RSSEverglades restoration deal is kept alive with contract extension in massive plan to buy land
Vote keeps Everglades restoration deal alive
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Florida water managers have approved a contract extension for a bold plan to buy land from the nation’s largest cane sugar producer for Everglades restoration. The board of the South Florida Water Management District, which oversees restoration efforts, voted Thursday on a six-month extension. The vote keeps the proposed deal alive at least until next month, when the Florida Supreme Court decides whether to allow the sale. The deal was proposed by Republican Gov. Charlie Crist. It calls for the state to pay $536 million for 73,000 acres of U.S. Sugar Corp. land in the Everglades. Critics call it a waste of taxpayer money that will only slow other key restoration efforts. However, Crist says it’s an opportunity to help clean the Everglades, long polluted by fertilizers and urban runoff.
By AP
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Famous Van Gogh work "The Bedroom" undergoing restoration before museum blog's cameras
March 11th, 2010
Van Gogh work 'The Bedroom' undergoes restorationAMSTERDAM — One of Vincent van Gogh's most famous paintings, "The Bedroom," has been taken away for restoration, but art lovers don't have to miss it. They can follow the cleanup on a blog, the Van Gogh Museum said Thursday.
3Com gets 3-year contract to provide networking equipment at some Australia schools
March 10th, 2010
3Com gets 3-year networking contractSAN FRANCISCO — Computer networking systems maker 3Com Corp. said Wednesday that it received a three-year contract with the Department of Education and Training in Australia's Northern Territory to supply schools.
AT&T workers ratify union contract covering about 30,000 employees in the Southeast
March 5th, 2010
AT&T workers in Southeast ratify union contractDALLAS — AT&T Inc. said Friday that its employees approved a new three-year contract covering about 30,000 workers in the Southeast.
Kauai County acquires 75-acre, $2.5M parcel of land in Eleele for affordable housing
March 1st, 2010
Kauai County acquires 75-acre parcel of landELEELE, Hawaii — Kauai County has acquired a 75-acre parcel of land in Eleele from Alexander & Baldwin Inc. for affordable housing.
Teamsters-led group of 170 stock clerks reject contract offer from Southwest Airlines
February 23rd, 2010
Teamsters-led clerks at Southwest reject contractDALLAS — A group of more than 170 stock clerks at Southwest Airlines Co. rejected a contract negotiated with the discount carrier.
ISI DG's extension in service uncertain
February 12th, 2010
ISLAMABAD - Uncertainty still surrounds the proposed extension in service of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Director General Lt.Gen. Ahmed Shuja Pasha, who is due to retire on March 18.
Retiring ISI DG likely to get extension
February 10th, 2010
ISLAMABAD - : Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) Director General Lt.Gen. Ahmad Shuja Pasha, who is scheduled to retire next month, is likely to get an extension, sources said.
Chinese sorrow 'bank' stores love souvenirs from ex!
January 25th, 2010
NEW DELHI - A Chinese store is offering customers a chance to keep alive memories of their former love - outside their homes. Owner Gong Yelong's The Dinosaur's Love Bank in Guloudajie, Beijing, boasts of shelves loaded with cups, toys, books, personal letters and wallets from those looking to preserve the sentimental value but without jeopardising their new relationships, reports the China Daily.
