News - Powered by Yahoo NewsMan walking along east Houston street shot, killed
A man walking along an east Houston road was fatally shot by the driver of a gray 4-door older model compact car early Sunday.
Mon, 29 Oct 2007 05:38:52 GMT - (Houston Chronicle)
Lighting of the future
Compact fluorescent bulbs, or CFLs, the miniaturized versions of fluorescent strip lights that are are touted as energy-efficient alternatives have problems with the quality of their light. Though all of the other energy-efficient alternatives to the incandescent bulb are equally flawed.
Sun, 28 Oct 2007 14:06:49 GMT - (International Herald Tribune)
TAIWAN CONCERNED OVER ARGENTINA'S SAFEGUARD DUTIES ON CD-RS
Consumer Goods Taiwan trade officials expressed grave concern at a World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting in Geneva, Switzerland Wednesday that Argentina has unilaterally imposed "safeguard duties" on imports of Taiwan-made compact discs-recordable (CD-Rs) beginning May this year.
Mon, 29 Oct 2007 02:21:30 GMT - (Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 Finance)
Taiwan Concerned Over Argentina's Safeguard Duties On CD-RS
Taiwan trade officials expressed grave concern at a World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting in Geneva, Switzerland Wednesday that Argentina has unilaterally imposed "safeguard duties" on imports of Taiwan-made compact discs-recordable (CD-Rs) beginning May this year.
Mon, 29 Oct 2007 02:21:30 GMT - (Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 News)
Boulder crushes worker's legs
A construction worker was flown from Salisbury to Hartford Hospital Thursday after a boulder roughly half the size of a compact car rolled into a trench where he was working to install drainage pipes and over one or both of his legs.
Mon, 29 Oct 2007 06:47:05 GMT - (Republican-American)
2008 Dodge Dakota Pictures and Highlights
Dodge was the first automaker to develop a pickup truck in the mid-size category -- larger than the Ford Rangers and other compact trucks out there, but smaller than...
Mon, 29 Oct 2007 03:51:26 GMT - (About.com)
NFL Commentary | Patriots' Welker is all-everything player
New England receiver Wes Welker is the Swiss Army Knife of NFL players: sleek, compact and outfitted for 101 uses. The Patriots recognized his...
Sun, 28 Oct 2007 07:18:17 GMT - (Seattle Times)
New water compact offers $14.5 million to tribe
CHOTEAU - A new draft water rights compact between the state and the Blackfeet Tribe includes a $14.5 million payment if the tribe would agree to defer development in one drainage for 15 years. The draft was unveiled Wednesday at a meeting of the ...
Fri, 26 Oct 2007 06:15:32 GMT - (Billings Gazette)
New water compact offers $14.5 million to tribe
CHOTEAU - A new draft water rights compact between the state and the Blackfeet Tribe includes a $14.5 million payment if the tribe would agree to defer development in one drainage for 15 years.
Fri, 26 Oct 2007 06:04:53 GMT - (Billings Gazette)
Sharp Focus
You don?t have to be a big spender to live large. With a base price of $14,695, the 2008 Ford Focus is one of the biggest cars on the market today. Not ?big? as in size, seeing as how the Focus is a five-passenger, front-wheel drive compact model.
Sun, 28 Oct 2007 16:23:10 GMT - (Waxahachie Daily Light)