| Currituck to help Camden fight OLF
CURRITUCK — Currituck County will join neighboring Camden County's legal fight to keep the U.S. Navy from picking a local site for a pilot training field. The Board of Commissioners on Monday night did not commit to a dollar figure, but instructed the county manager and county attorney to sit down with Camden officials to work out a resolution of support. "I think it's really the most significant thing that has ever come before this county, really," Commissioner Gene Gregory said Monday night. "I don't think this county has ever faced anything that would be as devastating to it as if this (Navy airfield) would locate here." The Navy has embarked upon a 30-month study of the suitability of five sites for an outlying landing field that would be used by Navy pilots to train for takeoffs and landings on carriers.
Building activity falls as rates rise
HIGHER interest rates and a further deterioration in housing affordability are blamed for a slump in apartment and house building. Figures released today show that while the construction industry as a whole continued to expand last month, house and apartment building activity actually contracted. Both engineering and commercial construction activity, however, maintained solid growth in February with the commercial sector posting its highest rate of increase in the past five months. The disparity between the sectors amounts to a 4.4 point fall in the Australian Industry Group-Housing Industry Association Performance of Construction Index (PCI). The index fell to 53.9 points last month, although it remains above the key 50 point level that separates expansion from contraction.
Activision sponsors Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
In addition to perusing displays related to Johnny Cash, Kurt Cobain, Jerry Garcia, and Robbie Robertson, visitors will be able to try out the latest installments of the Guitar Hero franchise on a nearby demo kiosk. Activision is also sponsoring the Hall of Fame's annual induction ceremony, set to take place Monday at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City, far from the museum's actual Cleveland, Ohio location. This year's inductees include Leonard Cohen, The Dave Clark Five, Madonna, John Mellencamp, and The Ventures. .
Dollar Thrifty stock plunges
The stock of Tulsa-based Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group plunged Monday, after the company sharply lowered its earnings estimate late Friday. The stock of the rental-car firm had its biggest drop in more than 10 years, falling $9.62 a share to $16.40 in New York Stock Exchange Trading. Dollar Thrifty officials estimated Friday that 2007 profit could be 90 cents to 95 cents a share, down from their November forecast of $1.75 to $1.85. Demand over the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays was below expectations, CEO Gary L. Paxton said in a press release Friday. The company will report earnings on Feb. 28. .
The nation's mood
Many on the left would simply rather have Obama than more Clinton scandals, more Clinton mess, and another president who governs right of center while offering left of center platitudes. I don't think you've linked to the wonderful Atlantic Monthly article about Obama. So I've linked it at my name. I'm sure you reject the notion that he's worth considering, but I'd be happy with President Obama, even if I disagree with his politics. It wouldn't represent a trip back to the Clintons, and would go a long way towards dispelling the notion that American politics amounts to a revolving monarchy. ARK. BLOG: 1) As I've said before, I like Obama. Though he's lately not been too sure-footed and that's important. And I had to laugh listening to him put on his black accent in Chicago the other day.
Brogden: 'I regret that I succumbed to this temptation'
A Burlington businessman accused of using cars and other properties to launder drug money pleaded guilty Thursday morning to money laundering charges in federal court. Kevin B. Brogden, president of Brogden Cars Inc., which operates a car dealership at 1784 E. Webb Ave., Burlington, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to launder money, money laundering by concealment and two counts of concealment of property. He appeared before Chief Judge James A. Beaty Jr. in the U.S. Middle District of North Carolina in Winston-Salem accompanied by his attorney, Todd Smith. In exchange for his guilty plea, the government "will not oppose a motion to dismiss" the remaining five charges Brogden had originally been indicted of: three counts of money laundering by concealment and two counts of structuring transactions to evade reporting an amount greater than $1,000.
YBS: National Anthem auditions
DAYTON — University of Dayton officials publicly unveiled development plans today, Feb. 18, for its 259-acre campus, including parts of the 50-acre tract it purchased from NCR Corp. in 2005. While a draft of the plan was previously released to community leaders and described in news reports in September, today's press conference marked the official unveiling and UD trustees' approval of a campus-wide master plan. .
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