http://kimblr.com Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:00:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en FORT DRUM, N.Y. - The U.S. Army's Fort Drum sprawls across frigid northern New York, just miles from the Canadian border and directly in the path of fierce arctic winds that blow in unrelentingly from the north, laden with endless snow and ice.At least that's the impression many 10th Mountain ... http://kimblr.com/2008/06/26/fort-drum-runs-contest-to-rename-its-post-newspaper/ Dollar Giant is gaining popularity, as the stores and president were recently featured in BC Business Magazine.Vancouver, BC (PRWEB) June 8, 2008 -- Dollar Giant, a single priced point retail store that offers various goods at $1, was recently featured in BC Business Magazine. The monthly magazine is British Columbia's ... http://kimblr.com/2008/06/25/dollar-giant-retail-store-featured-in-bc-business-magazine/ WITH sweeping canyon views, gated access and nearby homes owned by the likes of Britney Spears, Ed McMahon’s house above Beverly Hills looks like the symbol of a life well paid.That is why it came as a shock when Mr. McMahon, best known as Johnny Carson’s sidekick, confirmed this month ... http://kimblr.com/2008/06/24/ed-mcmahon%e2%80%99s-90210-mortgage-crisis/ By The Associated Press – 11 hours agoDALLAS (AP) — James A. Baker. a former Texas Supreme Court Justice known as a devoted scholar of appellate law, died Sunday. He was 77.He died in his sleep, the Texas Supreme Court said. Baker was diagnosed last year ... http://kimblr.com/2008/06/24/obituaries-in-the-news/ The Woodlands’ Laura Wilkinson, a 2000 Olympic gold medalist in the platform, scored 362 total points in the preliminaries of the women’s 10-meter platform at the 2008 Olympic Trials in Indianapolis, Ind., Wednesday.Wilkinson’s point total was less than two points ahead of Haley Ishimatsu of Indianapolis who finished in second ... http://kimblr.com/2008/06/23/wilkinson-first-after-prelims/ Wednesday's UIL baseball semifinals(at Dell Diamond, Round Rock)CLASS 2A SEMIFINALSSan Angelo Grape Creek (30-6) vs. Salado (30-6), 10 a.m.Corsicana Mildred (30-6) vs. Buna (22-6), 1 p.m.CLASS 4A SEMIFINALSCorpus Christi Calallen (40-1) vs. Friendswood (27-9), 4 p.m.Waxahachie (31-8) vs. Birdville (32-10), 7 p.m.(at Disch-Falk Field, UT-Austin)CLASS 3A SEMIFINALSCastroville Medina Valley ... http://kimblr.com/2008/06/23/high-schools/ Channel 4's digital time-shift service Channel 4 +1 pulled in its highest audience since launching in August last year when more than 700,000 viewers tuned in to the Big Brother highlights show last night, Thursday June 19.The episode, which included coverage of Big Brother housemate Alexandra De-Gale's removal from the ... http://kimblr.com/2008/06/20/tv-ratings-big-brother-gives-channel-4-1-record-ratings/ The flesh-eating plants in the cult film “The Day of the Triffids” reminded me of gigantic lilies. I hadn’t seen the movie for decades — and had forgotten all about the monsters — until last summer, when I walked into my wildly overgrown backyard after just three weeks away on ... http://kimblr.com/2008/06/19/the-city-life-save-the-shade/ Long experience has taught me to be leery of new software. It’s much better to wait and let everyone else find the bugs before even thinking of changing my set-up.In the case of Mozilla Firefox 3 I made an exception, spurred in part by the hype surrounding its attempt to ... http://kimblr.com/2008/06/18/my-first-day-with-firefox-3/ By Matthew PiechalakThe Oak Lawn Park District has revived its plans to build a dog park and may be close to securing a site near Oak Lawn High SchoolPark district officials have been in contact with Oak Lawn Community High School District 229 about leasing school district-owned property near the ... http://kimblr.com/2008/06/17/park-dist-may-fetch-land-for-dog-park/