Archive for September, 2010
Automakers go green, sleek at Paris car show
PARIS (AP) — Sizzling, sleek designs for a carbon-conscious world headlined Thursday as global automakers rolled out their latest high-tech models at the Paris auto show, hoping for rebound in a struggling car market. Hybrids and other fuel-efficient, lower-emission vehicles took front seat as CEOs and other top executives strolled out onto well-lit stages to trumpet their engineering innovations and strategies to tap hot markets like China.
Long Island Race, Run Schedule: October
Oct 2 Smithtown Running of The Bull 5K and 1K 8am NY Ave School Smithtown Oct 2 Entenmanns Great South Bay 5K, 10K & 1/2 Marathon…
Nadal breezes into Thailand Open quarterfinals
NONTHABURI, Thailand (AP) — Rafael Nadal dispatched qualifier Ruben Bemelmans 6-1, 6-4 Thursday in his Thailand Open debut. In his first match since winning the U.S. Open, the top-ranked Nadal lost only eight points on serve.
Pa. DEP targets Texas driller for tainted water
DIMOCK, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s top environmental regulator says the state will sue a Houston-based drilling company unless it agrees to pay nearly $12 million to extend a public water line to at least 18 residents whose water wells have been contaminated with methane gas. John Hanger held a news conference Thursday in the small northeastern Pennsylvania town of Dimock, where tainted water wells are raising concerns about the consequences of gas drilling in the gas-rich Marcellus Shale.
WR Mario Manningham returns to Giants practice
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — New York Giants receiver Mario Manningham returned to practiced on Thursday, just days after suffering a concussion. Manningham passed a…
Agree to our terms or go, Zimbabwe tells investors
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe’s president on Thursday told foreign investors that they must accept black Zimbabweans as the major shareholders in their projects – or stay away from the southern African nation. Strict empowerment laws scheduled for phased enforcement over the next five years require black Zimbabweans to control 51 percent of each business.
