"Here, There and Everywhere," is the title of a famous Beatles song. ...more

March 6, 2009

The City Council has paved the way for the installation of a new city-owned impound lot that could be ready by the end of January. The Council approved an $11,000 bid by Hudson-based Hendrickson Fence and Rail to install 540 feet of fencing, topped with barbed wire, and a pair of 16-foot gates to an area behind City Hall adjacent to the police station entrance. ...more

December 17, 2008

Nearly 2 million residents of Louisiana evacuated their homes to escape Hurricane Gustav. The Category 2 hurricane missed New Orleans, but left a trail of destruction across Louisiana, Mississippi and the Florida Panhandle after making landfall in Cocodrie, La. ...more

September 11, 2008

The reaction to Jesse Helms' death on July 4 is a reminder of how bipolar American politics has become. The right praised him as a man of principle who also overflowed with the milk of human kindness. The left retorted - rightly, in our view - that he was also a bigot and a bully. ...more

July 16, 2008

REVIEW: Utterly Yours Pregnancy Pillow ($39.95 small, $44.95 medium, $54.95 large, at utterlyyours.com) ...more

June 6, 2008

REVIEW: Utterly Yours Pregnancy Pillow ($39.95 small, $44.95 medium, $54.95 large, at utterlyyours.com) ...more

May 30, 2008

The reading of U.S. home builders' sentiment in December remained at a record low for the third straight month. ...more

December 18, 2007

Cat behavior consultant and Yahoo.com contributor Pam Johnson-Bennett is arguably the most prolific and best-selling author of books about cat behavior; her latest is "Starting from Scratch: How to Correct Behavior Problems in Your Adult Cat" (Penguin Books, New York, NY, 2007: $15). Johnson-Bennett, of Nashville, Tenn., answers these reader questions: ...more

December 15, 2007

The man accused in the videotaped sexual abuse of a 3-year-old girl was arraigned Wednesday, a day after his arrest during a routine traffic stop. ...more

October 18, 2007