Anchorage Daily News (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
KETCHIKAN -- State managers have set a harvest quota of more than 868,000 pounds for geoduck clams in Southeast Alaska, the largest guideline harvest level ever.
Metro.co.uk (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Whether you think Arctic Monkeys Alex Turner is such a lyrical genius that schools should ditch Shakespeare for the words to Mardy Bum or not, one thing is indisputable: he knows how to spend his cash. He's poured a chunk into The Last Shadow Puppets.
NewsObserver.com (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Carolina Hurricanes rookie Zach Boychuk apparently is a fast healer.
JSOnline (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker's plans for privatizing Mitchell International Airport were dealt a setback Thursday, when a County Board committee voted 7-0 to ditch his call to spend $500,000 on consultant studies.
Left on the Lake (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
County Executive Scott Walker never fails to amaze in his ability to be an absolute hypocrite when it’s politically advantageous from himself… The Milwaukee County Board is going to send out informational letters about an upcoming referendum ( more on that effort here ) and Scott Walker is claiming it’s all “political” for the sole reason that he’s dead set against the referendum. So who’s being overly...
NewsObserver.com (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
One thing about Zach Boychuk: the kid apparently is a quick healer.
Watchdog Milwaukee (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
Local Republican’s screamed “FOUL” and “UNFAIR” last year when Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker failed to win support in a borrow and reinvest scheme that he was confident would save taxpayer dollars. Walker wanted to borrow pension obligation bonds to invest in the stock market. He claimed that it the difference between the amount that [...]
frogsmoke.com (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
Today is the 30th anniversary (déjà?) of Jacques Brel's death. Although technically a Belgian, he and France adopted each other during most of his career. I first saw Brel on TV when I was in my teens and I was shattered. For me he has always been the greatest writer, composer and performer on [...]
Manchester Evening News (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
AHEAD of their feverishly anticipated sold out Apollo show, Sarah Walters takes a look at the appeal and genesis of The Last Shadow Puppets.
The Poor Mouth (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
Today is the 30th Anniversary of Brel's death. And here are some covers of Brel songs Marc Almond Scott Walker And of course the late, great Alex Harvey!
NewsObserver.com (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
Saying the Carolina Hurricanes' string of injuries the past few years is more than just happenstance or bad luck, general manager Jim Rutherford is ordering up sweeping changes in the team's strength and conditioning program.
JSOnline (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
A planned mailing from the Milwaukee County Board to voters on the November sales tax referendum should be halted as...
NewsObserver.com (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008
The Canes have announced the 23-player active roster for the opening of the 2008-09 season. The NHL requires teams submit their season-opening rosters by Wednesday at 3 p.m.
NewsObserver.com - College Sports (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008
When forward Scott Walker went down this week with the hand injury, one of the names tossed around as a possible replacement was Matt Murley, who was in the Canes' training camp before being sent to the Albany River Rats.
News & Observer (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008
Canes winger LaRose moved up to third line to try to fill in for hurt teammate.
