California voters seemed to fight shy of first-timers, re-electing Democrat Debra Bowen as 30th California secretary of state. The Republican contender was a political rookie, ex- professional footballer Damon Dunn.
She will remain the top elections officer of the state, a ministerial position which means regulating state elections, financing of various campaigns and overseeing voting systems.
Debra Bowen first came to office in November 2006 as Secretary of State when she bested Bruce McPherson, the Republican from Santa Cruz. She has been a state senator hailing from Marina del Rey …

The launch of a small dolls house charity exhibition this month will bring life of Newton Abbot’s chemist life to a miniature.
The recreation Trust Hall in Marsh Road, Newton Abbot will give specialists and collectors the much-needed space to display their collections.
The South Devon Dolls House and Miniatures Club organized exhibition will have many of doll house lovers’ display their skills and artistry.
The collections from the exhibition will be donated to the Macmillan Cancer support.
Now celebrating its 20th birthday, the Club has had Tony and Joyce Butler, of Paignton for …

The law enacting the controversial statewide regulations on outdoor wood boilers was tabled and will again be subjected to public view time.
The proposals were tabled at the Environment Conservation board meeting in Albany, a few days after the state Department of Environmental Conservation declared it would be submitting the proposals to the board.
According to DEC the directions would have ensured that the new OWBs burn not less than 90% cleaner than the older models and have the users use preserved clean wood and not garbage and other remains. The new …

Students from the Centre County joined the community to celebrate a day on Substance abuse. This provided the ideal opportunity for the youth to unite with the community members to take a firm stand against substance usage.
Red Ribbon Week was begun in 1985 in the memory of a drug enforcement officer, Enrique Camarena, who was killed while on duty. He was an undercover agent but was unfortunately killed by a drug cartel in Mexico and in his remembrance family members and fellow agents begun to wear red ribbons.
Camarena’s death was …

Amid grim results, Democrat Harry Reid staged a spirited win in Nevada and won over Tea Party darling Sharron Angle. This along with the California election results, gave the White House some cause to celebrate in a terrible night that saw even stalwarts like Lisa Murkowski fall to a Republican minnow.
Harry Reid emerged victor in the big fight in Nevada, and defied critics who had written him off. There was a fight to the finish given the ferocious challenge that Republican Sharron Angle offered up.
Reid took control of the slugfest …

The leading solar manufacturer of solar lighting, Gama Sonic USA, has introduced a new product, the Royal Lamp Post. This follows their other product Imperial Solar Lanterns; the new commodity comes in 6 different models.
The new product is highly improved and environment friendly and can be used in outdoor lighting and fully depended on solar light.
Thorough the patented cone reflector technology, the new design of solar lamps has bright white LEDs that light anywhere when needed. The lamp is powder coated and made of aluminum making it weather and rust …

A report in Dallas claims that dominant retail chains and credit cards issuers are in the process of improving their reward programs to encourage their clients to have credit with them.
David Robertson, publisher of the credit card industry publication “The Nelson Report”, says that all the big chains have discount deals. This, he adds that are helped by recession improvement and retailers are attracting customers through discount.
For instance, Target stores through its cards, REDcard debit and credit accounts, are offering to their customers 5% on all purchases, and Toys Us …

Google new Keyword tool has many benefits highlighted in the search engine optimization firms.
Paul Burani, Search Engine writer advises marketers that now they do have the ability to control the amount of traffic from mobile gargets.
He went ahead and noted that there were differences between the searches from a laptop or PCs and those from people who use mobile phones.
Some of the notable differences include question language, search purpose, context and screen or browser limitations.
The expert said that time had come for marketers to have a tool that gave them …

Showing the growing clout of Sarah Palin, the Alaska senate race went to the wire and saw Palin-backed newcomer Joe Miller defeat Lisa Murkowski.
An unheralded Republican minnow, conservative lawyer Joe Miller brought down Murkowski in the widespread anti-incumbency bug. This is being called THE upset political victory in this 2010 election year.
It is time for a Tea Party in a ballot count which saw a whopping number of voters playing truant absentees. Little-known Joe Miller is sure to be a favorite come  November in a predominantly Republican Alaska and the …

Explosive experts continue to examine a suspicious package received at the German Chancellor’s office on Tuesday. The package, which according to spokesperson Steffen Seibert “…showed marks that indicated the possibility of explosives”, was received in Angela Merkel’s mailroom office while the Chancellor was in Belgium. The police were alerted and moved in immediately.
Although no connection has been made with the newly-uncovered Yemen-based mail bomb plot, unconfirmed reports indicate that the package had the Greek Economy Ministry marked as the return address. These reports come in the wake of a string …