Flipped twice, and then it burst into flames. Amazingly the driver walked away without a scratch. He made it out before the flames spread to the cab. Kpix says some are accusing the mayor of pulling a bait and switch with the new soda tax. Reporter the mayors budget is out, and plenty of disfaction. Reporter it was a bait and switch from the mayors. Reporter the mayor has diverted 6 million of tax, on her facebook, its outray use to pull the bait and witch on oakland voters. The voters have been promised it would be used for health programs. We have such gross incompetence in the city. We dont want the voters to think we lie, and its important to remember its the mayors proposal, ultimately the Council Adopts the budget. Reporter the mayor wants to use the soda tax money for libraries and parks, and he supports it. It will be used to support children and family activities. Reporter the mayors budget is also addressing the goship fire by hiring 12 fire inspectors. Its gross mismanagemen
Down about 48 points, 15,470. The industrial average settles out, look at the volume number on the light side. 540 million shares traded. The nasdaq gave up 11. 75, 3,654. And the s p 500 tonight down 6. 50 at 1,690. By the way, all of the major averages finishing off the lows of the day. Even though were down in the double digits, we had buyers throughout the session today. It was nonetheless, though, a downer for the broad market. Bob pisani, put things in perspective for us today on the heels of what has been a record setter for this market. Reporter the big story is the constant commentary from the fed officials here. Lets take a look at that, because that will determine what happens in the next couple of months. The bottom line is the fed hawks and fed doves seem to be aligning, and the concept is tapering is imminent. If not in september, certainly by december. Unless the data completely falls apart. The head of the cleveland head came out today, not a voting member, but she said
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Robert Miller: Connecticut is a fine place to live if you’re a spider
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The first two are glories.
But spiders?
“Spiders, rodents and snakes,” said Gail Ridge, an entomologist at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station in New Haven, of the three creatures people loathe most in the natural world.
They all deserve more than creep show status.
Spiders eight-legged, often eight-eyed neckless carnivores, weavers of silk webs, itsy-bitsy in children’s songs tarantula-sized in the movies are almost entirely benign, if somewhat differently shaped.
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The trick is to see them plain.
Diane Swanson, executive director of the Pratt Nature Center in New Milford, said none of the students at the center are afraid of spiders.