Web Posted: 09/09/2007 12:41 AM CDT Todd Bensman Express-News KINGSVILLE Bexar County Sheriff Ralph Lopez and some of his friends weren't the only ones in South Texas who enjoyed the benefits of helping Premier Management Enterprises secure lucrative jail commissary contracts, according to interviews and records examined by the San Antonio Express-News. Web Posted: 09/09/2007 12:41 AM CDT Todd Bensman Express-News KINGSVILLE Bexar County Sheriff Ralph Lopez and some of his friends weren't...

CAFO proponents, including Olin Sims, president of the National Association of Conservation Districts, and Leonard Blackham, commissioner of the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food, said there was no need for federal regulations because most states have successful CAFO-management programs in place. CAFO proponents, including Olin Sims, president of the National Association of Conservation Districts, and Leonard Blackham, commissioner of the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food, said...

Michigan native Jason Whitman, a self-employed computer programmer who lives in Englewood during the winter, owns one of these historical gems that hug the island's rocky shore. By the early 20th century, automotive, railroad and lumber barons had turned the compact island into a fashionable hot spot, and Mackinac Island was on the map as the place for Detroit, Chicago and Cleveland society to summer. With an open kitchen and expansive living and dining areas ideal for entertaining, there...

Pan-roasted chicken, ribeye steak with shrimp risotto and vegetarian lasagna are among the entrees, along with a fish of the day. Although he kept the White Rainbow's bar, he extended it and pushed it farther from the wall, giving bartenders more room to work and patrons more surface area to enjoy their drinks. Mulholland had help from restaurateur Matt Phillips putting together the menu, establishing accounts with distributors and setting up the kitchen. Appetizers include smoked bluefish...

In this exclusive extract from her new book, Naomi Klein reports on those who see a profitable prospect in a grim future Monday September 10, 2007 The Guardian As George Bush and his cabinet took up their posts in January 2001, the need for new sources of growth for US corporations was an urgent matter. As the dust settled on the twin towers, the White House launched an entirely new economy, based on security - with the belief that only private firms could meet the challenge. In this...

The war in Iraq has been good business for a surprising number of small Washington companies that are reaping tens of millions of dollars in military contracts. Thanks largely to appropriations "earmarks" inserted into military budgets by the state's congressional delegation, some companies are working on exotic new technologies. Various Washington companies are designing, developing, researching or producing individual water purification systems, sophisticated battlefield wound patches,...