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Correction Wednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 4:18AMThe schedule for this year's Dorchester Sandpiper Festival, printed in Tuesday's Life & Times section, contained inaccurate information. The correct schedule appears below.
Out to the ballgame Wednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 3:50AMStoke the dreams of your young slugger, or simply enjoy a less-stress day at the ballpark -- it’s easy, and cheaper, at an Everett AquaSox game. “Really our focus is making it affordable and fun for families,” said Katie Crawford, director of community relations for the ball club.
Baseball teams seek players Wednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 2:16AMTWENTYNINE PALMS — Ray Gonzales, an active volunteer with Twentynine Palms Little League, is looking for players and volunteers for a set of traveling baseball teams for young people who want to continue playing past the end of eague season.
For the Best Gift Ideas This Summer, Visit the notonthehighstreet.com Summer Sale – Now On Wednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 2:04AMLONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Notonthehighstreet.com, the popular online emporium, is pleased to announce the launch of its summer sale with up to 50% off hundreds of products. Find inspiration in the home & garden, jewellery, fashion, baby & child and wedding departments and pick from thousands of original notonthehighstreet.com gifts. Holly Tucker, Co-founder of notonthehighstreet.com comments ...
briefs 7.20 Wednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 1:33AMCedar Fort
Community: Coming events Wednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 1:15AMFree Shodair Soccer Clinic
Community notebook: Lacamas Lake Half Marathon runs Sunday Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 8:06AMThe Lacamas Lake Half Marathon hits the roads of Camas on Sunday.
CLIF Kid® Announces Five Finalists to the Backyard Game of the Year Playoffs, August 27th at Madison Square Park in NYC Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 7:48AMCreative Kids Reconnect with Outdoor Play in National Contest (PRWeb July 19, 2011) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/7/prweb8652370.htm
Kids bring best friends to clinic Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 7:14AMLONG SAULT -- Children of many ages brought along their stuffed friends to have a "bear-y" good time.[...]
HP Moves Students to Head of the Class Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 6:45AMHP offers a variety of high-performance technology at a great value to enhance the scholastic experience and give students the freedom to learn and study from virtually anywhere.
Gary Brown: Another tradition — savings bonds — going digital Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 12:22PMI thought I was rich when I was growing up. Oh, I don’t mean that I understood at a young age the true value of friends and family.
Weather puts USA CUP to the test Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 11:57AMOfficials at the Schwan's USA CUP presented by Puma have been put to the test only three days into the 10-day youth soccer tournament at the National Sports Center in Blaine.
Great Somerville Urban Campout takes place this weekend Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 11:27AMJoin us by the campfire for songs, s'mores, and stories. Families and anyone else who likes to camp are welcome to come spend the night in Lincoln Park, or just join in for afternoon/evening activities.
Ken Auletta: How Sheryl Sandberg Made Facebook Profitable Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 11:20AMThree years after Sandberg joined Facebook, the company is profitable. Photograph by Michele Asselin.
Loopie Doops cookies become instant hit with New Canaanites Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 11:07AMLisa Najarian bakes a mean cookie. But don't take her word for it. She's never tried them. The self-described sugar addict gave up eating cookies a couple years ago after getting sick, but the half-pound circles of love that she bakes up have been getting rave reviews.
Amazon rolls out textbook rentals for Kindle, promises discounts up to 80 percent Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 10:44AMStudents can already save a few bucks by opting for a digital version of a textbook over a hardcover, and they can now save even more courtesy of Amazon if they aren't too intent on hanging onto the book after they're done with it. The company has just announced textbook rentals for Kindle, which promises to let students save "up to 80 percent" off the list price of those often pricey textbooks ...
Sports Notes: Tri-City Fall Ball and Saginaw Bay Riverdawgs host signups Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 10:24AMBASEBALL: The Tri-City Fall Ball league is now conducting registration for baseball players age 12-14 years old before May 1, 2012. Registration is set for 6-8 p.m. on Tuesday, July 19, Aug. 9 and Aug. 16 at Peak Performance Baseball. Cost is $75 and players should bring a birth certificate. League runs for eight weeks, starting Sept. 6 with games played at Vets Park. Call Paul Spencer at 989 ...
Clubs & Organizations - Updated April 7, 2010 Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 9:40AMlobbies for senior citizen benefits at the national, statewide and local level and is a social group with service to others in mind. It meets 9:30 a.m. to noon the second Monday at the Nassau County Council on Aging, 1367 South 18th St, just south of the hospital parking lot.
Online playgrounds for kids this summer Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 9:28AMInevitably during summer's too-hot or rainy days, kids like to get a little screen time on the computer. There are some well-known online venues for them, and there are some new sites, each with something different that will appeal to tweens.
Jim Hillibish: Guess what your sleepy student is doing at 2 a.m. Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 12:22PMI watched one of those TV “news” clips from a special interest group trying to convince us that kids are so overworked they fall asleep in school. Might I suggest something else: The peak Internet use has changed from daytime to 11 p.m.
Child bodybuilding is becoming an industry Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 12:20PMOver the past five years pre-adolescent and teen gym memberships have increased by 2.9 percent a year — and the 6-to-11 age category has almost doubled since 2005.
Backstreet's Back With The New Kids Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 11:20AMThe votes are in and the fans have spoken, picking their all-time favorite tracks by New Kids On The Block and Backstreet Boys for NKOTBSB, the ultimate pop collaborative album for the ages, only from Ivory Music & Video.
Chiefs' All-Star Rohan Promoted to Daytona Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 11:12AMPeoria, IL- The Peoria Chiefs and Chicago Cubs have announced that All-Star third baseman Greg Rohan has been promoted to High-A Daytona while RHP Matt Loosen returns from Double-A Tennessee.
Fortuna Rodeo Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 2:10AMThis week is why Fortuna was invented. ‘Tis once again that time of year, cowboys and cowgirls, to dust off your hat, shine your spurs and paint on your Wrangler’s for the 90th Annual Fortuna Rodeo , July 11-17 taking place mostly in Rohner Park’s rodeo grounds . Can I get a “Yee-haw?”
High school football: Riverside High in top bracket Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 1:35AMRiverside High won just one game on Friday at the 7-on-7 State Football Championship. But it was enough to make history as the Rangers became the first El Paso team in the event's 14-year history to qualify for today's championship bracket.
Weimer an online soccer journalist, but a soccer player first Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 12:20AMCARSON, CA - APRIL 19: Tiffany Weimer #8 of FC Gold Pride follows the ball the ball against the Los Angeles Sol during the WPS match at The Home Depot Center on April 19, 2009 in Carson, California.
Pet Tales: Helping hands (and paws) at Pitt Bomb-sniffing dog leads pet food drive Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 11:40PMThe smart faculty and staff at the University of Pittsburgh made a brilliant decision when they picked Pitt Police Department Officer Riggs as honorary chair of their first pet food drive. Donations are exceeding expectations, helped, no doubt, by the cute publicity photos of Riggs.
Gaming Sites Criticized For Allowing Kids To Pay Cash By Mail Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 10:25PMPaula Ebben has a warning about gaming sites that make it easy for kids to go behind their parents back.
Texas QB commits to Sooners Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 9:22PM Oklahoma has its quarterback for the 2012 recruiting class. San Antonio (Texas) Reagan High School signal caller Trevor Knight announced his commitment to the Sooners late Wednesday night on his Facebook page.
Cop on the cyber beat Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 8:18PMSaffron Howden meets the strongman fighting the crime of the century.
New Film to Return Pooh Bear to His Hand-Drawn Origins Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 6:33PMWhen the filmmakers of "Winnie the Pooh" were tasked by the Walt Disney Co. with creating a new story about the honey-loving bear two years ago, they had no interest in computer-generating Pooh and his friends.
Calling all post secondary distance students, Campus Manitoba is moving Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 1:43PMCampus Manitoba is moving to Portage. The distance and online consortium of Manitoba's post-secondary institutions is packing it in at its Southport location and heading back to Portage after six years on the base.[...]
Contract of RHP John Vanbenschoten Purchased by San Diego Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 12:27PM(York, Pa.): The defending Atlantic League champion York Revolution are pleased to announce that the contract of right-handed pitcher John VanBenschoten has been purchased by the San Diego Padres.
Summer camps Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 12:18PMUniversity of Guam theater campers, interns and theater majors presented "Oz!" on July 14 and 15 at the UOG Fine Arts Theater. In this photo, flying monkeys adjust their noses during rehearsal on July 12. / Courtesy of the University of Guam
Loopie Doops cookies become instant hti with New Canaanites Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 11:51AMLisa Najarian bakes a mean cookie. But don't take her word for it. She's never tried them. The self-described sugar addict gave up eating cookies a couple years ago after getting sick, but the half-pound circles of love that she bakes up have been getting rave reviews.
Norwood readers love Lucy at the Morrill Memorial Library Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 5:05AMSweet-tempered, well-read, and a devoted fan of Boston sports teams, Lucy the R.E.A.D. dog entertained a group of children Tuesday at the Morrill Memorial Library.
Companies propose curbing junk food ads for kids Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 4:04AMWASHINGTON — The nation's largest food companies say they will cut back on marketing unhealthy foods to children, proposing their own set of advertising standards after rejecting similar guidelines proposed by the federal government.
Leiby Kletzky: Police reveal brutal details of Hasidic boy's final moments Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 2:47AMShocked and grieving members of the close-knit Hasidic community in Brooklyn, New York, spilled out into the neighbouring streets as they listened to a moving address from Leiby's father, Nachman.
Quarterback Trevor Knight switches commitment to OU Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 2:46AMOklahoma has a quarterback for its 2012 recruiting class, but he isn't Gunner Kiel, the No. 1-ranked prospect the Sooners have been pursuing.
'Winnie the Pooh' cast and crew crave sweet spot between old and new Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 2:41PMLOS ANGELES, Calif. - When the filmmakers of "Winnie the Pooh" were tasked by the Walt Disney Co. with creating a new story about the honey-loving bear two years ago, they had no interest in computer-generating Pooh and his friends.
Enter the Maple Grove Moments Photography Contest Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 2:39PMGrab a camera and start shooting. The Maple Grove Moments Photography Contest is a great way for area people to show how special their community is. Everyone is encouraged to participate - residents, business people and students attending school in Maple Grove.
Central High assistant coach took long way back to alma mater Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 1:31PMFormer Central High School standout Dre'Mail Hardin carries the scars from being shot during his senior year. Now 26, the two-time All-American at Stillman College is offensive coordinator at Central.
T. Rowe Price Introduces Free Financial Education Activity Book For Kids Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 12:59PMAs another fun way to teach kids basic money lessons, T. Rowe Price has introduced The Great Piggy Bank Adventure financial education activity book. Â This free activity book, entitled "Journey to Your Dream Goal," uses puzzles, games, and tricky challenges to guide kids through the process of making smart financial decisions.
A tough hurdle to clear for local track club Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 11:27AMby Palo Alto Online Sports Thirteen members of the Peninsula Youth Sports Program did their job recently at the AAU West Coast Junior Olympic Games in Reno, Nev. All 13 earned a trip to the National Junior Olympics track and field competition in New Orleans, set for July 31-Aug. 6. That was the easy part.
Bethany's Piccolo Mondo Toys prepares for its upcoming Beaverton debut Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 11:16AMPiccolo Mondo Toys will open a new store in Beaverton's Progress Ridge TownSquare this fall. This follows the family-owned store's success in the Bethany community.
Fun and fitness mix on livewellnebraska.com tour Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 10:47AMWorld-Herald News Service OMAHA - Nebraskans have two chances to win prizes - including a new youth bicycle - at this summer's livewellnebraska.com tour.
Douglas Little League concludes season Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 3:58AMThe Douglas Little League concluded its season this past week with closing ceremonies.
DSL begins fifth season Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 3:54AMThe Douglas Soccer League has begun its fifth season.
Central assistant took long way back to alma mater Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 3:38AMTucked away in the dimly-lit Central High School field house, Dre’Mail Hardin stands back and looks over the playbook he has drawn out across half a dozen whiteboards.
State of Play: Part 1 Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 9:52AMThe Federal Government is sitting on its hands as unscrupulous offshore gaming websites target Australian gamblers, industry experts say.