| Coming Soon: SR to Release E-mail Exchanges ... (Not so fast...)
I know many of you have wanted to discuss the latest Kootenai County Prosecutor Office scandal involving county e-mails. There's always tomorrow, I guess. But I'm starting to wonder if the big cable boys from back East are taking care of business in North Idaho? We should all demand that they reduce our bills for the service lost today. BTW, I'm still waiting to post the e-mails we received yesterday. I might have to do it from home, if I can. You should check our regular Web site in the interim. It'll appear first there. Now, your Wild Card ... .
Hit the road for a scenic fall drive
Here are a few routes around the country to consider as you plan your autumn outings.Virginia-North Carolina-TennesseeVirginia was named one of five "up-and-coming wine regions" in the world in the July issue of Travel + Leisure magazine, which mentioned Barboursville Vineyards, Breaux Vineyards, and Linden Vineyards among the places worth visiting. The Monticello Wine Trail, located in the Charlottesville area near Thomas Jefferson's historic home (about 120 miles from Washington D.C.), showcases 21 wineries, monticellowinetrail.org/. October is also "Virginia Wine Month," with festivals, special events and package deals; details at virginia.org/wine.Elsewhere in Virginia, just 75 miles from Washington, D.C. in the town of Front Royal, you'll find the entrance to Shenandoah National Park — www.nps.gov/shen/.
Candidates press cases for Round 2
Kucinich believes in choice, he wants to increase minimum wage, he supports embryonic stem cell research, he wants to shift the tax burden onto the wealthy, he wants to protect the privacy of American citizens against government snooping, and was one of the more forward thinking candidates on the environment… these are all issues I agree with, and yet… Because the guy is short and doesn't look like that himbo Romney, he was never taken seriously. Now THAT is shameful. I blame the media and America's surface-obsessed value system. .
US plans to shoot down spy satellite
New Delhi: While thousands of space objects burn up in the earth's atmosphere each year, America isn't taking chances with the classified data and toxic fuel on board this time. The US Department of Defense will shoot down a satellite that experts predict will land on Earth in late February or early March. The department announced Thursday that it will "engage" the decaying satellite, which it earlier deemed to be low risk. The department said this week that the chances that the "uncontrollable US experimental satellite" will hit a populated area are small, but "the potential consequences would be of enough concern to consider mitigating actions." The NROL-21 USA-193 satellite was launched for the Defense Department in December 2006 and failed within hours.
First certified manuka honey launched
Thomas Henle, Head of the Institute of Food Chemistry at the Technical University of Dresden, writing in Molecular Nutrition and Food Research, refers to the results of a Dresden study which “unambiguously demonstrates for the first time that Methylglyoxal is directly responsible for the antibacterial activity of manuka honey.” Prof Henle notes the high amounts of Methylglyoxal found in manuka honey have not been found in any other food. Researchers at the university analysed 40 samples of honey from various sources around the world, including six New Zealand manuka honeys. They found Methylglyoxal levels in the manuka honeys, including a Manuka Health product, were up to 1000-fold higher than in the non-manuka products. Their tests found a median Methylglyoxal level in non-manuka honeys of 3.1 mg/kg.
The captain's next shot at fame
He still looks like he could play. Same weight, same love of the game. Unfortunately, same right knee, too. "Oh, the knee is terrible," Steve Yzerman said, chuckling. "I have a tough time doing a lot of things, but I still do them." For Yzerman, the final steps on the ice were painful ones. Now, the Next Stepis a tender one, and he's not sure where it will lead. A year and a half since retiring after 22 seasons with the Red Wings, Yzerman's most immediate step is to enter the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame tonight at the Max M. Fisher Music Center, where he'll join 10 other inductees. Induction is a great time to look back at a legendary career, and to look forward. The only thing Yzerman, 42, is certain of these days is that he'll stay in hockey. He's a vice president with the Wings, a job he enjoys, part of a front office loaded with respected minds such as Scotty Bowman, Jimmy Devellano, Ken Holland and Jim Nill.
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