Archive for February, 2010

Burgess goes Wilde with footy philosophy (The Age)

Sunday, February 28th, 2010

Not content to shine among the All Stars and be commanding plenty of respect in Australia, South Sydney recruit Sam Burgess has started quoting Oscar Wilde.

Burgess goes Wilde with footy philosophy (Brisbane Times)

Sunday, February 28th, 2010

Not content to shine among the All Stars and be commanding plenty of respect in Australia, South Sydney recruit Sam Burgess has started quoting Oscar Wilde.

Pizarro: San Jose State puts students behind the camera (San Jose Mercury News)

Sunday, February 28th, 2010

Spartan Film Studios, which produces a movie every year, is screening its latest, the romantic comedy ‘Super Hero Party Clown,’ at Cinequest.

Reward Offered In Minister’s Slaying Case (WBNS-10TV Columbus)

Sunday, February 28th, 2010

Less than three weeks after a minister was shot and killed along a sidewalk, a reward is offered in the case. Learn more.

Seals Sleep As They Sink in the Sea (LiveScience.com via Yahoo! News)

Sunday, February 28th, 2010

When northern elephant seals (Mirounga angustirostris) migrate between their breeding and foraging grounds, they spend as long as eight months at a time at sea. They’re almost always underwater, devoting only a few minutes to breathing at the surface between dives-hardly long enough for a nap. After a sip of air, they often sink quickly to 500 feet, then drift farther down in a shallow descent …

Islamist militia ‘bans’ UN food aid work in Somalia (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Sunday, February 28th, 2010

The hardline Islamist Shebab militia announced Sunday it had “banned” World Food Programme operations in famine-plagued Somalia, where the UN says half the population needs aid.

Eight medals is more than enough (Everett Herald)

Sunday, February 28th, 2010

WHISLTER, B.C. — The final day of ski racing didn’t go so well for the U.S. ski team. In fact, it stank.

NY Jets medical staff laid foundation for modern-day NFL Combine (The Star-Ledger)

Sunday, February 28th, 2010

Joe Namath’s troublesome knees spurred Jets to give prospective draftees medical examinations before selecting them

Cultural exchange flourishes at Thurston High (Redford Observer)

Sunday, February 28th, 2010

They’ll always have Lady Gaga, shopping at Westland Shopping Center and snowboarding at Mount Brighton.

Forget TV publicity; co-owner of White Castle just wants to improve company (The Columbus Dispatch)

Sunday, February 28th, 2010

Given recent events, it would be difficult to know that White Castle spent most of its life avoiding publicity. Tune into the hit CBS show Undercover Boss tonight, and you’ll see a member of the fourth generation to run White Castle going behind the scenes to witness - along with millions of TV viewers across the country - how the business is really run.