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Closed session brings Andrews commissioners closer to filing WCS bond lawsuitTuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 8:34PMANDREWS -- A four-hour closed session brought Andrews County commissioners a little closer to filing a bond validation lawsuit that would pave the way for Waste Control Specialists to start construction on a $75 million disposal facility.

League of Women Voters of Michigan to lobby U.S. Senators on climate changeTuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 8:32PMWASHINGTON, D.C. -- The League of Women Voters of Michigan travelled to Washington, D.C. this week to urge Michigan’s Senators to support strong climate change legislation. Representing thousands of concerned League members and voters across the state, Michigan League President Jessica Reiser will meet with staff members in both Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) and Sen. Carl Levin’s (D-Mich ...

MARLIN BLAUTuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 8:14PMMarlin D. Blau, 71, died March 6, 2010 at his home in Alexander. Services were held March 9 at Dugger Funeral Home in Belmond with Pastor Jim Turner officiating. Burial was in the Alexander Cemetery.

CNN Student News Transcript: March 10, 2010Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 8:13PMMarch 10, 2010

Rockaway mayor resignsTuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 8:12PMROCKAWAY - Mayor Kathyann Snyder has resigned, effective Monday, March 1, due to family obligations and, she said, to make sure people interested in running have time to file to run for the remaining year on her term.

Ambridge Area’s concerns won’t influence state on charter schoolTuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 8:07PMState officials may not be influenced by many of the concerns Ambridge Area School Board has expressed with Baden Academy Charter School’s choice of facilities.

Julie Marie Perry (Ostrander)Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 8:06PMJulie Marie Perry (Ostrander) died peacefully in the presence of family March 4 after a short but unexpected illness. She was 51.A memorial service will be at Flintoft’s Issaquah Funeral Home, 540 E. Sunset Way. Go to www.flintofts.com for more information. Julie was born July 14, 1958, in Elmira, N.Y., to James and Dolores Ostrander. She [...]

'Jihad Jane' indictment alleges threat from within U.S.Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 8:02PMAmerican Colleen R. LaRose, 46, is accused of using the Internet to recruit and assist Muslim terrorist operations in Europe and Asia. Using e-mail, YouTube videos, phony travel documents and a burning desire to kill "or die trying," a middle-aged American woman from Pennsylvania helped recruit a network for suicide attacks and other terrorist strikes in Europe and Asia, according to a federal ...

Villa Park stops localsTuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 8:01PMCOSTA MESA — The rain had stopped Saturday night, before the CIF Southern Section Division II-AA girls’ basketball semifinal game began.