ALGONQUIN – Democrats running for office can walk Saturday in the Algonquin Founders’ Days Parade, but they cannot carry signs or hand out campaign literature.
Michael Martin went from a Glasgow slum to the grandest house in Westminster. Becoming Speaker should have been the pinnacle of a long career. Instead, he finds himself mired in financial scandals. He has even upset the Queen.
NORMAN – Students from 226 Oklahoma communities are listed on the University of Oklahoma Norman campus honor roll for the spring 2008 semester. In most colleges, students must earn a minimum 3.5 grade point average on a 4.0 scale to be included on the honor roll.
The popular colorful sculpture used to hang on the side of the Richmond Memorial Auditorium above the arts center, a beacon to those trying to find the facility.
IT'S the season of baby-boomer band reunions. Singapore concert-goers recently enjoyed the performances of The Police and The Osmonds, and now they will get to see Wynners, a hit Hong Kong pop band from the 1970s.
SERENA WANTS ANOTHER GRAND SLAM WIN: Williams sister plans to get one before the year is over. *Fresh from a loss against her sister Venus in the Wimbledon ladies finals, Serena Williams says she's now craving either a grand slam title or an Olympic gold medal before 2008 comes to a close.
Mary Ann Wagner of Des Moines has been named a recipient of the Robert Gebelt Memorial Scholarship for $1,000 from the College of Science, Engineering and Technology at Minnesota State University in Mankato, Minn.
Three-time grade I winner Kip Deville returned from a three-month layoff to handily defeat a small field in the $106,300 Poker Handicap (gr. IIIT) ( VIDEO ) over a firm course at Belmont Park July 13.