| Yahoo may be playing hard to get
The decision could provoke a showdown between two of the world's most prominent technology companies with Internet search leader Google Inc. looming in the background. Leery of Microsoft expanding its Internet turf, Google already has offered to help Yahoo avert a takeover and urged antitrust regulators to take a hard look at the proposed deal. If the world's largest software maker wants Yahoo badly enough, Microsoft could try to override Yahoo's board by taking its offer, originally valued at $31 per share, directly to shareholders. Pursuing that risky route probably will require Microsoft to try to oust Yahoo's current 10-member board. Alternatively, Microsoft could sweeten its bid. Many analysts believe Microsoft is prepared to offer as much as $35 per share for Yahoo, which still boasts one of the Internet's largest audiences despite a prolonged slump that has hammered its stock.
Bob Marcotte
Vick's seed house offered great inducements to visitors because it was a display of plants of curious foliage, and of flowers with beautiful colors and rare perfumes .... He has leased a large portion of the new Field block, corner of State and Market streets, and has arranged each story into departments .... The basement floor is used for storing heavy packages, the first floor a store for the display of plants, flowers and seeds, and the upper floors ... for filling orders, for packing, box-making, printing, engraving, etc." � Rochester Daily Democrat, Feb. 2, 1871
Ellwanger and Barry. Crosman. Harris. Frost. And, yes, Mr. Vick.
During the last half of the 1800s, these were the names that America's gardeners � indeed the world's gardeners � relied upon.
Ten teenage criminals guilty of more than 1600 offences
Councillor Andrew Burns, the city's children and families leader, defended the council's record in providing places. He said: "The number of secure beds in each local authority area is set by the Scottish Executive. "We are extremely confident that we have enough beds to meet our current needs." On Saturday, it was revealed that the number of young offenders in Edinburgh committing serial offences has risen over the past year. The Scottish Executive figures showed 87 children aged between eight and 16 were reported for at least five crimes during a nine-month period. The volume of persistent young offenders went up across Scotland. 40 youngsters arrested for drug dealing in last 3 yearsMORE than 40 youngsters have been arrested for drug dealing in the Lothians over the past three years. Among the arrests were a 12-year-old and two 14-year-olds charged with selling the anti-hyperactivity drug Ritalin.
Peach Buzz
The long-haired pin-up Kitsch co-hosted, along with Milano and Atlanta's five-time Grammy winner Usher (whose nonprofit organization New Look benefited from the ticket sales). But even the one-time teen fave himself seemed to realize that those in the half-full arena wanted to hear the Jonas Brothers. The mostly up-tempo show ("Year 3000," "That's Just The Way We Roll") slowed only twice. The girls raised their cellphones and free glo sticks to "Hello Beautiful" and "When You Look Me In The Eyes." The trio closed with the charging "S.O.S." For a touching yet hilarious snapshot of innocent youth, check out the reader comments at ajc.com's Music Scene blog. Here are some of our "faves." "When they showed them walking into the arena on the big screen, I screamed so loud and so strong I almost fainted! I almost fainted when they came out on stage! I love the Jonas Brothers!" "THAT WAS THE MOST AMAZING CONCERT EVER!!! The goodnight and goodbye dance.
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