06/14/11 Five finalists for the annual Fernando Award will be selected Friday from among nine nominees in the long-standing program that honors volunteerism.
06/06/11 New York Rep. Anthony Weiner 's unforgettable moment of un-"certitude" last week regarding a sexually suggestive photo tweeted to a 21-year-old female follower has only added to the mysteries about politicians and the addictive power of Twitter, the social networking site.
06/06/11 Cleveland, OH (Sports Network) - Matt Tolbert went 2-for-4 with a run scored and two driven in and Scott Baker ...
06/06/11 Monday's MLB news briefs: Former New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies star Lenny Dykstra was jailed Monday on grand theft auto and drug possession charges after being accused of using phony information to lease a car from a Southern California dealership.
06/06/11 These Whatcom County students will graduate from the University of Washington this June: Bellingh
05/28/11 This Memorial Day, school honors the lives of five men killed in the line of duty, By Nancy Kriz
05/28/11 During the 1960s, Vought RF-8 Crusaders flew over Cuba during the Cuban missile crisis, taking low-level photographs that couldn't be obtained any other way. The RF-8 Crusader that now rests at Castle Air Museum provides a monument to history. According to Joe Pruzzo, the chief executive officer at the museum, the RF-8 Crusader that was recently added to the museum's collection flew during the ...
05/28/11 Keep both hands on the wheel and be careful with any outdoor fires today. Skies will be mostly sunny and temperatures will reach the low 90s, but winds will be gusty today throughout the region as the Memorial Day holiday weekend gets under way.
05/28/11 AMY WORDEN & ANGELA COULOMBIS The Philadelphia Inquirer HARRISBURG, Pa. The reactions ranged from startled to silly. Was Gov. Corbett serious when he said last month that Pennsylvania college campuses situated over the Marcellus Shale could be opened to natural gas drilling? Environmentalists conjured images of dirty, dangerous drill rigs sprawling across campus quadrangles. In newspaper website ...
05/24/11 It was a solemn Monday morning under overcast skies as Josie Gonzales, chairwoman of the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors, saluted the many officers of the Sheriff's Department for making the streets safe for its citizens to go home.
05/23/11 LAS VEGAS Disneys THE LION KING at Mandalay Bay Resort Casino in Las Vegas welcomed its one millionth guest Saturday, May 21 during Fan Appreciation Month as part of its two-year anniversary celebration. THE LION KINGs run in Las Vegas marks the productions longest sit-down engagement off Broadway in North America.The...
05/23/11 After Chevron's last attempt to upgrade its aging Richmond oil refinery bogged down in court, the company has decided to try again. Chevron Corp. on Monday reported that it will once again ask Richmond officials for...
05/23/11 LinkedIn Corp., the professional- networking website that sold shares in an initial public offering last week, may fall as low as $30 a share once insiders are able to pare their holdings, according to Lawrence Haverty of Gamco Investors Inc.
05/17/11 The Superdiners find awesome meat-free dishes in omnivorous places
05/17/11 A former flight attendant on Arnold Schwarzenegger private plane gave birth to a child during the earlier Nineties after an alleged affair with the actor, it has been claimed. The unearthed allegations today swirled around the internet just hours after the former Governor of California confirmed he had a love child with a member of his staff.
05/17/11 Nevada County residents will participate in the statewide Golden Guardian emergency drill on Wednesday, which will simulate the local effects of a historic flood in the Central Valley.
05/17/11 The 1967 "Giant Killers" earned their place in Beaver football history when they beat two top-2 teams and tied a third 44 years ago. In fact - in light of the 2006 upset of No. 3 Southern California and the 2008 upset of No. 1 Southern California - the 1967 Oregon State University football team has arguably come up the most recently of any OSU team from the past.
05/17/11 MAYMarin Poetry Center Summer Traveling Show7 p.m. Tuesdays through Sept. 27At libraries and bookstores across Marin; 382-1660; www.
05/17/11 EDITOR'S NOTE: "From the Colleges" includes news releases of interest as written and edited from Southern Baptist-affiliated universities and colleges.
05/13/11 Ronnie Baker / Staff Photo: Dalton Abshira Jr., left, takes an order from Loretta Arthur. "We've been waiting for this a long time." | 
