http://hix.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Hixto Ingen en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Sun, 03 Jan 2010 17:51:20 GMT 2010-01-03T17:51:20Z en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 http://www.gather.com/images/header/logo_gather.gif http://www.gather.com/ http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970947 The Montana Supreme Court said Thursday that nothing in state law prevents patients from seeking physician-assisted suicide, making Montana the third state that will allow the procedure. Patients . . . Fri, 01 Jan 2010 02:05:49 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970947 Hixto Ingen 2010-01-01T02:05:49Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977961289 This is Plaza Cleaners in Portland, Oregon. The owner, Steve Young, says business has slowed in the last year or so, but that he knows things are worse for a lot of other people. Especially people who've . . . Thu, 24 Dec 2009 07:01:31 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977961289 Hixto Ingen 2009-12-24T07:01:31Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977957785 To Steven Walls, it's beginning to look nothing like Christmas , anywhere he goes. While more people make the switch to energy-efficient lights for their holiday decorations, Walls this year . . . Tue, 22 Dec 2009 00:24:50 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977957785 Hixto Ingen 2009-12-22T00:24:50Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977957723 Jimmie Johnson is the first NASCAR driver to win four consecutive championships. He is also the first NASCAR driver to win the Associated Press' Male Athlete of the Year award. Johnson points out that . . . Mon, 21 Dec 2009 23:37:30 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977957723 Hixto Ingen 2009-12-21T23:37:30Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977956203 One of our friends sent us this link and I thought it was so awesome that I'd share it here, too. "Moving from a big Michigan city to this tiny Arizona town called Camp Verde, I found that the word . . . Mon, 21 Dec 2009 01:54:15 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977956203 Hixto Ingen 2009-12-21T01:54:15Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977956111 A bunch of people in Washington, DC use Twitter to organize a snowball fight. 200 people show up and the snowball war is on. A big maroon Hummer drives by, and some of the participants decide that throwing . . . Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:05:59 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977956111 Hixto Ingen 2009-12-21T00:05:59Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977956025 Today was the first ever Do Nothing But Read Day . I wish I'd known. I would've happily spent the day in my pajamas reading. But I didn't hear about it until today, and I've been busy since 6:30 this . . . Sun, 20 Dec 2009 22:55:12 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977956025 Hixto Ingen 2009-12-20T22:55:12Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977697725 A Quebec court has ordered a cinema to pay $10,000 in damages after staff searched patrons' bags and turned up smuggled snacks and birth control pills -- and in the process violated their privacy rights. . . . Mon, 01 Jun 2009 06:17:28 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977697725 Hixto Ingen 2009-06-01T06:17:28Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977693782 Debbie McLucas is one of four hospital supervisors at Kindred Hospital in Mansfield. Last week, she hung a three-by-five foot American flag in the office she shares with the other supervisors. When . . . Thu, 28 May 2009 04:21:19 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977693782 Hixto Ingen 2009-05-28T04:21:19Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977685156 Gayle and Sheila Muhs gave trespassers a blunt warning. They posted a large sign outside their Texas home saying trespassers would be shot and survivors would be shot again. They weren't joking. . . . Mon, 18 May 2009 02:22:40 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977685156 Hixto Ingen 2009-05-18T02:22:40Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977598450 A Connecticut woman pleaded for police to "please hurry" to save a friend from an attack by a pet chimpanzee, according to emotional 911 recordings released Tuesday by Stamford police. "He's . . . Wed, 18 Feb 2009 12:07:28 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977598450 Hixto Ingen 2009-02-18T12:07:28Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977588656 As far back as 2007, salmonella-laced products were shipped by a Georgia peanut company that knew the peanuts probably were tainted and sometimes after tests confirmed that contamination, inspection . . . Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:10:11 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977588656 Hixto Ingen 2009-02-11T00:10:11Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977575007 Hugh Laurie, who won his second straight SAG prize for best actor in a TV drama for the medical show "House," joked that he was disappointed one of his fellow nominees did not win. . . . Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:45:42 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977575007 Hixto Ingen 2009-01-26T12:45:42Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977572209 Nashville listened to its leaders — the governor, the mayor, and a vast coalition of churches, businesses and universities — and defeated an English-only  measure by nearly . . . Fri, 23 Jan 2009 13:26:25 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977572209 Hixto Ingen 2009-01-23T13:26:25Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977564395 A friend asked for some quick, easy recipes that her kids (ages 3 to 10) might like. This was of my successful suggestions.  Aunt Mary's Tuna Pie Ingredients potatoes for mashing . . . Thu, 15 Jan 2009 22:39:50 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977564395 Hixto Ingen 2009-01-15T22:39:50Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977551942 One of my favorite things in the world is fresh-baked bread. I love eating it and making it and waking up in the morning to the smell of it filling the house. Here is one of the best basic bread recipes . . . Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:09:35 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977551942 Hixto Ingen 2009-01-05T00:09:35Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977551905 No name on the marquee was more pleasing to theater owners in 2008 than Will Smith, according to a survey of movie exhibitors. Smith, star of "Hancock" and "Seven Pounds," was . . . Sat, 03 Jan 2009 10:45:29 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977551905 Hixto Ingen 2009-01-03T10:45:29Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977548342 A new study released Dec. 29 found that a popular method of promoting abstinence —  pledging to remain a virgin  — doesn't appear to be the answer. To reach this conclusion, Janet Rosenbaum, . . . Tue, 30 Dec 2008 11:21:35 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977548342 Hixto Ingen 2008-12-30T11:21:35Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977548335 Bristol Palin gave birth to Tripp Easton Mitchell Johnston on Sunday, Dec. 28, 2008. Tripp weighed 7 pounds 4 ounces at birth, and he and his mother are both reported as doing fine.  With young, . . . Tue, 30 Dec 2008 10:48:42 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977548335 Hixto Ingen 2008-12-30T10:48:42Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977546556 In the United States...women are allowed to breastfeed on federal property. More than half of the States in the US have laws on their books that grant women permission to breastfeed in public areas, . . . Sun, 28 Dec 2008 01:57:08 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977546556 Hixto Ingen 2008-12-28T01:57:08Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977546139 The Apple computer was invented in a garage. Same with the Google search engine. Now, tinkerers are working at home with the basic building blocks of life itself. In her San Francisco dining room . . . Sat, 27 Dec 2008 12:36:19 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977546139 Hixto Ingen 2008-12-27T12:36:19Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977546131 Two hours before the doors were set to open Friday morning, a Miami-area Wal-Mart parking lot was full of cars — and possibility. But in a Christmas shopping season in which many Americans were unwilling . . . Sat, 27 Dec 2008 12:06:50 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977546131 Hixto Ingen 2008-12-27T12:06:50Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977543341 One of our neighbors (everybody calls him Big Mac) came back from a hunting trip, and gave us some pheasants, so we're going to try something different for Christmas this year. I've never cooked . . . Tue, 23 Dec 2008 13:14:17 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977543341 Hixto Ingen 2008-12-23T13:14:17Z