Silver Surfers Decide the Garden Will Have to Wait
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PENSIONERS now prefer surfing the Net to gardening, DIY or going for walks, according to a survey yesterday.   It found that using the computer is the favourite pastime for four out of ten retired people, who typically spend an hour a day at the screen.
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By Michael Manekin  PACIFICA -- Pacifica residents have waited nearly two decades to resolve the gridlock along Highway 1, but the stop-and-start nightmare may come to an end sooner than later.
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The prospective winning bidder for redeveloping Fan Pier yesterday missed a deadline for a down payment and the owners of the South Boston land said they plan to talk to other potential buyers.
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Just in time to complicate spring planting, the federal government is preparing to issue what agriculture officials call the most sweeping restrictions on the shipment of nursery plants ever
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By Erika Pesantes, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Feb. 6--BOYNTON BEACH -- It's only air, but developers of the touted Promenade development don't want it.
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By Stephen Wall, San Bernardino County Sun, Calif.  Sep. 14--GRAND TERRACE -- Plans for the city's first senior-housing  complex and new senior center will be delayed at least six months because of a  successful legal challenge to the project.
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California surfers helped sway a state commission this week to reject an estimated $875 million toll-road project, but they believe the fight over the proposed highway is far from over.
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By Cynthia Needham; Journal Staff Writer  WARWICK - Typically, the question of beach access is reserved for the warmer months, when one might actually want to go to the beach.
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The question of how to treat wastewater in an exclusive California beachfront community is pitting neighbors, surfers and environmentalists against one another.
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Wellington, December 27: Sri Lanka cricket officials have put off until tomorrow a decision on whether its tour of New Zealand will continue following devastating tidal waves which killed more than 6,000 people in the island nation.
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By Curtis Morgan, Ani Martinez and Logan Jaffe, The Miami Herald  Mar. 14--For the first time since 2001, South Florida homeowners and businesses will soon be under orders to use less water.
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Two important votes concerning San Francisco's plan for citywide Wi-Fi that were set for this week have been pushed back, delaying what may be life-or-death decisions on the controversial network.
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The sale of a Highland estate is halted until it is decided  whether local people can make an offer.
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The Silver Surfer is positioned right in the centre of the London attraction, before the Fantastic Four sequel comes to theatres on Friday.
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By Therese Poletti and Nicole C. Wo, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Sep.
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By Kevin Howe, The Monterey County Herald, Calif.  Sep.
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Thousands of online visitors have been drawn to an English beach by pictures of turquoise seas, golden sands and palm trees, but risk disappointment as it is only a virtual surfers&#39; paradise.