Two sentenced to time behind bars in separate robberies

LOCKPORT – Two men who pleaded guilty in separate robberies were imprisoned Tuesday by Niagara County Judge Matthew J. Murphy III.James A. Connell, 36, of Bellreng Drive, Town of Niagara, drew seven years in prison for stealing about $55 from a clerk at a 7-Eleven store on Hyde Park Boulevard in Niagara Falls June...

buffalonews.com (2 hours ago)

Meredith Whitney finds…and likes…the middle ground

Forget the coasts. Meredith Whitney, author of the new book “Fate of the States" tells Breakingviews' Rob Cox that America’s interior states are the future growth engines of the U.S. economy.

reuters.com (6 hours ago)

United Technologies told to pay $473 million to U.S. in lawsuit

By Nate Raymond (Reuters) - A federal judge has ordered United Technologies Corp to pay $473 million plus interest for manipulating costs to win U.S. Air Force jet engine contracts in the 1980s. The ruling by U.S. District Judge Thomas Rose in Dayton, Ohio, was issued Monday for a 1999 lawsuit in which the...

yahoo.com (9 hours ago)

Pratt sees 1,000 geared turbo fan orders at show

PARIS (Reuters) - Pratt & Whitney said on Tuesday that it expects to log 1,000 orders for its geared turbo fan aircraft engine at the Paris Airshow, adding to a backlog of 3,500 engines. The company was chosen to power the next-generation Embraer E-Jet, which launched on Monday with up to 365 potential orders....

yahoo.com (17 hours ago)

Pratt sees 1,000 geared turbo fan orders at show

PARIS (Reuters) - Pratt & Whitney said on Tuesday that it expects to log 1,000 orders for its geared turbo fan aircraft engine at the Paris Airshow, adding to a backlog of 3,500 engines.

reuters.com (17 hours ago)

School board reconsiders decision to relocate 8th graders from crowded Godley Station School to...

The Savannah-Chatham Public School Board will hold several meetings tomorrow to allow the public to discuss their proposed 2014 budget and millage rate increase. They will also consider changing plans to alleviate crowding at Godley Station K-8. Instead of moving 8th graders to New Hampstead High, Superintendent...

savannahnow.com (1 day ago)

Eli Whitney barn dance continues after 30 years

thetimesnews.com (1 day ago)

Back at the Whitney, Tinkering With Perception

Robert Irwin’s installation “Scrim Veil - Black Rectangle - Natural Light,” last seen on the Whitney Museum’s fourth floor in 1977, will be back through Sept. 1.    

nytimes.com (2 days ago)

Whitney Port Opens Up About Father's Death: "It Comes In Waves"

usmagazine.com (2 days ago)

Rocketdyne purchase completed by GenCorp

GenCorp Inc., parent of Rancho Cordova rocket-maker Aerojet, said Friday that it has completed its acquisition of the Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne business from United Technologies Corp.

modbee.com (3 days ago)

Rocketdyne purchase completed by GenCorp

GenCorp Inc., parent of Rancho Cordova rocket-maker Aerojet, said Friday that it has completed its acquisition of the Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne business from United Technologies Corp.

sacbee.com (3 days ago)

Alice W. Beaney

BAR HARBOR – Alice W. Beaney, 88, died June 12, 2013 at Sonogee Rehab & Living Center, Bar Harbor. She was born March 29, 1925, in Surry, a daughter of Harold C. and Georgia E. (Worcester) Whitney. Alice grew up in Bar Harbor and attended Bar Harbor schools. After high ...

bangordailynews.com (4 days ago)

Kevin Costner: five best moments

Kevin Costner, currently starring in Man of Steel, is not quite the huge star he once was. For much of the 90s he was seemingly everywhere, appearing in a string of well-received blockbusters, over-blown sci-fi epics and big-hitting date movies. However, while he's never really gone away, in the years since The...

guardian.co.uk (4 days ago)

Mary Juanita Webber

Mary Juanita Webber (nee Whitney) was born in Oberlin on February 22, 1920 to Charles and Olive Whitney. She had three siblings – Velma (Brill), Don Whitney and Wilma (McDole). She lived the first 16 years of her life in Pittsfield, before moving to Oberlin and graduating from Oberlin Senior High School. She married...

chronicle.northcoastnow.com (4 days ago)

Analysis: Bombardier gambles on big order payoff with new jet

By Susan Taylor and Solarina Ho TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's Bombardier Inc is hoping to carve a new niche in the cutthroat airplane market with a fuel-efficient, medium-haul jet that makes its first flight this month, but its all-new CSeries needs an avalanche of orders to stave off bigger rivals. Bombardier's...

yahoo.com (5 days ago)

Roadwork near, on MSU's campus proving challenging

For Michigan State University student Whitney Couzens, getting on campus is the most difficult part of the college experience right now.

lansingstatejournal.com (6 days ago)

Warhol, other artworks arrive at city museum

ASHEVILLE -- Having arrived by truck in gigantic bright green crates -- some so large they barely fit into the building -- a collection of 67 works from the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York will be making an appearance at Asheville Art Museum starting this...

citizen-times.com (6 days ago)

Mom pleads not guilty to trying to drown baby

A lawyer for Whitney Holman is considering a mental illness defense in the case.

utsandiego.com (7 days ago)

ABC Taps Whitney Holland for Key Scheduling Post

She replaces Steve Kern as vp program planning and scheduling.    

hollywoodreporter.com (7 days ago)

Penn State field hockey: Nittany Lions name captains

Seniors Brittany Grzywacz and Whitney Reddig and junior Laura Gebhart were named team captains on Monday.Click to Continue »

centredaily.com (7 days ago)

FTC approves GenCorp deal

GenCorp Inc.'s $550 million takeover of Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne was cleared by the Federal Trade Commission on Monday after the Pentagon intervened on GenCorp's behalf.

sacbee.com (7 days ago)

SCCPSS to hold 2014 budget hearing

The Savannah-Chatham Public School Board has tentatively adopted a $488.7 million budget and a 1.5 mill increase in the millage rate used to calculate school property taxes for the 2014 school year. This budget includes salary, cost of living and step increases for school faculty and staff; funds sports programs at...

savannahnow.com (7 days ago)

Man accused of conning women out of $1M

Scott Campbell touted himself as a veteran music executive who worked with successful artists such as Whitney Houston, Ludacris and Pink.

orlandosentinel.com (8 days ago)

Is There an Epidemic of Nudity on Primetime TV?

Even as the audience for broadcast network television is on an irreversible decline, the incidence of nudity in primetime is on the rise. If departing viewers knew about the latest findings of the Parents Television Council - which released a study last week saying nudity on the networks is up 61 percent this year,...

time.com (8 days ago)

Whitney Saves Douglas Davis’s ‘First Collaborative Sentence’

When the Whitney Museum of American Art decided to resurrect an early interactive Internet piece, the programming code no longer worked. But would updated software change the artwork?    

nytimes.com (8 days ago)

Local government meetings this week, June 10

Columbia Board of Zoning Appeals: 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Eau Claire Print Building, corner of North Main Street and Monticello Road. Request to convert the Whitney Hotel on Devine…Click to Continue »

thestate.com (8 days ago)

Quieter jet engine ready to take off?

The latest engine to roll out of Pratt & Whitney just might deliver what the aerospace industry has sought in a commercial jet for more than a century -- some peace and quiet.

thonline.com (9 days ago)

Sarah Smaby

2012-13 school year » Sept. 30, Appleton East: Jaffna Mathiaparanam » Oct. 7, Appleton North: Whitney Shapiro » Oct. 14, Appleton West: Alexa Carlson » Oct. 21, Xavier: Alison Baehler » Nov. 4, Valley Christian: Melissa Heinen » Nov. 11, Fox Valley Lutheran: Megan Voss » Nov. 18, Menasha: Abigail Adams » Nov. 25,...

postcrescent.com (10 days ago)

Fire hits State Hospital parking garage

Fire caused moderate damage to a transportation garage on Pleasant Street owned by the New Hampshire State Hospital on Friday night, Battalion Chief Rick Whitney said.

unionleader.com (10 days ago)

Guess Which Famous Artist Designed Elevators!?

For now passers-by can see only the shell of the Whitney Museum of American Art’s new home as it takes shape at the intersection of Gansevoort and Washington Streets in the meatpacking district of Manhattan. But once the building is completed in 2015, the only permanent artwork commissioned for the site - its four...

huffingtonpost.com (11 days ago)