Archive for November, 2010

<!–Saxotech Paragraph Count: 7–> Heavy storm damage to a home in the Kirkwood area of Montgomery County on Thanksgiving Day was caused by straight-line winds of 80 mph. Jerry Buchanan, deputy director for the Montgomery County Emergency Management Agency, said he investigated damage in the area on Friday and forwarded pictures he took to...
Read more »

Click photo to enlarge The fate of the man paid to gun down Los Gatos restaurateur Mark Achilli was already sealed — life in prison without parole — but that didn’t stop Achilli’s widow Tuesday from expressing the depth of her loss and her disdain for the man who “smiled and smirked” through his...
Read more »

New record achieved with Konarka’s Power Plastic photovoltaic material with 8.3% efficiency certification November 30, 2010 by Candace Ganger National Energy Renewable Laboratory (NERL) has announced Konarka Technologies’ organic-based photovoltaic (OPV) solar cells have demonstrated the highest performance for an organic photovoltaic cell at a record-breaking efficiency of 8.3%. This unprecedented certification is up...
Read more »

BAINBRIDGE ISLAND A Bainbridge Island woman brought a safe that tested positive for the explosive nitroglycerin to the islands police station Monday afternoon, according to the Bainbridge Island Police Department. Bainbridge Commander Sue Shultz said Tuesday morning that the woman found the safe in her carport on the south end of the island and...
Read more »

NEW YORK, NY, Nov 29, 2010 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) – Solar Thin Films, Inc. /quotes/comstock/11k!sltz (SLTZ 0.45, -0.06, -11.76%) today announced that it has entered into a Letter of Intent with One Globe Renewables, LLC of Colorado, USA for the purpose of forming a joint venture and strategic relationships for the development and syndication...
Read more »

A family pet died in an Orange County home fire overnight, but everyone inside the house survived. Reports from Orange County Fire Rescue show firefighters responded to the blaze in the 200 block of Wilmer Avenue around 3:21 a.m. A neighbor had called to report the car in the home’s carport was on fire....
Read more »