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December 07, 2009 CHEROKEE COUNTY - Brenda Harris Tustian thinks about Santa Claus all year long. From fine art prints to Christmas cards, Tustian draws upon Santa Claus as one of her main inspirations. The Cherokee County resident is an artist who paints landscapes, florals and pet portraits.
The number of public charities has soared, resulting in more than $50 billion a year in lost tax revenue.
I am a representative in student government at the University of Texas at Austin. I'm also uniquely positioned to discuss the issue of firearms and classrooms as an alumnus of Virginia Tech. I was there in 2007 when the shooting happened, and I lost the girl I love.
News and notesAerial surveys completed: Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks' biologists recently completed the first aerial waterfowl survey of the 2009-10 duck season. Aerial surveys estimate that there are about 240,000 ducks in the Delta, with the greatest concentrations in the Northeast Delta. "Overall, duck numbers are very similar to last year at this time," said ...
From outward appearances, 50-year-old Thomas Paul Bennett was an unlikely man to open fire at the local jewelry store. His Alamo home, surrounded by redwood trees on a cul-de-sac, is worth $2.5 million. Inside, when he takes a break from running his...
District 34 State Rep. Abel Herrero joined a large bipartisan group of state legislators and other elected officials from all 50 states in signing an amicus curiae, or "friend of the court," brief supporting the National Rifle Association's position that the Second Amendment applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment.
Thursday, December 3 Tree Lighting Join family, neighbors and friends as Hermosa lights the holiday season with musical entertainment and dance performances, and all can assist the Mayor in the count-down to lighting the 25 foot tree.
The Sitrin Success Through Adaptive Recreation and Sports program will be presenting their first adaptive shooting clinic on Saturday, Dec. 12 at Sitrin’s Community Center in New Hartford.
Dealers say Barack Obama 's election was a dramatic boost to sales.
Teeth are gnashing and swords are being drawn in response to the news that Comcast is snarfing down 51 percent of NBC Universal—the other 49 percent owned by General Electric—in a new joint venture. The deal will give Comcast, already the nation's biggest cable company and ISP, control over a huge swath of video content. "This is the most important media merger since Lucy married Desi," declared ...
It's hard to imagine a place with millions of eyeballs and no political advertising.
Deborah Fox
RIDLEY TOWNSHIP — Don Kaighn doesn’t want to be portrayed as a hero or a vigilante.
Kirk Mangels, a Washington resident for 20 years, grew tired of the reaction from relatives in Ohio when he complained about the District of Columbia’s Read more...
For the second time this year, an owl was caught in a leg-hold trap in Connecticut, renewing animal advocates’ cries to ban the traps.
Eli Ruble made huge and tragic mistakes last week. Knowing that won't bring back his friend Jay Derby, but the knowledge could save other lives this holiday season - and beyond.