CHARLOTTE, N.C., July 8 /PRNewswire/ -- TobinDudleyStarr and its client Optima Engineering are receiving kudos from the green building industry for Optima's new 14,000-square-foot headquarters in the South End district of Charlotte.

By Shawn Cetrone / scetrone@heraldonline.com Amy Johnson is brave.

By Alison Boggs, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash. Apr. 19--The Spokane Valley seventh- and eighth-graders decided they'd live in their own apartments, instead of with their parents, when they had jobs of their own.

By Paula Davenport, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash. Mar. 31--Teenagers have a lot on their minds these days. And chances are they're only spending a fraction of their time pondering how they'll support themselves after graduation.

By Nancy Chipman Powers, Detroit Free Press Jan. 28--A special fair will be held on Feb. 10 at Club Pet Too in Commerce Township.