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Proper nouns allowed Well, this is earthshaking news. Mattel has changed the rules of the board game, Scrabble. The rules of word game ...

For dog lovers Three interesting articles: Puppies save three-year-old boy lost in freezing Virginia woods Studies show that dogs have a sen...

Helping endangered cranes survive Carolyn Hall, of Bassett, NE, sent a link for Operation Migration , a group that is helping to establish a...

Oilfield parts keep a little town on the map. My sister-in-law Kathy sent a link to a Wichita Eagle article about Spivey, Kansas . Kathy ...

WalMart undercutting local newspapers I learned today that WalMart.com has a free online classified ad service. It seems to be intended ma...

Chance of shingles reduced with shot According to a May 16, 2008, Associated Press news report, a vaccine for shingles (herpes zoster) is n...

Whole lotta shakin' goin' on An earthquake of 5.2 magnitude occurred at about 4:35 this morning in the Wabash Valley of southeastern...

Most modern robots don't look much like the Jetsons' maid. How many robots have served you today? Chances are, you've used som...

Salmonella found in fresh spinach bagged by Metz Fresh Over 8000 cases of fresh bagged spinach were recalled today by Metz Fresh LLC of Ki...

I hoped it was true, but it isn't. Have you received any e-mail lately about Mars being unusually close to earth on August 27? I have r...

Some Interesting News... The Billings Gazette (Billings, Montana) has an interesting article: " King's Saddlery Knows the Ropes. ...

Life In Missouri... More About Trees and Plants... Today, big bluestem ( Andropogon gerardii ) was named the official Missouri State Grass. ...

Some Interesting News... This story goes into the "Not surprising" file: EAST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - A school bus driver suffered ...

Some Interesting News... An interesting pearl auction will soon take place in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. One of the world's larges...

More About Trees and Plants... Some Interesting News... This advice comes from the Mammoth Cave National Park mushrooming regulations. Mamm...

More About Birds and Animals... Some Interesting News... I've been listening to the many pet food recalls during the past few weeks, sec...

Life in Christian County, Kentucky... Today I drove through some of the area northeast of Hopkinsville, KY, that was hit by an F3 tornado on...

Some Interesting News... And What I Think About It... Scientific American reported a few days ago that a cup of coffee contains soluble die...

More About Birds and Animals... Some Interesting News... You might enjoy reading this AP story: Birds learn meaning of other species' ca...

North America's native cattle USDA photo by Jack Dykinga This seems to be Bovine Day on the blog, so I will post a link to an intere...