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How to have a great garage sale Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 2:14PMTrue story. The first words my now-19-year-old son read out loud were “garage” and “sale.” Spying the sign ahead, he knew, as did I, that those words held promise of a treasure yet to be found for mere pennies on the dollar. Today, garage sales are my brand of recycling-meets-profit-margin. If my kids outgrow something, or if an item has outlived its purpose, I put it aside to include in my next ...
Movie Capsules Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 7:57PM"BAD TEACHER" — This is exactly the one-joke movie that you probably expect it to be, but there are enough variations and shadings of that one joke to sustain its brief running time — just barely. Cameron Diaz plays ... a bad teacher. She secretly sips airline-size booze bottles during class, doesn't bother to learn her students' names and figures that showing them movies about education like ...
Police Notebook: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 11:20PMInformation is taken from the records of the Portage Police Department and does not represent a comprehensive list of police department activity. Each individual named in this report is presumed to be
Rev. Timothy Schenck: People, like mosquitoes, can drive you nuts Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 12:31PMI grudgingly admit that mosquitoes are God’s creatures. I guess they fall into the “small” category of “All creatures great and small.” But let’s face it: God has done better work. From a scientific point of view, I suppose these flying leeches serve some purpose in the wider ecosystem.
How to have an organized and successful garage sale Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 8:36AMTrue story. The first words my now-19-year-old son read out loud were "garage" and "sale." Spying the sign ahead, he knew, as did I, that those words held promise of a treasure yet to be found for mere pennies on the dollar.
Still Showing Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 1:02AMBAD TEACHER — Cameron Diaz secretly sips airline-size booze bottles during class, doesn’t bother to learn her students’ names and figures showing them movies about education is just as good as educating them herself. She’s not teaching for the deeply rewarding experience of shaping young minds. She just needs enough cash for a boob job, which she thinks will help her land a rich husband. R for ...
Police Notebook, July 5, 2011 Tuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 12:05AMInformation is taken from the records of the Portage Police Department and does not represent a comprehensive list of police department activity. Each individual named in this report is presumed to be
Visuals can't save loud, long 'Transformers' Saturday, July 2, 2011 @ 1:10AMTransformers: Dark of the Moon (3-D Action, PG, 154 minutes) . Director Michael Bay serves up another loud, long, bruising and wearisome onslaught of giant, shape-shifting robots.
Movie Review: 'Transformers' is another loud bruiser Thursday, June 30, 2011 @ 12:30PMTo his credit, Michael Bay does try to put more human touch into "Transformers: Dark of the Moon," aiming to make up for the clattering mess of overgrown kitchen appliances that duked it out in the franchise's last installment. Bay went to the far side of the moon and even to planet Vulcan, enlisting John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Mr. Spock in search of the human ...
Area health experts offer a few tips to keep you safe this summer Thursday, June 30, 2011 @ 10:11AMWhat bugs you?
Capsule reviews of 'Transformers, 'Larry Crowne' and other new releases Thursday, June 30, 2011 @ 9:57AM"Larry Crowne" — You can have two of the most likable, bankable stars on the planet together, but strong writing is crucial to making them shine. Even the combined, blinding brilliance of Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts cannot salvage the corny, contrived script — which Hanks, who also directed the film, co-wrote. His longtime friend Nia Vardalos ("My Big Fat Greek Wedding") was his collaborator ...
Capsule reviews: 'Transformers, 'Larry Crowne' Thursday, June 30, 2011 @ 9:57AMYou can have two of the most likable, bankable stars on the planet together, but strong writing is crucial to making them shine. Even the combined, blinding brilliance of Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts cannot salvage the corny, contrived script — which Hanks, who also directed the film, co-wrote. His longtime friend Nia Vardalos ("My Big Fat Greek Wedding") was his collaborator, and the shticky ...
MOVIE REVIEW: ' Transformers ' offers loud mayhem Thursday, June 30, 2011 @ 5:31AMTo his credit, Michael Bay does try to put more human touch into “ Transformers : Dark of the Moon,” aiming to make up for the clattering mess of overgrown kitchen appliances that duked it out in the franchise’s last installment.
“Transformers” Robots Battling For Box Office Bucks Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 2:12PMThe giant "Transformers" robots have shrunk a bit in the early going at the box office.
Review: ‘ Transformers ’ another loud bruiser Tuesday, June 28, 2011 @ 12:52PMTo his credit, Michael Bay does try to put more human touch into “ Transformers : Dark of the Moon,” aiming to make up for the clattering mess of overgrown kitchen appliances that duked it out in the franchise's last installment.
One Month Later, No Sign Of Aurora Boy Whose Mom Committed Suicide Saturday, June 11, 2011 @ 9:21PMSometime between late May 13 and early May 14, Amy Fry-Pitzen — cut and bloodied — tried to get out of the bathtub. Her 6-year-old son Timmothy has not been seen since.
Police Detail Last Days of Amy Pitzen Saturday, June 11, 2011 @ 8:39PMSometime between late May 13 and early May 14, Amy Fry-Pitzen — cut and bloodied — tried to get out of the bathtub.
One month later, search continues for Timmothy Pitzen Saturday, June 11, 2011 @ 5:52PMSometime between late May 13 and early May 14, Amy Fry-Pitzen — cut and bloodied — tried to get out of the bathtub.She was in Room 108 of the Rockford Motel, where rooms are tidy but sparse: two beds with maroon spreads, a night stand, a dresser and an old TV. Amy had added little to the surroundings. Besides a bottle of water, a flier from the Wisconsin Dells and a bottle of children’s cough ...
Archbishop says marriage amendment is 'not anti-gay' | The Glean Friday, June 10, 2011 @ 3:33PMAFTERNOON EDITION Archbishop says marriage amendment is 'not anti-gay' By Brian Lambert | Friday, June 10, 2011 Maybe it's like how an electric bug zapper isn’t “anti-mosquito” ... Archbishop John Nienstedt wrote in his Catholic Spirit column Thursday urging Catholics to support the anti-gay marriage amendment: “ [T]he media and some secular commentators have chosen to mis-characterize this ...
3 Ways to Hunt Down a Star Wars/Pepsi R2-D2 Beverage Cooler Wednesday, June 8, 2011 @ 3:56PMI recently moved into a new apartment. In other words, I booted like six cardboard boxes carelessly through the door and got Popeye arms hauling two Patrick Bateman quality leather sofas and a Clubber Lang weight table and barbells in.
Gazette.Net: Campfire programs kick off for summer Tuesday, June 7, 2011 @ 4:52PMBats are not blind, owls are not wise and possums are not really pretending when they play dead. Those are just a few of the myths put to rest by Cunningham Falls State Park naturalist John Zuke at the park’s first Campfire program of the summer on Saturday.
Fringe: According to Newton Friday, April 29, 2011 @ 12:49PMFringe "6:02 EST" April 22, 2011 Liane Hentscher/FOXINVISIBLE BOWFLEX OF DOOM Over There, Head Imposternerd instructs his nerd herd to complete a Faraday Cage around their Bowflex of Doom, seeing as it's a giant universe-destroying somethingorother, and who knows what...
Earnhardt memorialized on specially designed bus Sunday, April 17, 2011 @ 8:24AMShrine to 'best driver ever' is popular site for Talladega fans to visit
IBM Looking to Partner; BioNeutral BONU Already has Solution to MRSA Infection Thursday, April 14, 2011 @ 1:28PMIt is interesting to note the ruckus that can surround a situation when a major corporation makes a comment on it. International Business Machines Corp. NYSE:IBM was the subject of a Wall Street Journal article last week titled, Big Blue's Tiny Bug Zapper: IBM Researchers Develop Nanoparticle to Destroy Antibiotic-Resistent Bacteria in which the industry mammoth spoke with WSJ about their...
How Benetech Slays Monsters With Megabytes and Math Monday, April 11, 2011 @ 5:47PMThe company recycles everyday consumer tech to aid activists and imprison dictators. When a crisis map won't cut it, they're the A-Team to call. Everyday tech products lead a secret double life as weapons for human rights activists. The same type of camera phone that captured your Nana's 90th birthday also captures evidence of tortured bodies; shared, online spreadsheets used for T&E reports ...
DAVIS: Those sneaky infomercials Monday, April 11, 2011 @ 8:12AMSpring is a time when folks decide to clean up, spruce up and fix up around the house. It’s a time of re-birth of sorts. We venture out into the sunlight, our eyes squinting at the bright sunlight. But once our pupils adjust we see the list of projects growing. Such is life.
Utah News Tuesday, April 5, 2011 @ 4:32PMMost Christian faiths teach that the world ends in fire. The Second Coming of Jesus Christ will bring with it a righteous conflagration in which the wicked (and assorted innocent bystanders) are consumed.
Kirby: Spring-like weather only a dream Tuesday, April 5, 2011 @ 11:16AMKirby: Spring-like weather only a dream By Robert Kirby Tribune Columnist Published Apr 5, 2011 05:10PM MDT Most Christian faiths teach that the world ends in fire. The Second Coming of Jesus Christ will bring with it a righteous conflagration in which the wicked (and assorted innocent bystanders) are consumed. Mormons are taught that as well but we don’t really believe it. We more suspect that ...
First Edition: April 4, 2011 Monday, April 4, 2011 @ 8:57AMToday's health policy news coverage includes reports about Republican lawmakers' plans to make dramatic changes to Medicare and Medicaid as they seek to cut $4 trillion from the budget over the next 10 years.
Witness describes struggle in garage Saturday, April 2, 2011 @ 4:06AMAn Edmonton man who says he fought back against a masked attacker in a darkened residential garage told his story to an Edmonton filmmaker's murder trial Friday.
Alleged Twitchell victim recounts escape Saturday, April 2, 2011 @ 12:23AMHe is the one that got away. Gilles Tetreault just wanted to meet a woman. Instead, the Edmonton man hooked up with a maniac in a hockey mask who was armed with an 800,000-volt stun gun.
Man describes life-and-death struggle in garage at filmmaker's murder trial Friday, April 1, 2011 @ 4:41PMAn Edmonton man who says he fought back against a masked attacker told his story to an Edmonton filmmaker's murder trial.
Across the Universe Tuesday, March 22, 2011 @ 4:04PMFilmmaker Rosa Menkman's vocabulary is different from ours, and probably different from other filmmakers, too. She uses terms we love, but don't know: lossy, chrominance, codecs, forward-predicted frames, and luminance algorithms. She's part of “Transcosmic Geometry,” a night of exp...
Shoreline cleanup date set Friday, March 18, 2011 @ 3:44PMOrganizers and volunteers are preparing for the spring Shoreline Cleanup on Table Rock Lake, which will be held again in April, but this time under a new name.
'Redneck Wedding' TV show features Ga. couple Monday, March 14, 2011 @ 4:35AMBRUNSWICK, Ga. - The groom wore camouflage, the bride rode a John Deere to the altar and won the tobacco-spitting contest and the preacher was named Bubba.
PAX East: Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon Preview Sunday, March 13, 2011 @ 3:05PMWe blast away at a never-ending swarm of behemoth bugs in D3's over-the-top shooter, Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon.
Darien couple to appear on 'My Big Redneck Wedding' Sunday, March 13, 2011 @ 2:10PMThe groom wore camouflage, the bride rode a John Deere to the altar and won the tobacco-spitting contest and the preacher was named Bubba.
Irvine’s Smarthome: Skymall Gadgets, Then Some Sunday, March 13, 2011 @ 3:08AMA look at Irvine gadget maker Smarthome
Huey Lewis on how fame can destroy art Wednesday, March 9, 2011 @ 11:45PMInterview with Huey Lewis of Huey Lewis and the News
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Erase Data Permanently With SecureClean Saturday, March 5, 2011 @ 4:58PMScrub out file fragments, temp files, cookies, and more with security tool SecureClean.
Tipsheet: Would Arkansas look north for hoops savior? Friday, March 4, 2011 @ 8:36AMMizzou basketball coach Mike Anderson isn’t thinking much about the University of Arkansas these days. He is busy with his own team.
Editorial: Prosecutors bark up the wrong tree Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 12:06PMNext week, 23-year-old Seth Foster is due in court with the possibility of jail time, a fine or both hanging over his head.His crime? Those who recognize his name already know it’s a trivial one: the death of a raccoon...
Jr. wrecks, loses pole Thursday, February 17, 2011 @ 1:19AMThe Sprint Cup Series stock cars are going too fast for NASCAR's comfort on the new pavement at Daytona International Speedway, so the sanctioning body's officials continued rewriting the Speed Weeks rule book Wednesday. More: Race traffic patterns today | Envy of the infield | Parking needs not only for cars | Aboard a blimp | Banquet honors Donnie Allison
Teen charged after fellow student zapped with stun gun Wednesday, February 16, 2011 @ 7:19AMFLESHERTON -- A 16-year-old is facing charges after a student at the local high school was shocked with a stun gun Thursday. The victim suffered only bruising from falling over after being stunned, police said.[...]
Teen zapped with stun gun Thursday, February 10, 2011 @ 10:59PMA student with an illegal electric stun gun knocked a youth briefly to the ground outside the high school in Flesherton at noon Thursday. A teacher quickly discovered the youth suffered only bruising from a fall.[...]
Student charged after stun gun brought to school Thursday, February 10, 2011 @ 6:01PMA 16-year-old is facing charges after a student at the local high school was shocked with a stun gun Thursday.
OUTDOORS: Snakes, mice and a trip to the repairman Thursday, February 10, 2011 @ 12:49AMMy wife Mary Ann came in suddenly one recent Sunday evening. My Jeep won't run, she said. This can't be, I exclaimed, with all the outdoor trails you travel on, the Jeep is a necessity. I will look at
Tales From the Brea Oil Field: What Are They Doing Up There? Tuesday, February 1, 2011 @ 4:39PMNight drivers motoring past the affluent housing tracts and well-kept strip malls of north Brea, not paying attention to the road in front of them, will notice an odd site: a solitary, hou...
Being Butterfly Thursday, January 27, 2011 @ 2:01AMWimps Need Not Apply