Mayors' solution on water more conversation than conservation; (Niagara Falls Review)
With all the back-patting and hand-shaking shaking going on at the Great Lakes bun-fight this week, I was sure someone would end up with broken bones. Mayors from 55 Great Lakes cities, from Thunder Bay's Lyn Peterson to John Rowswell from the Soo to Ted Salci from [...]...more...Pit bulls attack pair out on walk (Tacoma News Tribune)
During his bike ride Friday evening, a little voice in Lind Simonsen?s head told him to peddle harder....more... Injured Afghanistan veteran completes journey of discovery (Johnson City Press)
Daniel McConnell?s big trip is done and the young Army veteran and medical school student got out of his road-worn Chevy Suburban, nicknamed ?The Bean,? with a better insight into his country and some of the people in it....more... Truly, this is a bad break for U.S. women?s team (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
Abby Wambach?s broken leg is a gold-medal injury; FC Dallas still is searching for transfer players....more... Agriprocessors changes practices; some in Postville still skeptical (The Gazette)
Troubled meatpacker Agriprocessors appears to have entered a new era of legal employees, higher wages and improved working conditions.Since the May 12 immigration raid that stunned the world and cost the company at least half its nearly 1,000-member work force, Agriprocessors has dramatically increased its starting wage, adopted the federal E-Verify system to ensure its workers are legally ......more... News and Features for Wasilla, Alaska (Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman)
BIG LAKE ? As car accidents go, it was horrific, but what made it noteworthy for this Mat-Su Borough community is the response. In the late afternoon July 1, Big Lake medics and rescue responders were called to Mile 1 Big Lake Road where a car had skidded and rolled several hundred feet....more... Brawn at the Boogie (Bedford Times-Mail)
SPRINGVILLE ? On a scorching, hot Friday afternoon at the ABATE of Indiana?s annual Boogie, some cruise their cycles up and down the Lawrence County Recreational Park?s dirt and gravel roads....more... Longview couple rescues abused monkeys (KOMO Seattle)
Polly Schultz of Longview devotes her life to monkeys, including an infant rhesus who sleeps in her bed. Many of them have been beaten or abandoned by owners who didn't realize the complexity of caring for a monkey....more... Public helping Wash. couple rescue abused monkeys (KATU Portland)
Polly Schultz of Longview, Wash., devotes her life to monkeys, including an infant rhesus who sleeps in her bed. Many of them have been beaten or abandoned by owners who didn't realize the complexity of caring for a monkey....more... |