Archive for December, 2008

Former resident promoted to major Lori Lea Hampa-Chamberlin, formerly of Butte, recently was

Information Week released what they deem the top ten stories dealing with open source for the year of 2008 earlier this month. Reminisce all of the happy memories we’ve had of open source throughout this past year: nestle with netbooks, gallop with Google, frolic with Fedora, cuddle with copyrights, and even get your hands on a juicy murder mystery.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Portland’s Crime Stoppers program has approved an enhanced reward of $10,000 for tips solving the mystery of who fatally shot a 30-year-old Portland woman in her car on New Years Eve of 1993.

CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - Our newsroom got together and came up with what we feel are the top stories of 2008. We sure you won’t agree with all of it, so we’d like to hear from you. Please leave your comments below.

Two years ago on New Year’s Eve, two women who stopped to help a stranger were shot to death — and those left behind are still waiting for justice.

Police say the death of Monica Adams, 29, is the only unsolved murder of 2008.  They hope someone will come forward with new information that could lead them the still unknown killer.

Here’s a look back at 2008’s top stories in the Sarasota-Bradenton region.

Classmates Doloris Huerta Lloyd and Sharon McCracken Heston have published a history of their families and of the mystery surrounding their grandfathers.

he Douglas Masonic lodge of Douglas and the Douglas Shrine club of Douglas is supporting the House of Hope this year with a HOPE tree. The first name and age of the child whom are the House of Hope are listed on the HOPE tree.

Amid a number of records and unprecedented events, one thing is clear about 2008: The year ended on quite a different note than when it began. Consider President George W. Bush’s declaration in February, when he tried to assure Americans that “this country is not recession-bound.”