PETER RABBIT PROGRAM.(CAPITAL REGION)

CLIFTON PARK -- Children ages 4-6 accompanied by an adult are invited to register for ``Be Curious About... Beatrix Potter and Peter Rabbit'' at the Shenendehowa Public Library on Monday. Register in person or by calling the library at 371-8622. Space is limited.

The family program celebrating the 100th anniversary of Beatrix Potter's book, ``The Tale of Peter Rabbit'' will be held Monday, July 1, from 1:15 to 2 p.m. at the library.

Youth jobs offered CLIFTON PARK -- Young adults seeking employment or an employer looking for a worker can call the Job Connection youth …

RECYCLING IN COLONIE OFF TO A GOOD START.(Local)

Byline: Vincent Jackson Staff writer

A majority of town residents have been complying with the three-day-old mandatory curbside recycling program, according to local garbage haulers.

Beginning Monday, about 25,000 town households had to make sure their garbage contained no recyclables - metals, plastics, newspapers, cardboard or glass. Residents are having their recyclable materials collected by the same private firms that collect their trash.

"I think they're all trying, about 95 percent," said Art Norris, president of Norris Disposal in Loudonville, about his approximately 1,000 Colonie residential accounts. "They're doing all right. The …

Friends of missing Utah mom launch Web media blitz

Friends and family of Susan Powell are launching a social media blitz in the search for the missing Utah mother of two.

James Hofheins, one of the organizers, says the three-day effort beginning Monday will use Facebook, Twitter and YouTube to information about Powell and her picture throughout the Internet.

He says there will also be a purple ribbon campaign and Facebook users are …

Houston Office Building Burns

HOUSTON - Fire broke out Wednesday in a six-story office building, and firefighters used ladders to rescue people as flames shot through the top floors. Five people were injured.

Flames and smoke spread through the top floors of the building in northeast Houston. Television footage showed fire personnel guiding people down ladders leaned against the building.

Heavy smoke blanketed a nearby eight-lane freeway during the evening rush …

Winner Web Sites.(A survey of community bank websites)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)

Community banks are slowly adapting to the World Wide Web's interactive capabilities, says the consulting firm RSM McGladrey Inc., St. Paul, Minn. In its annual survey of community bank websites, the firm reported that 55 percent of the sites it reviewed had moved beyond the electronic brochure phase and had developed sites with transactional capabilities.

Overall winner of the firm's outstanding website award for banks with assets of $3 billion or less was Citizens Business Bank of Ontario, Calif. www.cbbank.com, whose site permits customers to look at balances, transfer funds (worldwide), pay bills, stop payments, order checks, communicate with product managers and …

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Dianne Smith , partner in the public policy and regulatory group, Holland + Knight LLP, has joined Fox Television Stations as VP of legal/FCC compliance.

Bob Cleary , WMC Memphis, has joined KRIS Communications Corpus Christi as director of sales.

Wilson Walker , weekend producer, KPIX San Francisco, has been promoted to producer, Eyewitness News at 11 . Also at KPIX, Jennifer Casillan , KGTV San Diego, has been named writer/fill-in producer.

J.P. Hannan , CEO, Independent Media Advisory and Hannan Ventures, has joined Asian Media Group as a board member.

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CLINTON TO PICK NO. 2 JUSTICE OFFICIAL.(MAIN)

Byline: Washington Post

WASHINGTON -- President Clinton plans to nominate Eric H. Holder Jr., the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, to become the No. 2 official at the Justice Department -- a move that would make him the highest-ranking African-American law-enforcement officer in U.S. history.

White House officials informed Holder on Tuesday evening that Clinton wanted him to replace Deputy Attorney General Jamie S. Gorelick, who announced her resignation in January, administration sources familiar with the deliberations said. The White House is …