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2009 International CES Exhibitor Profiles; Worlds Largest Consumer Technology Tradeshow Returns to Las Vegas, January ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

5 January 2009, 6:37 am

LAS VEGAS----The 2009 International CES takes place January 8 - 11, 2009 at the Las Vegas Convention Center and the Sands Expo and Convention Center/The Venetian in Las Vegas.... Read More »

(AFX UK Focus) 2009-01-05 14:10 Exxon reports flaring at Torrance refinery - filings (Interactive Investor)

5 January 2009, 6:17 am

NEW YORK, Jan 5 (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp reported planned flaring since Friday at its 150,000 barrel per day Los Angeles-area refinery in Torrance, California, according to company environmental filings. "The planned flaring event is in progress," Exxon said in a filing early on Sunday with Cali... Read More »

JUMP-STARTING 2009 (Las Vegas Review-Journal)

1 January 2009, 2:26 am

They gathered to say goodbye and good riddance to 2008, to consign a gloomy year to drunken oblivion and stumble into 2009 with hope for better times ahead.... Read More »

Fireworks bring in New Year; some in crowd bid good riddance to 2008 (Las Vegas Review-Journal)

31 December 2008, 9:09 pm

K.M. CANNON/LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Robbie Knievel, son of late daredevil motorcyclist Evel Knievel, jumps over the newly revamped Mirage volcano on New Year's Eve Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2008. The 200-foot jump came on the 41st anniversary of his father's attempt over the Caesars Palace fountains.... Read More »

Top stories of 2008 (Simi Valley Acorn)

30 December 2008, 6:24 pm

For all its hardship, 2008 will also be remembered as the year when Simi Valley got behind those who needed it most. As jobs were lost and home prices fell, residents from every corner of the city rallied behind one another in many ways—organizing food drives, collecting clothes or simply giving w... Read More »

Chance to succeed (Daily Breeze)

28 December 2008, 10:08 pm

When you give a child a book, you teach him for an hour. But when you give a child a nurturing education, you teach him for a lifetime.... Read More »

It's the law: Schools gain a tool to halt online cruelty (The Sacramento Bee)

28 December 2008, 12:08 am

Second in a series about new state laws that take effect Jan. 1 It was bad enough when middle school students in Novato last year harassed and ridiculed 14-year-old Olivia when she suffered a seizure on campus. But her torment only worsened when the girl went online and discovered a MySpace pag... Read More »

Basketball tourney has 16 teams competing for title (The Desert Sun)

26 December 2008, 1:18 am

The Desert Heat Basketball Classic, hosted by Cathedral City High School, begins today with 16 teams competing in the four-day event for the title.... Read More »

16 teams vie for title in annual tourney (The Desert Sun)

25 December 2008, 1:22 am

The Desert Heat Basketball Classic, hosted by Cathedral City High School, begins Friday with 16 teams competing in the four-day event.... Read More »

Toyota’s Watanabe May Leave; Toyoda in Line for Post (Update2) (Bloomberg)

23 December 2008, 11:50 pm

Dec. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Toyota Motor Corp. President Katsuaki Watanabe may be replaced next year by Akio Toyoda , grandson of the company’s founder, after forecasting the first loss in 71 years, people familiar with the matter said.... Read More »