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Pivotal season for Knicks as D'Antoni, Walsh take charge (USA Today)
Thu, 16 Oct 2008 02:15:42 GMT Since April, the Knicks have been regrouping. New York fans hope a new brain trust can deliver a winner and put the organization back in the spotlight for the right reasons.

Carl Sandburg students make art that's functional (Journal Gazette & Times-Courier)
Thu, 16 Oct 2008 02:08:39 GMT CHARLESTON — Students at Carl Sandburg Elementary School aren’t getting in trouble for playing in the mud this week. They’re getting graded for it.

Easy and Fun Ways to Teach Your Kids Important Values (Carteret County News-Times)
Wed, 15 Oct 2008 10:28:42 GMT (ARA) - One of the hardest parts of being a parent is teaching kids positive values and traits that will help them grow up to be respectful, caring adults. Things like giving, sharing and volunteering are all things children should learn, but how can you teach them in a fun and meaningful way?

How convenient: Los Angeles' new park 'n' meet bars (Los Angeles Times)
Wed, 15 Oct 2008 07:14:17 GMT THE EVENINGS are a little nippier (despite the Santa Anas), the holidays are around the corner, and meeting up with friends for a good brew is a brilliant idea. Fortunately, a smattering of bars and wine bars have opened that are ideal meet-up spots, with convenient parking and location, good food, plentiful seating and conversation-encouraging ambience (no blaring TVs or too-loud music). Happy ...

Updated 10/14: How many holiday craft show shopping days until Christmas? (The Doings La Grange)
Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:54:05 GMT The recent 75-degree weather notwithstanding, it's beginning to look a little bit like Christmas around here. A sure sign that the holidays are coming, besides the fact that some merchants are trotting out holiday displays, is the promotion of upcoming holiday craft shows.

Happy and vigilant holidays (Long Beach Press-Telegram)
Mon, 13 Oct 2008 06:33:04 GMT The Bixby Knolls Business Improvement Association is presenting a free seminar, "Prepare Your Business for the Holidays" on Wednesday morning. Will Santa be there? Will it be crawling with elves? No, it'll be crawling with cops.

'Tis the stressful season for us 'guerrilla shoppers' (Independent)
Thu, 09 Oct 2008 01:54:20 GMT (Editor's Note: Greg Bean is taking a temporary sabbatical from writing his column due to the death of his son. This column was originally printed Dec. 19, 2007). Not long ago my wife said one of the most surprising things she's said in over 25 years of marriage.

Stocking Stuffers for Stretched Budgets (Carteret County News-Times)
Wed, 15 Oct 2008 12:06:47 GMT (ARA) - The custom of giving gifts at Christmas dates back long before Santa Claus came onto the scene. The tradition of giving lavish gifts that stretch credit card payments months past the holidays, however, is more recent.

A month of treats (The Facts)
Wed, 15 Oct 2008 05:20:40 GMT October is a month full of holidays and observances ranging from the spooky, like Halloween, to the important, like Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Maim that tune: video karaoke at home (Independent)
Tue, 14 Oct 2008 23:22:34 GMT Sunday nights during my late teens were spent at Griff's Karaoke in the Ram's Head pub. Whatever song we chose, and it was invariably by Take That, Griff would commend us for giving our all to "a hard song to sing", and we would retreat to our vodka and limes wondering how to improve when we only got one shot a week at karaoke superstardom. With its shared mics and highlighted lyrics, karaoke ...

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