By Todd DeFeo
HarpBlaster.com News Wire
ATLANTA – Travelers, load your camera with film or a new memory card and start snapping.
The Georgia Department of Economic Development is sponsoring the “Great GPS Giveaway sweepstakes.” Between now and October, photographers can submit their photos to www.ExploreGeorgia.org for a chance to win a GPS.
Submitted pictures will also be considered [...]

By Todd DeFeo
HarpBlaster.com News Wire
ATLANTA – The Titanic exhibit at the Georgia Aquarium offers visitors a unique glimpse at one of the most intriguing events in history: the sinking of this famous ship on April 14, 1912.
Titanic: Aquatic includes a collection of more than 190 items recovered from Titanic’s debris field. The collection includes 40 [...]

PRNewswire-FirstCall
CINCINNATI, Feb. 26, 2009 — Following a sale process that produced no qualified buyers, The E.W. Scripps Co. announced the Rocky Mountain News, Colorado’s oldest newspaper, will cease publication after its final edition on Friday, Feb. 27, 2009.
“Today the Rocky Mountain News, long the leading voice in Denver, becomes a victim of changing times in [...]

Voice of America
National Football League quarterback Brett Favre has retired again, ending his one-year stay with the New York Jets. The 39-year-old Favre instructed his agent to inform the Jets he will not be returning in 2009.
The decision brings down the curtain on an 18-year career in which he was one of the NFL’s premier [...]

Voice of America
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14, 2009 — The U.S. Senate Friday night followed the lead of the House of Representatives and, on a 60-38 vote, gave final approval to a massive $787 billion economic recovery plan in a key victory for President Barack Obama, who is expected to sign the bill into law soon.
But the [...]

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HOUSTON, Feb 13, 2009 — Continental Airlines this morning expressed its profound sadness concerning the accident involving flight 3407, operated by Colgan Air, that occurred Thursday night near Buffalo.
“Continental extends its deepest sympathy to the family members and loved ones of those involved in this accident,” said Larry Kellner, chairman and CEO of [...]

HarpBlaster.com News Wire
WASHINGTON — Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H., has withdrawn his name for consideration to serve as President Obama’s Secretary of Commerce.
“I want to thank the President for nominating me to serve in his Cabinet as Secretary of Commerce.  This was a great honor, and I had felt that I could bring some views and [...]

WASHINGTON — Miguel Tejada, a Major League Baseball (MLB) player, has pled guilty to misrepresentations to a Congressional Committee investigating the wrongful use of steroids and other performance enhancing drugs in baseball, U.S. Attorney Jeffrey A. Taylor and Joseph Persichini, Jr., Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office, announced.
Tejada, 34, of the [...]

HarpBlaster.com News Wire
ATLANTA – After receiving a number of complaints, Proflowers.com is looking into whether to end a relationship with Easy Saver Rewards.
A number of customers have complained that they are automatically enrolled and charged a monthly fee to join Easy Saver Rewards after placing an order with Proflowers.com.
“I’m actually, you know, kind of frustrated [...]

HarpBlaster.com News Wire
WASHINGTON — A 64-year-old Louisiana man was arrested today after drove up to the North Barricade of the U.S. Capitol and told Capitol Police officers that he had a delivery for President Obama.
After further questioning by the officers, the man — Alfred Brock of Winnfield, La. — admitted to having a rifle in [...]