A shot at the sky: WWII-era B-17 bomber offers tours and flights over Redding (The Record Searchlight)
For Bob Kelley, being squeezed into the musty, cramped aluminum body of a B-17 bomber and hearing its four engines roar to life was more than just a Monday afternoon flight on an antique airplane.
Nominees sought for NorTech awards (Akron Beacon Journal)
Nominations for the 2007 NorTech Innovation Awards are open. The Northeast Ohio technology-based economic development organization annually recognizes innovative products, new procedures and businesses and nonprofits that significantly contribute to the regional technology economy.
Downtown stores take on new look (Mooresville/Decatur Times)
Forty years ago, the Martinsville downtown area had a whole different look. There were places to eat and mostly department, furniture, grocery, drug and appliance stores, and taverns there. Today there are several offices, antique and jewelry stores, eating places, taverns and some clothing stores.
A final encore (The Fresno Bee)
A long-gone era of Big Band music is being revealed -- record by record and antique by antique -- as conservators prepare to auction the estate of a Visalia woman who once shared the stage with Frank Sinatra.
Election turnout pleases Comelec; Chairman Abalos feels vindicated (The Manila Times)
THE outcome of the just concluded midterm election has disproved earlier allegations from the opposition that there would be massive cheating to ensure the victory of the administration candidates in the polls, said Chairman Benjamin Abalos of the Commission on Elections (Comelec).