Medicine Shoppe moves into modern building but retains personal feel of an old apothecary (Colorado Springs Gazette) This month, the Medicine Shoppe Pharmacy moved across the Audubon Center parking lot on North Union Boulevard into a new, $700,000 building. us.rd.yahoo.com
Andy Staples: A look at the nation's top cuisine, college football style (Sports Illustrated) On multiple occasions, I've told my boss that I'm only killing time at SI.com until Alan Richman retires and GQ starts looking for a new food critic. After all, I only became a sportswriter for the chance to eat my way through college towns across the country. That's why my colleagues and I have put together SI.com's Gridiron Cuisine Top 20, a list of the top meals -- liquid and solid -- for ... us.rd.yahoo.com
Smaller showcase of homes opens at important time (Rockford Register Star) The annual Parade of Homes kicks off Saturday, Sept. 6, featuring 31 entries from 22 homebuilders. The number of entries is down from 49 last year, and the number of companies entering dropped from 33. However, neither decrease is a surprise because homebuilding here and across the nation is in its largest slowdown in 30 years. us.rd.yahoo.com
Motel’s Opponents Fight Race Against Time, Zoning (Queens Chronicle) Springfield Gardens residents are in a race against time to stop a suspected hot-sheet motel from moving into their neighborhood, less than 100 yards from a school. us.rd.yahoo.com
McDonald's, MotoMart to share building (Belleville News-Democrat) A new McDonald's and MotoMart will share a building that will soon get under construction near Green Mount Crossing. us.rd.yahoo.com
Diggers repel Taliban attacks while building bridges in record time (The Australian) AUSTRALIAN combat engineers fended off Taliban attacks as part of an unprecedented mission in Afghanistan to help repair the Kabul-to-Kandahar highway. us.rd.yahoo.com
Building boom cooling (Owen Sound Sun Times) Just a short time ago, The Blue Mountains was exploding with development. Not so anymore. The number of permits is down almost a third in the first seven months of 2008 from the same period last year. Between Jan. 1 and July 31 this year, 250 [...] us.rd.yahoo.com
Sweet's ballroom swings into new entertainment era in Oakland (Oakland Tribune) Walking into Historic Sweet's Ballroom -- all crimson and gold and grand -- evokes the vision of couples whirling across the dance floor and an exuberant time when diversion was easy to find on a warm summer night in Oakland. us.rd.yahoo.com
Grote renovations displace classes (The Echo) Renovations to Grote Hall will begin this semester, and classes normally held in the building have been moved to other locations across campus. Janet Spraker, director of engineering services, said the designs for the renovation project are complete and have been sent to the office of the state fire marshal for approval. us.rd.yahoo.com
KSU rebuilds from tornado (Abilene Reflector-Chronicle) MANHATTAN -- Just 10 weeks after a tornado swept across the campus, Kansas State University returned to full operation in time to welcome students to a new semester. us.rd.yahoo.com
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