| Meter rates quadrupling (Chicago Tribune) |
| Rates for most city parking meters will increase to $1 an hour -- and the most expensive meters will hit $6.50 by 2013 -- as a result of Mayor Daley's deal to lease the spots to a private firm. |
| 12/02/2008 |
| State's future Moore's passion (The Post and Courier) |
| Editor's note: This is the first of two stories on one of the most influential women in South Carolina. The pragmatic Grande Dame of South Carolina receives her guests by the Steinway & Sons grand piano, nestled in a front parlor niche of her luxurious South of Broad home. She introduces her husband, Richard Rainwater, as "Dr. Doom." He is holding a can of soda, chatting and a little ... |
| 11/29/2008 |
| The visionary (San Antonio Current) |
| Here in San Antonio, you hear about Arthur P. “Happy” Veltman Jr. all over the place: as a downtown real-estate developer and restaurant and nightlife entrepreneur; and as an arts advocate, historical conservationist, and celebrated man-about-town. |
| 11/25/2008 |
| London's new look: outward, upward _ and modern (McClatchy Newspapers via Yahoo! News) |
| LONDON — When Charles Dickens wrote "A Tale of Two Cities" in the 19th century, he was trying to capture the spirit of two history-soaked European capitals, London and Paris, in the days before and during the French Revolution. If Dickens were alive today, though, he could write a book of the same title without ever leaving London. |
| 11/25/2008 |
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