| County settles on car registration price tag
Multnomah County commissioners have settled on a price tag for their bridge-funding measure planned for the May 20 ballot: a $24 annual increase in car registration fees. The money would be earmarked to replace the Sellwood Bridge and make other improvements to the county's six Willamette River bridges. In past weeks, county officials had talked about creating a local vehicle registration fee, with voter approval, costing between $15 to $27 a year. Now they have fixed the amount at $24 a year for 20 years. The county will take the proposal out to the community for feedback, and to begin developing support for an expected vote on the fee increase. Four town halls are scheduled to brief the public on the plan for a bridge safety fund: Thursday, Jan. 31, 6 to 8 p.m., Multnomah County East, Sharron Kelley Room, 600 N.E.
Schools paid mystery company $320,279, records show
Definitive Concepts Company Inc. isn't listed in state incorporation records. It's not in local phone directories. Its billing address is a post office box. Yet the company collected $320,279 from Detroit Public Schools in the past year, according to a list of district vendors obtained under the state Freedom of Information Act. .
Chocolate is a girl's best friend
Forget diamonds. Chocolate is a girl's best friend. Even science is beginning to prove what women (and men) have always known: "Chocolate is good for us!" Dark chocolate has higher levels of antioxidants than green tea or red wine. OK, maybe it's not that healthy, but the placebo effect works wonders for just about anything that ails you. Of course, the fat content and high sugar levels preclude any of us eating it in too great a quantity.
Stepping into Dorado Chocolates in Grass Valley entices me to inhale deeply. It's aromatherapy at its finest - the scent of dark chocolate. Everything about the little shop on Main Street says, "You deserve a break today!" Owner Ken Kasoudji opened the store four years ago but began working in his family's chocolate business at the age of 10.
Dundee United 3 Aberdeen 0
However, after moving into the penalty area the former Rangers player opted to cut back on his right-foot and this allowed Sean Dillon to block his resultant shot. Lovell headed the rebound back across goal but Dillon was once again well placed to clear. With five minutes remaining before the interval it was United's turn to miss a clear-cut chance. Willo Flood delivered an excellent inswinging corner from the left wing which picked-out Kenneth at the back post. The United defender rose high above Considine to make contact with the ball but could only direct his header wide from barely a couple of yards out. Kenneth went someway towards making up for that miss shortly afterwards as he made a crucial interception to stop a cross from Richie Byrne which fizzed in from the left as the first half ended in an evenly-contested stalemate.
Military Responses to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's Comments
Washington, D.C. — If Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is right, nearly sixty percent of Americans agree with him that the war in Iraq is already lost. And if he is correct in saying that losing the war will increase Democrat majorities in future elections, then it may be fair to conclude that Americans now love losers. I'm not buying any of it — and neither are the troops who are fighting this war. In the days since Mr. Reid announced that "this war is lost," I have heard from dozens of the soldiers, sailors, airmen, guardsmen and Marines that I have covered in eight trips to Iraq and two to Afghanistan for FOX News. Some of those who correspond with me are there now, others are home and some are preparing to deploy again. None of them agree with the Majority Leader's assessment.
Short and Sweet
After rave reviews and massive box-office returns, Heneidy was given the chance of a lifetime: He was asked to take the lead role in Saeedy fel Gamaa El-Amerikeya (An Upper Egyptian at the American University, 1998). Saeedys massive receipts created a new generation of superstars including Ahmed El-Sakka and Hany Ramzy, among other newcomers. .
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