City council agrees to pay for half of water for county ducks  - elynews.com 

At least the ducks will be happy. At its regular bimonthly meeting, held March 11, the Ely City Council voted to pay for half of the water used to keep ducks, geese and swans afloat at the county duck pond. The city had considered charging the county the full ,660 a year for the roughly 32,000 gallons of city water that course through the pond and on through the storm drains each day.

Price tag of TARP bailout: 9 billion  - money.cnn.com 

The government's unprecedented 0 billion economic bailout will actually cost taxpayers just 16% of that total, according to a Congressional Budget Office report released Wednesday.

'Death with Dignity' a difficult task for one man  - www.king5.com 

RENTON, Wash. - "I'm a mess," sobs Tory Plaisance as he describes what has become of his life. Confined in large part to his recliner, cancer ravaging his body, he sits and waits for death to come. This is not the way it was supposed to be. "No, I didn't think this would be what it was like at all," he says. Tory wanted to have the option to end his life on his own terms under Washington's Death ...

Letters: Cameron's image  - www.independent.co.uk 

The Independent carries a short piece by Nigel Morris (11 March), where Ed Vaizey is quoted as saying that David Cameron is "much more conservative" than he has taken very great care to appear. Since Gordon Brown is now on the same wavelength as Nicolas Sarkozy and Angela Merkel, the inference would be that Cameron is very right-wing indeed. Other indicators point in this direction, too.

Hail causes rise in insurance claims  - times-journal.com 

There’s going to be a hail of a price to repair roof damage to some DeKalb County schools. Superintendent Charles Warren said damage repair could cost as much as million.

Lightning Strike Sets Fire to Columbia Home  - www.wltx.com 

Columbia, SC (WLTX) - A Columbia woman faced disaster at the hands of nature, and she says the answer to those troubles will also have to come from her faith.

City to fix airport runway  - times-journal.com 

Fort Payne City Council gave the go-ahead Tuesday to fix 1,000 feet of runway at Isbell Field at little cost for the city. City Clerk Jim McGee said the center of the runway has deteriorated over time, causing the need for repair.

Alistair Darling caught in clash over spending cutbacks  - business.scotsman.com 

BUSINESS and union leaders will today make last-minute appeals to the Chancellor ahead of the Budget next week, with differing views on how to lead the country out of recess

Market Commentary and Intraday News  - news.ino.com 

(AP:WASHINGTON) President Barack Obama's sweeping health care legislation won precious support from a longtime liberal holdout in the House on Wednesday and from Catholic nuns representing dozens of religious orders, gaining fresh traction in the run-up to a climactic weekend vote.

City Bank of Lynnwood gets 30-day ultimatum from FDIC  - www.heraldnet.com 

LYNNWOOD — City Bank is trying to sell its building lots to a national homebuilder to raise enough money to prevent a forced sale by the government, officials said today.