Who is Drucie Bathin? (Republican-American)

21 August 2008, 1:31 am

It is twilight along Prospect Road, which lifts out of Waterbury's urban center and rises into the suburban hills and fields of Prospect. Drucie Bathin is standing in front of the altar at Living Faith Christian Church, wiping her palms on her black brushed twills, and cupping them around a wireless... read more

Spread of mushrooms prompts caution (The Salem News)

20 August 2008, 9:06 pm

BEVERLY and mdash; Dugie Russell knows a poisonous mushroom when he sees one. But in this particularly moist summer, he's worried about all the rest of us who don't. Russell said mushrooms are proliferating this summer due to the heavy rainfall, increasing the chance that a youngster will pick one u... read more

Driver escapes high speed train collision (ABC11 Raleigh-Durham-Fayetteville)

20 August 2008, 5:44 pm

Connie Carroll is breathing a well-deserved sigh of relief after narrowly escaping her car moments before a train barreled into it.... read more

Where the wild things are: You don't need to go far to see animals up-close - you just need a tent (Independent)

20 August 2008, 4:18 pm

The Americans have come up with one of the ugliest words to describe holidaying at home – a "staycation". But as the credit crunch starts to bite, more of us are choosing to stay put. The upside of forgoing trips to Marbella, Majorca and Malawi is that we have beautiful countryside and superb wild... read more

Around West County: (The Capital)

20 August 2008, 11:02 am

Whitney Prickett of Bowie holds Ruby, 9 months, as her sons Baden, 4, and Holden, 6, pet the tail of an almost 220-pound albino Indian rock python named Big Banana’s Brother. Earlier this month, the python and other reptiles were brought to the O’Malley Senior Center for a Grandparents Day event... read more

Letters to the editor (The York Weekly)

20 August 2008, 3:03 am

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