Platform Decks

Patios News

Become a Cheeseburger Connoisseur in New MexicoFriday, March 12, 2010 @ 12:19AMSample the best of the states green-chile-slathered specialty, from Santa Fe to Albuquerque.

Former East Chicago Mayor and aides ordered to pay $108 millionThursday, March 11, 2010 @ 9:49PMA federal judge in Hammond, Indiana has ordered former East Chicago Mayor Robert Pastrick and two aides to pay $108 million in civil damages in a purported sidewalks-for-votes scheme.

Ex-East Chicago mayor, aides ordered to pay $108 millionThursday, March 11, 2010 @ 8:14PMA federal judge today ordered ex- East Chicago Mayor Robert Pastrick and two former aides to pay $108 million in civil damages in an alleged sidewalks-for-votes scheme. Pastrick was never charged criminally, though other members of the so-called Sidewalk Six were sentenced to prison. A phone rang unanswered at the office of Patrick's attorney, Michael Bosch, when The Associated Press called ...

Warm, dry winter may bring summer problemsThursday, March 11, 2010 @ 8:03PMBalmy temperatures and snow-free sidewalks may have brought smiles to the faces of Canadians coast to coast over the past few months, but the record-setting winter conditions are causing consternation and anxiety for one senior Environment Canada climatologist.

On the Market: Hypoluxo Island renovated waterfront home a quiet havenThursday, March 11, 2010 @ 7:25PMCandace Neff and her daughter, Anastasia, 11, have appreciated the charms — on water and on land — afforded by their home on Hypoluxo Island: The house sits on a deep, lushly landscaped lot and features its own beach, boat ramp and dock.

County ends smoking on courthouse roof patiosThursday, March 11, 2010 @ 7:20PMANGLETON — Smoking no longer is allowed on the roof of the Brazoria County Courthouse. County commissioners this week designated smoke-free a pair of fifth-floor, open-air areas connected to the former county jail.

San Miguel's unique music festivalThursday, March 11, 2010 @ 7:06PMOne of the world's finest colonial cities, San Miguel is nestled high in the Sierra Madre Mountains, its cobblestone streets leading to a main square filled with flowers and shadowed by the spires of a Gothic church built in 1683.

Tin Star Ranch offers Crossroads residents another event center optionThursday, March 11, 2010 @ 6:55PMA frustrating situation morphed into a business opportunity for one local couple.

In Vegas, the Next 'It' LiquorThursday, March 11, 2010 @ 5:35PMSpirits gurus predict that rum is poised to be the next 'it' liquor. Rhumbar, a vision in white, is all the evidence I need to toast the forecast.