Delawareonline top headlines. The most comprehensive site for news, sports, opinion, and real estate in the state of Delaware. http://www.delawareonline.com en-us Copyright 2010, The News Journal Publicus jfredel@delawareonline.com (Jill Fredel) webmaster@delawareonline.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Mon, 06 Sep 2010 05:00:00 CST Mon, 06 Sep 2010 18:33:09 EST 30 http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20100906/NEWS/9060331/1006/NEWS Two Mill Creek firefighters are being credited with saving the life of a 61-year-old woman after pulling her out of a burning house Saturday night. Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:40:00 EST http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20100906/NEWS/9060331/1006/NEWS http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20100906/NEWS/9060343/1006/NEWS This Labor Day, anxiety about the job market extends well beyond the 35,500 Delawareans on the unemployment line. People with jobs see plenty of causes for concern. Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:33:00 EST http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20100906/NEWS/9060343/1006/NEWS http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20100906/NEWS02/9060341/1006/NEWS Delaware's top Republican congressional candidates have punched their cards at the destinations recommended in all the campaign tour guides -- parades, cookouts, candidate forums, shopping centers, senior centers, festivals, parks and other assorted... Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:30:00 EST http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20100906/NEWS02/9060341/1006/NEWS http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20100906/NEWS/9060333/1006/NEWS A massive food distribution charity is getting ready to lose its latest location near Middletown. Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:49:00 EST http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20100906/NEWS/9060333/1006/NEWS http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20100906/NEWS02/9060345/1006/NEWS Since 1980, Mike Walsh has held the office of New Castle County sheriff, a job that carries no law enforcement power but performs duties vital to the court system. Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:54:00 EST http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20100906/NEWS02/9060345/1006/NEWS http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20100906/NATIONAL/9060342/1006/NEWS Whenever companies start hiring freely again, job-seekers with specialized skills and education will have plenty of good opportunities. Others will face a choice: Take a job with low pay -- or none at all. Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:35:00 EST http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20100906/NATIONAL/9060342/1006/NEWS http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20100906/NEWS/9060330/1006/NEWS In a continuation of its monthly series of Steamin' Sundays that started in June, the Marshall Steam Museum and Auburn Heights in Yorklyn opened its doors for families Sunday afternoon. Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:39:00 EST http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20100906/NEWS/9060330/1006/NEWS http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20100906/NEWS02/9060332/1006/NEWS Ed Osienski and Kay Wilde Gallogly have walked door to door this summer meeting residents of the 24th state House District. Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:28:00 EST http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20100906/NEWS02/9060332/1006/NEWS http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20100906/NEWS02/9060329/1006/NEWS In a district that was hard-hit by the closing of two auto plants and the shutdown of the Delaware City refinery, the two Democratic candidates are running on campaigns to bring more jobs to the state. Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:29:00 EST http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20100906/NEWS02/9060329/1006/NEWS http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20100906/NEWS01/9060334/1006/NEWS A Laurel man is organizing a petition drive asking state officials to drop the no-prison plea deal with former Laurel schools finance director William S. Hitch Jr. Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:44:00 EST http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20100906/NEWS01/9060334/1006/NEWS http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20100906/NEWS01/9060340/1006/NEWS THORNBURY, Pa. -- Authorities in suburban Philadelphia are seeking answers and a local prison is promising changes following the mistaken release of the sixth inmate this year. Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:41:00 EST http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20100906/NEWS01/9060340/1006/NEWS http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20100906/NEWS02/9060337/1006/NEWS GEORGETOWN -- Competition is fierce for the U.S. Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) grants, which provide municipal departments funding for new officers. Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:41:00 EST http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20100906/NEWS02/9060337/1006/NEWS http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20100906/NEWS02/9060344/1006/NEWS Bill Hart and Joseph O'Leary, the two Republicans seeking their party's nomination for New Castle County sheriff, say incumbent Mike Walsh is running an inefficient office. Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:28:00 EST http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20100906/NEWS02/9060344/1006/NEWS http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20100906/NEWS02/9060339/1006/NEWS HARRISBURG -- As Labor Day signals the home stretch of this year's election campaigns, a feisty Dan Onorato is hoping to shatter the serenity of Pennsylvania's gubernatorial contest and erase Republican Tom Corbett's comfortable lead. Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:43:00 EST http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20100906/NEWS02/9060339/1006/NEWS http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20100906/NEWS03/9060336/1006/NEWS SELBYVILLE -- Sherry Brannon, whose 10- and 12-year-old children attend Most Blessed Sacrament Catholic School in Berlin, Md., hates having to start back-to-school shopping a week early. Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:24:00 EST http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20100906/NEWS03/9060336/1006/NEWS