| International Energy Efficiency Award 2008 -- Call for Applicants
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The German Energy Agency (Deutsche Energie Agentur GmbH or dena) is calling for participants in the international competition for the Energy Efficiency Award 2008. The award, in its second year, recognizes outstanding projects to increase energy efficiency in trade and industry. A total of 30,000 euros in prizes is available. The international competition is particularly aimed at small and medium-sized enterprises. If you have invested in innovative, exemplary measures to increase energy efficiency in your company and implemented these measures successfully, then organizers want to recognize you. The deadline to enter is January 31, 2008. A prize of 15,000 euros will go to the first-place winner, 10,000 euros to the second-place winner and 5,000 euros to third place.
Digest: Parolee gets 50 years added to term; more than 21 ounces of ...
On his last visit with his Georgetown parole officer in April, he was arrested on charges of aggravated kidnapping and assault from Travis County, which stemmed from an altercation with an ex-girlfriend. When officers searched his car, they found more than 10 grams of cocaine in the floorboard and marijuana in the center console. He was charged with possession of a controlled substance, Williamson County District Attorney John Bradley said. Salazar was found guilty this week on the drug charge. State District Judge Burt Carnes ordered that Salazar's 50-year sentence begin after he finishes the rest of his 12-year sentence for false imprisonment. The charges of kidnapping and assault are pending. ROUND ROCK 600 grams of heroin in boot Round Rock police said they found more than 600 grams of heroin in a man's boot after they pulled him over for speeding.
Boxford: Man denies mistreating ponies, geese
BOXFORD — A local man, arraigned yesterday on 15 counts of animal cruelty, is forbidden from keeping any pets except for some tropical fish. Frederick Delisio, 52, of 695 Main St. was arraigned in Haverhill District Court, where he pleaded not guilty to charges of withholding food and water from miniature ponies and domestic geese he owned. "You'll see it's a big misconception," Delisio told Judge Stephen Abany. Delisio was arrested Saturday after police and officers from the Animal Rescue League seized three miniature ponies and three geese from his barn — the floors of which court records described as covered inches deep in excrement. Christopher Smalley, communications director for Animal Rescue League of Boston, said Delisio's animals are under veterinarian care at an undisclosed location.
MY CHRISTMAS STORY
As soon as you got comfortable enough to hang up your clothes, or to sit at the breakfast table, you were gone. Lillian sheltered Jacob for these reasons, seeking out the best candidates possible for the boy. Two days before the Petersons were to take Jacob home, Mrs. Peterson got a call from the doctor. Her cries of rejoice were heard throughout the house. Anne immediately called Lillian Hoback. Lillan was surprised to hear the tearful Mrs. Peterson on the other end of the phone. Jacob's case worker was visibly shaken when she hung up the receiver. With tears in her eyes she glanced at the Christmas tree, Mrs. Peterson's words resounding in her ear, "Miss Hoback, isn’t it wonderful? Now Jacob will have a little brother or sister!" Written by Lisa Stewart-Arsenault Glace Bay .
Frat Kids Utterly Demolish Hotel Room In Colo.
ESTES PARK, Colo. (CBS) ― Police in Estes Park on Wednesday released more details about the underage drinking and felony criminal mischief arrests of pledges from the Delta Chi fraternity in Boulder, reported CBS station KCNC-TV in Denver. The new information details an alarming amount of damage done to two rooms in the mountain town's Super 8 Motel. After reports of a loud party in one of the rooms, officers arrived at the motel about 2:30 a.m. Sunday. They found the nine University of Colorado students in rooms No. 5 and 6 amid a sea of destruction. That damage was estimated at more than $1,000 and included the following: - A 3 foot by 1.5 foot hole in the wall between the bathroom and bedroom - Smaller holes in the walls of both rooms and a door - Ceiling fans ripped down from the ceiling and torn apart - Lamps destroyed - Pictures and heating units ripped off the wall and torn apart - Shower curtains and rods torn down - Phones broken in pieces - Molding around doors pulled off and broken - Vomit and blood on various surfaces - Tables in pieces - One mirror had several wads of spit on it, another was pulled off the wall and shattered - A dresser drawer was broken apart - A shelf was in pieces - Furniture broken and torn apart - The circuit breaker in one of the rooms had been tripped An earlier report also stated that a coffee pot full of urine was also discovered in the room.
Cubs' DeRosa to Have Heart Procedure
MESA, Ariz. - Cubs second baseman Mark DeRosa will undergo a heart procedure in Chicago on Thursday to correct an irregular heartbeat.
Team doctor Stephen Adams said DeRosa is expected to return to Arizona on Sunday, be back on the field as early as Monday and ready to play in spring training games by March 8.
"Theoretically, this should take care of the problem," Adams said Wednesday.
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Police fear violence from border-related kidnappings
The brother of a drug pusher taken from a roadside stop. Three suspected coyotes bound and beaten as a fourth points out their boss' west Phoenix address. A low-level smuggling boss forced from his home at gunpoint as his wife and young children watch. These are the victims when criminals kidnap other criminals for up to six-figure ransoms. Phoenix police investigated 40 percent more border-related kidnappings in 2007 than the previous year. Police say the uptick means more kidnappings are taking place and more people are reporting them. .
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