China: Pakistan's other partner

06/16/11 Washington often acts as if Pakistan were its client state, with no other possible patron but the United States.

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Flagler Co's Espanola fire breaks containment

06/16/11 Flagler County's Espanola fires, a major culprit in the smoke blanketing St. Johns County for days, broke free of containment lines Wednesday afternoon. The fire managed to burn 600 more acres before the Florida Army National Guard Black Hawk helicopters and U.S. Forest Service air tankers helped get the fire under control with water dumps. Firefighters were able to hold the containment lines ...

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Rare bird spotted in Glenmere Park, may even be nesting

06/10/11 This photo of the bird out at Glenmere Park is by Nunn resident Gary Lefko. Abird that experts say has only four verified sightings in Weld County in more than 100 years of records may be building a nest in Glenmere Park.

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Gov. Hickenlooper bemoans Colorado casino-tax cut

06/08/11 A recently approved casino-tax break projected to trim millions of dollars in funding for community colleges and other state organizations that receive gambling-tax revenue drew fire Tuesday from Gov. John Hickenlooper.

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Oregon Ducks rundown: Eight UO players drafted by Major League Baseball; NCAA Track & Field underway

06/08/11 Keudell, the junior right-handed pitcher from Portland's Jesuit High School, was selected in the 38th round by Minnesota, while Serna, the junior shortstop from Ventura, Calif., went in the 42nd round to Cleveland.

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Local Sports

06/08/11 572, Pittsburgh, Mike Nunez, RHP, Salmen HS, Slidell, La. 573, Seattle, Luke Guarnaccia, C, Palm Beach State College. 574, Arizona, J. Pulfer, 2B, Oregon.

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Thorburn: Cheaters dominate, CU Buffs will not in 2011

06/08/11 Sin to win. That seems to be the theme in the unsanitary world of big-time college football as one sordid story after another exposes the liars and deceivers from Columbus to Los Angeles.

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Pac-12 Insider: UCLA plans to feed the big man

06/07/11 Early departures might have hit UCLA as hard as any team in the country. With All-Pac-10 selections Tyler Honeycutt and Malcolm Lee, the Bruins might have started next season as a top five team. Without them, UCLA is reduced to simple Pac-12 title contender. Impressive, just not as sexy. Still, Ben Howland is excited. Coming off two subpar seasons (by  UCLA's standards), the eighth-year coach ...

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2011 Major League Baseball Draft: Rounds 1-30

06/07/11 Here list of players who were chosen in the first 30 rounds of the Major League Baseball Draft.

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News in brief for Thursday, June 2

06/02/11 Penn State Extension Master Gardeners in Adams County will hold a Garden Day at their trial garden in Gettysburg, Saturday, June 11.

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CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: New CD from Josa(C) Rizo's Mongorama

06/02/11 The followup up to four critically acclaimed albums by his Jazz On Latin Side All Stars, JosA(C) Rizo's MONGORAMA again shines a bright light on the AfroCuban music tradition with a stellar group of West Coast artists brought together by the veteran KJazz radio host. MONGORAMA pays tribute to the great Cuban born conguero Mongo SantamarA-a, one of the progenitors of the Latin Jazz genre and ...

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Funding cuts could mean end to flood gages

06/02/11 The National Weather Service and US Geological Survey fund the operation of flood gages along rivers and streams across the country.  But federal dollars budgeted for those gages could be cut.

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Le Mars firm tapped to handle Black Hawk County audits

06/01/11 WATERLOO, Iowa --- The Board of Supervisors brushed off the advice of its financial staff in selecting a new firm to audit Black Hawk County's books.

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Diagnosis Changes Cancer Survivor's Outlook

06/01/11 Sheila Gruenefeld has long been a supporter of the Warren County Relay for Life.

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Washington High School to graduate 164

06/01/11 Washington High School commencement will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in the high school gymnasium.

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Illegal-alien processing center part of bigger ICE presence in Rapid City

05/25/11 The Immigration and Customs Enforcement wing of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will have a more prominent presence in Rapid City if city officials authorize construction of a new building to process illegal aliens.

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Summit Up 5-25-11: Where email scammers ride leopards whilst sporting a fez

05/25/11 Good morning and welcome to Summit Up, the world's only daily column that wonders what the world is coming to when even our elected officials are getting scammed and spammed. We received this email from State Sen. Jeanne Nichols Copyright 2011 Summit Daily News. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Summit Daily ...

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Ron Paul says more people are thinking like him

05/24/11 ANKENY - Saying the mood of the country "has definitely changed" from four years ago, presidential candidate Ron Paul thinks more people are coming around to his economic and foreign policy ideas.

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Denver's new FBI chief has colorful, global experience

05/22/11 James F. Yacone is a decorated combat veteran, an accomplished criminal investigator and a graduate of West Point, but he doesn't like to brag.

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Birdbooker Report 171

05/22/11 Compiled by an ardent bibliophile, this is a weekly report about nature, science and history books that have been newly published in North America and the UK Books to the ceiling, Books to the sky, My pile of books is a mile high. How I love them! How I need them! I'll have a long beard by the time I read them. ~ Arnold Lobel [1933-1987] author of many popular children's books. Compiled by Ian ...

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