Courier News Online - Norman Mailer dead at age 84 (Bridgewater Courier News) NEW YORK (AP) -- Norman Mailer, the macho prince of American letters who for decades reigned as the country's literary conscience and provocateur with such books as "The Naked and the Dead" and "The Executioner's Song" died Saturday, his literary executor said. He was 84....more...InQuira Names Terry LeClair Vice President of Engineering (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) InQuira, Inc., a provider of integrated software applications for intelligent search, knowledge management, analytics and user experience, today announced the appointment of Terry LeClair to vice president of engineering....more... Dr. Dinesh Verma to be Honored with President's Leadership Award at Edwin A. Stevens Society Gala, Nov. 10 (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News) Stevens dean will be recognized for his contributions to the Institute and systems engineering...more... Tech Whiz Linder Never Hung Up (Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! News) When Donald Linder, a research engineer for Motorola, heard in December 1972 that company executives wanted him to deliver the world's first mobile phone the next month, he barely flinched....more... Tech Whiz Linder Never Hung Up (Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! Finance) When Donald Linder, a research engineer for Motorola, heard in December 1972 that company executives wanted him to deliver the world's first......more... Doyle picks commerce secretary (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) Gov. Jim Doyle on Friday named Jack L. Fischer, a University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee graduate and Appleton......more... September 2007 (Watertown Daily Times) Alice L. Baumann, 86, of Watertown, died Thursday afternoon, Sept. 27, 2007, at the Watertown Memorial Hospital, from pneumonia, following a major stroke. She was proud to have survived two courageous bouts with cancer....more... Most wanted: nurses, techies (Hazelwood-Bridgeton Journal) Reva Howard entered the health care field right after high school and has been climbing the career ladder for 15 years....more... Biz Buzz: Prado Road business park wins an early OK (The San Luis Obispo Tribune) San Luis Obispo?s Architectural Review Commission has approved preliminary plans for a 20-acre business park at 400 Prado Road in San Luis Obispo. The Prado Park property is in the county and part of the Margarita and Airport Specific Plan, a total of 620 acres between South Higuera Street and Broad Street and along Tank Farm Road near the airport, as well as parcels along Suburban and Buckley ......more... |