| Two men charged in Hobart arson
Two men have been charged with arson in connection with a fire that destroyed the Hobart home of one of the suspects. Quintan C. Clouse, 24, of the 2700 block of Gibson Street, Lake Station, and Michael Ryan Mance, 22, of the 3900 block of Howard Street, Hobart, face from six to 20 years if convicted of the more serious of the two arson charges filed against them Saturday. A neighbor called police at 7:18 a.m. Friday after hearing a loud boom, seeing flames at the home where Mance lived and noticing a man wearing a dark colored sweatshirt and jeans running from inside the home. Police found the sweatshirt, which was burned on both arms and the torso area, and saw bicycle tire tracks leading away from the scene. A short time later, a Lake Station ambulance was called to Clouse's home for a burn victim.
Everything you ever wanted to know about the Oscars
HERE ARE 80 FACTS to mark the 80th anniversary of the Academy Awards, from the past, present and, in a few cases, predicated on what happened at last night's ceremony. (For complete Oscar results, check out our Web site at www.philly.com.) 1. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences became a legal corporation in May 1927; an awards committee set up a voting system in July 1928. The first award winners were announced in February 1929; the first ceremony was held three months later. Tickets cost $5. 2. The Academy Awards were first broadcast on radio in 1930. 3. The first television broadcast was in 1953. More than 90 million people watched. 4. Last year's Oscar telecast averaged 39.9 million viewers, up slightly from 2006's total. 5. Balloting in each category is restricted to members of the branch involved.
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President Bush was meeting with the Fed chairman, Ben Bernanke, and the treasury secretary, Hank Paulson, Friday to discuss ways of boosting the economy. A breakdown of Friday's official U.S. data showed that during December, manufacturing industries shed 31,000 jobs and construction businesses cut another 49,000. There were 31,000 more government jobs created and 44,000 were added in education and health services, but retail industries cut more than 24,000 jobs. Weekly hours of work were unchanged at 33.8 in December but overtime hours dropped to 3.9 from 4.1 in November. Intellpuke: You can read this article by Guardian Unlimited staff writer Larry Elliott in context here: www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/jan/04/economics.useconomy
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Mickey Kaus
If the female vote in the two polls was similar, but the male vote for Hillary plummeted in the robo-poll, that would tend to support the "Don't Tell Mama" explanation. ... Backup DTM theory: Of course (if it turns out the gender gap in the two polls is roughly comparable) it could be that many men and many women don't like Hillary but are reluctant to say so in public. ... Bonus extra heavy duty nondisprovable gender-related DTM theory: Men and women don't like Hillary, and neither group wants to admit that to a human. The difference is that women, unlike men, don't dare admit it even to a robot. ... Backfill: See Chris Bowers' alternate explanation for Hillary's consistently weak Rasmussen showing. ... **Corrected. Originally said "Gallup Poll." CNN and Gallup are no longer an item.
The Winner's Cycle
What do you get when you combine one wicker rocking chair, a thrift-store bicycle and 13 very motivated mechanical engineering students? A vehicle that can navigate an obstacle course at 25 mph without spilling a single can of pop. Behold the Rudy Hawkenheimer, Seattle University's first-ever entry in the Human Powered Vehicle Challenge, a 21-year-old event sponsored by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Developed over the course of the 2003-2004 school year, the "Hawk" so named because students thought the moniker sounded sophisticated and technical and would scare their opponentswon third place in the utility-class competition. "The whole idea was to design a vehicle and enter a competition that wasn't too technically demanding, so even the freshmen on the team could make meaningful contributions," says Assistant Professor Frank Shih, who led the undergraduates on their quest for an SU superbike.
Parking deck planned for Chastain Park
The Atlanta City Council's community development/human resources committee on Tuesday unanimously approved a master plan for the city's largest park and one of the region's most popular concert venues. About 1 million users visit Chastain each year, park management officials say. The plan will likely go before the entire City Council on Monday for a vote. The deck —likely three levels— would be located next to the park gymnasium, about a quarter-mile south of the ampitheater. Chastain Park Conservancy leaders said the proposed deck would be covered by trees, which they say has allayed some concerns when the plan was presented to each of the city's 26 neighborhood planning units in recent months. "Some wondered why [build a deck] and others said 'Have you been there?' " said Mark Root, the conservancy's executive director.
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