| Give blood, and maybe give up your single life, too
The American Red Cross and Engage.com introduce the "What's Your Type?" blood drive and matchmaking event for singles. Mix, mingle and donate blood while meeting other singles at the following times and locations: -4-8 p.m. Tuesday at the San Jose Blood Center, 2731 North First St. -4-8 p.m. Wednesday at the Oakland Blood Center, 6230 Claremont Ave. -1-6:30 p.m. Thursday at Hotel Rex, 562 Sutter St., San Francisco. Includes a reception for all donors from 7-9 p.m. To schedule an appointment call 800-448-3543 or visit http://www.BeADonor.com. SF Yoga Journal Conference The fourth annual San Francisco conference will be held Jan. 17-21. The event focuses on inspiration, rejuvenation and community. Participants will be able to customize a program of classes, workshops and special events.
In county of 5,336 lawyers, one made headlines
The ex-American Idol hopeful, pregnant and jailed for violating her probation, got a break when a Tampa judge sent her to drug rehab instead of prison. Fitzgibbons said the treatment will save her life. The suspended University of South Florida student, fighting federal explosives charges, tried to fire Fitzgibbons. He said the attorney accepted $750,000 just to push for a guilty plea. "Pure fantasy," Fitzgibbons said. One judge scolded Sierra for talking to reporters and another went easy on teacher-turned-sex offender Lafave, accused of getting too friendly with a teenage co-worker. Fitzgibbons said, "It was a busy week." John Fitzgibbons juggled court hearings last week for famous clients. A look at his calendar: THURSDAY 10 Jessica Sierra (again) and Debra Lafave WEDNESDAY 9 Ahmed Mohamed MONDAY 7 Jessica Sierra .
Jonathan Rhys-Meyers to move in with Pete Doherty
Jonathan Rhys-Meyers is reportedly set to move in with Pete Doherty. The actor has become close friends with the troubled rocker, following the death of Jonathan's beloved mother last month, and the pair are now said to be hunting for a pad in east London together. Jonathan, who plays Henry VIII in hit TV show 'The Tudors', was left homeless after ex-girlfriend Reena Hammer forced him to move out of her Camden home. .
Duluth man leading in baseball playoffs’ ‘sexiest fan’ contest
Another drawback to the Atlanta Braves not snagging a spot in the playoffs? Duluth residents like Chris Piela think it's actually OK to root for the Boston Red Sox. Not only that, as of Wednesday afternoon Piela was the top vote-getter on People magazine's and Major League Baseball's "Sexest Fan Alive" contest online. Piela has a comfortable lead in the contest with 20,203 votes. As his wife, who nominated Piela, explains: "He is amazingly good-looking, extremely fit, a wonderful husband, and even more importantly, the best father." There are currently eight other finalists in the competition. The winner will score a pair of tickets to the World Series and be featured in an ad in People's annual "Sexiest Man Alive" issue. The voting continues through Oct.
Briefly in Tompkins
The 14th annual conference on depression, "Resiliency Across the Lifespan," is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 9 in the BorgWarner community meeting room at the Tompkins County Public Library, 201 E. Green St. Keynote speaker will be Ellen deLara, who'll discuss her research in adolescent development and school violence, with expertise in bullying from a systemic perspective. .
Oregon Recreation Report
See regional viewing sections for information.New fishing regulation changes take effect Jan. 1Several new fishing regulations take effect Jan. 1, 2008.* Sandy River anglers have an extra seven miles to fish, all the way upstream to the mouth of the Salmon River in Brightwood.* Umpqua River anglers will go to catch-and-release only for wild steelhead in the mainstem and North Fork; both portions of the Umpqua are open all year for adipose fin-clipped steelhead.WILLAMETTE ZONESTOCKING SCHEDULE:The South Willamette Watershed District stocked Junction City Pond with larger brood stock rainbow trout and Walter Wirth and Walling Pond with catchable size rainbow trout the week of Dec. 10. The next scheduled stocking for the South Willamette Watershed will be the week of Jan. 7.The North Willamette Watershed stocked Huddleston Pond and Sheridan Pond the week of Dec.
Club news
Delta KappaEpsilon Sigma AlphaDelta Kappa Chapter of Epsilon Sigma Alpha will meet 7 p.m. today at the Chamber of Commerce.Delta Kappa meets on the first and third Monday of the month. For more information on becoming a member or forming a chapter, contact Vivian Gibson at 364-0484.Eta ChapterDelta Kappa GammaThe Eta Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma will meet 6 p.m. Tuesday at Eisenhower Elementary, 1415 Fairlawn Dr. Deputy Kim Lopez with the Cleveland County Sheriff's department will present a program on personal safety and identity theft. Dinner of soup and dessert will be served with donations for the soup going to the chapter scholarship fund. For more information contact Lorraine Provine at lorraineprovine@cox.net or Ann Goff at 364-4429.Central Oklahoma Marine Aquarium SocietyThe Central Oklahoma Marine Aquarium Society's annual membership drive is 7:30 p.m.
Tattle | Was tour the cure? Police eye a new album
Tom Sizemore says he's done with drugs. "I'm not trading my whole life for some powder," the 45-year-old actor told The Bakersfield Californian in a jailhouse interview. He's serving time for violating probation and will be released next month. "God's trying to tell me he doesn't want me using drugs because every time I use them I get caught," Sizemore said. Sometimes God works in mysterious ways. Then there are those other times. Halle's hyperbolic The pregnancy hormones are flowing for pregnant Halle Berry, whose comments to "Extra's" AJ Calloway at the New York premiere of her film, "Things We Lost in the Fire" were so ripe with emotion they required multiple exclamation points in translation. "It's an exciting time in my life!!" she declared. And, regarding her model boyfriend and baby daddy Gabriel Aubry: "He's an excellent cook.
CLINTON: Not who she wants you to believe
On Sept. 14, 2001, Hillary Clinton, New York's junior senator, visited Ground Zero. You might not have read it in the New York Times, but many of New York's finest, the police officers and firemen, refused to shake her hand."Did you know: "On Oct. 20, 2002, she was literally booed off the stage at Paul McCartney's benefit concert for New York? The boos were substantially edited out when the tape was sold to the public." (from http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/818364/posts)Did you know even though she sits on the Senate Committee on Armed Services, that under her watch, "James J. DiGeorgio and Carl Steubing died in ways no war veteran should. They were subjected to illegal drug experimentation by employees of the Stratton Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Albany, N.Y.; killed by servants of the very government they fought to protect." (from http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0828-24.htm)As with all of the Republican candidates running for president, Hillary Clinton takes contributions and donations from several Political Action Committees (PAC) toward her campaign.That money goes into her pocket for her election just as the PAC's go into her pocket for "favors" later toward legislation.Barack Obama, on the other hand, takes money only from the American public -- they are the ones to whom he will be indebted and obligated.The question becomes, do you want a president who owes PACs favors, or one who owes the American public? I believe it's time we made that decision for the presidency as well as all members of the United States House and the Senate.
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