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  • Bedbug Infestation Bites Hard In Cities, Towns Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 10:12PMBedbugs are biting across the country, and killing them may be as easy as heating them up.
  • Summer running out Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 8:50PMLabor Day is a milestone in time. It ends the wonderful lazy days of summer. It’s a melancholy type of holiday for some of us. We know that fall has arrived (almost), school begins after this holiday and all the carefree days of summer are gone. We tell ourselves there are still a few summer days left, but we know that the sands in the hourglass have about reached the bottom and it won’t be long ...
  • Cairo planning to fine-tune the call to prayer Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 7:45PMThe government decrees that the now-'chaotic' call by thousands of men must instead be delivered by one muezzin broadcast over a system linking 4,500 mosques. 'It'll never work,' one veteran prayer caller says. Sandals in alleys, keys scraping locks, the holy men are the first ones up, opening mosque doors and clicking on microphones, their cadences crackling across the sleepy city, summoning ...
  • The President’s New Office Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 7:17PMThe Home Section asked decorators, pundits and others for their reactions to the Oval Office makeover.
  • Crews Cleaning Mold At Kromrey Middle School Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 7:14PMMold continued to be a problem Wednesday night at Kromrey Middle School in Middleton, delaying the start of the school year.
  • Rediscovering Metsu, the 'other' Dutch Master Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 6:59PMRegarded by many as a lesser Vermeer, a new exhibition at the National Gallery gathers together a collection of work by Gabriel Metsu, and shows him to be an exciting, accomplished artist
  • Stepping up vigilance on Australian logo Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 6:58PMBUSINESSES nabbed illegally using the Aussie Made logo have been ordered to take it off their products.
  • BEST OF MARKET: FASHION TRENDS Page 1 SHADES OF GRAY Gray is the new Brown. We're not saying that brown is dead by any ... Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 5:58PMGray is the new Brown. We're not saying that brown is dead by any means, but fashion forward consumers and retailers are looking for a new neutral. The trend to gray works on different levels. Taupe-gray is not far removed from brown, while blue grays are for the more adventurous.
  • Church Officials Assess Damage After Fire Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 5:32PMClean-up and damage assessment got underway today in Pittsburgh's Lincoln-Lemington neighborhood after a three-alarm fire damaged a church there Tuesday.
  • Teens Arrested For Firing Shotgun Outside Western NY Mosque Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 5:11PMMembers gathered outside the World Sufi Foundation mosque. Two 17-year-olds and three 18-year-olds have been arrested in Carlton, NY for harassing worshipers and yelling obscenities outside the World Sufi Foundation mosque after Ramadan services on Monday. One reportedly fired his shotgun outside, and as they drove away their cars they hit mosque member David Bell , leaving him with cuts on his ...
  • Local church helps furnish grad students' homes Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 11:10PMFirst Baptist Church of Waco is ministering to the graduate student community at Baylor through its furniture and home furnishings donation program. For the second year, furnishings@first is helping graduate students make a smooth transition and create a new home in Waco.
  • Auctioneer Bill Ekleberry • Mass # 2352 Wednesday, September 1, 6 PM Spencer Country Inn Route 9 / 500 Main St ... Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 11:07PMA weekly newspaper serving the antiques and arts industry, collectors, and institutions. New information each week on antiques shows and auctions around the country and antiques dealer listings.
  • Hugh Grant Admitted to Smuggling Turkey Rugs and Caught Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 10:56PMRecalling a small criminal past, the actor said he did not go to the declare channel when in fact he had carried imported goods from Turkey.
  • EMC worker says building repairs neglected Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 8:32PMSouderton Area School District officials are looking into conditions at the E. Merton Crouthamel Elementary School after an employee at the building brought her concerns to the school board last week.
  • Brave new art world Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 6:42PMThe unofficial era of Minimalism seemed to end in May with the departure of art critic and former UNLV English professor Dave Hickey and art historian and his wife, director of the now-closed Las Vegas Art Museum Libby Lumpkin. Now that the doors of the art community have opened a bit wider, it's any genre's game in Las Vegas. From tea cocktails to the ancient art of metal point, satirical puns ...
  • Bathroom tile best in matte, textured Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 6:07PMQ: In a recent column, one of your reader's peel-and-stick bathroom flooring was coming up and you recommended putting down tile in the bathroom. My experience with tile has been that it gets very slick when wet, which would certainly be problematic in a... Floors - Tile - Shopping - Bathroom - Home and Garden
  • Grant will aid lab at Logan Museum Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 6:00PMMore baskets, textiles and ancient copper artifacts will be brought out for research at Beloit College thanks to a grant of $349,688 from the National Science Foundation (NSF).
  • Caltrans engineer pleas guilty to bribery in bid rigging case Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 5:47PMTwo Walnut Creek residents plead not guilty to bribery charges
  • Caltrans engineer pleas guilty to bribery in bid rigging case Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 5:25PMWALNUT CREEK -- A Caltrans engineer based in Stockton pleaded guilty today to bribery, fraud and bidding rigging in connection with agency contracts, and two Walnut Creek business operators accused of paying the bribes have pleaded not guilty.
  • Hurricane Preparation Tips for Homeowners in the Path of an Approaching Storm Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 5:13PMWith the possibility that Hurricane Earl may strike the Eastern Seaboard of the United States, the Private Client Group division of Chartis is reminding homeowners that advance planning can make the difference between minor damage and catastrophic property loss.
  • Saluting Our Veterans: Neil McCrossen Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 5:07PMFrom kings and emperors, to President Franklin Roosevelt and Gen. Dwight Eisenhower, Neil McCrossen’s time aboard the USS Quincy found him in the midst of many major events during World War II.
  • Heroin seized at Montreal's airport Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 4:57PMCanada Border Service agents announced Tuesday that its agents seized 11 kilograms of heroin at Montreal's Trudeau International Airport on July 30.
  • Nikki Sutton's romance of design Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 4:43PMWhen I first see Nikki Sutton at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, she's standing on the landing overlooking the front lobby, red hair and green dress poised against an upswept pale wall, like a character in an Antonioni film. by David Hoppe When I first see Nikki Sutton at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, she' s standing on the landing overlooking the front lobby, red hair and green dress poised ...
  • Emporium in Largo sells furniture, art and constantly changing inventory Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 4:08PMBy Christina K. Cosdon, Times Correspondent Tuesday, August 31, 2010 Inside the 3,500-square-foot Emporium, owners Darra Kollios, left, and Cindy Kleinhans sell handmade tables, bars, mirrors, lamps, soaps, wire and metal sculptures, gifts and candles. The first time Sandy Oldenburger walked into the Emporium last fall, she "fell in love." Newly moved from Pasco County to Belleair, she began ...
  • NY INTERNATIONAL CARPET SHOW TO HAVE RECORD NUMBER OF EXHIBITS Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 9:57AMNEW YORK – The Sixth Annual 2010 New York International Carpet Show will host a record 33 exhibitors, according to Dennis Dodds, owner and organizer of the event. The NYICS will be held Sept 12 to 14 on the 11th Floor of 7 W 34th St.
  • Great Silk Road's modern dark side: Government forces Uzbek children to help grow silkworms Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 9:24AMFor one month a year, from morning to night, Dilorom Nishanova grows silkworms, a painstaking and exhausting job. She has been doing it since she was 8.
  • ‘The Art Of Living’ Showcases Textiles From The Textile Museum Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 9:05AM:Textiles play a more important role in our lives than many of us realize. To a great extent, our homes and their furnishings do much to shape our everyday living experience.
  • Week Around The Ists Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 7:42AMPhotograph by Jeanne Wilson Gothamist is stuck in a vortex of stories involving alleged Islamophobia: A week that started with a heated rally and confrontation outside the not-at-Ground Zero mosque, there were incidents of a man peeing on prayer rugs at a Queens mosque and a taxi driver who was stabbed after being asked if he was Muslim . Chicagoist watched a Lego version of the city come under ...
  • Fernandez wins Rolex Award for waste recycling business Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 6:47AMThe co-founder of the Rags2Riches social enterprise, which assists women who recycle scrap materials to make rugs for sale in Payatas Related posts: Filipina socialpreneur is chosen Rolex Young Laureate Rags2Riches President Reese Fernandez was selected as one of the... What makes a Filipino hero? Three thousand people witnessed, in an awe-inspiring event, as a... Five smoke-free Pinoy cities ...
  • Week Around The -Ists Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 5:05AMPhotograph by Jeanne Wilson Londonist is one of thirteen in the worldwide Gothamist network. Once a week, the editors of each site - from SFist to Shanghaiist - compile some of their most interesting posts into a neat digest. Check out what's been going on elsewhere in the ist-a-verse: Gothamist is stuck in a vortex of stories involving alleged Islamophobia: A week that started with a heated ...
  • Herb Nadel: Rough Sailing Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 2:12AMArchitect Herb Nadel says the anti-Semitism he suffered in the Coast Guard prepared him to cope with anything.
  • Help! My house is making me sick! Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 5:02PMYou may need to be logged in to see stories listed here that are in our archives.
  • Don't wait -- how to protect your home from hurricanes now Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 4:50PMNow is the time to make sure your home is as hurricane-proof as possible. Once the weather reporters don their yellow slickers, it's usually too late to effectively protect against hurricane-force winds and deluging rains, said Scott McCurdy of Coastal Reconstruction, a general contractor who specializes in restoration from natural disasters.
  • Select Blinds SheerWeave Roller Shades Greenguard Certified Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 3:52PMSelect Blinds SheerWeave Roller Shades, including the SheerWeave 3000, and SheerWeave 5000, earn the prestigious Greenguard certification for both Indoor Air Quality, and Children & Schools.
  • Saved dogs gain new lives Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 2:33PMBarbara Simpson and her husband, Allen, are all about rescuing dogs and placing them in homes where they'll be happy and their owners satisfied.
  • Weekend, Aug. 28 & 29 Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 2:19PMby mv-voice.com Event: Palo Alto Festival of the Arts This Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 28 and 29, the University Avenue area downtown hosts the 29th annual Palo Alto Festival of the Arts. The free street fair runs from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. both days and features some 300 artists, live music and food and drink. Music: Bennett Jackson at Red Rock The Brooklyn country-western musician Bennett Jackson ...
  • Tales, tapestries in New Mexico Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 1:06PMTOHATACHI, N.M. — Fans of westerns and Tony Hillerman’s popular mystery series featuring tribal police officer Jim Chee on the Navajo reservation will immediately recognize Two Grey Hills Trading Post. New Mexico - Tony Hillerman - Jim Chee - United States - Police officer
  • Sleep tight in Syracuse: Bedbugs are creeping across CNY Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 12:31PMTheyre tiny bloodsucking pests that infest everything from furniture to picture frames to laptop computers, with no discrimination for race, age or social class, and they may be
  • M Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 12:27PMCARLSTADT, NJ – Momeni has partnered with the Oriental Rug Importers Association (ORIA) to donate a portion of its sales from all Pakistani rugs sold during the month of September to aid victims of the Pakistani floods.
  • What to Make of Anti-Muslim Hate Crimes Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 12:21PMHow are we to interpret recent headlines regarding possible hate crimes against Muslims that have sprung up in recent weeks? Are we simply paying closer attention to these sorts of incidents, or are they happening with greater frequency thanks to the mosque controversy?
  • Sharon man accused of stealing antiques to fund drug habit Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 1:14AMLITCHFIELD — A Sharon resident accused of stealing antiques from Colgate Mansion to allegedly fund his heroin habit made his first appearance at Litchfield Superior Court on Tuesday.
  • Study examines movement of pediatric drug testing outside the U.S. Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 1:04AM"A law intended to speed up development of new drugs for U.S. kids has ended up financing clinical trials in poor countries, where the medicines might never become available," suggest the authors of a study published online Monday in the journal Pediatrics, Reuters reports (Joelving, 8/23).
  • Fort Lewis unveils new student union Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 12:20AMWhen Patrick Shehan arrived at Fort Lewis College two years ago as a freshman, the College Union Building was little more than a place to eat. Since then, it has undergone a major renovation and expansion.
  • BILL SPICER AUCTION WEDNESDAY August 25, 2010 WASHINGTON LODGE MASONIC TEMPLE 1515 TEN ROD RD, NORTH KINGSTOWN, RI Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 11:10PMA weekly newspaper serving the antiques and arts industry, collectors, and institutions. New information each week on antiques shows and auctions around the country and antiques dealer listings.
  • When an Arab Enclave Thrived Downtown Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 10:28PMLost in the current debate over an Islamic center and mosque in Lower Manhattan is an awareness of what was once called Little Syria.
  • Indy among nation's worst for bedbugs Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 10:13PMA new report ranks Indianapolis among the top dozen cities for bedbug problems.
  • Opening Ceremony Reinvents the Fashion Wheel Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 7:31PMOpening Ceremony in the Ace Hotel is a small but vital collection of merchandise unified by an adventurous vibe of intelligent newness and otherness.
  • Annie Spiegelman: Hiring a 'Green' Pest Control Company Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 6:38PMIf you can't seem to conquer a severe infestation on your own, it's time to consider hiring a professional company. If so, you'll want to hire a company that chooses to use less-toxic chemicals.
  • Ruptured water main at SDSU floods campus Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 4:27PMMaintenance crews were assessing the damage Tuesday from an overnight water main break that flooded the east side of San Diego State University.
  • SALT to hosts 1st hog roast Monday, August 23, 2010 @ 7:04AMCHILLICOTHE --Local seniors are hoping community support for a hog roast on Thursday will raise money to help area seniors.