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{ Monthly Archives } February 2007

What Was in the Mailbox Wednesday, 02.28.2007?

Wednesday, the mailbox contained:

March 2007 issue of Current History (Europe) March 20, 2007 issue of PC Magazine (Tomorrow’s Technology Today! March/April 2007 issue of INRADIO (Disc 4.6: Moments in Movement) A coupon from Burger King An American Girl Catalog An offer from the Columbia House DVD Club A DVD from Netflix – The Wire Season 3, Disc 5 (The previous [...]

What Was the Price of Gas in Salem, VA Wednesday, 02.28.2007?

Wednesday, the gasoline prices at the BP @ Apperson & Colorado in Salem, VA were:

Grade Price

Regular $2.259

Mid $2.359

Premium $2.459

Diesel $2.499

Kerosene $2.699

Gas prices were up 6 cents per gallon today. They increased 38 cents per gallon this [...]

What Was in the Mailbox Tuesday, 02.27.2007?

Tuesday, the mailbox contained:

March-April 2007 issue of Audubon (Staying Alive – This cute newt lives in an ancient Northwest forest called Opal Creek. What it’s telling us about global warming isn’t so sweet) March 5, 2007 issue of Newsweek (Shattered in body and mind, too many veterans are facing poor care and red tape. [...]

What Was in the Mailbox Monday, 02.26.2007?

Monday, the mailbox contained:

March 5, 2007 issue of Business Week (Customer Service Champs) March 2007 issue of Wired (Bite-Size Entertainment – Explore the New World of On-Minute Media) March/April 2007 issue of Foreign Policy (Who Won In Iraq? The top 10 people, nations, and ideas that can declare victory) March 2007 issue of TechNet (SQL Server Tune-Up) March [...]

What Was the Price of Gas in Salem, VA Monday, 02.26.2007?

Monday, the gasoline prices at the BP @ Apperson & Colorado in Salem, VA were:

Grade Price

Regular $2.199

Mid $2.299

Premium $2.399

Diesel $2.499

Kerosene $2.699

Gas prices were up 4 cents per gallon today.

Gas, Salem, BP, Gas Prices

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What Was in the Mailbox Saturday, 02.14.2007?

Saturday, the mailbox contained:

March-April 2007 issue of Utne Reader (America’s Slave Labor – Illegal Immigration: A Moral Solution) March 2007 issue of Better Homes and Gardens (Freshen Up) March 2, 2007 issue of Entertainment Weekly (24 – A minute-by-minute report from the set of TV’s most controversial hit show) April 2007 issue of Car And Driver (Attacking [...]

What Was the Price of Gas in Salem, VA Saturday, 02.24.2007?

Saturday, the gasoline prices at the BP @ Apperson & Colorado in Salem, VA were:

Grade Price

Regular $2.159

Mid $2.259

Premium $2.359

Diesel $2.499

Kerosene $2.699

Gas prices were down 4 cents per gallon today.

Gas, Salem, BP, Gas Prices

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What Was in the Mailbox Friday, 02.23.2007?

Friday, the mailbox contained:

March-April 2007 issue of No Depression (The Shins) March 2007 issue of BBC Music (The 10 Brightest New Stars For 2007) An offer from Gurney’s An advertisement from the Disney Vacation Club Coupons from Kroger Coupons from Mailbox Savings A plea from the Chesapeake Bay Foundation Some CD’s –

The Magic Numbers Uncanned! The Best of Canned Heat Two Against Nature The [...]

What Was the Price of Gas in Salem, VA Friday, 02.23.2007?

Friday, the gasoline prices at the BP @ Apperson & Colorado in Salem, VA were:

Grade Price

Regular $2.199

Mid $2.299

Premium $2.399

Diesel $2.499

Kerosene $2.699

Gas prices were up 4 cents per gallon today.

Gas, Salem, BP, Gas Prices

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What Was in the Mailbox Thursday, 02.22.2007?

Thursday, the mailbox contained:

March 6, 2007 issue of PC Magazine (Best Flat Screens) February 26, 2007 issue of Sporting News (A-list or X-factor? Who means what in the NBA’s stretch run.) February 25, 2007 issue of St. John’s (Alleluia is the Song of the Desert) Spring 2007 Lands’ End Plus Size Collection Catalog A plea from America’s Second [...]

IKEA to charge nickel for plastic bags

IKEA will charge U.S. customers five cents for disposable plastic shopping bags in what the international furniture giant said was a first step to ending their use altogether.

IKEA said the decision to stop giving away free bags to customers is an attempt to reduce the estimated 100 billion bags thrown away by all U.S. consumers [...]

Chimpanzees Hunt Using Spears

Chimpanzees in Senegal have been observed making and using wooden spears to hunt other primates.

Chimpanzees were observed jabbing the spears into hollow trunks or branches, over and over again. After the chimp removed the tool, it would frequently smell or lick it.

In the vast majority of cases, the chimps used the tools in the [...]

What Was in the Mailbox Wednesday, 02.21.2007?

Wednesday, the mailbox contained:

March 2007 issue of Business 2.0 (The Next Net – This Year, Web 2.0 Gets Serious) March-April 2007 issue of Mother Jones (The Iraq Handbook For Dummies) Spring 2007 Lands’ End Kids(bright ideas! in swimwear) An offer from Go Daddy A plea from The Smile Train Wii Play with Wii Remote UPS delivered a Vantec NexStar3 Black 3.5″ [...]

What Was the Price of Gas in Salem, VA Wednesday, 02.21.2007?

Wednesday, the gasoline prices at the BP @ Apperson & Colorado in Salem, VA were:

Grade Price

Regular $2.159

Mid $2.259

Premium $2.359

Diesel $2.499

Kerosene $2.699

Gas prices were up 6 cents per gallon today.

Gas, Salem, BP, Gas Prices

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What Was in the Mailbox Tuesday, 02.20.2007?

Tuesday, the mailbox contained:

March 2007 issue of Smithsonian (Destination Europe – A Journey into Caravaggio’s Italy) February 26, 2007 issue of Newsweek (Men and Depression – For millions suffering in the shadows, science is discovering new ways to diagnose and treat a debilitating disease.) March 2007 issue of Fast Company (The Fast 50) March 2007 [...]

What Was the Price of Gas in Salem, VA Monday, 02.19.2007?

Monday, the gasoline prices at the BP @ Apperson & Colorado in Salem, VA were:

Grade Price

Regular $2.099

Mid $2.199

Premium $2.299

Diesel $2.499

Kerosene $2.699

Gas prices were up 4 cents per gallon today.

Gas, Salem, BP, Gas Prices

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Fish During Pregnancy May Boost Kids’ IQ

Women who eat seafood while pregnant may be boosting their children’s IQ in the process, according to new research. The results of the study were surprising, say the authors, and contradict American and British recommendations that pregnant women should limit seafood and fish consumption to avoid potentially high levels of mercury.

While experts believe further [...]

South has the highest levels of heart disease

West Virginia and Kentucky have the nation’s highest levels of heart disease, according to a first of its kind study. The new research is the first to look at what percentage of people in each state live with or have survived heart attacks and certain other cardiac problems.

It found that states in the Southeast [...]

What Was in the Mailbox Saturday, 02.17.2007?

Saturday, the mailbox contained:

February 23, 2007 issue of Entertainment Weekly (Oscar Preview!) February 26, 2007 issue of Business Week (Get Healthy – Or Else – Inside One Company’s All-Out Attack On Medical Costs) Spring 2007 issue of rails to trails(On the Edge – Montana’s River’s Edge Trail) March 2007 issue of Field & Stream (50 Best Lures – [...]

Tire Reef Off Florida Proves a Disaster

A mile offshore from Fort Lauderdale’s high-rise condos and spring-break bars lie as many as 2 million old tires, strewn across the ocean floor – a white-walled, steel-belted monument to good intentions gone awry.

The tires were placed there in 1972 to create an artificial reef that could attract a rich variety of marine life and [...]