| Obituaries for Feb. 12
Eleanor Anderson, 83, a resident of Fort Myers, Fla., for 35 years and formerly of Round Bay in Severna Park, died of complications related to Alzheimer's disease Feb. 4 at Augsburg Lutheran Home in Baltimore. Mrs. Anderson was born Jan. 29, 1925, in Newark, N.J., and graduated from Eastern High School in Baltimore in 1941. She worked for the former Enjay Fibers and Laminates in Odenton, and retired as executive aide in 1987. She moved to Florida in 1993. Mrs. Anderson was a member of Our Shepherd Lutheran Church and the Chartwell Country Club. She was preceded in death by her husband of more than 60 years, William Edward Anderson Sr.; and one sister, Norma Kmiec. Survivors include two sons, Mark Anderson of Stevensville and William Anderson Jr.
BatteryXpress owner comes from a battery background
To tap into markets for any kind of battery, including applications for huge industrial batteries to power homes or businesses for days during power outages.
To offer solar alternatives.
To develop and distribute receptacles for spent batteries to promote the recycling of assorted laptop, watch, camcorder, hearing-aid, toy, flashlight and all types of smaller batteries.
The business has a contract with the U.S. Postal Service to recycle batteries in 3,600 power-source units now being replaced, devices the government deemed necessary for uninterrupted power at post offices after the terrorist attacks. BatteryXpress is able to rebuild and resell the units.
It is providing batteries for a hybrid car, a stripped-down Neon built in Greencastle and powered by either electricity or bio-diesel fuel.
Waterboarding Is Legal, White House Says
On Jan. 21, 2009, there's almost certainly going to be a new president who understands that waterboarding is not only wrong but a very serious crime," said Tom Malinowski, the Washington advocacy director of Human Rights Watch. However, Atty. Gen. Michael B. Mukasey, challenged by senators to rule on the legality of waterboarding, declined last month to say it was illegal, even though he said he would consider it torture if he were subjected to it. Congress has passed two laws — the Detainee Treatment Act in 2005 and the Military Commissions Act in 2006 — that ban the use of harsh interrogation methods and require all U.S. agencies to comply with the Constitution and the Geneva Conventions in their treatment of detainees. In addition, the Pentagon published a new Army field manual in 2006 that limits interrogation techniques and bans harsh methods, including waterboarding, hoods and mock executions.
Civil War relics collector killed in Richmond-area blast
RICHMOND, Va. - Authorities remained on the scene Tuesday of a Chesterfield County neighborhood where munitions exploded and killed a homeowner who sold Civil War relics.
Chesterfield County Police said neighbors reported the explosion Monday afternoon after hearing the blast and then finding the victim fatally injured in his backyard near a detached garage.
Police identified the victim Tuesday as Samuel H. White, 53.
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Couple studies attitudes toward state's wolves
Today as many as 600 wolves roam the state, with packs as far south as the Necedah National Wildlife Refuge in central Wisconsin. Recently, a wolf was seen playing with a dog in Iowa County in southwestern Wisconsin. Treves said wolves have been a surprise because they are living in areas much closer to humans than was expected. "These are flexible, intelligent animals, " Treves added. And, for the most part, Treves added, wolf packs have existed side-by-side with humans with few problems. Though there has been predation on livestock, those incidents have been limited to fewer than one percent of the state 's wolves. Residents, the surveys show, favor compensation payments for farmers who lose livestock to wolves, although they are less in favor of paying bear hunters for the loss of hunting dogs to the wolves.
Madeleine McCann And Shannon Matthews: And Jamie Bulger
In his latest blog, Mr McCann writes: "We did hear that the French have officially ruled out the reported sighting of Madeleine in Montpellier." We watch the McCanns. And we scrutinise their every word. They now even report on the case. THE OBSERVER: “'James would be 18 now - the pain of losing him will never go away' Fifteen years ago, the murder of toddler James Bulger by two young boys horrified Britain and inflicted deep wounds on their home city of Liverpool. In this moving interview, James's mother Denise Fergus tells Elizabeth Day that the passing years have not diminished the pain over the loss of her son and her anger towards his killers, Robert Thompson and Jon Venables. In the aftermath of the trial in November 1993, the Daily Star carried pictures of Venables and Thompson underneath the headline 'How do you feel now you little bastards?' Denise Fergus still cannot bring herself to walk near the Walton railway line… It has been 15 years since the murder of her son James Bulger on this stretch of track; 15 years since he was beaten to death by two killers who were themselves children.
Sweat the BIG stuff
Know how different insurance companies compare for promptness of payment and successful claim payment. To see how insurance companies compare, go to the March 2006 issue of Consumer Reports for auto insurance and the summer/fall 2006 issue of Twin Cities Consumers' Checkbook for homeowner's (see below for contact info). Appliances If a broken washing machine or oven puts you in a panic, the answer isn't to buy extended warranties or repair plans offered by pushy retail salespeople or utilities, it's to buy a reliable appliance in the first place. Rather than buying an appliance based on appearance or features, check its reliability with Consumer Reports. Appliances rarely fail in the first three years (the typical extended warranty period). If you really want an extended warranty, read it for exclusions before you buy.
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