Dining Room Table News
- Snowstorm turns I-44 into demolition derby Monday, March 22, 2010 @ 8:53AMMOUNT VERNON, Mo. — It was not business as usual over the weekend for Biellier’s Wrecker Service in Mount Vernon, thanks to a freakish spring storm that dropped a half-foot to a foot of snow across the region.
- Redrawn FEMA maps cause abrupt changes in flood insurance costs Monday, March 22, 2010 @ 8:53AM(MCT) MINNEAPOLIS — Across the United States, thousands of property owners will soon be forced to buy flood insurance because new federal flood-risk maps suddenly put them in flood zones.
- Joplin police officer in jail after images of minor found on cell phone Monday, March 22, 2010 @ 8:53AMThe Internal Affairs Division of the Joplin Police Department has initiated an administrative investigation following a complaint about a Joplin officer who allegedly had digital images of a 17-year-old female acquaintance on his cell phone.
- Shea restaurant redesign debuts Monday, March 22, 2010 @ 8:52AMChez Colette, the French restaurant in the Sofitel Minneapolis, recently debuted a restaurant redesign, the first renovation since the hotel opened in 1975. Sofitel worked with Shea Inc., a Minneapolis-based design and marketing firm, on the restaurant and bar’s new look.
- Masa Welcomes Kids for $400; No Strollers at Daniel, Bernardin Monday, March 22, 2010 @ 8:25AMMarch 22 (Bloomberg) -- The Spotted Pig in New York likes having children around. Le Caprice is kid-friendly, and provides high chairs for them. Blue Hill has seats that can be clipped onto the table. And most Manhattan restaurants can simplify their dishes.
- Two earthquakes recorded in central Oklahoma Monday, March 22, 2010 @ 8:08AMOKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The U.S. Geological Survey reports recording two earthquakes in central Oklahoma. A 3.7 magnitude quake was recorded near Prague in Lincoln County about 8:35 p.m. Sunday and a 2.8 magnitude quake was recorded in the same area just after 4:15 a.m. Monday.
- WHAT'S your assessment of the nation's present political psychology? Monday, March 22, 2010 @ 7:52AMSpeaking about psychology, the nation may need a psychiatrist, that's the only thing I can say. Our present situation is uncertain and unnecessarily so because we are trying to get progress under the present regime, liberalising some of the freedoms, improving on democratic culture and tendencies.
