Lake Superior State Park season passes available

May 11th, 2010

MONTICELLO – Lake Superior State Park season passes are available for sale to Sullivan County residents and property owners. The season passes may be purchased at the Division of Public Works Office located on the first floor of the Sullivan County Government Center in Monticello. Each pass is $15.

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Google may give boost to North Dakota wind industry

May 11th, 2010

Last week’s announcement that Google has purchased a $38.8 million stake in two North Dakota wind farms likely will not directly impact the state’s wind industry.

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Prison guard accused of pill smuggling

May 11th, 2010

A Bucks County Prison guard was arrested Friday after he allegedly smuggled prescription pills used to treat opiate addiction into the Bucks County Correctional Facility for a group of inmates who purchased them through contacts on the outside, according to court documents.

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Hersha Hospitality buys New York Holiday Inn

May 11th, 2010

Hersha Hospitality Trust has purchased New York’s Holiday Inn at Wall Street for about $34.8 million, expanding its presence in the city, the real estate investment trust said Tuesday.

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New Orleans Hornets and Louisiana Lottery have a promotion that could allow tickets to be purchased cheap

May 11th, 2010

New Orleans Hornets 2010 season tickets could be purchased for $1 per ticket per game based on the results from the 2010 NBA Draft Lottery. As part of the Hornets’ “Pay the Pick” promotion presented by Louisiana Lottery, anyone who places a…

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Amazon: A Patch for Your Novel Is Ready To Download

May 11th, 2010

As e-books go mainstream, authors are gaining an opportunity to literally rewrite history. Eagle-eyed owners of the Amazon Kindle e-reader, like Paul Biba of the site TeleRead, have taken note of messages from Amazon letting them know that an e-book they had purchased “contained some errors that have been corrected.”

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Ball sells 2,727 tickets

May 11th, 2010

People from 172 of Nebraska’s 530 incorporated villages, towns and cities have purchased tickets to attend the Nebraska Cattlemen’s Ball June 4-5 near Kearney.

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Unirac Acquired by Hilti Group

May 11th, 2010

Hilti Group has purchased Unirac Inc., a U.S.-based solar mounting solutions provider. Hilti said that the acquisition will give it a significant share in the PV mounting business in North America, while Unirac will be able to extend its reach through Hilti’s global presence.

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Canadian radioactive cell sold for scrap in India

May 10th, 2010

News reports in India say a radioactive machine that killed a scrap dealer and seriously injured six others was purchased in Canada more than 40 years ago.

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Windows 7 Service Pack to end XP downgrade rights

May 10th, 2010

Microsoft to cut off customer programme The clock is ticking on the demise of some downgrade rights for Windows 7, an analyst said. Last year, Microsoft said that customers could downgrade new machines purchased with Windows 7 Professional to the older Windows XP Professional for a limited period. The deal ends 18 months after the introduction of Windows 7, in other words in late April 2011, or …

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