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Opelika-Auburn News (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
I am not a quitter, usually. Most of the time, I have given up involved debates with my bride. I usually pose, back away, and pout. We built a home last year. I mean, she and daughter-in-law built a new home at Lake Martin. I made one suggestion and it was shot down quicker than a quail over a baited field. I made no other suggestions.
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Providence Journal (Free subscription) | yesterday
By Paul Davis LITTLE COMPTON, R.I. -- Suspected swine flu spread through the rural Wilbur & McMahon School last week, sending 80 elementary students -- about a quarter of the school -- home Friday with fevers, aches and coughs. "All of it was flu related," said Principal James M. Gibney, who attributed the surge in illness to the school's small size and the town's tight-knit community,...
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Wizards Insider (Free subscription) | yesterday
Wizards assistant coach Sam Cassell emerged from the locker room last Saturday, covering in a full lather of sweat. He shouted, "I got him! I got him!" Cassell had just beaten Paul Davis in a game of one-on-one, 12-11, after coming back from a 7-1 deficit. Cassell shouted, "These guys don't understand. I retired by choice! Not by force!" The Wizards don't have a roster spot available...
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The Observer (Free subscription) | yesterday
Babar Ahmad case being reviewed by DPP after force paid £60,000 in damages Five Metropolitan police officers could face prosecution over a "serious, gratuitous and prolonged" attack on a British Muslim man that led the force to pay £60,000 in damages. Keir Starmer, the director of public prosecutions (DPP), is considering whether to bring charges against officers from the force's...
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Books, Inq. (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
... The Prisoner (the new one) reviewed . (Hat tip, Paul Davis.)
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WAAY - WAAY News and Home (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Associated Press - November 2, 2009 10:14 PM ET TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) - Newspaper publisher Paul Davis has resigned from the Alabama Department of Mental Health's board of trustees after...
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Books, Inq. (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
... The Choice of 'Best' can be a Mystery, too. (Hat tip, Paul Davis.)
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Opelika-Auburn News (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
I sat through a play last Tuesday night which was based on Harper Lee’s classic book, “To Kill a Mockingbird.” It was an admirable production presented by the Montana Repertory Theater as part of the wonderful series of performances brought to the community by the Arts Association of East Alabama.
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Opelika-Auburn News (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
TUSCALOOSA — Newspaper publisher and longtime mental health advocate Paul Davis resigned from the Alabama Department of Mental Health’s board of trustees Thursday.
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Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
By Paul Davis PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- About 125 patients with flu-like symptoms visited Hasbro Children's Hospital Thursday. The number jumped from 90 patients the day before. With the seasonal flu season starting, "people want to be extra careful," said hospital spokeswoman Ellen Slingsby. "We're seeing more patients than usual, but it's not a record." Pediatrician's offices are also...
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Bigredkev (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
A warning to you all A intern at Anglo Irish Bank, was fired due to a photo posted on his Facebook. Kevin Colvin emailed his bosses late in the day of Halloween, letting them know he would not be able to attended work due to a family emergency in New York. When his boss, Paul Davis, received the email the following day he checked his interns Facebook, and what did he find: Davis responed to his intern...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
From Gazza's Wembley howitzer to an infamous off-field result, here are half a dozen memorable north London derbies 1) Tottenham 2-3 Arsenal, Division One, 10 September 1988 The cliché of the local derby is of the scruffy, witless, low-scoring, primal affront to the beautiful game. Yet if that is the rule, Spurs v Arsenal has frequently been the exception. There have been loads of 4-4 draws...
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Tuscaloosanews.com (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
By Lydia Seabol Avant Staff Writer TUSCALOOSA | Newspaper publisher and longtime mental health advocate Paul Davis resigned from the Alabama Department of Mental Health’s board of trustees Thursday. Davis said he stepped down when he learned from The Tuscaloosa News that the board’s meetings were not open to the public.
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Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
By Paul Davis Worried about the spread of swine flu , Providence Bishop Thomas J. Tobin Thursday urged pastors and parishioners to rethink some rituals of worship. Parishioners should avoid handshakes and hugging during the "sign of peace" at Mass, said the bishop in a message to pastors and administrators with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence. "A simple gesture, or even a silent...