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Memorial Day ceremony will be held at Veterans Park on Monday

R.D. Hohenfeldt — Fri, 24 May 2013 9:30:00 +0000

Mayor William S. Jenks III will be the speaker at Monday morning’s annual Memorial Day service.

Indianapolis 500 preview: Will this be the Year of the Woman?

The Associated Press — Fri, 24 May 2013 7:03:06 +0000

INDIANAPOLIS — Katherine Legge didn't know she'd have a shot at the Indianapolis 500 until it was time to qualify, when Schmidt Peterson Motorsports decided to put her in its second car at the last second. Pippa Mann chatted with tire makers, dropped in on the folks from the television networks and even tried to get cozy with engine maker Honda in the hopes of landing a ride. Both of them have overcome long odds to join Ana Beatriz and Simona de Silvestro in Sunday's 33-car [...]

Margaret Sullivan 87, of Salem

Fri, 24 May 2013 7:00:00 +0000

Margaret Sullivan, 87, of Salem, died Thursday, May 23, 2013.
Arrangements are under the direction of Wilson Mortuary, Salem.

William A. 'Bill' Evans 86, of Rolla

Fri, 24 May 2013 7:00:00 +0000

William A. "Bill" Evans, 86, of Rolla, passed away June 14, 2012, and was cremated at that time. There will be a memorial luncheon Saturday, June 1, at noon at Steve and Donna Adam’s home, 13250 County Road 4080, Rolla.

Morning Minutes: May 24

Fri, 24 May 2013 6:03:08 +0000

Word of the Day, Website of the Day, Number to Know, This Day in History, Today's Featured Birthday and Daily Quote.

Today's News: Our Take - On the Set: Arrested Development Returns on Netflix

TV Guide — Fri, 24 May 2013 5:57:57 +0000

From the outside, soundstage No.7 at Los Angeles's Culver Studios looks like an unremarkable airplane hangar. Inside? The fourth-season resurrection of the cult comedy Arrested Development rages in full eccentric swing as Cinco de Quatro a fictional holiday meant ...

Today's News: Our Take - Michael Douglas and Matt Damon Go Behind the Candelabra

TV Guide — Fri, 24 May 2013 5:57:57 +0000

It all started, oddly enough, on the set of director Steven Soderbergh's gritty, Oscar-winning 2000 drama Traffic. "Steven said to me, 'You ever think of playing Liberace?'" remembers Michael Douglas of the first time he was approached to portray the ...

On the Set: Arrested Development Returns on Netflix

TV Guide — Fri, 24 May 2013 5:23:09 +0000

Michael Douglas and Matt Damon Go Behind the Candelabra

TV Guide — Fri, 24 May 2013 5:23:08 +0000

wow over 17,000 hits on my site!

Fri, 24 May 2013 5:23:07 +0000

Wow, over 17,000 hits on my site! wow! What a fantastic compliment…thank you to everyone who takes time to

stop by and read it:)

Tonight was a good night. It really made feel that my blog was worthy and a great thing I’m doing. John had an awards banquet for the hospital. He wanted me to go with him, and I was so happy I felt good and could go!

I had such great feedback. All night I had people come up to me and say they follow my blog. Also they [...]

Michael Gerson: Baseless fears of Common Core

Fri, 24 May 2013 1:23:00 +0000

?Modern conservatism comes in two distinct architectural styles. The first seeks to build from scratch, using accurate ideological levels and plumb lines, so every wall is straight and every corner squared. The goal of politics is to apply abstract principles in their purest form. But there is another type of conservatism, often practiced at the state level, which attempts to build out of flawed, existing materials, resulting in some odd angles and incongruous additions. These conservative [...]

Movie review: ‘Fast & Furious 6’

By Ed Symkus — Fri, 24 May 2013 1:01:00 +0000

You can have a great time getting caught up in the outrageous action of the sixth entry in this money-making machine of a series without having seen any of the previous films. But you wouldn�t understand the nuances of the characters and their interrelationships, you wouldn�t get why they all keep talking about the importance of family, and you wouldn�t really know who you�re supposed to be rooting for, or why.
But, again, you can still have a great time. A �Fast & Furious� movie consists of [...]

Movie review: Last call for ‘Hangover’ gang

By Dana Barbuto — Fri, 24 May 2013 1:01:00 +0000

�The Hangover III� takes forever to get started and then never wants to end. Farewells are always tough, but the end it is, as the �Wolf Pack� embarks on one final off-the-rails road trip.
The journey � from California to Tijuana to Vegas � is mildly amusing, even hysterical at times. But most of those giggles are of the cringe-inducing ilk, as in �I don�t know why this is funny but I�m LMAO.� Ken Jeong eating dog food sounds grossly unfunny in theory, but on screen, well, I almost fell out [...]

The Readers’ Writers: YA author Scott Blagden

By DA Kentner — Fri, 24 May 2013 1:01:00 +0000

Scott Blagden worked in real estate after being shown the exit door when a college prank found the wrong audience � apparently humor wasn�t in the offering that semester. Today, he lives on Cape Cod, is still in the real estate biz, is the father to two teenagers and he has just seen his first book published.
�Dear Life, You Suck� isn�t standard fare in any genre, let alone young adult (YA). The main character, Cricket Cherpin, is a young man growing up without parents in a Catholic group [...]

The world is a battlefield, continued

Rick Holmes — Thu, 23 May 2013 23:17:29 +0000

President Obama addressed many important issues in his speech Thursday (transcript here), some of which I’m writing about for Sunday’s column. �The speech also included some remarkable political theater involving Obama and a protester in the audience. If anyone finds the clip and can link to it, you should check it out.

For now, I just want to pass [...]

Good grief

Thu, 23 May 2013 22:23:24

Notice how this wonderful woman deals with the sick grief-mongering reporter in this video which is now making the rounds. "Oh, I know exactly what happened," the woman says as the reporter shamelessly angles for tears, or at least some self-pity.

Then we have a story from Grand Forks where a [...]

Voter Fraud is a Fraud

Thu, 23 May 2013 22:23:24

The Ohio Secretary of State ordered that any suspicious ballot out of the 5.6 million cast in Ohio be investigated. They found only 135 suspicious ballots, and those votes weren't organized in favor of one party or another. The entire notion that there is massive voter fraud is false. Republicans used the fear of fraud to introduce voter ID [...]

How to Climb with Tools

Thu, 23 May 2013 22:23:23

Bring everything you need without having to descend the ladder

Car Care: When It’s OK to Do It Yourself

Thu, 23 May 2013 22:23:23

5 simple maintenance tasks you can tackle in your home garage

Why Your Apple a Day Better Be Organic

Thu, 23 May 2013 22:23:22

Once again, the fruit tops the list of dirtiest produce.