eyeglasses News Archive

28-Feb-2008

 

  • Excerpt from 'Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction' (USA Today)
    Beautiful Boy


  • Iraqi boy starts rehabilitation therapy (Island Packet)
    Seven-year-old Haider Emad Al-Darausha rolled out a putty snake, shaped it into eyeglasses and put them on. He molded the pliable lump into an ice cream cone, then pretended to lick it.


  • Killer ex-cop gets 57 to life after jury spares him (CNN.com)
    Jurors spared the life of a former Canton, Ohio, police officer who killed his pregnant girlfriend and tearfully asked them for mercy. A judge then sentenced him Wednesday to 57 years to life in prison.


  • Brightest idea: Darkening windshield (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)
    Hannah Cash?s propensity to lose her sunglasses led to a concept that won her $500 on Wednesday at the 2008 Idea Contest for high school students.


  • Galaxy Ablaze With Starbirth Imaged With NASA's Swift Satellite (Science Daily)
    Imagine looking at a tree through eyeglasses that only allow red light to pass through. The tree is going to look a lot different than how it would look without the glasses. The same goes for a galaxy when astronomers look at it through different types of telescopes. This new image from NASA?s Swift satellite demonstrates what happens when astronomers look at a galaxy in ultraviolet light rather ...


  • NASA's Swift Satellite Images A Galaxy Ablaze With Starbirth (SpaceDaily)
    by Bob Naeye Greenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 28, 2008 Imagine looking at a tree through eyeglasses that only allow red light to pass through. The tree is going to look a lot different than how it would look without the glasses.


  • Library needs a few hands (Boston Globe)
    The Berlin Public Library is looking for volunteers to help with short-term projects, including shelving books, reordering books, and cleaning the library's grounds in the spring. Most projects would require a few hours a week for around three weeks, according to the library's director, Suzanne McGuire. She said the library does not have the staff to handle a variety of ...


  • Southern HospitalityParty features living canvas of costumes, fun (Montgomery Advertiser)
    Marguirette and Lyle Fields recently joined Jennie and Billy Kitchens to plan a very special party to celebrate Valentine's Day. They filled the mailboxes of their guests with invitations that had been designed by acclaimed artist Nall.


  • Killer ex-cop spared, gets 57 to life (CNN.com)
    Jurors spared the life of a former Canton, Ohio, police officer who killed his pregnant girlfriend and tearfully asked them for mercy. A judge then sentenced him Wednesday to 57 years to life in prison. Bobby Cutts Jr. will be 87 years old before becomes eligible for parole.


  • Murder trial of Philander Jenkins opens (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
    Philander Jenkins arrived in Hennepin County District Court wearing stylish new eyeglasses and a well-fitted dark suit, looking more like a young lawyer than a defendant facing four murder charges in the slaying of two drug dealers.


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