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San Diego Union (Free subscription) | yesterday
With millions of people snapping up the iPhone, AT&T, the exclusive carrier for the popular device, should be quite pleased with the stream of revenue it can expect from customers. MICHAEL AINSWORTH / Associated PressAT&T, the largest telecommunications company in the United States, gets 32 percent of its revenue from landline phone service customers.But AT&T, the biggest telecommunications...
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Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 07/12/2008
FARMERS BRANCH – Will Montgomery's landscaping project didn't start out to be an overhaul, but the prospect of getting some of his cost back from the city led him to expand his plans. Photos by MICHAEL AINSWORTH/DMNFarmers Branch Mayor Tim O'Hare says new construction and improvements, such as this house under construction on Braemar Drive, are on the rise in the city. For the past year,...
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Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
... two decades. The organization advocates 12-month contracts that would run from July 1 to June 30. MICHAEL AINSWORTH / DMN Former SMU assistant Eric Roark thought about leaving football, then became defensive coordinator at Grand Prairie. AFCA executive director Grant Teaff estimated that only 40 percent to 50 percent of the Bowl Subdivision members offer assistants 12-month contracts....
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The Rougblog (Free subscription) | 06/25/2008
I'm sure that Canon Michael Ainsworth is thrilled that the cuts, scrapes and bruises he suffered at the hands of three Muslim assailants yelling "f.....g priest" were merely the act of drunken youths, and not in any way associated with hate. Nothing hurts worse than a hateful punch in the face while also receiving an loatheful kick. In retrospect, I'm sure the youth are happy about it...
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BBC News (Free subscription) | 06/25/2008
Canon Michael Ainsworth, 57, suffered cuts, bruises and two black eyes when he confronted a gang outside St George-in-the-East Church in Shadwell.
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Dhimmi Watch (Free subscription) | 06/25/2008
... the attack was a 'one-off mistake'. Babul Islam was one of three Asian youths who attacked Canon Michael Ainsworth in his churchyard. The 19-year-old punched the vicar in the head while others kicked him ' one allegedly shouting 'f*****g priest' ' only stopping when passers-by intervened.... The shop assistant admitted being extremely drunk during the attack but denied it was religiously-motivated...
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Daily Express (Free subscription) | 06/25/2008
Babul Islam, 19, and two other youths battered Canon Michael Ainsworth in his own churchyard. One of the thugs screamed: “F*****g priest!”Islam, a Sainsbury’s shop assistant, had pleaded guilty to assault occasioning actual bodily harm.But he denied “religiously aggravated” actual bodily harm and his not guilty plea was accepted by the prosecution.Snaresbrook Crown Court, east London,...
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Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 06/21/2008
MICHAEL AINSWORTH / DMN Pat Barrett has the task of selecting the proper jockey colors from more than 1,300 silks, representing different owners, for each race. A lot goes on behind the scenes at Lone Star Park before the horse players place their bets and the jockey and his mount break from the gate. Beat writer Randy Jennings takes a look at some of the people handling the more unusual...
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Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 06/20/2008
In an effort to deter robberies, a growing number of banks are making an unusual request of their customers: to remove hats, sunglasses and hoods that could disguise their appearances. MICHAEL AINSWORTH/DMNLaura Blalock, a teller at United Community Bank in Highland Village, works behind a sign that requests bank customers remove hats, sunglasses and hoods. All five banks in the city...
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Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 06/19/2008
Executives from the nation's biggest airlines bravely told investors Wednesday that their companies are making the adjustments necessary to survive the highest jet fuel prices they've ever faced. MICHAEL AINSWORTH/DMNU.S. carriers plan to park airplanes and reduce flights in hopes that fewer seats in the marketplace will bring higher fares to cover their fuel bills. In May, American outlined...
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Israelated - English Israel blogs (Free subscription) | 06/08/2008
A Muslim Hate Crime is in Your Future Michael ReaganFrontPageMagazine.comTwo Christian preachers were stopped from handing out Bible tracts by police officers because they were in a Muslim neighborhood in England. According to British news reports, the preachers were told by a Muslim community support police officer in Birmingham that attempting to convert Muslims to Christianity is a hate crime....
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Blogotional (Free subscription) | 06/06/2008
Out of London, , yes, LONDON -- ENGLAND, the western world, comes a story of persecution of Christians by Muslims.Canon Michael Ainsworth, a priest and colleague of mine just a couple of miles from my rectory in the City of London, was recently attacked in his churchyard by three youths. Michael suffered two black eyes, cuts and bruises. He was taken into hospital and his wife...
