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New York Asks Help From Poor in Housing Crisis By JANNY SCOTT Published: March 9, 2006 The New York City Housing Authority, landlord to more than 400,000 poor New Yorkers, is facing a budget shortfall of $168 million and has proposed narrowing the gap by charging residents new fees and increasing old ones for everything from owning a dishwasher to getting a toilet unclogged. Deficits at the Housing Authority The authority says its operating deficit stems from enormous increases in energy and pension costs while its federal financing for public housing has been cut. Since 2001, the agency says, it...

3/7/2006 - KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. (AFPN) -- After the devastation from Hurricane Katrina left the base and the surrounding area in dire straits, the community desperately needed help to recover. Airmen here have answered that call. “We were in crisis mode right after the hurricane trying to make sure people had the bare minimum to survive,” said Maj. Teresa Roberts, director of the family support center. Since Hurricane Katrina, the center has logged more than 38,000 volunteer hours supporting all facets of the rebuilding effort. They are still handling about 10 requests per week with assisting in clearing...

I need prayer for my family. My wife needs an emergency root canal. I lost my job last year and work 2 jobs now but have no benefits. We have tremendous faith but we're up against the wall on how to fund this because of the suddeness of the situation. I seem to be in that income area where I make too much for assistance but not enough in real life for contingenies like this. We lost a lot of stuff the past year but are closer than ever as a family. Not a sensational story but I know there...

MILLINGTON, Tenn. (NNS) -- The Navy is encouraging Sailors and their families to take part in the 2006 election season with help from the Navy Voting Assistance Program. The program and its Navy Voting Assistance officers can assist with the process of absentee voting in time for the start of this year’s election season, which begins March 7. “The Navy Voting Assistance Program is here to assist every Sailor who is eligible to vote,” said Lt. Dave Truman, Navy Voting Assistance Program manager, Commander, Navy Installations Command, Millington Detachment. “Sailors can still vote in their state primary through the process...

WASHINGTON, March 3, 2006 – When Nova Radke's husband came back from Iraq with pieces of shrapnel embedded in his skin from head to toe, she needed help supporting him. Military funds allowed her to fly to her husband's bedside, but once there, she found she needed additional moral support. America Supports You member Peggy Baker, founder and president of Operation First Response, stands by her organization's booth to answer questions at the Washington Capitals' "Salute to the Military Night" Jan. 19. The organization provides aid to wounded servicemembers and their families. Photo by Paul X. Rutz  (Click photo for...

My wife and I are moving to the Norfolk area in August for the Military and she has started looking for jobs.

An Iraqi soldier kneels and shoots at a target during reflexive fire training. Soldiers train to shoot kneeling and standing while moving in closer to targets. U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Cassandra Groce U.S. Army’s Cav Troops Help Train Iraqi Soldiers Just like the U.S. Army, the Iraqi army is continually training to become better and to maintain the skills they have mastered. By U.S. Army Pfc. Cassandra Groce 133rd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment MUQDADIYAH, Iraq, March 2, 2006 — Enlisting in the army to defend your country from insurgents is the dream for many of the new soldiers...

SIERRA VISTA — It started as a typical day. Three older children headed for school, two younger ones went to a day-care center and the parents went to work. But, the Green family was to see their lives change when slightly after 8 a.m. on Feb. 21 the house they called home caught fire. For Carlton and Heather Green, both sergeants first class assigned to Fort Huachuca, sitting outside their home in a quiet Sierra Vista residential area on Monday the shock of an event a week ago still haunts them. It is also distressing to their three older children,...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28, 2006 – Underneath a portrait of Czar Peter the Great, the Russian Ambassador to the United States presented two U.S. officers with the Order of Friendship for their parts in rescuing submariners trapped underwater off the Kamchatka peninsula in August. Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Marine Gen. Peter Pace and Russian Ambassador Yuri Ushakov meet after the ceremony that presented the highest honor awarded to non-Russian citizens, the Friendship Medal, to two American officers at the Russian Embassy in Washington Feb. 28. U.S. Air Force Maj. Patrick Poon and U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Steven Smith...

I've been sent an Adobe PDF file that I can't figure out how to post it on Yahoo. It's a good document, which I want to post on my blog, Marathon Pundit, http://marathonpundit.blogspot.com HELP!

I was hoping someone with a firm grasp on economics could help me with a lack of knowledge on the subject of selling oil in dollars to euros. Is this certain to happen and what would the reason be? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

2/23/2006 - SOUTHWEST ASIA (AFPN) -- Forty percent of Iraq’s oil and 14 percent of the world’s oil supply comes from Kirkuk, Iraq. Since oil is the lifeline of Iraq, it’s important to secure the country’s pipelines from danger and help make the oil run as efficiently as possible. That’s where the three-man POInT team comes in. Tech. Sgt. Billy Tramel is one part of the power and oil infrastructure team. Part of his mission as the oil infrastructure liaison is to look for leaks in Iraq’s oil pipes and work with Iraqis to secure those pipes so vital to...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22, 2006 – Who could better share pearls of wisdom with military kids about how to cope during a parent's deployment or yet another move than a military wife and mom who's gone through the travails herself for more than 20 years? Angela Sportelli-Rehak, a Marine Corps wife and mother, is working on her third book to help military children cope with the challenges of military life. Courtesy photo   Angela Sportelli-Rehak, wife of Marine Corps Lt. Col. Dennis Rehak, combined her personal experience with background as a professional counselor and professor to write two children's books about...

FORMER US president Bill Clinton has arrived in Sydney for a whirlwind speaking tour. Mr Clinton arrived with a large security entourage last night ahead of his appearance as a keynote speaker at the Global Business Forum tomorrow. The former president is expected to spend today relaxing in Sydney, with no official engagements planned. Mr Clinton will join the former head of movie producers Walt Disney, Michael Eisner, at the business forum to share their thoughts on leadership among local businessmen and women. The former chief executive of computer giant Hewlett-Packard, Carly Fiorina, will also address the forum. The trio...

Help 16 year old son on pro-ANWAR Drilling persuassive paper. What are the top 5 countries from which we import oil?

Mathew and Heather Henderson have been through a lot. New friends in the Fort Huachuca community came through. (Submitted) Herald/ Review SIERRA VISTA — The Hendersons were nearly at the end of their trip that began two years ago at Fort Bragg, N.C., when they departed for the Defense Language Institute at the Presidio of Monterey, Calif. They had another training stop at Fort Huachuca, where Staff Sgt. Mathew Henderson would go through the human intelligence collector course before heading for his next duty station at Fort Hood, Texas. But last month most of their household goods were destroyed...

DUBAI — The UAE and Palestine have agreed to the establishment of a new joint investment company, to be announced within a few weeks, according to Mazen Sinokrot, the Palestinian Minister of Economy, who has recently visited the UAE. Speaking exclusively to Khaleej Times, Sinokrot said, "The purpose of establishing such venture is to explore the investment opportunities in Palestine, and to boost the economic ties with the UAE. Further we are planning as well an Initial Public Offering for the company in the UAE." "We have already started with the first step towards establishing this company by talking to...

i have a computer w/ the following: windows xp, pentium 4, cpu 2.26gh ... when i play a dvd, i get a cracking/popping sound but the video is fine... i made a major discovery (i think)... the popping sound occurs when the light on the tower flashes (denoting that it is reading the disc?) ... i've not always had this problem since i bought the computer in 2002, only starting about a year ago, but not been interested in watching dvds until i discovered 24 yesterday (can't wait to see what jack does to the guys who kidnapped his daughter...

2/17/2006 - SOUTHWEST ASIA (AFPN) -- The lives of four women and their convoy team changed forever Dec. 5. They were ambushed that night. Insurgents from a village outside of Balad Air Base, Iraq, fired on the convoy, injuring two as they drove back to the base. Airman First Class Nicole O’Hara, a convoy gunner deployed from Langley Air Force Base, Va., said it was “just a normal convoy” when the day started. Coming back to the base was when things got hairy. Airman O’Hara was manning her 50-caliber weapon. “I saw all these tracers and I saw tracers coming...

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