New book takes on zero tolerance fervor in schoolsTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 8:31PMNEW YORK (AP) — High-tech surveillance. Metal detectors. Zero tolerance for, well, just about any bad behavior, real or overblown. Welcome to "Lockdown High," the title of a sweeping new book by journalist Annette Fuentes, describing how the schoolhouse has become a jailhouse and fear prevails.
Showing off bikes of all creationsMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 8:03PMAll kinds of two wheeled creations will be on show at the 2011Bike Show next month.
LIVE UPDATES: Pike River inquiry, day sevenMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 4:31PM3news.co.nz brings you live updates from the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Pike River mine tragedy.
Besieged by hacking scandal, Murdoch prepares to testifyMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 1:54PMRupert Murdoch will testify before an angry British Parliament Tuesday on the tabloid phone-hacking scandal, and a report suggests his role as CEO of News Corp. hangs in the balance.
Interest In Parkersburg GrowsMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 1:46PMIt may have been named one of the best shrinking places to live but Parkersburg is enjoying some added attention from vacationers and tourists.
‘Geography and economy link the destinies of India and Sri Lanka’Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 12:49PMMr. Deputy Speaker, this is basically a debate on Indo-Sri Lanka relations. That was the manner in which the Motion was presented to this House by MP Vijitha Herath. I would like to say that the first requirement at this time is rationality. We must be cerebral.
Hoff-Vannatta Farmstead becoming Harmony Township museumSunday, July 17, 2011 @ 7:15PMA wagon house at a historic Harmony Township farm is a shell of its former self. Pockmarked wooden beams aged more than 200 years frame the rough shape of a building, but there are no walls and no roof.
‘Lefty’ flirts with glory but settles for secondSunday, July 17, 2011 @ 2:32PMPhil Mickelson (PICTURED) finally gave British fans a live glimpse of the talent they have seen so much of on TV when he scorched the first 10 holes of his final round to briefly share top spot on the leaderboard but his putting then fell away dramatically and another British Open slipped by yesterday.
Mickelson flirts with glory but settles for secondSunday, July 17, 2011 @ 11:50AMSANDWICH (Reuters) - Phil Mickelson finally gave British fans a live glimpse of the talent they have seen so much of on TV when he scorched the first 10 holes of his final round to briefly share top spot on the leaderboard but his putting then fell away dramatically and another British Open slipped by on Sunday.
A matter of state prideSaturday, July 16, 2011 @ 7:16PMMALAYSIANS seem to have the tendency for misplacing their national and state pride when it comes to certain [...]
Williamsport Bike Night - A good ideaSaturday, July 16, 2011 @ 6:38PMNot long ago, inviting thousands of bikers to the center of a small town might not have seemed like such a good idea, said Jeff Davis, general manager of Harley-Davidson of Williamsport. Not so anymore, Davis said. As the motorcyclist demographic has aged and grown wealthier, cities and towns across the country have taken a cue from places such as Daytona Beach, Fla., hosting ever-growing events ...
Funny girl: The not-so silent star Oona ChaplinFriday, July 15, 2011 @ 4:07PMActress Oona Chaplin is splendidly, almost ludicrously international, with a background that incorporates a childhood travelling in the caravan of the international movie industry, as well as roots – or tendrils at least – in Spain, Switzerland, Cuba, Scotland, Chile and England. I write England, but I mean London, and if she were a football team she would be Arsenal, which would be entirely ...
The gym will totally still be there after you finish that creme brulee.Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 1:04PMJapanese BENIHANA VILLAGE Las Vegas Hilton, 3000 Paradise Road, 732-5821. Japanese tabletop cooking at its finest. The chefs deliver great steaming-hot food, as well as an entertaining show.
Book Review - Turn of Mind - By Alice LaPlanteFriday, July 15, 2011 @ 12:27PMThis haunting first novel’s deeply unreliable narrator is a former surgeon with Alzheimer’s, the prime suspect in her best friend’s murder.
Pomonok SafetyThursday, July 14, 2011 @ 12:51PMRecently, the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans Of America released some very troubling statistics.
Kitchen Nightmares, Vol. 2: Sex, Poop, Murder [True Stories]Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 12:51PM# truestories Yesterday, we brought you true stories of restaurant horror , courtesy of you, the grease-stained Gawker readership. Today: ten more tales of skeevy managers, bodily fluids, and stone cold murder. More »
Brundall beauty queen Jessica Linley’s year as Miss EnglandThursday, July 14, 2011 @ 1:32AMJet-setting around the world, rubbing shoulders with the rich and famous and sharing flapjacks with Cheryl Cole were just a handful of the things Norfolk’s Jessica Linley did during the past year as Miss England.
Proposed 11th District rips out the center of WNCWednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 12:47PMRedistricting is always political, and voters on both sides have to accept that. The party with a majority will get districts that it hopes will advance its ideology.