Backwaters Press

Paradise lost: Money troubles plague Hawaii; Public services face massive cuts; Education, health, elections slashed.(News)
The Seattle Times (Seattle, WA); 12/20/2009; 828 words; Byline: Mark Niesse; The Associated Press HONOLULU -- Hawaii public schools are closed most Fridays...money troubles are creating a society more befitting a tropical backwater than a state celebrating its 50th anniversary and preparing...

Schoolchildren plead for bookstore to stay open; Laredo laments loss; Planned closure could make it biggest city without a bookseller.(Business)
The Seattle Times (Seattle, WA); 12/17/2009; 1302 words; Byline: Paul J. Weber; The Associated Press LAREDO, Texas -- The final chapter has been written for the...bookseller. "Corporate America considers Laredo kind of the backwater," said the city's most prolific author, Jerry Thompson...

Heads OR TAILS? One Of These [pounds sterling]1 Coins Is A Fake. So What Will It Be? REPORTAGE.(Features)
The Mail on Sunday (London, England); 11/29/2009; 3219 words; ...Byline: Story by Adam Luck Down a private lane in an Essex backwater, past a breaker's yard, a stable and a fishing pond...amounted to a counterfeiting starter kit. Two hydraulic presses were delivered to a front company based in legitimate business...The third stage saw the coins fed into a hydraulic stamping ...

A Shoah story like no other.(OPINIONS)
The Jewish Advocate (Boston, MA); 11/27/2009; 1091 words; ...the hinterland of South Africa, the deserts of Egypt, the backwaters of Malaysia. Deborah's life has been a whirlwind of searching...she worked with the Mossad? She won't tell. And don't press her on it. You'll hit a wall of silence. But she'll talk...

SA: Libs propose city stadium
AAP General News (Australia); 11/26/2009; 316 words; ...Liberals win the state election in Marchher government will press ahead with a major redevelopment of the city's rail yards...modernplace to live. "For too long Adelaide has been regarded as a backwater where nothing ever changes,"she said on Thursday. "This...