August 18, 2007
Late breaking news
One of the fun puzzles Thursday at the annual bash thrown by real estate broker Mark Ritchie and developer Barry Swenson was guessing what the pair would wear this year.
In the bedrooms of teens across the land, bulging backpacks no longer sit where they landed last June, amidst strewn T-shirts, crumpled shopping bags, old term papers and half-done Sudoku puzzles. Shelves sag with cast-off clothes and outgrown toys.
About two years ago, Robert Bishop bought a two-story, A-frame home on Edwardsville Road in Madison with dreams of some day moving in with his wife and spending his days fiddling around with cars in the garage around back.
Teachers can get a free 12-page publication with interactive puzzles and educational games to use when teaching about the U.S. Constitution on Constitution Day, Monday, Sept. 17. The package from the Newspaper Association of America includes an online component - Flash-driven versions of activities and a game.
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Anne Arundel County will require contractors to certify that they have no undocumented workers, a move that puzzles local business groups, alarms immigrant advocates and appears to fly in the face of court rulings in other jurisdictions that have held that similar ordinances unlawfully usurp federal authority.
How did an electronic tag placed in a salmon at a hatchery in Washington end up in the stomach of a bird found 7,700 miles away in New Zealand?
Hundreds of mourners, including entertainers, family and friends, gathered in Beverly Hills Friday to pay final respects to media and business mogul Merv Griffin, the longtime La Quinta resident and creator of two of television's most successful game shows. SLIDESHOW: Merv Griffin: Goodbye To A Legend
Oh, we try. We try every year to figure out the most confounding team in professional sports, and I'm sad to report, we generally fail.
PHOENIX - There are computer programs that help crossword puzzle creators such as Bonnie L. Gentry of Scottsdale with mundane tasks such as deciding where the black squares go and suggesting short words.
After Chuck Ferris, 83, lost his right leg to a German landmine during World War II, he knew getting around would no longer be easy.