THE INNOCENCE IS OVER IN MOMENTS IN A CONQUEST BY A GUNMAN'S RAGE.(MAIN)

Byline: ROBERT SEELY Associated Press

DUNBLANE, Scotland -- The slaughter of the innocents was over in moments.

The final toll was 16 dead children, 12 wounded children, two dead adults -- one of them the gunman, who took his own life -- and two wounded teachers. The dead children included 11 girls and five boys.

Dunblane is the sort of place people almost never leave, a place whose 9,000 residents clearly care about each other. Just 35 miles northwest of Edinburgh, it straddles the River Allan in the spectacular Perthshire countryside leading into the highlands.

An ecclesiastical center since the seventh century, it has a cathedral, which, …

A look back at public power: 50 years ago--1955.(Association News)

Commissioners of Benton County PUD (Kennewick, Wash.), voted a $70,000 annual rate reduction for its 8,400 customers, the third reduction in eight years. The new rate did not eliminate residential demand charges. Instead, an increase of one-tenth of a cent per kilowatt hour was made on electricity used over 1,600 kilowatt …

Ohio killer loses long-shot clemency request

A prosecutor says the Ohio Parole Board has thrown out a bid for clemency for a death row inmate facing execution next month.

Summit County, Ohio, Prosecutor Sherri Bevan Walsh says the board unanimously rejected the request for mercy from condemned killer Richard Cooey.

Cooey claims in a separate federal court lawsuit that he is too …

Tolls staying same

The agency overseeing the state's toll roads isn't planning toincrease tolls next year.

The budget being prepared by the Illinois State Toll HighwayAuthority is "based on what the toll rate structure is now," TomCuculich, the agency's executive …

ICRA rates fund based limits of Valson Industries at LBBB-.

(ADPnews) - Feb 24, 2011 - ICRA assigned yesterday a LBBB- rating to the fund based limits of Valson Industries Ltd (BOM:530459), while rating the non-fund based limits of the company at A3.

The agency issued the following press release:

Rating History

Instrument Amount Amount Outstanding Rating

In Crore In Crore As on February 2011

Fund-based limits 13.39 N.A LBBB-

Non-fund-based limits 1.00 N.A A3

ICRA has assigned an LBBB- (pronounced as L triple B minus) rating to the Rs. 13.39 Crore1 fund-based limits and A3 (pronounced as A three) rating to the Rs. 1.00 Crore1 non fund based bank facilities of Valson Industries …

'BIGGEST SINCE TWIN TOWERS' NEW ALBANY BUILDING PLANS EXPECTED TODAY.(Local)

Albany city officials this morning are expected to announce plans to build what Mayor Thomas M. Whalen III has described as the "biggest private-sector development since the Twin Towers."

The Twin Towers is the high-rise office building at 99 Washington Ave., sometimes referred to as Commerce Plaza.

The announcement of plans to construct an office building in "the greater downtown area" is scheduled for 11 a.m. in City Hall.

Expected to be constructing the building is the Omni Development Corp. of New York City, which is building the …

GETTING INVOLVED CANA REVIVES NEIGHBORHOOD CONVENTION.(Local)

Byline: Catherine Clabby Staff writer

Some things remain the same.

For 15 years, the Council of Albany Neighborhood Associations has hammered away at the local powers that be, demanding action on community concerns and reform in City Hall. This spring, CANA is reviving a tradition. On Saturday, March 24, for the first time in four years, a Love Thy Neighborhood Convention will be held.

"It's designed to bring together people concerned about the quality of life on the block level and on the street level," said Henry Madej, a veteran neighborhood activist from Pine Hills.

The conventions have been a place to inform members of local groups about …