eyeglasses News Archive

13-Mar-2008

 

  • Volunteer uses trip to donate to tribes (Central Michigan Life)
    When Hannah Assink took a trip to a remote island last summer, she wasn't looking for a vacation. The Hamilton senior, along with her father Mel Assink, traveled to West New Britain, a province of Papua New Guinea. During their trip in July and August, the Assinks took many goods, including large bags of clothes and 140 pairs of eyeglasses from the Saugatuck-Douglas Lions Club, and donated ...


  • CoastalContacts.com sets its sights on selling eyeglasses with free trials (InternetRetailer.com)
    When web-only CoastalContacts.com decided to move beyond lenses and start selling prescription eyewear, president and CEO Roger Hardy knew how he wanted to do it. ?We wanted to be the Zappos of eyeglasses,? Hardy says.


  • Animal advocates' new weapon: Video sharing (International Herald Tribune)
    The animal rights movement in the United States has discovered that downloadable video can be the most potent weapon in its arsenal.


  • Colleges, Macon group partner for spring break (Macon Telegraph)
    Three college students wearing matching green shirts and protective eyeglasses stomped dirt and concrete mix around a 10-foot wooden pole Monday.


  • Around Town: 'The Rez Sisters' (Merced Sun-Star)
    The Merced College Theatre Department will present "The Rez Sisters" by Tomson Highway and directed by Lynette Borrelli at the college theater, 3600 M St. Showtimes are tonight at 7:30 and Sunday at 2 p.m. For more information, call (209) 386-6644 or (209) 384-6063.


  • Lasik Surgery: When the Fine Print Applies to You (New York Times)
    After undergoing Lasik sugery, most patients are quite satistfied. But all surgery carries a risk.


  • Tuesday's Sentinel police reports (The Sentinel)
    Here are Tuesday's Sentinel police reports: Undergarments stolen Several drawers filled with Biofit Uplift bras were stolen Thursday from a Victoria?s Secret store in the Chambersburg Mall.


  • With theaters barely digital, studios push 3-D (International Herald Tribune)
    Coming soon, and coming straight at you: houseflies in astronaut suits and a nearly 50-foot-tall she-monster with Reese Witherspoon's voice.


  • Cuba's Revolution Of Rising Expectations (CBS News)
    New Cuban leader Raul Castro faces a major challenge: the demands of his own people for a higher standard of living. Portia Sieglebaum writes from Havana.


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