SALEM †Annette Cooke wasn't planning to go to the annual Ganley luncheon yesterday, but it's a good thing she did. "It was the first year since it started I wasn't going to go. I was going to Florida," said Cooke, who received the 19th annual John P. Ganley Memorial Award yesterday.
There are some moments, particularly in retrospect, that just seem to transcend experience. The last time I saw Eve Carson, I was standing on the steps of Manning Hall with 150 or so other members of Carolina Fever. It was Jan. 31, about 5 p.m., the night of the Boston College game.
David Paterson has become New York's first black governor. The Harlem Democrat took the oath of office just after 1 p.m. Monday in a ceremony at the state Capitol in Albany.
A strapping A.P. Indy colt topped the seventh annual Adena Springs sale of 2-year-olds in training Monday, bringing $380,000 during the Central Florida auction that was conducted by the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. (OBS) for the multiple Eclipse Award-winning operation headed by Frank Stronach.
The police-involved fatal shooting of a 35-year-old man in January will be discussed at a public meeting on Tuesday. The meeting to discuss the fatal shooting -- one of six in the past three years -- will be held at 6 p.m. in commission chambers at Fort Lauderdale City Hall, 100 N. Andrews Ave.
MoneyGram International, Inc. (NYSE:MGI) today announced that it has entered into an amended definitive agreement with an investment group (the Investors) led by Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P. (THL) and Goldman, Sachs & Co. (Goldman Sachs), concerning a comprehensive recapitalization of the Company. The transaction, which was previously announced on March 10, is expected to close on March 25.
Posted: Today at 1:29 p.m. Updated: 52 minutes ago Durham, N.C. †A largely unknown disease, deep-vein thrombosis (DVT), kills approximately 300,000 Americans each year – more than AIDS, breast cancer and traffic accidents combined.