The Nation's Weather (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
Florida saw heavy rains and high winds coupled with tornado reports as Tropical Storm Fay trekked north Tuesday. Storms in the Northeast brewed strong winds that knocked down trees and dropped hail in southeastern Massachusetts....more...Big Screen Blackmail: From The Big Sleep to Burn After Reading (Coming Soon)
Blackmail ? the felonious, evocatively named act of threatening to reveal unsavory and damaging information unless a (usually equally unsavory) demand is met ? is central to the plots of several of the most popular and praised films throughout Hollywood history, adding all sorts of provocative ingredients to an on-screen potboiler....more... Steve Rosenbaum: The Dawn of the Diamond Age (HuffingtonPost)
I've been reading a lot of gloom and doom lately. I even thought for a moment all the dire predictions might be right. But after... ...more... Exciting, and hectic, times in Beijing these days (Honolulu Advertiser)
BEIJING ? After the Venezuela match, I was not very confident that the USA women could improve their play enough to beat China. Therefore I was prepared to share some other information about "Being in Beijing" without having to dwell on a potential loss....more... Week in Rec Sports: Team W.A.R.'s Christman wins mountain bike series (The Wenatchee World)
Max Christman, a 16-year-old Wenatchee native and Wenatchee Area Racers team member, finished in first place in the overall standings of the boys and girls 18-and-under Sport division of the 2008 Indie mountain bike racing series....more... Brit Execs Seek Jobs on Continent (BusinessWeek)
The credit crunch at home is driving many British senior executives to other European countries in search of greener pastures ...more... Ask Bearders (BBC News)
Monty's drought, KP's 91, and how many Rhodesians have England fielded?...more... Charging the Mound: Moose musings (RotoWire via Yahoo! Sports)
Mike Mussina is on pace for 20 wins. Will that be the final hurdle he needs to clear to ultimately make the Hall of Fame?...more... Webb's America (BBC News)
Will the Democratic Convention be all about the Clintons?...more... |