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CHICAGO, Feb. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Orbitz Worldwide (NYSE: OWW) , a leading global online travel company, today announced a strategic long term partnership with Marriott International, Inc. for distribution of Marriott International guest rooms through its global portfolio of brands, including Orbitz (http://www.orbitz.com), CheapTickets (http://www.cheaptickets.com) and Orbitz for Business (http://www.orbitzforbusiness.com) in the Americas; ebookers (http://www.ebookers.com) in Europe and eventually in early 2008 through HotelClub (http://www.hotelclub.com), based in Asia Pacific with operations globally. The contract enables Orbitz Worldwide's customers more flexibility when planning stays at Marriott Hotels & Resorts, JW Marriott Hotels & Resorts, Renaissance Hotels & Resorts, Courtyard, Residence Inn, Fairfield Inn & Suites, TownePlace Suites and SpringHill Suites..
Franklin man indicted in girlfriend's grisly slaying
A Franklin, Somerset County, man was indicted Wednesday on a first-degree murder charge in connection with the death of an ex-girlfriend.
Alphonse Capell, 31, was charged with murdering Coty Micklo, 33, dismembering her, then putting the remains in a parked car at the Somerset Mews garden complex on Ari Drive in the Somerset section of Franklin.
Capell, who has been in Somerset County Jail in lieu of $1 million bail since his arrest Nov. 20, 2007, also was indicted on a charge of desecration of human remains.
Micklo's decomposing body was found Oct. 25, 2007, in a plastic bag and tarp in a luggage bag and laundry bag in the rear of Capell's white Ford Mustang at the apartment complex, Somerset County Prosecutor Wayne J. Forrest said.
Micklo's body was found after a maintenance worker at Somerset Mews contacted Majestic Towing and Transport of South Plainfield to remove a 1989 white Ford Mustang that had been abandoned on the property.
More campers have officials under pressure
Robert Georges of Cheyenne, who also owns property near Guernsey State Park faulted the reservation system because none of the money goes to Wyoming and because people from other states are able to reserve spots, then not show up.Westerfield said money is a problem with a reservation system as well as state law, which prevents the department from undertaking such a project."Now this is not something you can do on your kitchen table with a notepad," Westerfield said.Lou Miller of Cheyenne asked: "Is there going to be any enforcement on the amount of time they can stay?"The department is trying to beef up enforcement in all areas, Simpson said."We are having a really, really difficult time even attracting season employees," he said. The state's unemployment rate is extremely low and there are plenty of other higher paying jobs.The proposed rule changes also include making it illegal to possess fireworks, which are now only illegal if lighted in a park.And it includes a loosening of rules to allow glass containers in tents or campers but not outdoors in the parks.Westerfield said the no glass rule change has been aimed at drunken parties where people break bottles and leave the glass for others to be injured.
Barack Obama - a John Kennedy for our times
Al-Qaeda may be unpredictable, but it would be a mistake for it to interfere in American politics, even if it had the capacity to do so. At the start of the primaries, when all eyes were on Iowa and New Hampshire, Senator Clinton was the frontrunner for the Democratic Party nomination. She had the organisation, she had the money, she had the name recognition, she had the professionalism; she even had Bill Clinton, even if he is something of an unguided missile. But those days are now long ago. Senator Clinton has fallen behind Senator Obama in almost all of these factors, except for Bill Clinton's support. Senator Obama has captured the public's imagination, and gone ahead in the polls, but he also has more money, a better organisation and valuable endorsements from all sectors of the Democratic spectrum.
The Totally Coolest Candidate Ever
Berkeley, I made a couple of comments about the use of Chelsea as a prop for controversy-free photo ops when her parents dropped her off for her first semester of college at Stanford. Scraping for something to say about the upcoming football game between Cal and Stanford, I criticized my school's rival for pouring resources into the circus surrounding Chelsea's arrival, suggesting that they were more concerned with maintaining a pristine, photogenic student body than educating as large and diverse a population as possible. I then encouraged Berkeley students to share our less refined ways by trashing the campus, including Ms. Clinton. Sure, my line "show your spirit on Chelsea's bloodied carcass" was over the top and poorly chosen. And then the AP wire snipped my column's line, "Chelsea Clinton represents the Stanford ethos of establishment worship which must be subverted and destroyed," into "Chelsea Clinton … must be destroyed." (The column is no longer available online.) The comments made their way to Mrs.
Let's not overthink playtime
When I was little, my bedroom faced the front of the house. Our neighborhood swarmed with kids. In the summer, the window was always open -- we had no air conditioning, of course -- and I remember my dad liking to take naps there on long Sunday afternoons. Why? Because, he said, he loved so much to hear the happy sounds of the children playing outside. You know, that faraway/right there cacophony of children squealing and yelping and chasing and playing. So unstructured, so fun. A sense of innocence about it. That was at a time when parents literally said, "Go play in the street." At least mine did. We would play four-square and hopscotch by the hour on the quiet street in front of our suburban Chicago (Arlington Heights) home. A car would come, we'd clear out for a moment, then go back to our game.
Rodriguez immerses himself in Michigan tradition
Rich Rodriguez's office walls are bare. Behind his desk, University of Michigan football helmets rest atop wooden shelves just above some pictures of his wife and their two kids, along with playbooks from his years at West Virginia University. Sun pours through the glass-filled wall facing the south, where earth-moving equipment is paving the way for a 100,000-plus-square-foot football facility. Not far away, a massive construction project also is under way at Michigan Stadium. "I guess you could say change is in the air," Rodriguez said Thursday morning at Schembechler Hall. Rodriguez has gone back to school at Michigan, welcoming the 1969 team to speak to the team last week and more than 200 former players this weekend.
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