♦ GPS devices save time, fuel for garbage trucks

Clemson, S.C., sanitation worker Dean Jenkins reports seeing piled up brush on the side of the road on his GPS device. A couple of years ago, when Jim Oswald was an IT consultant for the city of Clemson, S.C., he and his colleagues in the public works department started talking trash. Even before gas prices went to $4 a gallon...	1 vote

♦ Bulletin Board

FUTURE EVENTS * Upper Vandalia Historical Society will have its quarterly meeting at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Putnam County Board of Education office in Winfield. Guest speaker will be Sally Fletcher Holliday of Hurricane, who will discuss her book, "Ray of Hope." Nonmembers are welcome.	1 vote

♦ W Bank settlement plan condemned

There has been strong international criticism in response to reports of Israeli plans to develop a new settlement in the West Bank. A US official said the expansion was not helpful to the peace process while UK Foreign Minister David Miliband expressed dismay at the reports. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon said he was "deeply concerned" at the plan.	1 vote

♦ EDITORIAL: Neglectful Parenting Makes Kids Fat

By The Dallas Morning News Aug. 1--Not long ago, an editorial board member overheard a conversation in a doctor's office between a physician and a sales rep for Lipitor, used to treat high cholesterol. The doctor said she'd had great success treating her obese patients with the drug.	1 vote

♦ Targacept Reports Second Quarter 2008 Financial Results

Targacept, Inc. (NASDAQ: TRGT), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing a new class of drugs known as NNR Therapeutics(TM), today reported its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2008.	1 vote

♦ HIV Treatment May Decrease Atherosclerosis Risk

HAART, a course of treatment that involves the combination of three or more antiretrovirals, has been linked to an increase in cholesterol and other factors associated with atherosclerosis, leading some to question whether long-term use increases the risk of heart attack. "When we first prescribed highly active antiretroviral therapy for HIV in 1995...	1 vote

♦ Labour will win election - Brown

Gordon Brown has left London for the Olympics declaring Labour will "go on and win" the next general election. The prime minister, flying to Beijing, dismissed Tory claims his party now had no chance of victory amid poor opinion polls and a slowing economy. Mr Brown said ministers were working on measures to help families struggling with rising bills and mortgages.	1 vote

♦ Appeals court reverses Steinbeck copyrights ruling

NEW YORK — A federal appeals court has reversed a ruling that awarded John Steinbeck's son and granddaughter publishing rights to 10 of the author's early works, including The Grapes of Wrath. The appeals court in Manhattan said a lower court judge made a mistake in calculating that the works belonged to the son, Thomas Steinbeck, and granddaughter Blake Smyle.	1 vote

♦ MDC backs power-sharing dialogue

Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai says he remains committed to discussing power-sharing after talks with the ruling Zanu-PF were adjourned. They were suspended to give Mr Tsvangirai, who left Tuesday's round of talks early, time to reflect, prompting speculation he had walked out. South African leader Thabo Mbeki, who is mediating the talks, denied there had been a breakdown.	1 vote

♦ Get Ambulance Service Out of Intensive Care

Read our health reporter's story on the state of the Great Western Ambulance Service on page 2 today and you are left with the impression it is in dire need of some urgent surgery before its problems become terminal.	1 vote

♦ Risk of breast cancer relapse is low after surviving 5 years

Breast cancer survivor Fran Staiman holds 6-month-old Ethan Kahl as she's hugged by Ethan's mom, Rana Kahl, also a breast cancer survivor, during the 2007 Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure in Washington. Women who survive breast cancer five years have a relatively low relapse rate. Women who survive five years after being diagnosed with breast cancer have a good chance of remaining cancer-free...	1 vote

♦ Terry doubts Man Utd credentials

John Terry believes Manchester United have reached their peak and Chelsea can regain the Premier League trophy. United were European and domestic champions last term, with Chelsea runners-up, but the Blues' captain believes his side can raise their game. "I don't think United have another level to go to," said Terry, whose side have a new manager this season in Brazil's Luiz Felipe Scolari.	1 vote

♦ McCain campaign to give back 50K in donations

WASHINGTON (AP) — John McCain's campaign said Thursday it is returning $50,000 in contributions solicited by a foreign citizen. The move follows the disclosure that the money was being raised by a Jordanian man who is a business partner of prominent Florida Republican Harry Sargeant III, who has collected hundreds of thousands of dollars for McCain.	1 vote

♦ Ex-Thai PM's wife guilty of fraud

The wife of former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has been convicted of tax fraud by a court in Bangkok. Pojaman Shinawatra was sentenced to three years in prison, in the first of a series of cases against the family. She, her brother Bannapot Damapong and her secretary were charged with trying to avoid paying 546m baht ($16.3m) in tax when transferring shares.	1 vote

♦ Teenage street stab victim named

A 17-year-old youth stabbed to death in a street fight in south London has been named by police. Nilanthan Murddi, from Croydon, was among six to eight people involved in the fight in Croydon early on Saturday.	1 vote

♦ Ron Paul followers pose political danger for McCain

Wayne Terhune, a leading Ron Paul supporter in Nevada, is seen near his home in Sparks on July 16. LAS VEGAS (AP) — The outsider, Internet-fueled movement led by feisty Republican congressman Ron Paul remains afloat even after John McCain's victory in the party's presidential primaries. In the libertarian-leaning West, where Paul's message of distrust of the federal government...	1 vote

♦ Fish Shoal T Shirt

Animal behaviorists use the term 'shoal' for any group of fish, including mixed-species groups, reserving 'school' for more closely knit groups of the same species swimming in a highly synchronized and polarized manner. This tri-colored illustration is on an American Apparel navy shirt shirt.	1 vote

♦ Cumpleaños Infantiles

Animamos Fiestas Infantiles con el mas completo y profesional show infantil, también decoramos tu fiesta, y ofrecemos todo lo que un cumpleaños infantil pueda necesitar.	1 vote

♦ Local Calendar, August 13

TONIGHT Redlands Theatre Festival presents "The Good Doctor," 8:30 p.m. at the Avice Meeker Sewall Theater in Prospect Park, Redlands. Continues Aug. 17 and 22.	1 vote

♦ Search for teenage diver halted

The search for a teenager diver missing off the Devon coast has been called off. The search for a 14-year-old diver missing off Devon has been called off after a second day. Louis Price, from Newport, south Wales, went missing off Berry Head in Torbay at about 1315 BST on Tuesday. The boy, who was diving with his father, disappeared when the pair were surfacing.	1 vote