Odds & Ends: Weekly news/humor wrap-up - DAILY KOS
Pub. Date - Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:47:00 GMT
I post a weekly diary of the historical notes, arts & science items, foreign news (often receiving little notice in the US) and whimsical pieces from the outside world that I feature weekdays in "Cheers & Jeers". For example ..... SEPARATED at BIRTH ... Entertainment cartel UK 3 Strikes Plan stalled - p2pnet.net
Pub. Date - Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:57:00 GMT
Conservative shadow culture secretary Jeremy Hunt (right) says he doesn’t believe the Digital Economy Bill will get through Parliament before then, “even with Tory support,” according to Times Online , which goes on: “The Conservatives back ... Jennifer Lopez, Adam Lambert Ready For AMA Stage - POLLSTAR
Pub. Date - Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:02:00 GMT
Lopez and Lambert will be among more than a dozen performers at Sunday’s ceremony, and they took time out Thursday to perfect their performances. Lopez is in top form, but she’s still a little nervous. She’ll be singing a song fans have never ... The ballad of Billy Ray - Longview News-Journal
Pub. Date - Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:16:00 GMT
The beating and dumping of Johnson's unconscious body and the town's reaction drew national outrage. "Old South racism ... something like that," said Haley, who is an administrative assistant at Music City Texas Theater, Linden's main attraction. " In rambling speech, Salmon tells all - Rutland Herald
Pub. Date - Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:02:00 GMT
MONTPELIER – In a news conference he dedicated to the "warrior in all of us," State Auditor Thomas M. Salmon addressed his arrest last week for drunken driving by way of a discursive speech seemingly intended to illustrate his history of triumph ... Predators hope to extend win streak over Blue Jackets - Seattle Post Intelligencer
Pub. Date - Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:47:00 GMT
Columbus has lost in 11 straight trips to the Music City -- nine of which have come in regulation -- since a 3-1 triumph there on April 3, 2006. Nashville is also an eye-opening 18-2-2 overall against Columbus since the start of the 2006-07 campaign ... 'New Moon' celebration schedule in Port Angeles - Peninsula Daily News
Pub. Date - Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:57:00 GMT
"Bella Luna: A New Moon Celebration," two days of all-day events hosted by the Port Angeles Downtown Association today and Saturday, will be largely at The Gateway, at Front and Lincoln streets, and at The Landing mall on Railroad Avenue a block away ... Religious Services - Iowa City Press-Citizen
Pub. Date - Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:19:00 GMT
Orlando R. Dial. Services: 11 a.m. Sunday ... Good News Bible Church, 845 Pepperwood Lane, Iowa City, 52240. The Rev. Christopher Arch, pastor, 354-3331. Associate Pastor Richard Wootonn. Worship: 10:15 a.m., Sunday. Sunday school, 9 a.m. Sunday. W.Va. Symphony conductor picky about his batons - Beaver County Times
Pub. Date - Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:02:00 GMT
Grant Cooper's batons travel with him in a plastic tube that protects them. That's because if he breaks one, he's going to head back out into the woods to replace it. A baton is as important to a conductor as an instrument is to a musician and Cooper ... Holiday Toy Trains Open In Devou Park - WCPO
Pub. Date - Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:26:00 GMT
There are over 25 red buttons that you can push the make the engines steam, blow their whistles and you can turn the lights and music on in the display. There's even a Santa that flies all at the touch of your hand. Kids will enjoy seeing Thomas the ... | 
