| Chrysler wipes out 13,000 jobs
The slumping U.S. auto market dealt another blow to automotive jobs in Canada Thursday as Chrysler LLC announced it will eliminate about 1,100 jobs in Brampton, Ont. as part of its second restructuring in eight months. Chrysler will wipe out the third shift in Brampton during the first quarter of 2008, following on the heels of General Motors of Canada Ltd., which will stop third-shift production at a pickup truck plant in Oshawa, Ont., in January. The market situation has changed dramatically in the eight months since Chrysler established the recovery and transformation plan as its blueprint, Chrysler chairman and chief executive officer Bob Nardelli said in a statement Thursday. The move angered Canadian Auto Workers union president Buzz Hargrove.
Dealer tells of cocaine buys Hours after pleading guilty, Desmond ...
An admitted Southwest Philadelphia drug dealer told a federal jury yesterday that he routinely purchased three to five kilograms of cocaine a month from reputed drug kingpin Alton "Ace Capone" Coles from early in 2003 until summer 2005. Desmond Faison said three of those kilograms usually were converted into small doses of crack cocaine sold by a network of dealers working for him around the Paschall Homes in Southwest Philadelphia. The remainder, he said, was resold to dealers from other parts of the city or from New Jersey. Faison, 31, spent about two hours on the witness stand yesterday and is scheduled to return when the trial resumes this morning before U.S. District Judge R. Barclay Surrick. Coles, 34, who owned a hip-hop record label and promoted concerts and weekly rap parties in Philadelphia, is charged with heading a $25 million cocaine-distribution network.
May 2007 Archive
ELIDA— After voters here shot down the school district's bond issue last November, officials have regrouped and will place an amended building project proposal before Continue » T-Birds get 1st softball victorySports (592 words) OTTOVILLE — Lima Central Catholic had gone an 0-for in its first 11 softball games this spring. The Lady Thunderbirds finally put all the pieces together Continue » Fort Jennings Envirothon Teams take first, secondLocal News (423 words) FORT JENNINGS — The annual Area I Envirothon was held recently in Wood County at the Wood County Historical Society. Seventy-eight teams competed in the day Continue » May 5th, 2007 Jeffcats rally past PauldingSports (529 words) DELPHOS — The Jefferson baseball Wildcats scored two runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to rally from a 3-2 deficit and defeat the Continue » Jefferson softballers slug Paulding 12-3Sports (781 words) DELPHOS — Jefferson's bats set the tone early, putting up a 5 spot in the bottom of the first.
Plum native helps Raggs go to riches
Now the characters who make up the hit kids television show "Raggs" have done a lot more for Ms. Steedman, a 1972 Plum High School graduate. After first emerging in Australia, the show has made it to the Public Broadcasting Service -- and into 40 percent of the media markets around the United States. It isn't being aired on WQED in Pittsburgh yet. Ms. Steedman (pronounced stedd-man) had thought that "Raggs" would be nothing more than a simple carpool story until one of her ad agency clients, a large regional mall, asked for an idea for a kids program. She reached into her memory bank, and the live "Raggs" format began in the malls. The rock 'n' roll-loving dog was mobbed by kids. Raggs and the rest of the band went on tour and found a solid following among children and their parents.
NASCAR Boss Brian France's State of the Sport Address
BRIAN FRANCE: Good afternoon, everyone. On behalf of everyone at NASCAR, thank you for being here. This has become a pre-season tradition of sorts and of course a very important one. We're starting off this year, as that video illustrated, in strong fashion. NASCAR is celebrating 60 proud years in 2008. Think about that, 60 years. We've covered a lot of ground in six decades. The first NASCAR-sanctioned race was run on the beach road course in Daytona in 1948. That was just a few weeks following the famed Streamline Hotel meeting in which NASCAR was formed. Red Byron won in a Ford modified. In a 1949, the first strictly stock race, what is now known as the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, was held at the Charlotte fairgrounds. Jim Roper won that race and Red Byron was the season champion. In 1949, there were a total of only eight races.
Beautiful Miss Idaho in LCHS Parade
On top, another of Granati's fine photos. Below, Family Phil's shot of historic downtown Wallace. BTW, Phil has a Little-Ears-Have-Big-Windows post here. *HBO's still trying to figure out what Stebbijo/Your Choice means by done-r here. *CDADave/Thin Air is trying out a new look as he prepares to return to the HBO blogosphere in a big way on Monday. He's asking folks what they think here. *Amy Crooks/That's Life. Life Goes On sounds as though she's been working hard for her money and not blogging too much here. *Marianne Love/Slight Detour has some fascinating historical info about Bonner County, including how Hoodoo Creek was formed and how Sagle got its name after losing out to Eagle in southern Idaho here. Also: Herb Huseland/Bay Views puts in his 2 cents about the inheritance tax here, Digital Fog has another fine parody here, ErinG/Idaho Native is getting nervous about the birth process here and Cis Gors/From A Simple Mind analyzes an online quiz she took here.
Former NBA player helps police nab suspect
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The families of former NFL defensive back Anthony Newman and former NBA guard Terrell Brandon were the victims of an extortion attempt, the Portland Police Bureau said. Bobby Hayes, 41, was charged with theft by extortion and attempted theft by extortion. Police suspect he wrote threatening letters demanding $10,000 from the families of Newman and Brandon, according to court papers. One of the letters arrived early last week at the home of Newman's 65-year-old mother. It was addressed to "NFL Mom." "U don't know me, but I know U," it read. "I want 10K in cash in a black bag set next to your garage door Friday night. If you tell the police and try to be a hero you will be responsible for the murder of your whole family." Brandon, meanwhile, took matters into his own hands.
McCain's CPAC Suck-up
I don't want my 17-year-old son to have to pick tomatoes or make beds in Las Vegas." Has Rove accidentally ripped the mask off the vicious social inegalitarianism of Bush's immigration plan, as Mark Krikorian argues, or does a more benign interpretation of his comments save him? It's not like he hasn't said this sort of thing before, apparently. Indeed, his June, 2006 version makes the probable context of last week's remark quite clear--and Rove's not simply "saying that every parent wants their child to have a high-skilled, high-wage job," as the White House's damage control suggests. Here's the 2006 pitch: "Now frankly," Rove said during a riff on the temporary worker part of President Bush's immigration reform plan, "I don't want my kid digging ditches. I don't want my kid slinging tar.
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