code 086Z P.O. Box 6123 Phoenix, Ariz ... Ms. Jeanna Machon Assistant Deputy Director Family Support Division Department of Social Services P.O. Box 2320 Jefferson City, Mo. (CBS News -- US)
