'It was like finding a long lost friend': Lesbian reunited with bike she lost FOUR DECADES ago after her wife spots it in muddy stream By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 17:43 EST, 24 May 2012 | UPDATED: 23:55 EST, 24 May 2012 A Massachusetts woman has been reunited with the bike she lost in 1970 after her own wife spotted it in a muddy river.The lesbian couple, from Wellfleet, was unsure if they should turn the rusty banana seat bike Lisa Brown lost when she fell off a rickety bridge as an 11-year-old into art, or leave it in the woods.Ms Brown was riding her brand new bike over the Herring River when she pitched over the side of the bridge into the muddy stream, ... Continue reading →
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- The Times-Picayune, one of the nation's oldest newspapers, is dropping its daily circulation after 175 years and plans to issue three printed editions a week starting in the fall. With the change, the newspaper would become the largest metro newspaper in the nation to drop daily circulation in this digital age. The paper announced Thursday the formation of a new company, the NOLA Media Group, to oversee both The Times-Picayune and its affiliated website, NOLA.com. The cutback in publication days follows similar moves made by other newspapers as the industry has struggled through economic tough times, in part caused by consumers' move to online media. The Times-Picayune is owned by Advance Publications Inc., a Newhouse family company whose various divisions have ... Continue reading →
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If it is true that every cloud has a silver lining, then there must be one for the weak US economy, right? USA Today's Larry Copeland may have found one. On May 21, 2012, Copeland reported that "higher gas prices and a spotty economy recovery" are responsible for the drop in traffic congestion in the US. According to a study from INRIX, a Washington state firm that tracks and studies traffic flows, "[t]raffic congestion dropped 30% last year from 2010 in the the USA's 100 largest metropolitan areas." From the article: "INRIX collects traffic information from more than 4 million vehicles equipped with GPS devices and from other sources for its annual scorecard." Interestingly, "Of the 100 most populous metro areas, 70 saw declines in ... Continue reading →
10:01 May 23rd, 2012 | 0 notes i finish books + yet the pile never shrinks. today’s additions on top. (Taken with instagram) Continue reading →
