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Four years, still no handle on Iraq war (Calendarlive.com)
The movie "Live From Baghdad" was on one of my HBOs the other night; I came in midstream, as a motley, intrepid band of CNN-ers (played by Michael Keaton and Lili Tayor and an alt-rock-looking Helena Bonham Carter) were deciding whether to stay in Baghdad for the first bombing campaign of the Gulf War.
Florida's Weeki Wachee Springs, home of the live mermaids, still struggling (...
Nostalgia and a timely flood of donations saved the tails of the Weeki Wachee Springs mermaids a few years ago when the vintage Florida roadside attraction nearly succumbed to age and indifference. The mermaids are still swimming for appreciative audiences in this tiny town an hour north of Tampa, but the waters are far from calm.
Roots are a little overgrown (Chicago Tribune)
Well over a decade into their career, the Roots proved they still know how to make an entrance. The group opened their show on Saturday by strolling down the center aisle of the Chicago Theatre like a freewheeling New Orleans marching band -- complete with a four-piece brass section and drummer/bandleader Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson pounding out a funky beat on a cowbell.
Four years, still no handle on Iraq war (Los Angeles Times)
Weeki Wachee, home of the mermaids (AP via Yahoo! News)
Nostalgia and a timely flood of donations saved the tails of the Weeki Wachee Springs mermaids a few years ago when the vintage Florida roadside attraction nearly succumbed to age and indifference.
Around the Valley (Montrose Daily Press)
MONTROSE ? Life Choices Pregnancy Center is sponsoring a program for parents of adolescents.
"Victory" a patriotic WWII film (Denver Post)
World War II prison-camp movies make up an easily accessible genre of films for families looking to show their older children a story with substance.
INEFFECTIVE INVESTIGATIONS (Sarasota Herald-Tribune)
At age 5, the little foster girl had already been branded a troubled child by her Osceola County teachers.
District Patrons Propose Ways to Critically Analyze Evolution (The Morning News)
ROGERS -- High school students' science textbooks do not contain enough evidence to support the theory of evolution and a community group wants to fund DVDs or lectures to fill that perceived gap.
"Bong" banner free-speech dispute to hit Supreme Court tomorrow (Seattle Times)
The most important student free-speech conflict to reach the Supreme Court since the height of the Vietnam War hinges on a somewhat absurd...