Fast Feedback (WSTM-TV NBC 3) SYRACUSE STATE SENATOR JOHN DEFRANCISCO IS SPONSORING THE BILL IN ALBANY.IT'S PASSED THE SENATE ---AND THERE'S AN EVENT IN SYRACUSE THIS AFTERNOON...AIMED AT PUTTING PRESSURE ON THE ASSEMBLY TO ACT. Do you agree with this legislation?...more...Agricultural Roots Run Deep (The Morning News) Inside the familiar red brick house next door to the high school, two women hunker over the tiny dining table. The leaf that's used when company's coming rests neatly in storage; it's just family on the Saturday night after Mother's Day....more... Death penalty stays on table in Rios case (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette) Simon Rios could still be executed if convicted of murdering his family after a judge refused Wednesday to dismiss the death penalty filed in his case....more... Making peace with Parkinson's (The Payson Roundup) When Hazel Peace was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease 14 years ago, her doctor said she would never get well. "Parkinson's changes your life completely," said Peace, 72, who is now confined to a wheelchair....more... Woman Warriors (New York Times) The characters in Jean Thompson?s stories are smart and strong, but drawn to subpar men....more... Used Properly Or Not, Language Makes Impression (Hartford Courant) "Why do I have to use good grammar? People will still know what I mean." ...more... Honoring our dads for the gifts they give and lessons they teach (Seattle Times) Tomorrow is the day we honor our fathers and other important men in our lives. Father's Day began as an idea of Sonora Dodd, who lived in......more... When ability meets disability (The Kentucky Post) One evening in 2003, Rob Groeschen received a disturbing phone call. An irate man in Cincinnati had found Groeschen's older brother Tom, then 39 years old, wandering in his backyard. Groeschen got in his car and finally found his brother hours later across the Ohio River in Kentucky....more... A Year Of Learning (The Morning News) What a difference a year makes. Gabe Harwood and his 19 classmates started kindergarten Aug. 24 at T.G. Smith Elementary in Springdale. Most of them didn't know how to read, didn't know how to write and didn't know how to walk through the halls of the school quietly....more... |