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Nixon library offers new take on Watergate scandal

History is being restored at the Richard Nixon Library, where the Watergate exhibit once told visitors nearly four decades after the scandal led to his resignation that it was really a "coup" by his rivals.For years the library exhibit that retraces the former president's notorious saga was a target of ridicule, panned for omissions and…
 

Mariani Landscape Creates Rhythm & Light Garden for Chicago Botanic Garden’s Antiques & Garden Fair

s Antiques & Garden Fair April 15-17, showcasing its specially created Rhythm & Light Garden at the annual fundraising event.Lake Bluff, IL (PRWEB) March 29, 2011 Mariani Landscape () is participating in the Chicago Botanic Garden’s Antiques & Garden Fair for the second-straight year.Mariani Landscape – a premier residential and commercial landscape design, installation and…
 

Bank of Spain sees 0.8% growth in 2011, 1.5% in 2012

The Spanish economy will expand by 0.8 percent this year and by 1.5 percent in 2012, the Bank of Spain said Wednesday, a forecast well below the government's estimate for both years.Spain is fending off fears in international financial markets that its public deficit is unsustainably high and could prompt the country to follow Greece…
 

Beyonce says bye bye to dad as manager: report

R&B superstar Beyonce Knowles and her father announced Tuesday that he'll no longer be her manager, People magazine reported."Business is business and family is family," Mathew Knowles said in a statement carried by the celebrity news magazine. "I love my daughter and am very proud of who she is and all that she has achieved.…
 

Facebook, Twitter Fans To Decide Fate of Barbie and Ken

We know you were all crushed when Barbie and Ken, yes, the dolls, split up on Valentine's Day in 2004. Fortunately for you, the cupids at Mattel are giving this plasticine couple another shot.Toymaker Mattel has launched a massive social media campaign asking Internet users to help Ken, now in his 50th year, win back…
 

States look to strengthen sports agent oversight

After a college football season blemished by charges of rule-breaking agents and athletes, legislators from New Jersey to Oregon are looking to make it tougher on those who contact players improperly.Lawmakers in New Jersey and Virginia — two of the eight states that lack sports agents laws — now want to add such legal protections.…
 

Microsoft Extension Puts H.264 Back in Chrome Browser

Google recently shook things up by announcing that thewill no longer support the H.264 video codec. Fear not, though--Microsoft has come to Chrome's rescue with a browser extension that enables Chrome on Windows 7 to play H.264 video content in spite of the Google snub.A post onprovides some explanation for the Google decision. "Though H.264…
 

St. Francis (N.Y.) edges Monmouth (N.J.) 62-61

WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J. – Justin Newton hit a free throw with 1.2 seconds left to give St. Francis (N.Y.) a 62-61 victory over Monmouth (N.J.) on Thursday night.Newton hit the first of his two free-throw attempts for his only point of the game after being fouled while going for a rebound on teammate Ricky…
 

Snowstorm wallops Northeast, piling on the misery

BOSTON – Commuters up and down the East Coast began the all-too-familiar task of digging out cars, shoveling sidewalks and slogging and slipping through a treacherous morning commute on Thursday after a drawn-out storm dumped more than a foot of snow in some areas overnight, heaping more misery on a region that has been hit…
 

Defense lawyer: Nev. boy's abduction staged by mom

LAS VEGAS – A lawyer for a man accused of kidnapping a Nevada boy as a way to recover $4.5 million in stolen drug money told a federal jury Wednesday the child's mother and grandmother staged the abduction then steered investigators toward the defendants.Jose Lopez-Buelna didn't kidnap 6-year-old Cole Puffinburger in 2008 and wasn't the…
 

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