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The Mount Dora City Council unanimously approved a divisive program that seeks to encourage local business owners to display opposition to hate crime stickers in a city that has zero hate crimes. Mount Dora, located in suburban Central Florida, instituted the controversial program on Tuesday, while other issues, such as sustainable development and downtown parking woes, are greater concerns to residents. Mount Dora calls the program the “Safe Place Initiative.” The program seeks to push every business or organization within the city limits to post a “symbol of safety” as a signal to patrons the business is safe “for the...

New York City sues roll-your-own-smokes shopsSees tax evasion in do-it-yourself business By David B. Caruso - Associated Press Monday, November 21, 2011 NEW YORK — There is no place in the U.S. more expensive to smoke than New York City, where the taxes alone will set you back $5.85 per pack. Yet smokers who visit Island Smokes, a “roll-your-own” cigarette shop in Chinatown, can walk out with an entire 10-pack carton for less than $40, thanks to a tax loophole that officials in several states are trying to close. The store is one of a number around the country that...

The Islamic scriptures state that Jesus will return as a Muslim, and destroy Christianity. Of course I do not believe this, but in the mean time Muslims are certainly doing their part in attacking Christianity. As I have said in the past, all non-Islamic religions, and Atheists need to take a stand against this common enemy, before they destroy life as we know it. “Muslim Mob Burns Down Christian Shops, 8 Churches in Nigeria”

Sgt. James Witt is greeted by Iraqi merchant Saheb Abaes at the Oasis Market located on Contingency Operating Base Adder, recently. Photo by Sgt. Mark Miranda, 1st Armored Division. COB ADDER — Just a short bus trip from work and in a well-secured area here, U.S. Soldiers can be seen on any given day shopping and visiting the various vending booths in the Iraqi-based industrial zone (I-BIZ).I-BIZ locations are designated as secure areas on Coalition bases where a commercial business with a land use agreement through the Coalition can establish operations. The Coalition is actively supporting this program."We are here...

Roman shops unearthed under Corn Hall By Andy Woolfoot Workers unearthed the remains during renovation work THE remains of an ancient Roman shopping parade, hidden for centuries under the floorboards of Cirencester's historic Corn Hall have been unearthed this week. Workers came across the remains of what archaeologists claim is the most significant Roman discovery in the town in the last 50 years while carrying out refurbishment work. A series of walls were discovered 10 feet below the level of the floorboards in the main room of the 19th Century building along with evidence the site used to house shops...

A shop owner awaits his customers at his fruit stand on 60th Street in the east side of Baghdad's Rashid district, Feb. 19. More than 50 shops have opened on 60th Street since the beginning of December. Photo by Spc. Ben Washburn, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division. — During the past few months, Iraqis and Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers have been working hard to make sure the economic resurgence thrives throughout Baghdad. The Soldiers of 2nd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, attached to the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Inf. Div., have been working with the...

CHARSADDA: Some unidentified men blew up two music and video shops on Wednesday night at Charsadda, whereas no loss of life was reported. Owners of Amjad and Kashif Video CD Centre while registering a report in Umer Zai Police Station said a bomb went off in the main market of Mirabad after midnight of Wednesday and Thursday. As a result, they said their shops packed with colour TVs, DVDs, cassette and videos worth millions of rupees were completely destroyed. Others shops in the market were partially destroyed but there was no loss of life, according to Police report. Police has...

WASHINGTON, March 6, 2007 – Military family members in Michigan don’t have to squeak by anymore when it comes to routine auto maintenance thanks to eight auto garages throughout the state. “We offer a full-service oil change with a brief safety inspection,” said Rob Hopp, owner of Auto Advantage. “We’re offering them to any military dependent, active or reserve.” The services are free once every 90 days with an appointment and a military dependent identification card, he said. The Oil Change Help program began just a few months after the fighting started in Iraq and will continue until at...

Shops run out of money as Zimbabwe changes currency By Peta Thornycroft in Harare (Filed: 22/08/2006) Crowds filled Zimbabwe's banks and shops yesterday as they rushed to meet a deadline to acquire new currency after the government cancelled the old one. Three noughts have been struck off the new notes in an effort to reduce the huge volume of cash required for the simplest transaction in a land where annual inflation runs at almost 1,000 per cent. People had to hand in old notes by yesterday's deadline. But the task was complicated by an official regulation banning anyone from possessing...

One in four shops is caught selling knives to children under 16 By David Derbyshire, Consumer Affairs Editor (Filed: 21/06/2006) More than a quarter of shops that stock knives are illegally selling them to children under 16, according to a survey by trading standards officials. Despite concerns about rising knife violence, a significant number of shopkeepers are failing to check the ages of teenage customers or are wilfully turning a blind eye. Richard Beckett, 14, shows knives bought by teenage volunteers However, there was some evidence that the recent spate of stabbings and the Home Office amnesty may finally be...

Quiet revolution for Saudi shops begins in ladies' underwear By Anton La Guardia in Jeddah (Filed: 29/04/2006) It is hailed as a major step forward for women's emancipation in Saudi Arabia: in the coming weeks they will enjoy the right to buy lingerie from female shop assistants. This may be a far cry from bra-burning feminism but in Saudi Arabia the notion of buying one's brassiere from a woman is nothing short of revolutionary. A new decree requiring shop owners to hire female staff to sell undergarments illustrates the cautious liberalisation the kingdom is undergoing - and how far it...

As Zimbabwe shops with stolen cash, millions starve By Rachel Smith in Harare 23 December 2003 For the Christmas season, Barbours department store in First Street, central Harare, has extended its shopping hours. Gilded smiling half-moons on red crêpe paper put customers in the festive spirit. On the third-floor children's department, there is a crush round the till. Harassed mothers in the latest fitted-denim skirts from South Africa watch toddlers eyeing an American punchball set. There is a selection of Barbies and some Fisher Price-imitation lorries. One little girl with tight braids clutches a giant pink teddy bear. Price: ZWD$101,000...

Retail sales in Germany fell back sharply in March, below even the most pessimistic forecasts. In real, or inflation-adjusted terms, sales dropped by 3% in March compared with February, and lost 4% on the year. Analysts had been forecasting a drop of around 2.7% on an annual basis. Increasing unemployment and anaemic economic growth conspired to keep Germans away from the shops. The sales data from the Federal Statistics Office will alarm policymakers as Europe's biggest economy struggles to shrug off the effects of the downturn. Gloomy outlook In a sign of the pain that retailers are feeling, the German...

RETAIL giant C&A bowed to furious shoppers yesterday and agreed to accept the Deutschmark again in its German stores. More than 60 per cent of Germans want their old currency back rather than the hated euro. C&A will take it in its 185 stores in Germany for a week starting on Saturday. Company spokesman Thorsten Rolfes said: “If customers say please do it longer then we will. “The wish of our customers is the most important thing.” A growing number of German retailers are taking the old currency in the run-up to Christmas. Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder banned the Deutschmark as...