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Friday, December 12, 2008
Unusual New Orleans Snowfall
A rare snowfall blanketed south Louisiana and parts of Mississippi Thursday, closing schools, government offices and bridges, triggering crashes on major highways and leaving thousands of people without power.Up to 8 inches of snow was reported in parts of Louisiana. Snow also covered a broad swath of Mississippi, including the Jackson area, and closed schools in more than a dozen districts.
New Orleans' last snowfall, in 2004, was a dusting. The National Weather Service said the previous date for measurable snowfall in New Orleans was Dec. 22, 1989.
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The Next Generation Police Car
Straight out of a Hollywood movie, the "E7" may be the police car of the future.
Straight out of a Hollywood movie, the "E7" may be the police car of the future.
"You think about Knight Rider and all these fictional characters," said William Santana Li, chairman and CEO of the Atlanta-based Carbon Motors Corporation. "This car is actually real."
A prototype model of the E7 is on a nine-city U.S. tour, as Carbon Motors executives market the car to law enforcement officials and municipal fleet managers.
Unlike conventional police cruisers, which are retrofitted consumer vehicles such as the Ford Crown Victoria, the E7 is the first car designed and built specifically for law enforcement.
"You think about Knight Rider and all these fictional characters," said William Santana Li, chairman and CEO of the Atlanta-based Carbon Motors Corporation. "This car is actually real."
A prototype model of the E7 is on a nine-city U.S. tour, as Carbon Motors executives market the car to law enforcement officials and municipal fleet managers.
Unlike conventional police cruisers, which are retrofitted consumer vehicles such as the Ford Crown Victoria, the E7 is the first car designed and built specifically for law enforcement.
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Thursday, December 11, 2008
Chicago workers end sit-in at closed factory
CHICAGO — Jubilant workers, cheering and chanting "Yes We Can," celebrated outside a Chicago factory after approving a $1.75 million agreement to end their six-day sit-in, which had become a nationwide symbol of the plight of labor.
Republic Windows & Doors, union leaders and Bank of America reached the deal Wednesday evening. Workers carrying sleeping bags left the North Side factory within hours.
About 200 of 240 laid-off workers began their sit-in last week after Republic gave them just three days' notice the plant was closing. The workers had argued that Republic violated federal law because employees were not given 60 days' notice. They vowed to stay until they received assurances they would get severance and accrued vacation pay.
Each former Republic employee will get eight weeks' salary, all accrued vacation pay and two months' paid health care, said U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez, who helped broker the deal. He said it works out to about $7,000 apiece.
"We lost the jobs but we got something," said Lalo Munoz, who worked at the plant for 24 years.
Gutierrez, an Illinois Democrat, said $1.75 million will go into an escrow account for the workers, $1.35 million of which came from Bank of America in the form of a loan to Republic.
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Republic Windows & Doors, union leaders and Bank of America reached the deal Wednesday evening. Workers carrying sleeping bags left the North Side factory within hours.
About 200 of 240 laid-off workers began their sit-in last week after Republic gave them just three days' notice the plant was closing. The workers had argued that Republic violated federal law because employees were not given 60 days' notice. They vowed to stay until they received assurances they would get severance and accrued vacation pay.
Each former Republic employee will get eight weeks' salary, all accrued vacation pay and two months' paid health care, said U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez, who helped broker the deal. He said it works out to about $7,000 apiece.
"We lost the jobs but we got something," said Lalo Munoz, who worked at the plant for 24 years.
Gutierrez, an Illinois Democrat, said $1.75 million will go into an escrow account for the workers, $1.35 million of which came from Bank of America in the form of a loan to Republic.
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Happy Birthday Mouse !
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Parent's plan to protest the ban of tinsel
Parents are planning to stage a banner-waving protest in a bid to put the Christmas sparkle back on to a Hampshire school crossing patrol officer’s lollipop.As revealed in yesterday’s Daily Echo, Kevin Simpson, pictured, was ordered to remove tinsel from his lollipop for health and safety reasons after an anonymous passer-by complained to bosses. Now parents, incensed over the ban, are set to stage a demonstration on Friday, near the Maunsell Way crossing, in a bid to get the yuletide sparkle put back.
The 45-year-old lollipop man says that support from parents at Hedge End’s Berrywood Primary School has been growing.
He said: "Passing motorists have also been hooting their horns in support. I think councils should give a little bit of leeway during the festive season.
"It is just a fun goodwill gesture and on these miserable winter mornings it does light up the children’s faces."
If the tinsel ban is not lifted, Kevin says that he plans to put tinsel round his neck and the lollipop on the last day before the school breaks up for Christmas.
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Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Care worker gets more then £84 million overdraft credit by bank
Kaylie Cooper, 20, of Highnam, near Gloucester, had asked for the modest increase on her £200 overdraft to help with the Christmas spending.
But when the Alliance and Leicester replied it offered her 1.6 million times more than she had asked for.
Miss Cooper, who works at the National Star college for severely disabled teenagers and young adults at Birdlip, nr Gloucester, said "I rang them up three days ago to ask if they could extend my overdraft by £50.
"I needed the overdraft because of the time of year - it's just before Christmas and I have to pay my car tax and MOT.
"They then sent me a letter saying 'We are pleased to confirm that we have arranged an overdraft limit of £84,480,090.00 on your account.
"I thought it was funny with the credit crunch.
"They have obviously made a mistake - if they were right I could be one of the richest people in the country.
"I was in shock when I opened it.
"It was like having all my Christmases at once."
Miss Cooper added: "The bank was offering to lend me an awful lot of money - £84million. And the letter said they would only charge a fee of £5 a month for being overdrawn.
"I couldn't stop laughing when I got it in the post - I think I may be telling people about it for quite some time."
A spokesman for Alliance and Leicester said: "We apologise for any inconvenience or upset caused to Kaylie and can confirm this is an unfortunate one-off incident.
"The letter was sent off incorrectly."
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But when the Alliance and Leicester replied it offered her 1.6 million times more than she had asked for.
Miss Cooper, who works at the National Star college for severely disabled teenagers and young adults at Birdlip, nr Gloucester, said "I rang them up three days ago to ask if they could extend my overdraft by £50.
"I needed the overdraft because of the time of year - it's just before Christmas and I have to pay my car tax and MOT.
"They then sent me a letter saying 'We are pleased to confirm that we have arranged an overdraft limit of £84,480,090.00 on your account.
"I thought it was funny with the credit crunch.
"They have obviously made a mistake - if they were right I could be one of the richest people in the country.
"I was in shock when I opened it.
"It was like having all my Christmases at once."
Miss Cooper added: "The bank was offering to lend me an awful lot of money - £84million. And the letter said they would only charge a fee of £5 a month for being overdrawn.
"I couldn't stop laughing when I got it in the post - I think I may be telling people about it for quite some time."
A spokesman for Alliance and Leicester said: "We apologise for any inconvenience or upset caused to Kaylie and can confirm this is an unfortunate one-off incident.
"The letter was sent off incorrectly."
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Tuesday, December 9, 2008
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