Plant a green roof to cool pooch, practi [ Baltimore Sun ] Jul 13, 2008  Green roofs are good. They clean the air, cool the house below, provide rest stops for birds and butterflies. If you work well with wood and want to try a green roof, why not start by building one for your dog? Read More ...

Album Liam Finn, I'll Be Lightning, Tran [ Independent ] Jul 12, 2008  Considering that he wrote all the songs, played all the instruments, produced, engineered and even self-timed the cover photo, the only surprise here is that Liam Finn has not written his own reviews. Read More ...

Crocs Inc.. sues Skechers for shoe imita [ Denver Post ] Jul 12, 2008  Crocs Inc., the maker of colorful plastic clogs with holes, sued Skechers USA Inc., accusing it of selling footwear that copies patented and trademarked designs. Read More ...

Station site pumps up heat at beach [ Westerly Sun ] Jul 13, 2008  Misquamicut residents Bill Stax, left, and Jeanne Garvey Stax, look at a pump station image including a tree buffer. Sun photo/Susannah H. Snowden MISQUAMICUT -- Residents say relocating the Fisherman's Avenue pump station would be worth the expected wait. Read More ...

Brush Engineered Materials Inc. Conferen [ Centre Daily Times ] Jul 10, 2008  Brush Engineered Materials Inc. will hold its quarterly conference call on Friday, August 1, 2008 at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time to review second quarter 2008 results. Read More ...

District on the hook for drainage work a [ Las Vegas Sun ] Jul 11, 2008  Fri, Jul 11, 2008 <2 a.m.> The new Jesse Scott Elementary School in North Las Vegas ran into the first of its problems when it was still just a blueprint. Read More ...

Monsanto patent fight ensnares Missouri [ Jefferson City News Tribune ] Jul 13, 2008  PILOT GROVE, Mo. - Soybean farmer David Brumback calls himself a loyal customer of Monsanto Co. His product of choice: genetically engineered seeds resistant to pesticides and weed killers. Read More ...

The Hamptons in Ooltewah come in 6 desig [ Chattanooga Times Free Press ] Jul 12, 2008  The Hamptons at Hampton Creek is a townhouse neighborhood on Snow Hill Road in Ooltewah that's attached to Hampton Creek subdivision but is being developed separately. Read More ...

Recent Original Stories [ New Mobile Computing ] Jul 13, 2008  A recent discussion on the lkml examined the possibility of a Linux implementation of Sun's ZFS . It was pointed out that the file system is released under the GPL-incompatible CDDL, and that Sun has filed numerous patents to prevent ZFS from being reverse engineered. Read More ...

2nd Tanker arrives for clean up; traffic [ WATE 6 Knoxville ] Jul 13, 2008  A special tanker truck designed specifically for containing hazardous material arrived from New Jersey around 7 A.M. Sunday to help clean up a hazardous mess along I-40 near Rockwood.  Read More ...

Genetically engineered crops continue to [ Grand Island Independent ] Jul 10, 2008  While genetically engineered crops remain a source of controversy worldwide, Nebraska and U.S. farmers have aggressively adapted to these new crop varieties since 1996, according to a recent report by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Read More ...

ROAD REPORT Pipes to be replaced on Manc [ Tri-County Journal ] Jul 12, 2008  I-64 RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT The following lanes will be closed as part of the Interstate 64 reconstruction work through Friday, July 11. Read More ...

9 drivers arrested in I-71 drag race [ The Plain Dealer ] Jul 13, 2008  UPDATED: 11 :38 a.m. EDT, July 13, 2008 From left to right, Mike Rahanian, Alex Hutnik, Tommy Cusick, wait outside the Apple store at Legacy Village, to purchase the new updated iPhone 3G, designed to run faster than the previous model, Friday, July 11, 2008. Read More ...

Input on drainage solicited - Public mee [  ] Public meeting, 2008  The city of Johnson City tonight will host a well-timed public meeting concerning downtown drainage. Read More ...

Agawam OKs drainage fund [ The Republican ] Jul 10, 2008  AGAWAM - The City Council has appropriated $31,250 to upgrade a drainage system at School Street Park where flooding occurred earlier this year. 'It was something that really needed to be addressed, regardless of how the situation came about,' councilor Robert E. Rossi said yesterday. Read More ...

Gordon, bishop appeal for aid for Cotaba [ Philstar.com ] Jul 13, 2008  Philippine National Red Cross chairman and Sen. Richard Gordon said many parts of Cotabato City remain flooded but are getting little help from the government. Read More ...

Right as rain [ Fort Wayne Journal Gazette ] Jul 13, 2008  From Denise Kendrick's front porch, she can see the stone wall that now protects her home from being inundated if the St. Joe River were to overflow its banks as it did in 1913, shortly before the house was built. Read More ...

Sustainable Living Is your picnic filled [ Middletown Times Herald-Record ] Jul 12, 2008  Some 200 million acres of the world's farms grew biotech crops last year, with over 90 percent of those crops coming from genetically engineered seeds patented by U.S.-based Monsanto. Read More ...