Monthly Archives: February 2011

New ‘requirements’ listed to become U.S. president

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<!--Saxotech Paragraph Count: 7-->I must have been absent in civics class when the requirements for becoming president of the United States were taught. I remember only two requirements in the Constitution -- minimum age 35 and being a natural-born citizen.Somehow, the new requirements include being a Christian, white, male, married and preferably with children. A Roman Catholic was allowed in in 1960 and a black man in 2008, but not yet someone of the Jewish faith. Most potential candidates, Read more [...]

TNA News: Sting no longer listed on TNA Roster page

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Sting is no longer listed on the TNA Roster page. He was listed there as late as February 2nd when Dot Net reported that Sting had not yet signed a contract with WWE. Shore's Slant: Well let the speculation begin. While many (including myself) believe the use of the Johnny Cash song "Ain't No Grave" signals the return of the Undertaker on 2-21-11, it is plausible the song choice is there to deceive. I wonder if Read more [...]

More listed in state as same-sex couples

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Since same-sex marriage became legal in Massachusetts in 2004, four other states (Connecticut, Iowa, Vermont, and New Hampshire) have followed suit, while four more now provide nearly all spousal rights to same-sex couples, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.

Vedanta Zambia unit to list on LSE this year: source

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CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - Konkola Copper Mines, the Zambian unit of London-listed miner Vedanta, is likely to list in London this year after delaying its float from 2010, a banking source said on Tuesday. "We expect Konkola's IPO (initial public offering) to be listed this year, and given where markets are, you'd expect a good deal for investors in the company," the London-based banker told Reuters at a mining conference in Cape Town. "This is the only major copper Read more [...]

Fayose, Arise, others make INEC list

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•Ojudu, Bamidele, Bode Ola’s names missing DESPITE a Federal High Court ruling  last week, restraining the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Kogi State,  Jubrin Isah,  as the party’s flag bearer in the Confluence State, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday included his  name on the list sent to the North-Central state. But, in Ekiti Central Senatorial District, the names of Babafemi Ojudu, Opeyemi Bamidele and Senator Bode Ola were conspicuously Read more [...]

Five More Bumi Companies Expected To Be Listed On Bursa This Year, Says Najib

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February 08, 2011 16:19 PM Five More Bumi Companies Expected To Be Listed On Bursa This Year, Says Najib <!--By: Ramjit--> PUTRAJAYA, Feb 8 (Bernama) -- The Prime Minister on Tuesday said five more Bumiputera companies are expected to be listed on Bursa Malaysia this year through the Skim Jejak Jaya Bumiputera (SJJB). Their listing is expected to raise the total market capitalisation of Bumiputera companies listed in the stock exchange through the SJJB to more than RM1 billion. Five Read more [...]

Old Flintshire hospital to go under the hammer – The Leader

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AN HISTORIC hospital with a price tag of £150,000 is to be sold at auction. Lluesty Hospital in Holywell closed in 2008 when the new Holywell Community Hospital on Halkyn Road opened. The hospital, which started life in the 1830s as a Victorian workhouse, will now go under the hammer on Friday, February 18, at a London auction house. Jean Saunders, who worked as a ward sister at Lluesty Hospital in the 1960s, said she is pleased it was being sold at auction. “It’s starting to look Read more [...]

£5.6m Newbridge Memo makeover gets under way

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8 February 2011 Last updated at 02:03 ET The hall was built by miners to commemorate local men who lost their lives in World War I The first phase of £5.6m of work to restore an art deco hall for use as a community venue is due to start. Scaffolding is set to go up at the Grade II listed Newbridge Memorial Hall, known as the Memo, in Caerphilly county. It follows an eight-year Read more [...]

Residents to city: protect this house

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slideshow Perched on a small hill overlooking a square, Tyler Hill, a picturesque subdivision populated by 17 turn-of-the-century Victorian houses may become the third locally designated historic area in Anniston.Six of the homeowners in the neighborhood’s historic homes, which were listed on the National Historic Register in 1985, have signed a petition asking the city to recognize the subdivision’s significance. David Schneider, co-chair Read more [...]