Survey shows what Laurel wants for downtown Nov 19, 2009
Trash and cigarette receptacles 36 percent. Artwork 31. (Laurel Outlook, MT)
Tight budgets ahead Nov 14, 2009
Year-over-year, state liquor and cigarette tax revenue to the city also was up, 7 percent and 4 percent, respectively. State gas tax revenue, however, dropped more than 10 percent. (Klamath Falls Herald & News, OR)
Billboards to pass along air quality messageDEQ will rotate signs to 13 locations through May Nov 13, 2009
Geez wrote on Nov 12, 2009 2:41 PM:" Why are some of the residents so short sighted in this Godforsaken town. Tree huggers. Ha. How about air breathers?If you can figure out a way to keep out the smoke, soot, and dangerous particles from your wood fire out of my lungs and above your house, then I'm just dandy with you burning your wood stove.Get a clue Klamath locals. You live in a BOWL! You burning wood is like a smoker in a closed elevator getting mad when all the other people in the elevator... (Klamath Falls Herald & News, OR)
Toyota Becomes First Exclusive Auto Sponsor on EBay Oct 25, 2009
" Nissan worked directly with eBay last year, using print ads to urge consumers to visit eBay Motors and check out a make-believe auction for a ride in a Nissan Altima. Those who followed through found the fake auction, as well as links to real Nissan dealers and to Nissan-brand collectible items being sold on the site. MOST POPULAR - BUSINESS Inside NYTimes.com The final installment of a seven-part series on depression-era photography and photo-fakery. The customer is always right, even when he... (Yahoo News -- Electronic Commerce)
Margaret Fulton turns 85 Oct 15, 2009
In a Mad Men-like cloud of cigarette smoke and optimism, Fulton went to work as an account executive, eventually running the accounts for the "three Ks" - Kraft, Kellogg's and Kelvinator. At the same time, she was expanding her social circle. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Stars donate to Darfur aid sale Sep 6, 2009
Cigarette branding 'misleading. When does public nakedness become a crime. (Yahoo News -- Philanthropy and Volunteerism)
Our homes are full of valuables Jul 11, 2009
- Old cigarette lighters, especially those made of porcelain. - Military buttons. (Sioux City Journal)
Fla. House, Senate Pass $66.5B Budget May 9, 2009
$1-A-Pack Cigarette Tax, Spending Reductions To Balance Budget ... 3 billion in federal stimulus money, a $1-a-pack cigarette tax increase and spending reductions. (News4Jax.com, FL)
Editorial: Perscription for flu May 8, 2009
Most of what people find is barely 10 years old old soda cans, cigarette butts and Styrofoam coffee cups litter the verge between yard and street in every single American burg. Once in a while there is a story about something spectacular being found in a basement or an attic or buried in the petunia bed next door. (Beacon Villager, MA)
Relics of a former life Apr 7, 2009
I displayed the crystal and silver on the dining room table, lit one of my father's stale cigarettes, sat on the pink loveseat and calculated what we'd make from this bounty ... Then I sat at the desk, fired up another cigarette, opened the top drawer and nearly choked on my sadness. (Globe and Mail)
Superior love story: Happily married couple finds sanctuary working in, owning barbershop Feb 14, 2009
The other sits empty, its last cigarette butts and ashes gone these many years, probably since about the time Becky last used the razor strap that hangs like a museum display on the wall. For every licensed barber in Montana, there are 10 cosmetologists. (Missoulian, MT)