Christmas - - Santa Ana Winds Could Spread West Nile

Santa Ana Winds Could Spread West Nile
10News.com - Santa Ana Winds Could Spread West Nile 124 Birds In County Infected With VirusPOSTED: 3:15 pm Health officials warned Thursday that Santa Ana wind-driven warm weather may

AOL pays $25 million for 85 blogging sites
Seattle Post Intelligencer - NEW YORK -- America Online Inc. was not authorized to disclose financial details. Although Santa Monica, Calif.-based Weblogs will operate with full

AOL scoops up Weblogs
USA Today - The agreement, which was signed Wednesday, is expected to close next week. The deal will make the Santa Monica, Calif., The deal will make the Santa Monica, Calif., and New York-based Weblogs a wholly owned, stand-alone subsidiary of AOL

Sack warning for scruffy Santas
BBC - Smoking Santas 'should not be allowed' under the new code Badly behaved and scruffy-looking Santas are to be outlawed under a code of conduct being laid down by the British Santa Association. to 'formalise the role of Santa'. Under discussion is ideal beard length

Fire heroics at border
SignOn San Diego - Route 94 to evacuate earlier in the day as the dreaded Santa Ana winds gave way to gusting winds from the southwest, CDF

Riverside County Fire Rages On
10News.com - air to set a series of back fires to burn off thick brush near homes before the expected resurgence of Santa Ana winds

Christmas - - Artificial Life to release V-boy for 3G phones

Artificial Life to release V-boy for 3G phones
3G Newsroom - in Japan , October 4, 2005 OPTUS may miss out 3G Christmas sales, October 4, 2005 - previous news October 6, 2005 Hong

Noisy toys set to be best sellers this Christmas
SignOn San Diego - By Jenn Wiant ASSOCIATED PRESS 7:50 a.m. October 5, 2005 Getty Images The remote-controlled Dalek based on the humanity-exterminating robots of 'Dr. Who' fame and Roboraptor toys are seen at the Dream Toys 2005 Pre-Christmas Expo in London. It's going to be a noisy Christmas. From a voice-modifying Darth Vader

Paris burning; not enough to cut down money tree
Chicago Sun-Times - has invited the Lyric's ''Carmen'' star Denyce Graves to join him in headlining ''A Royal Christmas,'' a special Dec

Christmas (music) isn't far off
Inside Radio - Last year the 100000watts.com website counted 279 Christmas stations by the time Santa made his rounds AC WNIC, Detroit already displays the "Christmas Top 10" - leading up to "It's

Trump: From mogul to singer?
USA Today - real estate mogul-TV reality star is featured on The Regis Philbin Christmas Album, Hollywood Records announced Tuesday

Hoffman: Cycling classic aids kids
Houston Chronicle - The second Elves & More Texas Cycling Classic will be held Saturday at Montgomery High School, with a couple of thousand bicyclists riding so tens of thousands of poor Houston kids will get a bike of their very own for Christmas. most poverty-stricken neighborhoods on Christmas Eve - giving everything away, no strings

Christmas - - Daughters reopen Alamo's Long Barrack

Daughters reopen Alamo's Long Barrack
Houston Chronicle - Associated Press Drummer Glenn Mairo, left, and others cheer at the reopening of the Long Barrack Museum, site of the bloodiest fighting at the Alamo grounds in 1836. site of the bloodiest fighting during the 1836 battle between a small group of Texians and Santa Anna's Mexican army

Hoffman: Cycling classic aids kids
Houston Chronicle - I watched dozens of trucks roll out of Reliant Center to make Santa Moore's appointed rounds

AOL Buys Weblogs to Boost Blog Presence
ABCNEWS.com - NEW YORK Oct 6, 2005 - America Online Inc. was not authorized to disclose financial details. Although Santa Monica, Calif.-based Weblogs will operate with full

NHL TICKER: Thoughts to ponder about the upcoming season
The Detroit Free Press - Gretzky built the house in a neighborhood in the Santa Monica Mountains where the average asking price is about $700

Spreading firethreatens homes
SignOn San Diego - flames from a burning building spread to the thick, dry brush and quickly moved north, fanned by 20 mph Santa Ana winds

Evacuations ordered for some in wildfire's path
SignOn San Diego - flames from a burning building spread to the thick, dry brush and quickly moved north, fanned by 20 mph Santa Ana winds

Christmas - - Christmas toys look to future

Christmas toys look to future
Evening Standard - This year's Christmas toys will be edgy and futuristic, according to the industry.

Gulf Coast Children at the Top of Smithsburg Woman's Christmas List
NBC 25 - burden off them, that they're not going to have Christmas toys for their kids,' said Gruhler.Gruhler and her friends are

Volunteer list
Hendersonville Star News - involvement in the day-care center, a Christmas toys giveaway, a food assistance program for disadvantaged families

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

Christmas - - Dame Tanni will start Santa Run

Dame Tanni will start Santa Run
BBC - Britain's most successful paralympian will start the world record-breaking Santa Run in Powys later this year. Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson will wave off more than 4,000 people dressed in red santa suits in Newtown on 4 December.

Jennifer Lopez Filming Movie in Mexico
ABCNEWS.com - Jennifer Lopez arrives at the Macy's Passport HIV/AIDS fundraiser and fashion show at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif., in this Thursday, Sept. 29, 2005 file photo. The 37-year-old actress-singer was filming scenes Monday, Oct.

Danish Air Force compensates Santa after jets scare reindeer to death
SignOn San Diego - Danish Air Force compensates Santa after jets scare reindeer to death ASSOCIATED PRESS 4:17 a.m compensation to a part-time Santa Claus whose reindeer died of heart

Let Him Entertain You
Los Angeles Times - in this post-lockout era is now at their disposal. Santa Ana winds blowin' hot from the north and we was born to

Hurricane Stan kills 82
CNN - Among those evacuated were residents of Santa Tecla, outside the capital, San Salvador, where a strong earthquake caused

Christmas - - BT launches 3G Wi-Fi package

BT launches 3G Wi-Fi package
3G Newsroom - in Japan , October 4, 2005 OPTUS may miss out 3G Christmas sales, October 4, 2005 GSA Says Number of Commercial EDGE

3 launches Civilization in world first
3G Newsroom - in Japan , October 4, 2005 OPTUS may miss out 3G Christmas sales, October 4, 2005 GSA Says Number of Commercial EDGE

Faith-based groups aren't supposed to replace FEMA
AP via Florida Times-Union - For the past few years, I have made a year-end ritual of sorting through all the charity solicitations that find their way into my mailbox and deciding which ones should receive some Christmas money.

GSA Says Number of Commercial EDGE Networks Surges to 116
3G Newsroom - GSA also confirms that 169 operators in 91 countries have committed to EDGE deployments, which represents a clear majority - over 58%, of the world's 290 commercial GSM/GPRS operators. in Japan , October 4, 2005 OPTUS may miss out 3G Christmas sales, October 4, 2005 GSA Says Number of Commercial EDGE

Denis Hamill: Attack of the inflatable pool
New York Daily News - Attack of the inflatable pool Tuesday, October 4th, 2005 Ryan opened his toolbox. Someone had given Ryan the toolbox as a housewarming gift. Back-to-school clothes and tuition taught him lessons in new math. Christmas loomed like an iceberg of debt

Spacey hopes for better Old Vic season
AP via Seattle Post Intelligencer - Things improved with 'Aladdin,' a rollicking Christmas pantomime starring Sir Ian McKellen in a memorable cross-dressing

Christmas - - Warehouse sales gear up

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

Notre Dame has drop offs for hurricane victims
Morris NewsBee - Notre Dame has drop offs for hurricane victims 09/29/2005 MORRIS PLAINS - State Sen. County Republican Committee has decided to have their Christmas toy drive now in order to provide the children with

Letters: September 26
Edmonton Sun - kids bring presents to donate to the local Kinsmen Christmas toy drive. She has contributed her own toys and money 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

Flow Of Katrina Donations Continues
Billboard - By Jonathan Cohen. October 04, 2005, 11:30 AM ET Flow Of Katrina Donations Continues By Clover Hope, N.Y. phoning more than 500 fans and is planning a musical event and Christmas toy drive for Katrina survivors in New Orleans

Christmas - - Danish air force to pay Santa for dead reindeer

Danish air force to pay Santa for dead reindeer
SABC - Danish air force to pay Santa for dead reindeer September 30, 2005, 15:00 Santa Claus will receive $5 000 (about R 31 000) in compensation from the Danish air force after an F-16 fighter jet frightened one of his reindeers to death.

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

Sun Life's insurance policy: The great Indian middle class
Globe and Mail - who routinely dresses up as a clown in the annual Santa Claus parade, this hardly seemed the sort of place to realize a

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.

He knows what you're afraid of
CNN - TORONTO, Ontario (AP) -- David Cronenberg is about as scary as Santa Claus. His films are another matter.

Christmas - - Mobile hospital now tending Miss. patients

Mobile hospital now tending Miss. patients
Kansas City Star - year-old Brennin Wane, wearing only underpants and clutching a Santa Claus doll. He had a large leg cast over a wound

Circling U.S.: By paddle and pedal
SignOn San Diego - By Don Norcross UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER September 23, 2005 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

William G. Stine, 1924-2005: 'The Doorman' was face of Frederick & Nelson
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

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

Busy top 10 cannot reverse downward trend
ABCNEWS.com - The gap might worsen by the time Santa Claus finishes his rounds