In the news: One good thing resulted from Hurricane Isaac: thousands of nutria, aka swamp rats, were killed in the storm. The giant rats are an invasive species that is wreaking havoc on the Gulf Coa…
A good live album can make you wish you’d been there. A really good live album makes you downright angry that you weren’t. I’ve been listening to Brian Setzer’s “Rockabilly Riot! Live from the Planet…
Maybe it’s just that old “what you know is what you love.” I had a chance to touch drive the new Windows 8 with a touch-screen monitor, not a handheld, for which it is designed. I faced off with a re…
News to know The iPhone5 appears set to be introduced next Wednesday, according to an email Apple sent to the media. The email included an image that had 12 – next Wednesday’s date – and a shadow of …
Hot video: PBS brings back Mr. Rogers as an animated tiger Hard to believe it’s been 11 years since Mr. Rogers last welcomed us to his neighborhood. PBS brings back the late children’s show host this…
At first glance, it is easy to look at Andy Roddick’s career as a disappointment. At age 20, he burst on to the tennis scene, winning the U.S. Open, and America’s love for the next generation of U.S.…
The biggest promise Mitt Romney made on accepting the Republican presidential nomination wasn’t to create 12 million jobs. It came when he ridiculed Barack Obama’s 2008 pledge to “heal the earth” wit…
Here are five things to know about the 2012 Democratic National Convention: 1. The convention takes place from Monday until Thursday. Monday, Labor Day, began with activities surrounding CarolinaFest…
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Norma Jean Bricker, 75, died Sunday, September 2, 2012 at The Legacy at Park View in Ulysses, Kansas.