New Orleans is fast becoming paradise for investors, entrepreneurs - nola.com
27 May 2012, 6:15 am
Two years ago, Amith Nagarajan and his wife, Bridget, were planning to move their family from Nashville to New Orleans to be nearer to her native Ponchatoula. Nagarajan founded and still runs Aptify, a management software company, but he is also ...

How a tiny Pacific island went from tropical paradise to facing oblivion - Toronto Star
27 May 2012, 5:03 am
Don’t bother booking a room at Ewa Lodge, one of four hotels tottering near the brink of disaster on the ill-omened island of Nauru. “We’re full,” says Raymond Upanes, manager of the 12-room hostelry. “It’s busy these days.” That’s a ...

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: UConn could face Quinnipiac at Paradise Jam - New Haven Register
27 May 2012, 2:04 am
UConn will meet Wake Forest in the opening round of November’s U.S. Virgin Islands Paradise Jam at the University of Virgin Islands, and could face Quinnipiac after that. The Huskies, seeded No. 2 in the tourney, will play the seventh-seeded ...

Paradise City Arts Festival is Where The Wild Things Are - abc40
26 May 2012, 5:00 pm
NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (WGGB) – If you’re looking for the unusual, you’re in the right place. “It’s fascinating. Each booth has something different. I love it! My husband said if you see something you like, go ahead and buy it!”

Paradise Drive closed Sunday for Tiburon bridge celebration - Marin Independent Journal
25 May 2012, 8:55 am
Paradise Drive will be closed in downtown Tiburon Sunday during a community picnic and celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Golden Gate Bridge. The road will be closed between the traffic circle near Main Street and the eastern end of Mar ...

The Rev. Ed Schneider: ‘Paradise Lost’ still a challenge - Helena Daily World
23 May 2012, 11:06 am
A famous poet, John Milton, wrote a narrative titled “Paradise Lost.” Within prose of its lines, the reader travels from Genesis to Revelations experiencing a beautiful yet sad tale of the battle between the good and evil forces within the world around ...

Facebook stock plunge is 'day trader's paradise' - CNN Money
23 May 2012, 6:34 am
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Facebook's stock has plunged nearly 18% from its IPO price, but it's not simply a case of investors disliking the company. Facebook has attracted a rash of stock flippers -- investors who quickly buy and sell a stock in ...

Plant Eater's Paradise: 2012's Best Summer Cookbooks - NPR News
22 May 2012, 6:52 pm
This summer, cookbooks are going for the low-hanging fruit. And the low-growing vegetables, the high-hanging nutmeats, and the free-standing grains. Out of orchards, farms and gardens, food you don't have to chase or butcher is taking center stage in some ...

Salary of new principal at Paradise Valley High stirs debate - AZCentral.com
22 May 2012, 10:46 am
The next Paradise Valley High School principal has less experience than the woman he's replacing, but he will make more money than she did. James Brian Mabb has been named the new principal of Paradise Valley High School, two months after the ...

Drake Showers Love On Houston With Club Paradise Tour - MTV
18 May 2012, 8:42 am
HOUSTON — Drake's ties to Houston run deep. It was the city made famous by Rap-a-Lot Records, the Geto Boys, UGK, DJ Screw and a litany of chopped-and-screwed odes to purple syrup that sired, cultivated and ultimately catapulted the Toronto native into ...