| Fire displaces 4, causes $60,000 in damage to house
A fire at a Northwest Roanoke home displaced four people Sunday, according to Roanoke Fire-EMS Department spokeswoman Tiffany Bradbury. Fire crews were called to the 500 block of Chestnut Avenue about 1:30 a.m. Sunday. They found heavy smoke and flames coming from the two-story structure. Bradbury said that the fire started in a second-floor bedroom. Crews quickly extinguished the blaze, which was contained to the upstairs, she said. The fire was under control by 1:50 a.m. The first floor sustained water damage, Bradbury said. The fire has been ruled accidental and was caused by a lighter, she said. Damage is estimated at $60,000, Bradbury said. The four people who were displaced are being assisted by the American Red Cross.
Page 2's preseason MLB power rankings
We know it's early. We know there are people who think it's too early to rank the teams about to begin the 2008 Major League Baseball season. One hundred and sixty-two games left to be played, they say. Everything still up for grabs, they insist. But these are the same people who say B12 sounds like a plausible explanation, and LiLo's nudey New York Mag shoot looks like the beginning of a real turnaround. These people are innocents. We know better. .
Gas line divide crosses party, regional lines
We have a process under AGIA that all the people in the Legislature but one voted for," she said. That one legislator was Rep. Ralph Samuels, R-Anchorage, and the House majority leader. "I wasn't a big fan of the process," acknowledged Samuels, who said he stands behind his lonely vote. House Speaker John Harris, R-Valdez, said that even though TransCanada was the only company the Palin administration certified as complying with the demands of AGIA, they were still going to look at competing proposals. "It is still a proposal that should be looked at by the Legislature," Harris said. That could open the door for another rejected proposal, the plan by the Alaska Gasline Port Authority for an all-Alaska pipeline to bring natural gas to Valdez, where it would be converted to liquid and exported by ship.
One reason to vote for Hillary.
But you still have to vote. Before you did, you'd want to ask: Which of the three pro-legalization candidates is least likely to accomplish their legislative goal? When you think about it this way, a clear and somewhat surprising ranking of top three emerges. 1) Hillary Clinton would probably be the best president for anti-comprehensivists. She's cautious. She's been burned by GOP opposition before (to her 1994 health plan). Is she really going attempt both health care reform and immigration reform in her first two years? Remember, Rahm Emmanuel's swing-state Democratic congressmen typically ran tough-on-illegals campaigns. They're squeamish about voting for "amnesty." If Hillary is president (meaning John McCain isn't president) the Republicans are likely to unite against a Democratic legalization plan.
When IHSA restricts news media, it restricts public
As expected, the Pantagragh continues to print only one side of the story. Additional information can be found at ihsa.org. Click on “Information You Won't Find in Most Newspapers About the Photo Dispute" in the announcement section. Also, no where will you read that it was the Illinois Press Association that walked out on discussions to resolve this issue. We presented them with a proposal on November 14, 2007, and as of today, we still do not have a response. However, we remain willing to meet at any time. Also for the record, the $1,000 figure quoted in the paper today does not match the figure reported to the Court in Springfield. The figure reported to the Court was in response to a subpoena. " .
Alternative School Invites Former Students to 'Come Home to Humanex ...
ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Feb. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Humanex Academy, a private, alternative middle and high school that provides a structured and supportive environment for students with a wide variety of learning and emotional needs, is inviting all former students and their families to "Come Home to Humanex" to help celebrate the school's 25th anniversary. Humanex, founded in 1983, has been serving students with alternative needs in the Denver area by providing individualized education, combined with extensive counseling support. The only program of its kind in the Denver area, Humanex works with students who have learning disabilities, ADD, ADHD, bipolar disorder, generalized anxiety disorder and many other unique needs. The school's three primary elements are an academic curriculum that accommodates each student's current abilities, extensive counseling support, and the Love and Logic approach to behavior management.
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