Rooftop helipads all set to take off (The Times of India)MUMBAI: Rooftop helipads could soon become a part of the cityscape with a slew of multinationals, developers and corporates having shown interest in setting them up atop their buildings, BMC officials said.(From: news.search.yahoo.com - Thu, 09 Oct 2008 22:23:59 GMT)
Eagle missing from S. Texas zoo's aviary (El Paso Times)BROWNSVILLE -- A bald eagle has escaped from a South Texas zoo's aviary. It was last seen about two blocks from the zoo Thursday, when it disappeared over a rooftop.(From: news.search.yahoo.com - Sun, 12 Oct 2008 06:20:45 GMT)
OPEC wants tighter controls over speculative oil trades (TODAYonline)Security officers overlook a street from a rooftop of the OPEC headquarters in Vienna. The OPEC cartel called Saturday for tougher regulations to reduce the impact of speculative investment in the oil market which it blames for the huge volatility in crude prices.(From: news.search.yahoo.com - Sat, 11 Oct 2008 22:36:12 GMT)
People at Play (London Free Press)Watford figure skater Diane Szmiett won the silver medal, her second medal of the season, in the women's competition at an International Junior Grand Prix circuit event yesterday in Cape Town, South Africa.(From: news.search.yahoo.com - Sat, 11 Oct 2008 10:00:49 GMT)
Pa. principal, librarian sleep on roof for reading (The Daily American)ERIE, Pa. — A principal and librarian have come down from the rooftop of their northwestern Pennsylvania school in a stunt to encourage student reading.(From: news.search.yahoo.com - Sat, 11 Oct 2008 10:58:49 GMT)
Lovers' spat at Cabana One opening (Miami Herald)What bad timing for actress Michelle Rodriguez: She apparently got into a lovers' spat during the opening weekend for the Mayfair Hotel's rooftop lounge Cabana One. A writer for New York Daily News gossip column Rush & Molloy happened to be staying there, as well. According to R&M, Rodriguez threw a major hissy fit on Sunday morning, waking up hotel guests including the journalist, by banging on ...(From: news.search.yahoo.com - Sat, 11 Oct 2008 07:14:14 GMT)
Interview with J.R. Turner, Author of DDF: Dead Friends Forever (Blogcritics.org)"The most famous series are those that have more heart than shock," says Turner. Multi-genre author J.R. Turner dabbles into many genres - romance, suspense, character-driven action, horror, and now young adult. Her new upcoming series, Extreme Haunting, soon from Echelon Press, features a smart, tomboy skater heroine out to fight evil. In this interview, Turner talks about the first novel in ...(From: news.search.yahoo.com - Sat, 11 Oct 2008 13:13:58 GMT)
Josephine Wallace (Boston Herald)Josephine "Jo" (Barnum) Wallace of Milton, great-grandniece of the showman P.T. Barnum and a former professional ice skater, died Wednesday at Massachusetts General...(From: news.search.yahoo.com - Sat, 11 Oct 2008 04:02:59 GMT)