Utilizing information released by the National Weather Service at 9 a.m., Thursday, June 12, 2008, the Cedar River at Waverly is forecast to crest at 16 feet on Saturday evening. Updated information will be provided as it becomes available.
Waverly City Hall – Offices are closed. For assistance, go to the Waverly Public Library. Sandbags—Additional sandbags [...]
Clusters of TV and computer screens beam chatty videos about cooking, travel and wellness books. A music kiosk lets visitors download MP3s or burn CDs, while another offers tips on how to publish your own novel.
Welcome to the newly opened Borders bookstore in Southbury, Conn., which looks less like a traditional branch of the nation’s [...]
High-capacity serial ATA (SATA) disk drives are now a mainstay in many storage systems and make it feasible for almost any company to obtain a storage system with terabytes of capacity at a reasonable cost. Yet these systems reveal a specific, known deficiency of SATA disk drives that demand companies exercise caution as to what [...]
April showers bring May flowers, but you can skip the predictable bouquets for something more personal and less perishable this Mother’s Day.
Since you share a special relationship with your mom, try to think beyond the usual one-size-fits-all gifts for something more meaningful that reflects her interests, lifestyle or hobbies. But before you rush out to [...]
Information An online advertisement with men praising Viagra to the tune of an Elvis Presley song has drawn objections from U.S. regulators, who said drugmaker Pfizer Inc failed to list the impotence drug’s risks.
Pfizer said the omission of side effects warnings was due to a technical error on CNN’s Web site, www.cnn.com, which ran the [...]
“It’s not supposed to be easy for everyone. It’s not supposed to be driving down the interstate. This is auto racing.” This is where runner-up Jimmie Johnson, third-place Kyle Busch and a good percentage of those other 40 drivers disagreed. In their minds, calling what went on for 3 1/2 [...]
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When shopping for upholstered goods, as well as other soft items such as mattresses and pillows, look for pieces that use natural alternatives to the chemically based foams frequently found in these items. Choose items that incorporate foams that use plant oils such as soy, aloe and castor instead of petroleum-based ones.
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The scientists caution that the discovery does not suggest the presence of chronic disease, nor does it support extended use of antibiotics to treat Lyme disease in humans. Their findings are reported in the March issue of the journal Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy.
However, they say, the results of this study do set the stage for [...]
On a pitch you would comfortably nominate as the one to play for your life on, Strauss batted the day to put his country into a seemingly unassailable position after three days of the third test at McLean Park.
Strauss, 31, drove the quicks and cut the spinners on the way to an unbeaten 173, his [...]
Opening bowler Kyle Mills withdrew yesterday with a knee problem, facilitating the promotion of 19-year-old Northern Districts swing bowler Tim Southee.
Allrounder Oram, who has shouldered a significant workload with the ball during the tests in Hamilton and Wellington, has been troubled by a hip problem and although he was able to bowl in the nets [...]
