PET PROJECT: Lawmaker hopes bill will cut number of euthanized animals (Contra Costa Times)
By the end of a typical day, technicians at Contra Costa County's two publicly funded animal shelters will kill more than a dozen unwanted dogs and cats....more...Federer refuses to be blown off course (The Herald)
The wind of change may have been blowing around Wimbledon as the youngest group of quarter-finalists congregated since tennis went open in 1968. Some things, though, always, remain the same....more... ASU reviews upcoming capital campus projects (Watauga Democrat)
As Appalachian State University students enroll in summer classes, the university?s capital projects are entering a summer session of their own. Greg Lovins, interim vice chancellor for business affairs, presented a breakdown of campus capital projects at last month?s board of trustees meeting....more... Much more than just fireworks (The Southern Illinoisan)
FRANKLIN COUNTY - A crowd at the Rend Lake Dam and Visitors Center was just beginning to gather when four members of the Charleston, Mo.-based Confederate unit known as King's Battery fired its Civil War-replica cannon....more... Appalachian Summer Festival begins July 6 (Watauga Democrat)
Astronomers say that our area is a great place to see stars. Every July, Boone becomes a fantastic place to see the stars of drama, dance and music when An Appalachian Summer Festival returns....more... Our role to play (The Star Online)
Graceful deer grazing in the open fields, beautiful flowers in striking colours, amazing limestone caverns and ancient temples ? these were the scenes that greet me in Gua Musang, a little-known town in Kelantan....more... Local spots play role in the Revolutionary War (Middletown Times Herald-Record)
Parades, barbecues and fireworks will be the ways most people will celebrate Independence Day....more... Henry Rollins: Uncut from NYC (DVD Talk)
Hot on the heels of their release of The Henry Rollins Show - The Complete First Season comes IFC's DVD debut of Henry Rollins - Uncut From NYC , a ninety-minute stand up comedy/spoken word piece from late 2006 that finds the sometimes singer/actor/writer in front of a very receptive crowd at The Town Hall in Manhattan, New York. The audience is into it, Rollin's is pumped up and obviously in ......more... |