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Districts study consolidationThursday, March 11, 2010 @ 9:45PMOfficials are taking the first step toward consolidating three school districts in East Alton and Wood River.

Italy, caught in regional elections turmoilThursday, March 11, 2010 @ 2:41PMFor the last few weeks, regional elections of March 28 and 29 have been the central point of Italy’s politics.

Best Outcropping of LocavorismWednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 11:30PMChefs Gardens by Robert Moss It took a little while, but more and more local chefs are taking up farming, following McCradys trendsetting Sean Brock, who started his restaurants farm out on Wadmalaw Island. Now, Jonathan Banta of Vespa gets his produce from a garden out in Moncks Corner, while Brett McKee has laid out a vegetable plot just feet from the dining room at 17 North. At Hucks ...

£80,000-a-week footballers fail to take pay cuts to save club cleanersWednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 6:11PMThe reputation of football's playing fraternity was not enhanced yesterday when it emerged that 85 people had been shown the door by financially stricken Portsmouth while only two players had offered to take pay cuts to save the fate of the less well-off.

Enter a wildlife photo contest, buy a used book, support the Highlander Band, it's all happening Around the TownWednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 4:28AMSORTING THE BOOKS — Barbara Butta, left, vice-chairperson of the Friends of the Library, Phyllis Stevens, center and Teedee Carroll work on sorting the many thousands of books that will be for sale to the public starting on Saturday, March...

Biker chicks on the riseWednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 12:46AMDrawn to the freedom motorcycling offers, more women are hitting the road on two-wheelers.

National bocce games begin Friday in Cape CoralWednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 12:17AMCape Coral bocce players dominated the recently completed Lee County Senior Games, but they face a major test Friday and Saturday at the 12th Bocce...

D&H Distributing's 2010 Earth Day Promotion Rewards Eco-Conservative Technology PurchasersTuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 7:00AMD&H Distributing, the major North American computer products and consumer electronics distributor, has implemented its Earth Day 40th Anniversary promotion, running from January 1 to April 16, which has to date generated the sale of 1.4 million environmentally-friendly technology products. Â The program culminates with a Grand Prize award of a Hybrid automobile on Earth Day, April 22, to one ...

Walmart promises green features at Moreno Valley and desert storesMonday, March 8, 2010 @ 9:38PMWalmart has agreed to makes its planned superstores in Perris and Yucca Valley more environmentally friendly in response to a lawsuit challenging the stores' compliance with state law. The Tucson-based Center for Biological Diversity had filed two lawsuits, in 2007 and 2008, alleging that the stores would not meet standards to reduce greenhouse gases.