Christmas - - Danish Santa Paid for Reindeer's Death

Danish Santa Paid for Reindeer's Death
ABCNEWS.com - COPENHAGEN, Denmark Sep 29, 2005 - The Danish Air Force said Thursday it paid about $5,000 in compensation to a part-time Santa Claus whose reindeer died of heart failure when two fighter jets roared over his farm.

Cooler weekend weather forecast
SignOn San Diego - County residents can expect a brief break this weekend from the hot weather as a low-pressure system moves in. As hot Santa Ana winds from the east dissipated yesterday and cool breezes started to blow in from the ocean, heavy fog

Gomez rides three winners at Santa Anita
FOXSports.com - Garrett Gomez rode three winners Friday at Santa Anita's Oak Tree meeting, including a dead-heat aboard Carano in the $51,070 feature. Capano shared the win with Gray Black N White, who was ridden by Martin Pedroza.

Elusive Diva sings at Santa Anita
Boston Herald - ARCADIA, Calif. - Elusive Diva beat Chasethegold by three lengths yesterday in the $100,000 Sen. Ken Maddy Handicap on the first day of Santa Anita's Oak Tree meeting. Saturday's $500,000 Goodwood Breeders' Cup Handicap at Santa Anita instead of the $1 million Jockey Club

Danish air force to pay Santa for dead reindeer
Reuters India - COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Santa Claus will receive $5,000 in compensation from the Danish air force after Professional Danish Santa Olavi Niikanoff complained to the air force after a

Christmas - - Google prevails in age discrimination suit

Google prevails in age discrimination suit
AP via Florida Times-Union - fit in with the company's youthful culture. Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge William Elfving granted Google a

Mount Miguel offense kicks into high gear
SignOn San Diego - Next week, El Capitan plays Santa Fe Christian at West Hills High 4-1) rebounded from last week's loss to Santa Fe Christian with a win over Calexico (2-3

Firefighters beating back California blazes
CNN - which started Wednesday afternoon near Chatsworth and was quickly spread by the dry Santa Ana winds from the northwest

Lush's 6 TDs lift CDO
Tucson Citizen - Lush's 6 TDs lift CDO ASH FRIEDERICH Tucson Citizen FRANCISCO MEDINA/Tucson Citizen CDO quarterback Ryan Lush (11), trying to avoid Santa Rita's Gary Short (3) in the second quarter, accounted for 254 yards of total offense. to a 57-18 victory over Santa Rita. Lush, who scored CDO's

SoCal trainers face choices
SignOn San Diego - oriented preps over the next two weekends at Santa Anita, or do they ship them east for similar Meanwhile, back at Santa Anita, trainer Bob Baffert contemplated the Gold Cup

Christmas - - Christmas can make you Snore!

Christmas can make you Snore!
UK Parents - Christmas can make you Snore!Santa Claus probably snores, judging by the number of mince pies and glasses of sherry he consumes.

Danish Air Force Compensates Santa
AP via New York Post - COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) -- The Danish Air Force said Thursday it paid about $5,000 in compensation to a part-time Santa Claus whose reindeer died of heart failure when two fighter jets roared over his farm.

Santa Compensated After Jets Scare Reindeer To Death
NBC5 - Danish Air Force Pays Santa After Jets Scare Reindeer To DeathPOSTED: 6:37 am CDT September 29, 2005COPENHAGEN, Denmark -- Who could argue with Santa? paid about $5,000 in compensation to a part-time Santa Claus whose reindeer died of heart failure when two fighter jets

Danish Air Force compensates Santa after jets scare reindeer to death
SignOn San Diego - paid about $5,000 in compensation to a part-time Santa Claus whose reindeer died of heart failure when two fighter jets

Stained glass studio creates gifts of art
Arizona Daily Star - You better watch out - Santa Claus is coming to town in less than 90 days and he has little workers working extra hard this season. Jennifer Cole, co-owner of Expressions Art Glass, loves handmade gifts. ' It makes me feel more special.

What Are You Up to Now, Desperate 20-Somethings?
New York Times - the new series goes on and on about secret-keeping, whether the subject is 'Santa Claus, Twinkies, infidelity or murder

Christmas - - Body Of Motorcyclist Found

Body Of Motorcyclist Found
San Francisco Chronicle - (09-29) 9:24 PDT FORT ROSS -- The body of a Santa Rosa motorcyclist missing since Sept. 19 has been found along with her bike several hundred feet down a cliff off Highway 1 in Sonoma County, police said. avid biker and student at Santa Rosa Junior College, had last been

California Blazing; Cops' Rampage?; Hurricane Lobbyists
CNN - That fire is being fanned by strong Santa Ana winds. Firefighters have already saved thousands of homes from destruction

Yahoo accused of stealing trade secrets
AP via Seattle Post Intelligencer - said it would ask a Santa Clara County judge Friday to block Yahoo from allowing the engineers to and development, Larry Heck, took a job at Santa Clara-based Yahoo

LB Winborn leaves Niners amid trade talks
SignOn San Diego - By Greg Beacham ASSOCIATED PRESS :0 p.m. September 8, 200 SANTA CLARA Linebacker Jamie Winborn cleaned out his locker and left the San Francisco 49ers on Wednesday as the club abruptly announced plans to trade the former starter.

Elusive Diva sings at Santa Anita
Boston Herald - ARCADIA, Calif. - Elusive Diva beat Chasethegold by three lengths yesterday in the $100,000 Sen. Ken Maddy Handicap on the first day of Santa Anita's Oak Tree meeting. Saturday's $500,000 Goodwood Breeders' Cup Handicap at Santa Anita instead of the $1 million Jockey Club

Santa compensated for dead reindeer
Reuters - News Santa Claus will receive $5,000 in compensation from the Danish air force after an F-16 fighter jet frightened one of his reindeers to death.Professional Danish Santa Olavi Niikanoff

Christmas - - Danish Santa Paid for Reindeers Death

Danish Santa Paid for Reindeers Death
eTalkinghead - Source: AP Top Political News COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) -- The Danish Air Force said Thursday it paid about $5,000 in compensation to a part-time Santa Claus wh

The last doorman
Seattle Post Intelligencer - to do when he applied at Frederick & Nelson for a Santa Claus job. ' They told him he'd have to join the union, and

Investors Keep an Eye on Oil Prices and Durable Goods
New York Times - and could show up later in the year, the time when investors hope for their 'Santa Claus' rally in November and December

We havent forgotten you, Katy
Kansas City Star - Finally the Missouri Department of Natural Resources is getting serious about extending the Katy Trail to Kansas City. Its about time. thought the bureaucrats in Jeff City were waiting for Santa Claus to finish the cross-state hiking and biking trail for

Paul Moran: Change system of weights and take a load off
Newsday - There are people who believe in leprechauns, Santa Claus, aliens in our midst, the innocence of O.J. Simpson and that weight makes a difference in the outcome of a horse race. '

Christmas - - Jet fighter kills Santa's reindeer

Jet fighter kills Santa's reindeer
Copenhagen Post - The Air Force's Tactical Air Fighter Command (FTK) confirmed that one of its fighters had flown too low and killed Rudolf, a reindeer belonging to the Santa Claus Olavi Niikanoff, who operates from the island of Funen. a jet fighter kills his reindeer, Rudolf Denmark's Santa Claus is to receive DKK 30,000 in damages

Sorry I Stirred It: Run home buyers by real estate at Classic
Tennessean - The Franklin Classic - a great name for a soft drink, by the way! - has always been one of my favorite athletic events. I'm not making this up; Santa Claus got mugged on Main Street in Osawatomie, Kan

Santa Claus is an Auxiliarist and he's going to work for FEMA
24-7PressRelease.com - Contact: Aux. 25, 2005 - Auxiliarist Santa Claus, yes his name is legally Santa Claus, of

Dancing in the Streets Introduces Xmas Version
Whatsonstage.com - Matinee performances have been rescheduled from Fridays to Wednesdays during the six-week run of the seasonal show. Performances will be Monday to Saturday at 8. their versions of such festive classics as White Christmas, Santa Claus Is Coming to Town and Silent Night, as well as

What Are You Up to Now, Desperate 20-Somethings?
New York Times - the new series goes on and on about secret-keeping, whether the subject is 'Santa Claus, Twinkies, infidelity or murder

Christmas - - Danish Santa Paid for Reindeer's Death

Danish Santa Paid for Reindeer's Death
ABCNEWS.com - COPENHAGEN, Denmark Sep 29, 2005 - The Danish Air Force said Thursday it paid about $5,000 in compensation to a part-time Santa Claus whose reindeer died of heart failure when two fighter jets roared over his farm.

County's bighorn sheep could face a fatal epidemic
SignOn San Diego - The capturing and sampling effort will continue in the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto mountains this week

Fast Fire Threatens SoCal Homes
CBS News - Fanned by the Santa Ana winds, the blaze burned to the edge of a number of multimillion-dollar homes that abut rural

Wind-Fueled Fire Threatens Southern Calif. Homes
New York Times - burning in a news broadcast.Past wildfires fanned by Santa Ana winds have roared south to Malibu, the celebrity-packed

Santa gets compensation after air force kills Rudolph
Political Gateway - The Father Christmas, whose real name is Olovi Nikkanoff and who lives on the central Danish island of Fyn, told TV2 station that he was devastated last February when he discovered his reindeer's body. Santa gets compensation after air force kills Rudolph COPENHAGEN, Sept 28 (AFP) - The Danish airforce has paid of the country's many professional Santa Clauses after a blast from a

They're victims too
Los Angeles Times - homeless population slightly less concentrated in skid row and Santa Monica, but it would do nothing to address the real

Christmas - - In a Mountaintop Vineyard, History and Mystique Reign

In a Mountaintop Vineyard, History and Mystique Reign
New York Times - twists through hairpin turns as you ascend the Santa Cruz Mountains, a hilly coastal range that rises above making of sparkling wine in the Santa Cruz Mountains before Prohibition.

They're victims too
Los Angeles Times - homeless population slightly less concentrated in skid row and Santa Monica, but it would do nothing to address the real

Paul Walker dives into fame
USA Today - SANTA MONICA, Calif. - Paul Walker's only unpleasant aquatic experience is a story he enjoys telling

Endangered bighorns may face pneumonia epidemic
SignOn San Diego - The capturing and sampling effort will continue in the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto mountains this week

O.B. man guilty of exposing himself to teen
SignOn San Diego - Acting on a tip, San Diego police arrested Flint June 15 at his home in the 4900 block of Santa Cruz Avenue

Man admits guilt in hit-run death
SignOn San Diego - Patrick Klokow, 29, of Santa Clara was killed Aug

Christmas - - Westfield Elementary hurricane fund-raiser emphasizes the needs of other children

Westfield Elementary hurricane fund-raiser emphasizes the needs of other children
Daily Herald - Past projects have been tsunami relief, Operation Smile, and Christmas toys for needy families and children with cancer

Hegewald, co-founder of Helping Hands Outreach, dies at 60
Imperial Valley Press - FAIRFIELD - Dean Hegewald, who lost an arm and a leg in a train accident at age 12 but devoted his life to giving to others, died this week from cancer. to do,' Lorrain said - distributing food, clothing and Christmas toys to needy people, often at Lee Bell Park.Hegewald

From coffee to winter heating bills, consumers to feel Katrina's wrath
Detroit News - transportation routes' for everything from commodities to Christmas toys, now arriving at West Coast ports from China

Christmas - - From coffee to winter heating bills, consumers to feel Katrina's wrath

From coffee to winter heating bills, consumers to feel Katrina's wrath
Detroit News - transportation routes' for everything from commodities to Christmas toys, now arriving at West Coast ports from China

Hegewald, co-founder of Helping Hands Outreach, dies at 60
Imperial Valley Press - FAIRFIELD - Dean Hegewald, who lost an arm and a leg in a train accident at age 12 but devoted his life to giving to others, died this week from cancer. to do,' Lorrain said - distributing food, clothing and Christmas toys to needy people, often at Lee Bell Park.Hegewald

Westfield Elementary hurricane fund-raiser emphasizes the needs of other children
Daily Herald - Past projects have been tsunami relief, Operation Smile, and Christmas toys for needy families and children with cancer

Christmas - - Breaking up, Christmas hard to do

Breaking up, Christmas hard to do
Edmonton Sun - Look what they do to Santa Claus in the song Velveteen (All is Bright), for example: 'Without a thought he said, 'Go

Goin' on today: 9/11 remembered
Indianapolis Star - Holiday World in Santa Claus, Ind., collected six honors, including a pair of first places in the most recent readers

By paddle and pedal
SignOn San Diego - SCOTT LINNETT / Union-Tribune Renata Chlumska has paddled from Seattle to San Diego. motorcycle 7,000 miles from India to Sweden and flew to the North Pole. ' I've seen Santa Claus,' jokes Renata Chlumska

Marshall Field's name change stirs controversy in Windy City
Argus Leader - grew and did the same with their kids - stopping, of course, to visit the one true Santa Claus. It is Marshall Field's

Now for some more silly anti-Bush comments John ConnerySchererville
NWITimes.com - Recent comments from the anti-Bush crowd have now reached the point of being laughable. as long as it's anti-Bush, why stop there? Santa Claus no longer flies the Christmas skies because the paranoid White

Christmas - - First Community plans to acquire Cedars Bank

First Community plans to acquire Cedars Bank
SignOn San Diego - UNION-TRIBUNE September 25, 2005 RANCHO SANTA FE First Community Bancorp will acquire Cedars Bank of Los Angeles for $120 million in cash. First Community said the purchase will add $486 million in assets. First Community, based in Rancho Santa Fe, has grown largely through acquisitions

Dangerous weekend for CA police
San Francisco Chronicle - It was a dangerous and in one instance, deadly weekend for California police officers. Also on Sunday, Santa Monica and Los Angeles police cars collided at a Hollywood intersection during an early morning

Ex-track owner applies to build Raton horsetrack
Las Vegas Sun - seven-month-old application by Pojoaque Pueblo to reopen the Downs at Santa Fe. Culver filed his application Wednesday.

Nic Harcourt: Give me a break
Independent - Nic Harcourt: Give me a break A former punk from Birmingham, by way of Australia, has become a big hit in America. basement-studio lair in the grounds of the Santa Monica College campus, Harcourt's range extends from the Los the high desert beyond to Santa Barbara, and, thanks to KCRW's internet

Opponents of Santa Cruz Island pig killing head back to court
SignOn San Diego - Opponents of Santa Cruz Island pig killing head back to court ASSOCIATED PRESS 4:34 a.m thousands of feral pigs on Santa Cruz Island are heading to federal

Christmas - - Crystal Gavel goes to Vacherie lawyer

Crystal Gavel goes to Vacherie lawyer
WBRZ - his volunteer work with a Christmas toy drive and high-school mock District Bar Association's annual Christmas toy drive -- officially called the Jude Gravois Christmas Toy Drive

Hero Keane gets his own action figure
Irish Post - in a new action figure aimed at capturing the Christmas toy market.Keane's replica is part of the Kick-O-Mania

Warehouse sales gear up
Calgary Sun - It's official -- with the arrival of the Samko and Miko toy warehouse flyer, you know Christmas toy shopping has arrived

Vacherie lawyer honored for volunteer work
Herald Tribune - Vacherie lawyer honored for volunteer work The Associated Press VACHERIE, La. -- A St. work with high school mock trials and a Christmas toy drive.Jude Gravois of Vacherie won the association's now called the Jude Gravois Christmas Toy Drive, which gets presents to

An early Christmas for young patients
Yorkshire Evening Post - By Louise Male CHRISTMAS came early at a Leeds children's ward and brought with it a sackful of smiles. to be accurate when it comes to predicting Christmas toy sales. Patient Christina Chisadza gave Dr Dreadful Freaky Food