NEW YORK (AP) -- A Manhattan skyscraper that is home to The New York Times became the site of twin daredevil stunts Thursday, with two men scaling the 52-story office tower within a matter of hours....
Posted 6.5.2008 8:58pm (5 months ago)
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) -- An additional 10,000 troops are needed to quell a Taliban and al-Qaida insurgency in southern Afghanistan, but European NATO partners appear unwilling to deploy more soldiers, Australia's defense minister said Thursday....
Posted 6.5.2008 6:37am (5 months ago)
LONDON (AP) -- Excitement about Barack Obama emerged as a global phenomenon Wednesday as commentators and citizens around the world welcomed the news that he had sealed the Democratic presidential nomination....
Posted 6.4.2008 11:27am (5 months ago)
Investor's Business Daily - The Fed should keep its key interest rate at 2% until mid-'09 and then raise them rapidly to 4% by year-end to keep inflation expectations under control, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development said. OECD assumes the European Central Bank will keep its rate ...
Posted 6.4.2008 6:37pm (5 months ago)
The law of supply and demand is kicking in for airline passengers this summer and not in their favor.
Posted 6.4.2008 11:06pm (5 months ago)
A 20-year-old Bonita Springs group that has been teaching immigrants English in every available nook and cranny in the city will finally have a home. The Bonita Springs Literacy Council will have a groundbreaking ceremony at 11:30 a.m. June 12 for its new facility on Old 41 Road between Terry Street ...
Posted 6.4.2008 7:42pm (5 months ago)
Live updates from the Bonita Springs City Council
Posted 6.4.2008 6:43pm (5 months ago)
Within a few weeks, new building permits for development within Bonita Springs will no longer be handled by Lee County. In CH2M Hill’s update during Wednesday’s City Council meeting, it was announced that the company will take over building permits after the end of the work day on June 27. Just three ...
Posted 6.4.2008 7:50pm (5 months ago)
Authorities say four people thwarted a home-invasion robbery in Bonita Springs on Tuesday night by overpowering the suspects and detaining one of them until police arrived.
Posted 6.4.2008 1:53pm (5 months ago)
Naples City Council approved a request Wednesday to renew a live entertainment permit for Vergina, 700 Fifth Ave. S.
Posted 6.4.2008 10:10pm (5 months ago)
PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) -- Stephen Colbert, the host of his own Comedy Central show, Emmy winner, faux presidential candidate and best-selling author, added to that esteemed collection an award from Princeton University: "The Great Princeton Class of 2008 Understandable Vanity Award."...
Posted 6.3.2008 7:38am (6 months ago)
Angelina's Ristorante, a new Italian restaurant in Bonita Springs, has served 6,000 guests in the first 24 evenings since it opened on April 16.
Posted 6.4.2008 1:00am (5 months ago)
Coyotes that have been wandering in the Brooks and Lakes of Estero neighborhood may no longer be in the area.
One coyote was found dead while another, a female, was trapped, Gary Morse, a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission spokesman said early Tuesday.
Posted 6.3.2008 9:32am (5 months ago)
Fried green tomatoes, hamburger steaks and Cajun fries weren’t the only things heating up at the Dixie Moon Cafe on Monday. Owner Tim Robinson’s blood pressure sizzled, after he realized that the restaurant’s new oven had disappeared in broad daylight.
Posted 6.3.2008 8:06pm (5 months ago)
A Boca Raton-based company is planning to build a 60-bed long-term care hospital in Lee County at a site that has yet to be determined, according to an announcement from Promise Healthcare Inc.
Posted 6.3.2008 9:46pm (5 months ago)
The first official pull of the Vegas-style slots at the Immokalee Seminole Casino will come next Thursday, June 12, but gamblers are already experiencing the new machines.
Posted 6.3.2008 4:32pm (5 months ago)
A nearly 11-year veteran of the Collier County Sheriff’s Office was arrested early Tuesday in Lee County on a misdemeanor charge of driving under the influence.
Posted 6.3.2008 6:21pm (5 months ago)
It’s been 20 days since immigration officials arrested 25 illegal aliens who were working on the Lee County jail. Lee County officials are still waiting for an explanation from contractor Kraft Construction.
Posted 6.3.2008 9:21pm (5 months ago)
The Naples Harbour Yacht Club plans a special ribbon-cutting ceremony at noon Friday, led by Naples Vice Mayor Penny Taylor.
Posted 6.3.2008 9:48pm (5 months ago)
A 76-year-old man with prior complaints of exposing himself in Sugden Park was arrested Monday after a Collier County sheriff’s deputy witnessed him back at the park.
Posted 6.3.2008 9:50pm (5 months ago)
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