Like Mother, Like Daughter Ann Reich, right, and her daughter, Angie Asmann By HOLLY WAGNER Herald-Whig Staff Writer Ann Reich and her daughter Angie Asmann have the same blonde hair, slim build and wide smile. They both carry zebra-striped purses and drive the same model car Historic properties to open doors to public Many museums, notable buildings and historic sites in Quincy and Adams County will get a chance to shine Saturday during the second annual 'Open House of Historic Properties.' The event is coordinated by the Quincy Preservation Commission as part of Education conference highlights EMS week activities By KELLY WILSON Herald-Whig Staff Writer Emergency medical services professionals from throughout the region and representing all levels of care will celebrate EMS Week May 18-24, and will get it off to a good start with an educational conference May

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Wildfires force evacuations in central Florida Dry, windy weather fueled several wildfires on Florida's central Atlantic coast Monday, destroying at least three homes and driving hundreds of residents away as the governor declared a state of emergency.

Deadly mob beating unnerves Cleveland neighborhood Even by tough, urban-crime standards it was a grisly attack: Up to 15 people chased a man, then kicked and beat him to death on the street. Before police arrived, one attacker urinated on the victim's head.

Mid-Atlantic storm cuts power, prompts evacuations A wet, gusty storm that lashed the mid-Atlantic states Monday forced evacuations, flooded roads, fanned the flames of a deadly New Jersey fire and wrecked a brand-new research vessel off the Delaware coast, killing a crew member.

Jackson-Dawson Motorsports Partners with Sony for Nationwide Consumer Tour -- GREENVILLE, S.C. -- Sony Electronics Inc. has selected Jackson-Dawson Motorsports to develop, manage and execute a nationwide consumer tour showcasing its Xplod line of mobile audio products. Jackson-Dawson Motorsports will develop and manage the JVC, Kenwood officially hook up Victor and Kenwood said Monday that they plan to become one company by October 1 this year. The two Japanese audio equipment makers will combine to form JVC Kenwood Holdings, which will be based in Yokohama, near Tokyo. Victor, a subsidiary of electr JVC, Kenwood to Merge TOKYO Consumer electronics makers Victor Co. of Japan (JVC) and Kenwood Corp. plan to merge under one holding company on Oct. 1 to curb a pricing war. Under terms of the agreement, investors will receive two shares in the holding company for each JVC Apple Settles iPod Class Action for $45 a Head Two Canadian class action suits against Apple regarding the battery life of certain iPod models has been settled. Canada residents who bought certain iPods on or before June 24, 2004, may be eligible for about $45 of free credit at Apple's online sto

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Personal credit card was used to buy Livent tickets, witness tells trial TORONTO - A private contractor working for Livent Inc. told a court Monday that someone from the company used his personal credit card to buy huge blocks of tickets for a Livent production being staged in Los Angeles. Peter Kofman, who ran an enginee Taxes on 401(k) and IRA Withdrawals Is that true when you withdraw your money at retirement that you pay less tax for a traditional IRA than a 401(k)? The tax rates are the same, but the amount of money that is taxed may be different depending on whether your made pre-tax or after-tax Personal Finance Daily: These 401(k) mistakes plague even older, supposedly wiser savers Perhaps in an age where it is difficult to get people to save at all, we shouldn't criticize their investment choices when they are saving. But less than a decade after some of the biggest blow-ups in corporate history, tied to some of the biggest sc

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