Word: christied
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Johnston is the author of the acclaimed short fiction collection “Corpus Christi.” He has another book to be published shortly by Random House that he says deals partly with a violin prodigy who has lost his gift and partly with a single mother who is helping to raise a stranded baby whale...
...with a drug habit. Jennifer had dropped out of college, but was trying to get her own life back on track after some problems with drugs and had begun work as a legal assistant. After Jennifer failed to return home from a dinner out with Pitonyak, Sharon, a Corpus Christi small business owner, and her boyfriend, Jim Sedwick, drove to Austin and began the search. When a tip led them to Pitonyak's apartment, police declined to enter the locked door with no evidence of a crime. Instead, Sedwick broke in and soon came out to tell Cave...
...while senior Kara O’Reilly finished second to Hart in the 200 backstroke. Junior Meaghan Colling led from the gun to win the 200 free in 1:55.67. Classmate Amanda Slaight claimed the 100 free in 54.13 while freshman Sophie Morgan grabbed second, sophomore Christi Morrissey took fourth, and Wilson, waterproof cast and all, finished in fifth. In the 50 free, Morgan sprinted to a victory and senior co-captain Kyle Cutter took third in the event. The 500 free brought more Crimson dominance, as freshman Kay Foley bested the field by nine seconds...
Citizens of Corpus Christi, Texas, can thank a snapping dog for the free wireless Internet they enjoy around town. After the pooch took a piece out of a utility meter reader, officials decided they needed a Fido-free system. The city built a small wireless-fidelity (wi-fi) network that transmits meter data from homes via the Web. The pilot worked so well that Corpus Christi dreamed big, using tax dollars to fund a $7.1 million, 147-sq.-mi. network that went live last month. Now park sunbathers can Web surf and this town of 300,000 is home...
...first tried to fend off wi-fi in state legislatures, have also joined the battle to own and operate these systems. More than 300 communities nationwide plan to have wireless ventures in the next year, according to MuniWireless.com a portal on city projects. Several dozen small cities--including Corpus Christi; Tempe, Ariz.; and Chaska, Minn.-- already have full-blown systems in use. If 2006 was the year of making deals, 2007 promises to be the year of going live...