gleans + 1xORA at 2:30 PM MT, 07/17

 

 

Job hunting? This week's most intriguing openings.

 

Citigroup profit soars on Smith Barney sale
NEW YORK - Citigroup Inc. surprised Wall Street Friday, reporting a $3 billion second-quarter profit instead of the big loss analysts expected.

 

Panel gives huge boost to high-speed rail projects

WASHINGTON - Funding for a signature high-speed rail initiative of President Barack Obama would get an enormous boost under a transportation spending bill approved Friday by a key House panel.

 

Alaska's Palin promises to keep on tweeting

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin plans to stay in touch using Twitter even after leaving office on July 26. In a tweet posted Friday, Palin indicated that when she's out of office, she'll use a personal account on the social networking site to stay in touch.

 

Judge rules against Atlanta in regional water wars

 

 

Watson leads, Woods misses British Open cut

 

Talking toy 'translates' dog barks

 

Endeavour shuttle docks

 

 

today's Ordinary Reading Assignment

 

The Gary Snyder Reader: Prose, Poetry, and Translations by Gary Snyder (Paperback - April 4, 2000)

Buy new: $26.00 $18.98  59 Used & new from $6.17   (9)

 

Mountains and Rivers Without End: Poem by Gary Snyder (Paperback - Mar 3, 2008)

Buy new: $13.95 $11.16  26 Used & new from $3.98   (8)

 

Back on the Fire: Essays by Gary Snyder (Paperback - Jan 28, 2008)

Buy new: $14.95 $11.66  46 Used & new from $0.78   (3)

 

The Selected Letters of Allen Ginsberg and Gary Snyder, 1956-1991 by Gary Snyder, Allen Ginsberg,

and Bill Morgan (Hardcover - Nov 25, 2008)

Buy new: $28.00 $20.44  56 Used & new from $7.50   (4)