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...helping put some of the shine back on Kodak's prospects, but its hometown, Rochester, is hurting. It has borne the brunt of the company's downsizing, as Carp has sought cheaper manufacturing abroad. Most of the company's digital cameras are now made in China. In Rochester's northwest, the 2,200-acre Kodak Park, once the hub of Kodak's industrial operations, is full of vacant lots and demolished buildings. At its peak in 1982, the firm--once called the Great Yellow Father--employed more than 60,000 people in the city and had long been famous...
...Near Italian-themed Pujiang, a group of farmers eyeing the airy granite-and-glass concoction that will serve as the new town hall, exhibition center and restaurant arcade grumbles that there's no way they will be able to afford to live in their own hometown. But inside the building, Yue Xing, president of Shanghai Highpower-Oct Investment Ltd., one of the developers of Pujiang New Town, defends his urban vision: "We are not judging [future residents] by how much money they have but by their commitment to enjoying a better quality of life. We have to think about...
...mostly self-taught artist, Hornschemeier, 27, says that when he was growing up in his hometown of Georgetown, Ohio, his access to comics was limited to what he could find at the county fair and in dentists' offices. As "the kid in school who could draw," he had ambitions of creating superhero comics until, he says, "my stories were getting much less superhero-y and much more about a guy sitting in his bedroom wondering what he's going to do for the day." He had never read comics that explored personal issues, so he gave up on the idea...
...breaking attendance records everywhere he goes. Playing for his hometown team, HC Rabat Kladno, he scored 11 goals and made 17 assists in 17 games. (In November, he moved to Siberia's Avangard Omsk, sponsored by billionaire Roman Abramovich.) The transitions have not all been smooth. The European emphasis on elegant skating and fancy puck control, for example, has challenged some NHL players accustomed to North America's narrower rinks and more aggressive play. But many are relishing the experience. "The biggest thing is the ice surface; it gives you that much more time with the puck," says Rick Nash...
Both nights he was introduced as a starter, Crimson freshman Mike Taylor drew marked applause at the announcement of his hometown, Maple Grove...