Desperate retailers seek holiday season rescue
YAHOO!
With many holiday shoppers focused on spending within their limits, it's no surprise that fewer people will be relying on credit cards this year," said Tracy Mullin, the NRF's president and chief executive.
San Jose's Downtown Ice slides back in for another year of gliding and ...
San Jose Mercury News
Helen Hayashi of San Jose brought her 7-year-old granddaughter, Madison Mangskau from Tracy, out to skate. "It's for anybody," said Hayashi, who works for the downtown association. "It's a fun, unique experience." Contact Mike Swift at 408-...
Playing a new Jazz tune
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Houston coach Rick Adelman on Tracy McGrady's return: "We have no timetable." . . . Portland won seven of its first eight games with point guards Andre Miller and Steve Blake in the starting lineup together. Life gets no easier for New Jers...
Nurses at St. Mary's Hospital in Passaic agree to concessions
NorthJersey.com
We had a mutually agreed upon mediator, who made compromise recommendations that turned out to be fairly reasonable," said Virginia Tracy, executive director of JNESO, the union that represents 357 nurses and 131 technicians at St. Mary's. ...
Arlington County HOV infraction results in $1,000 fine, police say
Washington Post
Tracy Russillo, commander of the state police Fairfax Division, called the presence of HOV violators on 395 and 95 "the number one complaint" received by police in Northern Virginia. The aim of the crackdown, he said, was to remind motorist...
Robert Cameron, High-Flying ‘Above’ Photographer, Dies at 98
New York Times
Besides his son Tony, he is survived by another son, Todd; two daughters, Jane Manoogian and Tracy Davis; his brother John; eight grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; and his female companion, Jeffreys Corner. Taking to the sky was not al...
August: Osage County
Washington Post
Playwright Tracy Letts (winner of a Tony as well as a Pulitzer for the play) grew up in Durant, Okla., the child of university professors, and based the framework of the play on a bit of family history. His maternal grandfather committed su...
Jose Contreras - S - Colorado Rockies
NBC Sports
Rockies agreed to terms with manager Jim Tracy on a three-year contract extension. The news, which has been expected for weeks, comes on the heels of Tracy being named the National League Manager of the Year on Wednesday. Tracy, 53, led the...
Pennsylvania hospital chain won't hire smokers after Jan. 1
Press & Sun-Bulletin
Susquehanna Health spokeswoman Tracy Witter said all job applicants will have to pass a nicotine screening, in addition to the current drug test. The policy covers all new hires. An applicant who fails the screening could reapply for a job ...
Tweet the night before Christmas
Minneapolis Star Tribune
resulted in a torrent of racist and rude comments, Best Buy senior director Tracy Benson told a Shop.org industry meeting last month. But even when the news isn't good, social media can help. Hlavac learned through Facebook that one of his ...
Buncombe property transfers
Asheville Citizen-Times
Lot 9 phase 1 of Poplar Ridge, $750,000, Tracy Elizabeth Martin (f.k.a. Tracy E. Rice) to Kari A. Easton Lot 67 section 2 of Knollwood, $117,000, Virginia H. (f.k.a. Virginia H. Miller) and Robert G. Walker to Robert L. Russell Unit 201 of ...
After spending billions, state remains hampered by outmoded ...
Los Angeles Times
It's embarrassing," said Tracy Westen, chief executive of the Center for Governmental Studies in Los Angeles. "If California can't get it right, who can?" Among the computer flops: * The wheezing, 1970s-vintage computer system that prints p...
T-Mac thinks he's ready, Rockets disagree
NBC Sports
Tracy McGrady (knee surgery) says that he's ready to return to action, but the Rockets disagree. "He wants to play," said coach Rick Adelman. "He's not ready to play. It's as simple as that." According to the Houston Chronicle, McGrady beli...
