Where to celebrate New Year's Eve 2006 (Houston Press) We know 2007 will be a good year because of one lucky number -- seven. The number represents the Seven Lucky Gods of Japan, how many days it took God to create the earth in Christianity, and the pH of pure water. But we're not drinking water tonight. There are plenty of parties out there where you ......more...HISTORY IN THE BAKING (Fort Worth Star-Telegram) Dollie Sanders-Gentry could bake in her sleep, she has made so many hundreds of cakes and pies over the years....more... Visit OldColony.com (Charleston Daily Mail) Food gifts for that special someone in your life ? you! About this time each year, everyone and his brother starts sharing last-minute gift ideas to help you wrap up your holiday shopping. Not me....more... Immigrant worker conundrum (Columbus Telegram) Well, we have finally been slapped in the face by a reality we all knew: many buiness concerns, meatpackers large among them, depend on illegal immigrant labor. And now, we're in a fine kettle of beef....more... Big 12 Power Rankings (Sports Illustrated) Until now, ratings were fairly straightforward in the Big 12. Schools were ranked from 1 to 12 in each individual sport. Not anymore. SI on Campus will track the Conference's schools this year to find out which is the best all-around program and which smells worse than that fridge that you meant to clean out all semester. Got a problem with our picks? Let us know......more... THE HATE INDEX: Hate Index: Romo saves the day again (Fort Worth Star-Telegram) Saturday was another reminder why benching Drew Bledsoe and going to Romo was the smartest thing Coach Parcells has done in his Cowboy tenure....more... Hip-hop scene is hopping (The Beacon News) Aurora hip-hop artists point to their musical community's low period in the mid-1990s as a possible agent in the coinciding gang violence. The potential to quell that violence now motivates crews to instill music with valuable messages for young people. A new two-disc CD is an effort to unify the hip-hop community, to take the city's music beyond Aurora. ...more... Texans experience some Rocky times as they prepare for Pats (The Enterprise) FOXBORO ? A part of the Rockies lies deep in the heart of Texas. ?I think they're trying to do the same kind of things they were doing in Denver with the completion percentage,? New England Patriots inside linebacker Mike Vrabel said of Gary Kubiak's Houston Texans....more... Get Out of Town! (Tucson Weekly) Smile while imagining a Tucson without these people, organizations and things...more... |