BYLINE: ARTS WRITER
Blues restaurant will present its food-and-wine pairing evenings this winter.
At each sitting, a winemaker is to guide guests in discovering wine's spectacular flavours and aromas.
The first of the evenings is on May 21 and it will be followed by an event every second Wednesday until August 27.
Participating wine estates are …
Byline: Associated Press
WASHINGTON -- Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill said Sunday that he finds hopeful signs of an economic rebound, sounding a more-optimistic assessment than Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan.
``I frankly don't think we're still slipping. I think we've been bouncing around at a very low rate of real growth for the better part of the last six months,'' O'Neill told ``Fox News Sunday.''
O'Neill cited an increase in automobile sales and strong housing starts. ``I think one can find the real threads of hope for a return to a higher level of real growth,'' O'Neill said.
In testimony last week before Congress, Greenspan …
Heartland Spirits Group is offering Kush Herbal Cognac, a blend of French XO Cognac, natural fruit flavorings, and hemp essential oil (HEO) imported from Amsterdam. The Cognac is available in three colors and flavors: "Amsterdam," with heavy herbal …
Kyrgyz authorities say one of their citizens was fatally shot by Uzbek border guards as he tried to cross illegally into Uzbekistan.
The reported shooting came amid heightened tension along the Central Asian nations' border after violence on the Uzbek side.
Monday's statement from Kyrgyz border authorities said an eyewitness reported hearing gunshots at a frontier crossing and …
It's been a long way from the Cotton Field to the White House, but Janis Kearney, writer and lecturer has accomplished the mission and is no wise thinking about resting on her laurels. Kearney, a former publisher of the Arkansas State Press newspaper has had a charmed life, but not without the occasional bump in the road.
Born and raised in Gould, Ark., Kearney, the daughter of sharecroppers and one of 18 children, did not have it easy growing up. But, today, Kearney credits her family for her life's achievements. Her latest work, Cotton Field of Dreams, a memoir, details her family's struggle, strong work ethic and commitment to seeing all but one child through college.
"My …
AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-(C)1997-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
Northrop Grumman's Electronic Sensors and Systems Sector (ES3) and the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) have agreed terms for the early exercise of a contract option to begin production of a new weather radar detection capability in Northrop Grumman's ASR-9 airport surveillance radar.
The BBC is due in court in the UK today (30 March) to appeal against a High Court ruling that the trial of two Libyans accused of the Lockerbie bombing should not televised.
VARIG Brazilian …
Lyondell Chemical says that at a special meeting held today in Houston its shareholders approved the proposed merger of the company with Basell. The transaction is …
