America's war on terror has lengthened the time it takes to get a passport.
With passports now required to visit Mexico and Canada, Americans have to wait about 10 weeks to get them, said Charles Hutson, Cape Girardeau County circuit clerk.
The application process used to take about six weeks, he said.
DORAL — The Florida Swing hasn't turned out to be a warm and fuzzy ride for the PGA Tour this year.
Even with the challenging Players Championship moved to May, the Florida Swing has been swinging away at the world's top golfers.
The combined winning scores at the Honda Classic at PGA National, the PODS Championship at Innisbrook and the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill was a 23 under par.
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Today is Wednesday, March 21, the 80th day of 2007. There are 285 days left in the year. Today?s Highlight in History:
On March 21, 1685, composer Johann Sebastian Bach was born in Eisenach, Germany.
On this date:
¦ Darell Dashawn Frison and Tamekia Jamillah Coleman, both of Scranton.
¦ Tomas Alexander Rodriguez and Ana Victoria Rosario, both of Scranton.
PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS
On March 21, 1685, composer Johann Sebastian Bach was born in Eisenach,
In 1790 Thomas Jefferson reported to President George Washington in New
York as the new secretary of state.
Simpsonville's new amphitheater is taking shape and should be ready when Freedom Weekend Aloft flies into town May 25-28.
The giant 15,000-seat amphitheater is being built behind the baseball fields in Heritage Park and will host concerts for the FWA festival.
Simpsonville moved ahead with the second phase of Heritage Park's development, which included building the $400,000 amphitheater.
PHOENIXVILLE - A bridge tournament at the Phoenixville Senior Activity Center (PSAC) in April will help gather funds and fan them out to three different organizations, along with the PSAC.
PSAC will receive up to $5,000, including the rental fee of $2,400, from the fund-raiser, and after that amount is reached, three other organizations - ALS Association, Parkinson's Disease Foundation and the Pakistani Children's Fund - will have the overflow split equally between them.
"This bridge tournament is to benefit deserving funds," Dick Plummer, Tournament Assistant and Tournament Information, said.
In 1685, composer Johann Sebastian Bach was born in Eisenach, Germany.
In 1804, the French civil code, or the “Code Napoleon” as it was later called, was adopted.
In 1806, Mexican statesman Benito Juarez was born in Oaxaca.
NEWARK, March 20 ? Preliminary figures released on Tuesday show that 229 same-sex couples applied for civil union licenses in New Jersey in the first month since they became available, far fewer than the 1,700 who registered as domestic partners in the state within that option?s first month in 2004.
The number of civil unions, which includes 10 couples who already had such status in other states, represents about 1 percent of the same-sex couples experts estimate live in New Jersey, and suggests that the ceremonies have been far less popular here than when they were first introduced in Vermont in 2000 and in Connecticut in 2005.
Connecticut, whose total population is 40 percent of New Jersey?s nearly 9 million, registered 649 civil unions in the first three months. Vermont, with about 620,000 people, granted 405 civil unions in the first month, though many were for out-of-state couples.
Today is Wednesday, March 21, the 80th day of 2007. There are 285 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On March 21, 1685, composer Johann Sebastian Bach was born in Eisenach, Germany.
Men probably appreciate the transition from winter to spring -- and summer -- more than women. They get to get out from underneath all those sweaters and scratchy wools, and break out, dare we say, the Bermuda shorts and tees!
In other words, lighter clothing.
Daniel Billett, who writes a newsletter on men's fashion and grooming for www.about.com., came up with five spring and summer wardrobe additions that lean more toward a casual look, which is perfect for Sacramento.
With less than 24 hours before he was to hop a plane to Mexico for his
cousin's wedding, Michael Howe Jr. added an extra stop to his itinerary--the
long line at the passport agency in the Loop.
Snohomish County would benefit from a legislative change in how state sales tax is distributed.
The Legislature agreed last week to streamline sales-tax receipts so that all funds are distributed where goods and services are sold or take place.
For Snohomish County, that would mean an additional $4.5 million in sales-tax revenue starting in 2009.
Today is Wednesday, March 21, the 80th day of 2007. There are 285 days left in the year.
Todays Highlight in History:
On March 21, 1685, composer Johann Sebastian Bach was born in Eisenach, Germany.
LILBURN Southern Gwinnett is ready to roll out its welcome mat.
Bright colors and flowering trees are the hallmarks of a plan to
landscape three interchanges in the Gwinnett Village Community
Today is Wednesday, March 21, the 80th day of 2007. There are 285 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On March 21, 1685, composer Johann Sebastian Bach was born in Eisenach, Germany.
In 1685, composer Johann Sebastian Bach was born in Eisenach, Germany.In 1907, U.S. Marines arrived in Honduras to protect American lives and interests in the wake of political violence.In 1960, some 70 people were killed in Sharpeville, South Africa, when police fired on demonstrators.In 1965, more than 3,000 civil rights demonstrators led by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. began their march from Selma to Montgomery, Ala.In 1985, police in Langa, South Africa, opened fire on blacks marching to mark the 25th anniversary of the Sharpeville shootings, killing at least 21.
In case you missed it, regulations that would require passports for future entry into the U.S. by land and sea have been modified to exempt children.
U.S. and Canadian citizens 15 and under (with parental consent) will be allowed to cross borders at land and sea entry points with certified copies of their birth certificates.
The Bush administration said the change is aimed at helping families and school groups.
? "Hiking the Camino de Santiago" -- 7 p.m. March 20, REI, 1338 San Pablo Ave., Berkeley. A slide presentation with traveler Susan Alcorn. 510-527-4140.
? "Best Spring Waterfall Hikes in Northern California" -- 7 p.m. March 20, REI, Willows Shopping Center, 1975 Diamond Blvd., Concord. A slide show and presentation with hiker and author Ann Marie Brown. 925-825-9400.
? "Across the Atlas Alaskan Adventure -- A Journey in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge" -- 7 p.m. March 27, REI, 1338 San Pablo Ave., Berkeley. A video presentation with Pietro Simonetti and Greg Cook. 510-527-4140.
A man accused of robbing and sexually assaulting a woman in her Bermuda Dunes home while her children slept will be in court today for a preliminary hearing at Indio's Larson Justice Center.
Clayton Cornell Jackson, 27, was charged with nine counts, including kidnapping, rape, oral copulation by force, burglary and assault with a semiautomatic firearm.
He was behind bars without bail because he was on parole when the alleged crime occurred, according to Indio Jail officials.
A woman recently surprised a burglar ransacking the garage of her Bermuda Dunes home while her two young children slept. She tried to escape, but he tied her up, sexually assaulted her and finished robbing the house, authorities said.
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New York — Wal-Mart's disclosure that an employee was tapping phone conversations and text messages is drawing attention to a growth industry within corporate America: the business of keeping things secret.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. fired the employee, Bruce Gabbard, maintaining he acted alone and didn't receive authorization to eavesdrop. Federal authorities are investigating.
In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Gabbard said he worked in an amply staffed unit whose mission was to shore up the walls around Wal-Mart's internal data and communications, protecting them not just from Internet hackers but from leaks to company critics. He declined further comment when contacted this week by The Associated Press.
This story appeared in the Antelope Valley Press on Monday, March 19, 2007.
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For the second time in a month, airline travelers across the country were stranded over the weekend because of severe winter weather. This time, instead of a blizzard, the problem was an ice storm that paralyzed the Northeast.
The 100,000 customers of US Airways who spent Sunday night in airports are, for the most part, on their way by now. But there is a different kind of delay facing the traveling public, and the only way to counteract it is to prepare well in advance.
As of Jan. 23, everyone coming into the United States by plane from Canada, Mexico or Bermuda must have a valid U.S. passport. At the first of next year, a passport will be required to enter this country by land or sea, including ferries and commuter trains, from Canada, Mexico, Central and South America, the Caribbean and Bermuda.
When only hot soup will hit your spot, canned soup just doesn't do it. Maybe it's the mushy noodles. Or way too much sodium. Or perhaps the money-saving soup companies don't share my viewpoint regarding what "hearty" means. And soup is just so easy to make.
Because soup is mostly water (even your grandmother's chicken soup), lots of flavor must be added, or your soup will taste like, well, water.
The most basic soups start with onions. Even if you add little more than onions and salt to water, you will have the makings of a flavorful broth. Other ingredients, such as garlic, celery, carrots, herbs and spices, make the broth more flavorful.
The leisurely paced sport of croquet took an unusual turn Sunday afternoon when Derek Wassink, a former Princeton University varsity football halfback, joined Dick Brackett of Wellington in gaining the National Club Team championship.
The pair defeated Kenter Rosenberry and Laryn Moore, representing the Putuxent Croquet Club of Rhode Island in the championship flight final, 15-13, to win the Lyons Cup at the National Croquet Center in West Palm Beach. Berthed third were Bill Berne and wife, Billie Jean, the defending champions of Bald Head Island, N.C.
The tournament attracted a field of 80 players, more than 20 of them hailing from the Virgin Islands' Bombay Cricket Club. Bermuda was represented, as well as at least a dozen states.
Although they haven't lived in Coshocton for about 32 years, two brothers, one of them a Xenia artist, will be going home next weekend to open a month-long show.
Starting with a reception on Saturday, March 24, from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Pomerene Center for the Arts, the artistic talents of Caleb Bynum, of Xenia, and his brother Paul, a commercial photographer in Columbus, will be on display until April 27.
Asked to describe his art form, Caleb calls himself a "realist," says that his work is compulsive. When he sees something he likes, he feels compelled to draw it. His medium might be a pencil drawing or acrylic painting ? a person, a building, a scene. His favorite subject is "faces". Caleb says he is a perfectionist, that his work must be right. He explained that an artist's picture is never completely finished. You are your own critic ? you finally have to leave it and move on!
Publix, as well as its satellite stores and restaurants at the Shops of Marco will undergo a major facelift over the summer months.
Various factors, including age and the ravages of 2005's Hurricane Wilma are the reasons for the revamp, said Shannon Patten, Manager of Media and Community Relations.
One of two Publix stores on Marco Island, the 39,000 square-foot store at the Shops of Marco opened in 1985. The entire center was bought by Publix Supermarkets in 2000, Patten said.
Just like last year, spring brings flowers, fair weather after bouts of rain and yet another change of wardrobe. Lighter fabrics, softer colors and shorter sleeves are all part of the spring fashion repertoire that comes every year. So, what makes this season different from all the rest?
Colors this spring include the usual range of corals, magentas, yellows, purples and greens, all of which help create the overall idea of blooming flowers. Touches of different fabrics, as well as color combinations are the things to play with and have fun with this season.
"Two words can summarize this spring season," said Mike Kachenmeister, a manager at the American Eagle Westfield Shoppingtown Franklin Park location. "Bright colors."
It didnt look like a very long line. Just four families ahead of me,
thats all. This wouldnt take more than 15 minutes, I optimistically
guesstimated.
KINGSTON, Jamaica (Reuters) - World Cup cricketers attempt to get back to competitive business on Monday, 24 hours after the tournament was rocked by the death of the Pakistan coach and an England drinking scandal.
India are aiming to bounce back from their surprise defeat to Bangladesh while hosts West Indies could book their place in the next stage of the competition in Monday's World Cup action.
The matches almost seem a distraction after Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer's untimely death aged 58 less than a day after their World Cup exit at the hands of Ireland.
Take a cruise you'll never forget on Norwegian Cruise Line's Pride of Hawaii. Trip begins Oct. 29 with flight from Philadelphia to Honolulu, where you'll board the ship for three ports of call: Hilo, Kahului and Nawiliwili. Return to the mainland with an overnight flight from Honolulu Nov. 5 that arrives in Philadelphia Nov. 6. Per-person cruise price for inside cabin and based on double occupancy, includes government and port taxes, plus meals, room service and entertainment onboard. Not includ...
During September, stay at the ultra inclusive Sandals Royal Caribbean, where they will be debuting 10 St. James River Suites. Each suite is outfitted with custom mahogany furnishings, spacious bedroom and bathroom with marble and hand-cut mosaic tile accents, Jacuzzi tub, living room area with 42-inch plasma TV, as well as bedroom with 37-inch plasma TV, and a patio featuring outdoor dining area and loveseat. Price includes roundtrip air from Philadelphia, transfers, five nights accommodations w...
Sail from Brooklyn May 21 on the Crown Princess for a nine-night cruise stopping at Turks and Caicos, plus St. Thomas, San Juan and Bermuda. Per person price, based
Washington, D.C., meals and sightseeing, May 21-24, $493, double. Our Lady Help of Christian Seniors. Lucille, 610-391-0237 or Lil, 610-435-9404.
''Pirate Queen,'' Broadway, Saturday, March 24, $112. St. Thomas More. Lori, 610-432-3863.
''In the Beginning,'' Sight and Sound Theater and Willow Valley, May 10, $96. Cedar Church, Allentown. Bill, 610-398-3962.
Planning to go to Canada or Mexico anytime soon? Then you will need a passport.
In an effort to assist those residents who can’t get to the post office to apply for a passport during the week, the main post office, 1501 S. Clinton St., was open Sunday afternoon. Hundreds of area residents lined up to get their paperwork started.
New federal regulations, due to the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, require all travelers (including U.S. citizens) to and from the Americas, Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean and Bermuda to have a passport to enter or re-enter the United States when traveling by air.
Fort Wayne, IN - With spring break season well under way, you may be getting ready for a big trip overseas. Find out what the Fort Wayne Central Post Office did today to help out area travelers.
On a typical Sunday, these doors are closed, but this weekend, a different story. The post office is accommodating to a growing number of passport applicants. If you're planning to travel to and from the Americas, Canada or Mexico, the Caribbean, or Bermuda via air, you must have a passport to enter or re-enter the United States, and you might want to apply sooner than later.
"We've had several people come in traveling within two weeks. We had to send them to Chicago, so yes, you need to know even expediting it's going to take four weeks," says Carolyn Dennis, the customer service supervisor at Fort Wayne's Central Post Office.
WHITTIER - Like hundred of other future travelers, Vanessa Gomez of Whittier is hurrying to get her passport.
"I'm really concerned I'm not gonna get it on time" for her trip in four weeks, Gomez, 19, said.
She's not alone. According to the U.S. Department of State, millions of people are trying to get their passport applications processed. As a result, the waiting period is stretching out.
Deadlines, software, funding set back state's sign-up plan
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What do high school seniors riding motor scooters around Bermuda, senior citizens strolling through a Mexican bazaar and honeymooners enjoying a romantic dinner in Quebec have in common? If they flew to their destinations, they had to present valid passports.
New travel regulations require U.S. citizens traveling by plane outside the continental United States (including Canada, Mexico, Central and South America, the Caribbean and Bermuda), to present a passport, a Merchant Marine document or a NEXUS card.
If you don't have a passport and are planning a spring break trip, a high school graduation getaway or a family vacation that involves flying to another country, start the passport application process early. This isn't a task to neglect until the last minute.
unday, the large group of visitors for spring break began departing for home, and with them, hopefully, will go good memories of outstanding catches of black drum.
To expand the Reel Report, we want to get more fishing information from other parts of the county, especially from the Kemah and San Leon areas, as well as farther down Bolivar Peninsula.
Sunday afternoon, I drove over to Eagle Point Fishing Camp and had a nice visit with Capt. Roy, the manager. We reminisced about the evolution of fishing in that area, from the 1950s to present. Eagle Point Camp remains one of the better spots for access to the Marker 59 area and gas wells over in Trinity Bay.
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Music and a spring-break atmosphere draw younger crowd to cruises
Dan Levin
The New York Times
Ellis County District Clerk Melanie Reed announced this week that according to the U.S. Department of State, the wait for passport processing has increased to 10-12 weeks from the original six-weeks turnaround (expedited service is taking three to four weeks).The recent law changes requiring passports when traveling by air or sea to or from Canada, Mexico, Central and South America, the Caribbean, and Bermuda has created a huge rush of passport requests for people planning to travel this summer...
Reed suggests that customers be prepared by having the following information available when they come: A completed application, a separate check for each passport application in the amount of $67 for adults or $52 for children under the age 16 (expedited fees are $127 or $112 in check), payable to the U.S. Department of State-Passports, $30 in cash for each passport, an original or certified copy of each birth certificate and two 2-inch by 2-inch passport photos.Reed al...
“I have moved around additional clerks to help when there is a rush but there will be certain times during the day when there will be a longer wait time,” she said.“Applicants can speed up the process by following the government requirements and having everything ready,” Reed said. “We will do our best to serve each customer as quickly and accurately as possible. But we must follow the guidelines that the U.S.
CYNTHIA DWYER will sign copies of "Four-Eyed Philip" at 11 a.m. today at Circle Books, 478 John Ringling Blvd., St. Armands Circle, Sarasota. Call 388-2850.
BOB MORRIS will sign copies of "Bermuda Schwartz" at 1 p.m. today at Circle Books, 478 John Ringling Blvd., St. Armands Circle, Sarasota. Call 388-2850.
CHARLES BONASERA will discuss and sign copies of "The Mental Side of Golf" at a luncheon at 11:45 a.m. Monday at Bobcat Trail Golf Course, North Port. Lunch is $10.95.
Bob Morris has given the reader an island-hopping tour across the Caribbean in his series from the Bahamas to Jamaica.
Now it's Bermuda's turn, in Morris' third novel, "Bermuda Schwartz."
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"We are off to see the world from the deck of a sailboat," says Steve Anderson in his travel journal's prologue. He and his wife, Pam Steele, are preparing for a second season of sailing the Mediterranean Sea. Beginning in April, the Knoxville couple will navigate their 46-foot Hylas sloop from Tunisia to the north coast of Sicily and then into the Adriatic Sea, where they will anchor in Croatian and Albanian ports. Before they tie up for winter, they will wend through the Greek Isles.
"It's been Steve's dream for 30 years," says Pam.
Now retired from legal careers, the couple streamlined their lifestyle so discovery through sailing is the primarily focus. They keep in touch with friends through e-mails, often describing luscious fresh seafood meals with fine local wines, coastlines that crumble into the sea, encounters with ornery marina clerks and land excursions to ancient Roman fortifications and Tunisian carpet merchants.
Space rocket rides may blast off in 2010
An Oklahoma-based aerospace company wants to use Hawaii as its launching pad to send intrepid tourists up 330,000 feet to the edge of outer space.
Rocketplane Kistler Inc. hopes to start testing modified business jets next year that would take off from a commercial runway and then use rocket packs to carry them into space. The company is looking to have the rides up and away by 2010 with tickets initially costing about $250,000, according to The Honolulu Advertiser.
The line was long as future travelers flooded the Conway post office Saturday, seeking passports for family vacations and romantic getaways.
Residents didn't grumble as their numbers were called and photographs snapped at the post office's first Saturday passport fair aimed at helping speed more people through the registration process, post office employee Bob Long said.
"We're going on a cruise at the end of the year, and we thought it was better to be prepared," Conway resident Thomas Windley said.
LUBBOCK — Whether the budget allows for space-age sprinklers or calls for more of a tuna-can fix, Lubbock lawns have a wealth of options for thrifty greenery this summer.
Spring temperatures are returning to the Southern Plains, and residents can save money and water with some simple tweaks in March.
New water rates kick in April 1 and charge increasing rates as customers use more and more water. Residents are unlikely to pour enough on their lawns to face the highest prices: customers are allowed 40,000 gallons a month — enough to fill a good-sized swimming pool — at a middle, $2.61 irrigation rate.
ORLANDO — If CA Championship officials wanted to sell 50,000 daily tickets to this week's World Golf Championship event at Doral Resort & Spa, they probably could.
We all know South Florida sports fans are as fickle as the weather, but it has been proved that if you put on a top-notch event, they will come. And bring plenty of their friends with them.
For pure golf fans, this week isn't much below that of a major championship. That became certain Friday, when all of the top 50 players in the world committed to the event, which used to be known as the American Express Championship.
The North Dade-Broward County Chapter of Continental Societies presented scholarships valued at $7,500 to five students during its annual fundraiser. The Afternoon of Jazz took place March 10 at the Miami Shores home of Dr. Nelson Adams.
The awards went to Julius McClean of Homestead High School, Nehemie Jean of North Miami Beach High, Ashley Starks of J.P. Taravella High in Coral Springs, Amanda Darlington of Nova High in Davie and Shekinah Barfield of Miramar High.
Adams, president of Access Health Solutions, and Vickki Hoshing, community development manager, accepted a plaque for the firm's support of the scholarship fund, according to a statement from the chapter.
NEW YORK – Wal-Mart's disclosure that an employee was tapping phone conversations and text messages is drawing attention to a growth industry within corporate America: the business of keeping things secret.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. fired the employee, Bruce Gabbard, maintaining he acted alone and didn't receive authorization to eavesdrop. Federal authorities are investigating.
In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Gabbard said he worked in an amply staffed unit whose mission was to shore up the walls around Wal-Mart's internal data and communications, protecting them not just from Internet hackers but from leaks to company critics. He declined further comment when contacted by The Associated Press.
LONDON ? Not unlike the phoenix, the mythical bird that rose from its ashes, a feed and convenience store is taking shape in a grain field seven miles east of here in Erna, once a trade center for farmers and ranchers in three counties.
Bret Bauer, who farms about 1.5 miles east of Erna, said the agribusiness has sold supplemental feed and hay since he opened a little more than a year ago and has proven to be a favorite stop of area ranchers and hunters.
The new construction in Erna, across the county road from a burned-out chimney that once was part of the Leon Cotton Gin complex, will feature a convenience store, a coffee and hamburger bar, gasoline pumps and a limited supply of groceries in addition to the feed supplies already available.
JetBlue Airways customers line up at the JetBlue ticket counter at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, N.J., Friday. JetBlue again cancelled all flights into and out of the New York area because of a winter storm on the East Coast, aiming to avoid cancellations and criticism that followed a storm last month, an airline spokesman said.
What do high school seniors motor-scootering around Bermuda, senior citizens strolling through a Mexican bazaar and honeymooners enjoying a romantic dinner in Quebec have in common? If they flew to their destinations, they had to present valid passports.
New travel regulations require U.S. citizens traveling by plane outside the continental U.S. (including Canada, Mexico, Central and South America, the Caribbean and Bermuda), to present either a passport, Merchant Mariner Document or NEXUS air card.
If you dont have a passport and are planning a spring break trip, a high school graduation get-away or a family vacation that involves flying to another country, start the passport application process early. This isnt a task to neglect until the last minute.
The cost of water, as well as its use and reuse in landscapes, is receiving a lot of attention in San Angelo, and rightly so for people who live on the edge of a desert.
In dry t