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Welcome to Media General News Service THE DAY'S BEST E-CIGARETTES LOOK, ACT, FEEL LIKE REAL THING - BUT NO SMOKE: (The Tampa Tribune) By RICHARD MULLINS MEDIA GENERAL NEWS SERVICE Could you imagine James Bond stirring his martini at an exotic casino while waiting for the battery to charge his electronic cigarette? Electronic cigarette? Yes, the "smokeless cigarette" is hitting the market, promising devoted smokers a way to get a puff of nicotine and look, act and feel like they're smoking, but without burning tobacco. The device makes the classic pickup line "Got a light?" go the way of secondhand smoke. Photo. U.S. IDEALS HAVE SPECIAL MEANING FOR IMMIGRANTS: (Richmond Times-Dispatch) STORY BY BILL LOHMANN PHOTOS BY EVA RUSSO Media General News Service Mohaned Al Soodani figured it was time to leave Iraq when people kept coming to his home to kill him. "They think I'm spying for the United States," said Al Soodani, who was a warehouse manager for the U.S. Embassy. "Three times they came to my home to catch me and kill me. Three times they didn't catch me." Calls from friends alerted Al Soodani, who escaped by way of the roof of his Baghdad home and fled to neighbors. When the embassy opened a program for Iraqi employees to apply to come to the United States, he was first in line. "I like my country," he said of Iraq. "I really love it. But situations change." Now, he loves America. Photo. JEFF E. SCHAPIRO COLUMN FOR SUN 7/5: (Richmond Times-Dispatch) Jeff E. Schapiro column for Sun 7/5 – GOP now grappling with deficit For Virginia Republicans, being out of power quite literally has a cost — about $150,000. That, insiders say, is the deficit the GOP faces after a May nominating convention that generated fewer bucks than expected, a pullback by deep-pocketed donors and an underwhelming response to a multiple appeals for money. And things were supposed to get better at Republican headquarters after Del. Jeff Frederick of Prince William was run off as chairman for insurance man Pat Mullins of Louisa? The crummy state of the state party's finances, complicated by the lousy economy, is not widely known. A partial picture emerges through filings with the Federal Election Commission. UVA'S ENDOWMENT CONTINUES REBOUND: (The (Charlottesville) Daily Progress) From staff reports The University of Virginia endowment pool turned in its third straight month of positive returns in May, helping push the balance higher than $4 billion for the first time in months. A new report from the company that manages the UVa pool shows that the endowment investments grew by $154.3 million in May. That follows a return of $115.6 million in April and $78.3 million in March. LEGISLATORS TAKE STEP TOWARD ALLOWING VOTES ON ANNEXATION: (Winston-Salem Journal) By James Romoser. Journal Raleigh bureau. RALEIGH. For years, North Carolinians who live in unincorporated areas have argued that they should get to vote before being annexed into a city or town. Thursday, in an unexpected move, state legislators took a small step toward allowing a vote on annexation by affected residents. But the legislative proposal is watered down from what residents want, and still a long way from passage. THE BOTTOM LINE: VIEWERS WANT JACKSON: (The Tampa Tribune) By WALT BELCHER MEDIA GENERAL NEWS SERVICE We are now in day eight of Michael Jackson death coverage. And there likely is more to come. Plans for a memorial on Friday at Neverland have been scrapped. Now there's talk of a public memorial sometime in Los Angeles. Whenever there is a service for the King of Pop, TV cameras will be there. We haven't seen this kind of celebrity death coverage since Princess Diana died in 1997. |
