Art or aberration? Graffiti shocks, puzzles Japan (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
It wasn't a security alert that made Japan's railway authorities halt the morning run of a bullet train recently and inconvenience about 500 commuters, but the word "Hack" spray-painted across a carriage.
Video-game roundup | "Boom Blox" puts a spin on puzzles (Seattle Times)
Game reviews: "Boom Blox" knocks down puzzles while "Enemy Territory: Quake Wars" and "Assault Heroes 2" are all about the shooting.
Nintendo DS Review: Crosswords DS (Blogcritics.org)
A challenging game with 1000+ word puzzles and nice touch screen capabilities, but nothing highly innovative. Word lovers rejoice! This all ages casual game eliminates hard copies with a high amount (1000+) of puzzles to solve. A fine game if the only goal is slicing through these word puzzles with some helpful assistance including an option that reveals wrong answers in red text. If not, …
7 Cubs join Piniella on All-Star Team (Chicago Tribune)
Hardball: The Cubs set a franchise record this year with seven selections to the 2008 All-Star Team — starters Kosuke Fukudome, Alfonso Soriano and Geovany Soto, reserve Aramis Ramirez, and pitchers Ryan Dempster, Kerry Wood and Carlos Zambrano. All-Star game: Complete rosters Final fan voting Rick Morrissey: For Soriano, Cubs must come first Inconsistency at the plate puzzles Lee …
On sale now in Jerusalem: Priestly garments (AP via Yahoo! News)
In a stuffy basement off an Old City alleyway in Jerusalem, tailors using ancient texts as a blueprint have begun making a curious line of clothing they hope will be worn by priests in a reconstructed Jewish Temple.
Family wanted: Tyra, Standley and Shyante (The Kansas City Star)
TYRA, 6, STANDLEY, 3, and SHYANTE, 2, are looking for a home that can keep them together. Tyra's big smile goes well with her talkative and friendly nature. She loves playing with other kids, swimming and collecting Bratz dolls. Standley can be a bit shy at first, but quickly warms up to people. He loves figuring out puzzles, reading books on trucks and playing with his toy cars. Shyante likes …
Green outing at Zoo Negara for children (The New Straits Times)
KUALA LUMPUR: Sixty children enjoyed a day at Zoo Negara recently, and learned important lessons about taking care of the environment.
Clubs, crafts and hobbies (Daily Herald)
Register by July 7 for Dance Upon a Star Pom and Dance Camp offered from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. July 15-18 at Montini Catholic High School, 19W070 16th St., Lombard.
Spellbound by science: Students learn cool stuff about physics, math (The Monterey County Herald)
With his arms resting on a desk and his chin in his hands, 11-year-old Ricardo Gonzalez stares at the mechanical contraption that shoots an aluminum ring into the air, a cool science trick that makes him gasp.
A world of colored glass (The Times of Northwest Indiana)
FREEPORT | Ted Gross sees the world in pieces of color; they come in all shapes and sizes. Visions will come to his mind, or he may take a picture with a camera to capture it until he can re-create it. The result is a stained glass creation that may be a picture, water fountain or an ornamental piece for a garden.