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favorite books of 2006
Slate - Despite a few Iron John moments, you bounce off Ford's prose as though it were a backyard trampoline: feeling weightless and alive. Emily Bazelon, senior editor Remember the Chicago grad student in Freakonomics who figured out why drug dealers live with

6-year-old vanishes in span of city block
BRUNSWICK - Glynn County police and other agencies searched most of Thursday night and all day Friday without finding a 6-year-old boy who was reported missing about 8 p.m. Thursday.
My game was out of bounds for certain
The 1955-56 basketball season mercifully ended, along with my ill-starred hoops career, on a March night in Shippensburg, Pa. And it is as though the game took place last night, not 51 long winters ago.
Briefly: Rome Apple store, CS3 webcast
In brief: MacNN has reviewed Trampoline from Old Jewel Software, the first continental Europe Apple Store is set to open on March 31st, Adobe announced that it will webcast its Creative Suite 3 launch event, and iCompositions is giving away 101 royalty-free Apple Loops. Old Jewel Software's Trampoline 2.0.2 ($20) replaces the dock functions in Mac ...
Diver vows to stay healthy
There's hardly anyone at Highland High on this day, there are no students in classrooms and no noise heard throughout the hallways - except from janitors working with their machines. So, diving coach Monica French, good luck finding a notary. On a no-school Friday last month, French overheard junior diver Parker Stocking say he doesn't want to get hurt anymore and say, "I don't want to ...

Oddo takes one more swing
It's been more than four years since the City Council's Youth Services Committee held its first hearing on Councilman Jim Oddo's bill to ban metal bats in city baseball games.
Not as creepy as it sounds
O pening ceremonies today in the West Indies for the 2007 Cricket World Cup. Most know this is the so-called ''Super Bowl of the insect world,'' featuring crickets, mealworms, fruit flies, grasshoppers, cicadas and katydids from 16 nations. As with any major international event, security will be tight on account of the threat of both terrorism and bait-seeking fishermen.
Xavier 72, Dayton 51
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. _ With top-seeded Xavier playing its best basketball, Dayton paid the price for two five-minutes lapses in the quarterfinals of the Atlantic 10 Conference tournament on Thursday. Senior...
Trampoline Jumps on New Funding
UK-based knowledge management startup Trampoline Systems Ltd received $5.8m (3m pounds) in funding this week led by the Tudor Group.
Cocaine: Caracas connection grows
More Colombian drugs move through, U.S. sources say CARACAS, Venezuela The airliner leaving Caracas for Mexico City carried a seemingly conspicuous cargo: one ton of Colombian cocaine stuffed into 25 bulky, almost identical suitcases.
Nike to replace consumers' drivers that don't conform
BEAVERTON, Ore. -- Nike Golf says some of its Sumo Squared drivers were found to be slightly over US...
Minutemen miss shot at statement victory
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. --Tommie Liddell scored 24 points, Ian Vouyoukas tallied 21 and Saint Louis may have ended Massachusetts' dreams of an NCAA tournament bid with a 74-71 overtime victory in the quarterfinals of the Atlantic 10 Conference tournament last night.

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With Corteo , Cirque du Soleil returns to its roots
With Corteo , Cirque du Soleil returns to roots Cirque is back, finally. And I don't just mean in Houston again.
Javelinas take up residence on south side
Neighbors and city workers went hog wild Wednesday on the south side after two javelinas were found in a woman's backyard.
Spreading a message of hope
Behind a big white banner emblazoned with the words "Unity in the Community," about 75 people walked and prayed along South Longview streets to bring a message of hope to the neighborhood.
Nike to replace consumers' drivers that don't conform
BEAVERTON, Ore. -- Nike Golf says some of its Sumo Squared drivers were found to be slightly over US...
Mom, son had been in serious accidents
Jack Sheets III and his mother, Melissa Abshire, died in a car crash Wednesday. In 2005, Melissa "Missy" Abshire drove a Toyota station wagon into a telephone pole in Roanoke and nearly died, her longtime boyfriend said. The following summer, her 9-year-old son, Jack Sheets III, suffered serious injuries after a vehicle hit him while he was crossing the street, sending him crashing through the ...

Tops for working moms
Happy moms are a big part of what makes A Child's Waiting Adoption Program, whose employees are nearly all moms, tick. The family-owned Copley Township agency has been honored in this month's Working Mother magazine's list of the 25 Best Small Companies for 2007. More than 300 businesses with a family-friendly culture were nominated by readers.
State Calls Last Witness
The State called their last witnesses to the stand Wednesday in the case against Mark Entrekin accused of killing a man in a boating accident on Lake Sinclair last July. Passenger Cynthia Hillsman was in Entrekin's boat the night of incident.
Maysville man arrested in drug round-up
Marked and unmarked police vehicles had a grey Cadillac blocked into the parking lot of the old Hazewood Hospital in Maysville Friday afternoon. Nearby a group of children bounced on a trampoline, oblivious to what was going on just down the block.
See Me TV Caters to Cell Phone Users
By Leila Abboud On See Me TV, a service offered by European cellphone provider 3, users can watch goofy homemade video clips of a man crashing off his backyard trampoline, a dirt biker jumping over a deep ditch or a blond girl belting out a creepy pop song.
Trampoline exercise: Can it improve balance?
I would not. No matter what your age, trampoline exercise is associated with a high risk of injury. Falls off trampolines or mini-trampolines, or incorrect use of such equipment, can result in serious joint and soft tissue injuries.
Stark, stunning white set tests dancers
Dutch choreographer Conny Janssen's "Rebound" will have its United States debut this week in Portland, and you should get ready for a deep emotional ride: A taped version of the dance reveals a thrilling, must-see study in confinement, power and social dynamics.
Wizards' Arenas zeros in on stardom
Free-spirited All-Star guard puts up big numbers -- much bigger than the one on his jersey -- while driving everyone, including his coach, a little crazy. Now it's Agent Zero, superstar.
A unique blend
Teachers: Variety key in teaching autistic children By ANNIE LINDER Staff Writer In their Friday morning class, eight students appear to be completing individual missions that are seemingly unrelated.
LISTMANIA! Who is the most influential Cache Valley resident?
Who are the most influential people in Cache Valley? We're not talking about the most recognizable people (we'll get to that later this year), but we want to know who are the individuals that have brought change, good or bad, or affected people's lives in our area.