Marine Cpl. Travis Woods, 21, Redding; killed by anti-tank mine in Afghanistan (Los Angeles Times)
As a child, Travis Woods built his own hills. When winter brought rain to his neighborhood near Redding, at the northern tip of California's Central Valley, he would shape the sodden soil into little buttes and bluffs that would serve as jumps for his BMX bike. And when summer came and the sun baked the hills solid, he and his bike would soar. ...more...Mr. Popularity (Boston Globe)
FOR THOSE OF us here in New England, it's hard to imagine anybody more adored than Tom Brady. He's got the three Super Bowl rings, the stack of beautiful girlfriends, the so-far perfect season, and that infuriating bone structure....more... Looking back: The history of a ski town (The Steamboat Pilot & Today)
Seven men, some of them dreamers, gathered nearly 50 years ago at the base of Storm Mountain. They assembled to have their picture taken on the day Jim Temple broke ground on a new ski area for Steamboat Springs. Two of the men stood on a squat bulldozer. The remaining five stood proudly in front of it. ...more... UPDATE: Ten killed in crash remembered (KTVB Boise)
Ralph Abdo , 27, of Issaquah, Wash., was a program manager at Microsoft, where he worked for the past seven years, but he thrived on extreme sports....more... Local sports reports (Belleville News-Democrat)
The following is a listing of sports events, youth league registrations and other news for metro-east residents wanting to participate in organized sports activities. If you are an organization or individual with information for this listing, please mail your item to: News-Democrat, P.O. Box 427, 120 S. Illinois St., Belleville, IL 62222. You also can e-mail your information to Norm Sanders at ......more... Spare Times (New York Times)
AROUND TOWN....more... JetBlue Expands in the Caribbean (Again): Announcing Service to St. Maarten and Puerto Plata (PrimeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance)
NEW YORK, Oct. 11, 2007 -- JetBlue Airways , the low-fare, low-cost airline with the most flights to the Caribbean, today announces it will add new service this winter to two more island destinations: St....more... Capsule movie reviews (Belleville News-Democrat)
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Last summer, at the heart of the Atlantic hurricane season, the State Farm Insurance Company declared that it would stop selling insurance policies to the owners of homes and small businesses in Mississippi....more... |