Unusual Careers News
- Academic feat for 2 Burgard students is a rare junior achievement Tuesday, September 30, 2008 @ 9:06AMFor Kiara Taggart, graduating from high school in just three years represents the achievement of a longtime goal.
- The green thumb of Jack Blue Monday, September 29, 2008 @ 10:10PMJack Blue once called himself the "lawn ranger."
- Freshmen runners big for Rock Bridge Monday, September 29, 2008 @ 9:02PM COLUMBIA - Caleb Wilfong sits and laughs with friends while the Rock Bridge cross-country team stretches. Sometimes he gets a little too caught up in a joke and his teammates have to call his name to pull his attention back to the warmup. Meanwhile, Jordan Cook cracks a smile as a he stretches, quietly watching the commotion. The two freshman runners, a study in contrasting ...
- Announcer Kiner relives thrills of the game Monday, September 29, 2008 @ 5:46PMIf Yankee Stadium, often called a cathedral of baseball, is a church, Shea Stadium is the dive bar around the corner.
- The mommy debate Monday, September 29, 2008 @ 10:02AMWhen Pamela Murphy thinks about Sarah Palin, she sighs in relief, " Thank God ."
- Economic crisis raises questions for business, finance majors Monday, September 29, 2008 @ 6:33AMRecently with the economy taking such a drastic downturn, competition in the job market will likely become increasingly tight. As a result, recent graduates or those aspiring to become graduates of the College of Business are already, or will soon, be under great pressure to find a career in business.
- Vancouver professors on aid mission to Afghanistan Sunday, September 28, 2008 @ 3:19PMThere are many struggles going on in Afghanistan, and two Vancouver professors are planning their own campaigns for the war-torn nation.
- Blue-eyed star leaves legacy on and off screen Sunday, September 28, 2008 @ 4:13AMHe used to joke that his epitaph would read, "Here lies Paul Newman, who died a failure because his eyes turned brown."
- Women mixed on career vs. motherhood debate Sunday, September 28, 2008 @ 3:02AM When Pamela Murphy of Plainfield thinks about Sarah Palin, she sighs in relief, "Thank God."
- Southwest Riverside County community news briefs for Sunday, Sept. 28 Sunday, September 28, 2008 @ 1:54AMMSJC marks Disabilities Awareness Month MENIFEE ---- A series to mark Disabilities Awareness Month will be held Tuesdays in October at Mt. San Jacinto College Menifee campus. There will be three films and a speaker.
- Can they help? Sunday, September 28, 2008 @ 12:10AMCOLUMBUS: Since March, the Akron Beacon Journal has reported on the mounting financial pressures facing the middle class — fewer good-paying jobs with secure retirement plans and the climbing costs of higher education and health care.
- Louvre Opens a Major Retrospective of Great Master of the Renaissance Andrea Mantegna Saturday, September 27, 2008 @ 8:51PMAndrea Mantegna, La Résurrection, 1457-1459. Bois. H. 71, 1 ; l. 94 cm. Tours, musée des Beaux-Arts, inv. 803-1-25 © Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tours. PARIS.-
- Current Issue: Friday, September 26, 2008 @ 9:19AMLast weekend, the tides turned: instead of Macalester students making mass migrations to Target, Target took a little trip to Macalester. Their purpose, however, was not to find a cheap yet energy-efficient desk lamp, but rather to shoot a commercial in the library and other scholarly-looking spots.
- What a difference a home makes Friday, September 26, 2008 @ 3:11AMThe Nevada School of the Arts has sent talented students into the world, built a nurturing community, taught musicians who didn’t have money and forged lifelong relationships.
- First Coast faces proposed cuts, too Thursday, September 25, 2008 @ 10:37PMA federal clampdown on compensation for top banking executives could ripple through those companies and curb the pay of lower-ranking executives in regional financial centers like Jacksonville, according to executive compensation consultants.
- Ex-guards sentenced to serve time at ACI Thursday, September 25, 2008 @ 8:53PMPROVIDENCE — The hammer came down yesterday on two former corrections officers convicted of assaulting four inmates in the Adult Correctional Institutions minimum-security prison after they were accused of smuggling contraband into the prison.
- Ex-guards sentenced to serve time at ACI Thursday, September 25, 2008 @ 8:35PMBut Gualter Botas and Kenneth Viveiros will remain free on bail while their convictions on prisoner-abuse charges are appealed.
- Q&A with Elaine Chao, U.S. Secretary of Labor Thursday, September 25, 2008 @ 4:20PMDuring any administration, high-ranking officials come and go. Not so for Labor Secretary Elaine Chao, the only Cabinet secretary to...
- Divita, West Broward up for challenge Thursday, September 25, 2008 @ 4:00PMHe has 48 players on a roster that has no seniors. His team will not have a home game this season and eight of the 10 games the West Broward Bobcats play this inaugural year will be against varsity competition. With all the odds stacked against him and his team, you would think that coach Rick Divita would be overwhelmed.
- Junior T.O., Little Randy ready for SEC showdown Thursday, September 25, 2008 @ 11:01AMATHENS, Ga.—A.J. Green can finish the sentence without any help. Julio Jones is the next coming of Terrell Owens, and your style has been compared to ... "Randy Moss," Green chimed in, not even waiting for the reporter to complete the analogy.
