| L.A. Times editor fired in dispute http://www.miamiherald.com/... Engineering Articles Miami Herald - The Los Angeles Times fired its top editor after he rejected a management order to cut $4 million from the newsroom budget, 14 months after his predecessor was also ousted in a budget dispute, the newspaper said Sunday. James O'Shea was fired ... |
| Police charge boyfriend in Lauderhill woman's slaying http://www.miamiherald.com/... Engineering Articles Miami Herald - Georgia Lee threw a 45th birthday party for her live-in boyfriend Saturday night. But she won't see Winston G. Calder turn 46. Nor will she get to see her children grow up. Calder confessed Monday to shooting Lee to death early Sunday morning ... |
| How about a better use for $150 billion? http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-b... Engineering Articles San Francisco Gate - A glance back at the Golden Gate Bridge project reveals it took a mere 4 years, 4 months and 22 days from start to finish. At the time, the Golden Gate Bridge represented a much more formidable engineering feat. To boot, we are having the complex ... |
| Hefty guy goes for the trifecta of sports http://www.miamiherald.com/... Engineering Articles Miami Herald - Vic Biberston prepares to work on his back stroke as he trains for a triathlon. 'Swim, bike and run ... Everyone loves swimming,' he says. Vic Biberston knows what it's like to be the fat guy, the last one chosen for sports teams. He knows what it's ... |
| L.A. deserves rail http://www.latimes.com/news... Engineering Articles Los Angeles Times - Moore, the USC transportation engineering program director, could take trips from USC to Mann's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. He could walk to Vermont Avenue and take a Rapid bus up to Hollywood Boulevard, and then transfer to a bus that would take ... |
| Comtech Group, Inc. to Present at Roth Capital Partners 2008 'OC ... http://news.moneycentral.ms... Engineering Articles MSN MoneyCentral - Comtech Group focuses on the digital media, mobile handset and telecommunications equipment end- markets for its customized design modules while also offering business and engineering services to its large telecom equipment vendor customers. Over ... |
| Abercrombie profit rises on strong sales http://www.miamiherald.com/... Engineering Articles Miami Herald - Abercrombie & Fitch says its fourth-quarter earnings rose 9 percent on stronger sales. Abercrombie said Friday it earned $216.8 million or $2.40 per share for the quarter ended Feb. 2. Fourth-quarter sales rose 8 percent to $1.23 billion. The higher ... |
| Miami city attorney resigns in plea bargain http://www.miamiherald.com/... Engineering Articles Miami Herald - Miami City Attorney Jorge Fernandez -- under criminal investigation for personal use of his $10,000-a-year expense account -- submitted his resignation Thursday as part of a plea deal with prosecutors that would place him on probation for one year ... |
| US stocks head for mixed open http://www.miamiherald.com/... Engineering Articles Miami Herald - U.S. stocks headed for a mixed open Friday as investors awaited readings on consumer sentiment and industrial production. The preliminary Reuters/University of Michigan survey on consumer sentiment for February is due in the first hour of trading ... |
| Coconut Grove bars to close at 3 a.m. http://www.miamiherald.com/... Engineering Articles Miami Herald - Calling residents' quality-of-life concerns more pressing than protests from local businesses, Miami city commissioners voted 3-2 Thursday to end alcohol sales in downtown Coconut Grove at 3 a.m. -- two hours earlier than the current 5 a.m. cutoff ... |