| Chronicle's Goodfellows raises record amount
The Houston Chronicle's Goodfellows program had a record year in 2007, raising more than $1.19 million from 5,066 donors. The 2007 season collected $1,190,619.40, an increase of more than $165,000 from the 2006 season. In that year, the program which provides holiday toys to Houston-area families, collected $1,024,245.73. The funds were anchored by several significant donations $200,000 each from Les Alexander and the Rockets' Clutch City Foundation and John Eddie and Sheridan Williams, and $60,000 from the Fred and Mabel R. Parks Foundation. But the bulk of the donations came from smaller checks, many ranging from $5 to $25. "Our legacy program, Goodfellows, 95 years strong, continues to serve a growing base of needy Houston families," said Chronicle Publisher Jack Sweeney.
Absolutely, incredibly, utterly wrong!
Its not everyday that the government sponsors a premier league football club -I wonder how long Northern Rock will continue to sponsor Newcastle Utd FC. If so how could the govt square subsidising premiership footballers exorbitent wages whilst pensionners are having to choose between food or heat and sell their homes to afford care despite having paid tax and NI all their working lives. Perhaps Gordon Brown will now be able to put some meat behind his proclamation of 'British jobs for British workers' and get rid of Newcastles non British players like heâs getting rid of non-doms. .
FBI warns: Hitman scam back with a vengeance
The e-mail says the recipient's information was found on the suspect and that they should reply to help further the investigation. This, too, is a scam, the FBI said. The IC3 in January raised a red flag saying it has received multiple reports on different variations of a scheme known as voice phishing or vishing. Vishing attacks against US financial institutions and consumers continue to rise at an alarming rate and a new vishing technique is also growing, the IC3 stated. In the new scenario text messages are sent to cell phones claiming the recipient's on-line bank account has expired. The message instructs the recipient to renew their on-line bank account by using the link provided. The FBI late last year issued a pair of alerts warning users to be on the lookout for a couple email scams making the rounds.
Q&A: Brown explains shake-up at Sumo
I brought in Alex Godfrey who was editor of Bizarre and understands how to make commercial success out of less mainstream content. We have developed lots of new shows around themed content. So far it has been short attention span TV. If you are coming in and having a spliff after the pub, it's great to stick on. You are getting short hits. Now we are giving appointments to view. Before, we have not really used presenters much. Now we are bringing in three or four presenters. I am also making them repeat the shows, which they've not done before.You have created a show with Alex Sim-Wise. Who is she and what will it be?"She is a glamour model, but a different type of glamour model, and she's funny. I noticed her magazine column where she had pictures of her messing around with mates and things.
Quick-thinking duo help Canton woman escape blaze
Lynn Rodway had just sat down for coffee Friday at Peltiers Collision Center in Canton when Doug McKinney burst through the door and said Kathy Hilt's house was on fire.
Tom Kadinger, who was at Peltiers, figured that Hilt was sleeping because she works nights. So the men jumped in a pickup and drove to 400 N. West St. at 2 p.m.
Rodway honked the horn on the pickup. Kadinger hollered and banged on the front door until he pushed it in and found Hilt three steps away. "Boy, we were abusive, kicking and beating the door," Rodway said. "(Kadinger) was about ready to break it."
Thick smoke consumed the home, Rodway said. Kadinger led her out and retrieved her cat on the sofa. Rodway used a knife to cut a leash on the kennel attached to the garage to get her dog, with flames leaping toward it from the porthole.
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