News 2008-06-29 Andanh.com

Mugabe brutally successful Sunday June 29, 2008
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - President Robert Mugabe once boasted he had a degree in violence, and he has surely added a doctorate in the savage presidential runoff season that is likely to stagger to a close this weekend with his proclaiming himself the Zimbabwean people's choice despite an election denounced across the globe as a sham.

Good question Sunday June 29, 2008
Question: What do people mean when they use the phrase "speak truth to power"?

Inmate, mom caught in jailhouse drug plot Sunday June 29, 2008
NEWPORT, Vt. - An inmate at the Northern State Correctional Facility will serve more time in prison after pleading guilty to conspiring with his mother to smuggle drugs into the facility.

Student is part of HIV project Sunday June 29, 2008
Annie Laurie Allan of Princeton learned a lesson about human nature while working last summer testing people in Malawi in Africa for HIV and AIDS: When the choice is between medical care and privacy, medical care wins out nearly every time.

Educators experience China Sunday June 29, 2008
SHREWSBURY - Kenneth Largess can't speak a word of Mandarin, but during a recent teacher exchange trip to Beijing, it was the giant-like size of the Shrewsbury High School assistant principal that opened up the dialogue.

The Beast didn't conquer the love of life Sunday June 29, 2008
Just months after her youngest child died, Marian French could sense within her own body the insidious presence of what her son had called The Beast.

Arthur M. Longsjo Sunday June 29, 2008
Born Oct. 23, 1931, in Fitchburg; died Sept. 16, 1958, at age 26 as a result of injuries suffered in an automobile accident in northern Vermont while returning home after having won his 13th consecutive cycling race, this one in Canada.

National Guard set for biennial ball at armory museum Sunday June 29, 2008
The medical van owned by Veterans Hospice Homestead of Fitchburg has the following schedule this week:

Manuel Luz Bairos, 63 Sunday June 29, 2008
HUDSON - Manuel Luz Bairos, 63, of Hudson, died Thursday, June 26 at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston after a long and courageous battle with cancer.

Mary Helen (McCue) Berry, 87 Sunday June 29, 2008
SPENCER - Mary Helen (McCue) Berry, 87, formerly of Worcester, died Friday, June 27, 2008, at home, after a long illness.

Arthur Wei-Chung Chou, 53 Sunday June 29, 2008
WAYLAND - Arthur Wei-Chung Chou, 53, died unexpectedly on Wednesday, June 25, 2008.

Blanche E. (Dacier) Cross, 88 Sunday June 29, 2008
WORCESTER - Blanche E. (Dacier) Cross, 88, formerly of Worcester, died Saturday, June 28 at Quaboag on the Common Nursing Home in West Brookfield. Blanche's beloved husband, Frank L. Cross, passed away in 1991.

Rev. George John DeTellis Sunday June 29, 2008
ORLANDO, FL - Rev. George John DeTellis, loving husband of 48 years to Jeanne DiPietro, passed away at his home in Orlando, Florida, on June 26, 2008, after a 9-year battle with prostate cancer. He was 73 years old. In 1957, he graduated from New England Bible Institute in Framingham, Massachusetts. In 1958, he graduated from Central Bible College in Springfield, Missouri. In 1973, he graduated with a Master's Degree in Theology from Assumption Ecumenical Institute in Worcester, Massachusetts. In 1959, Pastor

Barbara A. Donovan, 59 Sunday June 29, 2008
WORCESTER - Barbara A. Donovan, 59, of 6 Mountainshire Drive, died Saturday, June 28, 2008, in the Rose Monahan Hospice Home, after a brief illness.

Steven D. Fay, 58 Sunday June 29, 2008
SUTTON - Steven D. Fay, 58, of Sutton, died Wednesday, June 11th in St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester, after being stricken ill at home.

Jane W. George Sunday June 29, 2008
WORCESTER - Jane W. George, of Worcester, died in her home on Wednesday, June 25, 2008.

Priscilla I. (Pierce) Ivashek, 83 Sunday June 29, 2008
PAXTON - Priscilla I. (Pierce) Ivashek, 83, of 765 Pleasant St., died peacefully on Saturday, June 28, 2008, in Oakdale Skilled Nursing and Rehab. Center, West Boylston.

Edith M. (Niemi) Julin, 93 Sunday June 29, 2008
WORCESTER - Edith M. (Niemi) Julin, 93, passed away Thursday, June 26. Her husband, George A. Julin passed away in 2004.

Jeraldine "Jerry" (Jaworski) LaVallee, 68 Sunday June 29, 2008
ORMOND BEACH, FL - On Sunday June 22, 2008, Jeraldine "Jerry" LaVallee, passed away peacefully, surrounded by family, after a long illness. Her husband of 23 years, Ronald LaVallee, passed away May 10, 2008.

Elsi M. (Padula) Lunetta, 93 Sunday June 29, 2008
FITCHBURG - Elsie M. (Padula) Lunetta, 93, of 33 St. Paul St., and formerly of 68 Granite St., Fitchburg, died Saturday morning, June 28, in Health Alliance Leominster Hospital, after a brief illness.

Joan F. (Nelson) Newton, 72 Sunday June 29, 2008
WORCESTER - Joan F. (Nelson) Newton, MSW, 72, died on Thursday, June 26, 2008 in the Johnson City Medical Center after a short illness.

Katherine "Kate" O'Loughlin, 90 Sunday June 29, 2008
SHREWSBURY - Katherine "Kate" O'Loughlin, 90, formerly of Shrewsbury, died Saturday, June 27th, at Notre Dame Long Term Care, Worcester. The Britton-Shrewsbury Funeral Home, 648 Main St., is assisting the family with the arrangements.

Roger L. Pearson, 76 Sunday June 29, 2008
DANIA BEACH, FL - Roger L Pearson, 76 of Dania Beach FL, formerly of Leicester, passed away on May 23, at the Memorial Pembroke Hospice after a valiant struggle against cancer.

Deborah Lynn Petersen, 48 Sunday June 29, 2008
WORCESTER - Deborah Lynn Petersen, 48, of 113 May St., entered into eternal life on Thursday, June 26, at the Rose Monahan Hospice Home.

Sulo H. Peura Sunday June 29, 2008
HOLDEN - Sulo H. Peura died on June 27, 2008.

Richardson K. "Dick" Prouty, 89 Sunday June 29, 2008
SPENCER - Richardson K. "Dick" Prouty, 89, formerly of 333 Main St., Spencer, died June 27, 2008 at St. Mary Health Care Center, the result of a long battle with Alzheimer's disease. He leaves five children, Richardson K. Prouty, Jr. and his wife Bonnie of Westfield, Stephen L. and his wife Martine of Spencer, Charles "Newt" and his wife Cynthia of Spencer, Christopher L. of Topeka, KS and Marilyn L. Perkins, wife of Michael Perkins of Lunenburg, seven grandchildren, five great grandchildren, and a Daught

Elizabeth Barbara Hudak Suich, 93 Sunday June 29, 2008
WORCESTER - Elizabeth Barbara Hudak Suich, 93, passed away in the early morning hours of Saturday, June 28, 2008, at St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester, MA following a short illness.

Reino Henry Tervo, 87 Sunday June 29, 2008
ACTON - Reino Henry Tervo, 87, died Saturday, June 28, 2008 in Acton.

Leon C. Thresher, 82 Sunday June 29, 2008
HARDWICK - Leon C. Thresher, 82, of Thresher Rd., died Thursday, June 26 2008, in UMass Memorial Healthcare.

Reynaldo Valentin Sunday June 29, 2008
WORCESTER - Those we love remain with us, for love itself lives on. Cherished memories never fade, because the loved one is gone. Those we loved can never be more that a thought apart, for as long as there's a memory they live on in our heart.

Shirley I. (Jennings) Wilson, 85 Sunday June 29, 2008
LEICESTER - Graveside service for Shirley Wilson will take place on Monday, June 30th, 4:30 p.m., in Saint Joseph's Cemetery, Waite St., Leicester. Everybody welcome.

Delta to start adding fuel surcharges up to $50 for frequent-flier tickets Sunday June 29, 2008
Delta Air Lines Inc. will add fuel surcharges of as much as $50 for frequent-flier tickets and US Airways Group Inc. will pare curbside baggage check-in, widening an industrywide hunt for new revenue and savings as costs soar.

foolish trivia Sunday June 29, 2008
I was founded in 1963 in Lowell, aiming to provide Consumer Value. Headquartered in Rhode Island, today, I'm the nation's largest filler of prescriptions, managing more than 1 billion of them annually. I operate some 6,300 pharmacies in about 40 states and sport a pharmacy benefit management, mail order and specialty pharmacy division, too. I'm rolling out my MinuteClinics into my stores. Already more than 1.8 million people have visited my 500-plus MinuteClinics. I rake in some $80 billion per

GameStop won't stop growing Sunday June 29, 2008
Video game retailer GameStop (NYSE: GME) recently reported a very good quarter, with earnings up 151 percent year over year and revenue rising 42 percent to $1.81 billion. CEO R. Richard Fontaine said that he is "very bullish on the future as three major metrics are transforming the business and accelerating the potential for GameStop growth."

Listen up, ladies: You can invest Sunday June 29, 2008
Many women (and men, too) aren't tending to their finances, and they're paying a high price for it. Consider these facts: Wives tend to be less involved than husbands in household investing and retirement planning. Most married women outlive their husbands. The vast majority of all widows in poverty became poor only after the death of their husbands. Some 70 percent of the elderly poor in America are women.

Shoulda had a T-bill? Sunday June 29, 2008
Dick's Sporting Goods was my dumbest investment. After listening to a TV stock guru talk up the stock, I decided to buy the day before its quarterly earnings announcement. Well, it plummeted. At one point I lost well over 25 percent within only a month. I continued to check out the financials of the company and decided that it was worth hanging onto. I planned to cash out when it hit a certain intrinsic value. The market agreed with me, and eventually the stock returned to my original buy price.

Ailing memory card? Sunday June 29, 2008
Q I'm having trouble getting certain photos off my digital camera. Is it possible that the camera's memory card has gone bad?

Fancy a do-it-yourself font? Sunday June 29, 2008
When Spike Gjerde started to build a new restaurant in an old mill in Baltimore, he didn't want a slick menu with crisp, perfect letters. "We're all totally about salvage and re-use," he said.

Junior League sale helped area families Sunday June 29, 2008
The Junior League of Worcester had our TAG Sale, which offered used children's toys, clothing and gear to families of Worcester. It was a tremendous success because of the generosity and support of the Worcester community, as well as our sponsor the Worcester Telegram & Gazette, for without the newspaper this great success wouldn't have been possible.

Closing PIP shelter not the entire solution Sunday June 29, 2008
In a recent article (Telegram & Gazette, June 19), the city manager stated a date of June 30, 2009, for closing the People in Peril shelter. This strategy was based on the provision of housing the homeless through Housing First.

sudoku Sunday June 29, 2008
Sudoku is a number-placing puzzle based on a 9x9 grid with several given numbers. The object is to place the numbers 1 to 9 in the empty squares so that each row, each column and each 3x3 box contains the same number only once. The difficulty level of the puzzle increases from Monday to Sunday.

Dozens of MBTA drivers disciplined for phone use Sun, 29 Jun 2008 06:00 EST

BOSTON — Dozens of MBTA bus drivers and subway operators have been disciplined for using cell phones while on the job during the past 2½ years.

Northeast braces for home heating oil increases Sun, 29 Jun 2008 06:00 EST

WASHINGTON — New Englanders who are struggling this summer to pay gas prices topping $4 a gallon should brace for more bad news: Home heating oil costs next winter are expected to hit record highs.

Man appeals conviction in RI smoke shop case Sun, 29 Jun 2008 06:00 EST

PROVIDENCE — A Narragansett tribe member has appealed his conviction for assaulting state police who raided a tribal smoke shop in 2003.

Gifts to UMass beat goals Sun, 29 Jun 2008 06:00 EST

BOSTON — Donations to UMass are soaring above expectations.

Fairhaven Homecoming reconnects community Sun, 29 Jun 2008 06:00 EST

FAIRHAVEN — On bustling streets in the center of Fairhaven, vendors sat smiling under tents, people young and old meandered from booth to booth and children slurped on sodas. Everywhere, people stopped to chat with old friends, proving that the...

Something new? Trashing -- or at least messing up -- your wedding dress for the camera Sun, 29 Jun 2008 06:00 EST

Dustin Sanders of Ruston, La., loads his weapon with pink, orange and yellow paintballs, takes aim and fires. His target: a $500 partially beaded wedding gown worn by his bride of 4 months, Jessica.

A present for mom: Six-year-old accompanies mom on 5K run/walk Sun, 29 Jun 2008 06:00 EST

NEW BEDFORD — In early May you can often find children in search of the perfect Mother's Day gift. Some volunteer to do extra chores around the house, and others choose to give jewelry, candy or gift certificates.

Rochester reading garden opens Sun, 29 Jun 2008 06:00 EST

ROCHESTER — A bronze statue of a boy and girl sitting on a bench, reading, graces the Plumb Library's new outdoor reading garden.

Cape Verdean parade has new route Sun, 29 Jun 2008 06:00 EST

NEW BEDFORD — Organizers of the Cape Verdean Recognition Day Parade planned for July 5 announced Friday their new parade route and other details about one of the city's most important annual cultural events.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Next

Chinese Dir