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News of the Day From Across the Nation, Nov. 16

Edit San Francisco Chronicle 16 Nov 2016
Clay County Development Corp. Director Pamela Ramsey Taylor made the post following Donald Trump’s election as president, saying ... 4 Excessive drinks ... Tens of thousands of coins are thrown onto the marker each year in tribute of Franklin’s famous adage, “a penny saved, is a penny earned.” ....

Jennings has earned Rockland commissioner job: Editorial

Edit Lower Hudson Online 16 Nov 2016
The Rockland County Legislature should quickly rethink rejection of acting Human Rights Commissioner Penny Jennings.      .   ... ....

Open skies: EVE Online launches new free accounts

Edit Rock, Paper, Shotgun 16 Nov 2016
Intrigue generator/space MMO EVE Online [official site] now has a way to play forever without paying a penny. It’s sort of a permanent free trial, as non-paying players are limited to certain skills and ships – but that doesn’t necessarily mean they have nothing to do or can’t dabble in the PvP shenanigans ... Roll up, roll up! Welcome to the wild frontier! Don’t get too attached to anything you find ... ....

Wife of slain homeless man testifies about finding his body

Edit The San Diego Union-Tribune 16 Nov 2016
The wife of a 50-year-old homeless man who died after he was beaten and kicked near their riverbed encampment in Santee testified Tuesday that her husband was still alive when she found him bound and lying in the dirt. Penny Lowery said she had been looking for her husband, George, the evening ... ....

McCRAY, III, FRANK A.

Edit Richmond Times Dispatch 16 Nov 2016
FRANK A ... You were the family's poet. We came to you for everything ... Forever our Hero. Loving Mother, Penny, Lisa (twin)....

Labor risks national security by questioning US alliance, says Malcolm Turnbull

Edit Sydney Morning Herald 16 Nov 2016
Mr Turnbull has also highlighted an apparent split in federal opposition ranks over the ......

Internet goes gaga after young Joe Biden snapshots flood Twitter

Edit Topix 16 Nov 2016
... Americans voted against it The dramatic moment a police sniper shot a child kidnapper dead as he held the two-year-old girl hostage Benjamin Franklin's grave is cracked by PENNIES....

Demonetisation: Abhishant Pant, a 35-year-old fintech professional shows how to live cashless

Edit The Times of India 16 Nov 2016
Even as India strives to become a cashless society, there is someone who is ahead of time. For more than 200 days, this man has not spent a single penny in cash but has transacted everything digitally from tea in a roadside shop to shopping in malls. Meet Abhishant Pant, a Mumbai-based 35-year-old fintech professional, obsessed with apps but determined to see a cash-free society. “We must educate people ... RELATED....

Around the world in his Ford 1930

Edit The Hindu 16 Nov 2016
Sixty-two-year-old Swedish businessman Goran Kynning has lost count of persons who have posed with him and his 1930 Ford Model A for selfies. And it was no different on Tuesday when people entering the Taj Gateway here mobbed him. “It’s a happy car and really attracts people,” he beams. Mr ... Mr ... Mr ... “Every penny I am spending on this journey is worth it,” he says. After Stockholm, Mr ... Mr ... ....

Residents at Astorwood Apartments facing eviction, refuse to pay rent after apartments deemed unsafe

Edit WPTV 16 Nov 2016
STUART, Fla. - Frustrations are boiling over for Jake Lunsford and his neighbors at the Astorwood Apartments in Stuart. “These people are trying to bully these people for every penny that they can because they know that they can,” he says. Notices left at their doors Tuesday only add to their frustrations. “We have three days to pay them the rent of this month that we didn't pay,” he says ... RELATED ... “You want your rent money?” Youst says ... ....

Gasoline prices fall again in Oklahoma, nation

Edit The Oklahoman 16 Nov 2016
Gasoline prices continue to fall throughout Oklahoma and most of the country as the Thanksgiving travel season approaches. The price drop is led by lower oil prices, stable gasoline supplies, low seasonal demand and less-expensive winter fuels ... Nationwide the average price was $2.16 on Tuesday, down 4 cents over the past week, 8 cents over the past month and about a penny less than one year ago ... "It's almost becoming a price war." ... ....

After 9 months' search, man finds missing wife

Edit The Times of India 16 Nov 2016
MEERUT. No one gave Tapeshwar Singh a chance when he set off in March this year to look for his missing wife Babita. A sad man on a rickety bicycle with posters of the woman he loved hoisted on small rods at two ends of his vehicle, the 40-year-old got both sympathy and derision, but little else ... And then the unthinkable happened ... I spent every penny I had saved in the last decade on a journey that sometimes seemed futile ... RELATED....

SQ 779 impacted higher education's historic budget cut

Edit The Oklahoman 16 Nov 2016
State Question 779 — the failed penny sales tax for education — contributed to the historic cut in state funding higher education suffered this fiscal year, lawmakers said Tuesday. The state appropriation to higher education was cut nearly 16 percent, or $153 million, from the previous year. State Rep ... "There was fear over that because of the supplanting language ... "It set that as a baseline for life." ... Funding outlook. Sen ... State Rep ... ....
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