Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 08/17/2008
The victory was Sacramento's fifth in a row, ninth in 10 games and 13th in 15 contests during August. Combined with Las Vegas' 5-4 loss to Fresno, any combination of six River Cats victories and 51s defeats will clinch the Pacific South Division for Sacramento.
iVoryTowerz (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
There’s nothing like the slow burn of some soul, cooking across a hot August night. So this week, the underground podcast explores almost 55 years of soul sounds. This is a bit of an overdue memorial to both Isaac Hayes and Jerry Wexler, both who passed recently. As might be expected there are both classic Stax and Atlantic soul sounds percolating through this mix, but also new music,...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago
This time he remembered to do his shoelaces up. This time he ran hard all the way to the finish, looking neither to right nor left, and left out the extravagant look-at-me gestures. And this time he beat the most intimidating record in men's sprinting, one that those who were in Atlanta on an August night 12 years ago thought might stand for a lifetime.Perhaps Usain Bolt had taken the...
Petroville (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
Three tickets to see the Jonas Brothers - $75 Concert Snacks & T-shirts $150 Watching my 13 year old enjoy her first concert while my 9 year old hung from my back, singing and smiling the August night away… Heck yeah, it was priceless. What was your first concert? Share it:
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
... a human being run faster than Michael Johnson did under a snowstorm of camera flashes on a muggy August night in Atlanta a dozen years ago.It happened. Wednesday night in Beijing, more than 12 years and 7,000 miles away from that moment in Atlanta, Usain Bolt left behind the world’s fastest men. He burst into the lead of a stunning 200-meter race when coming out of the turn,...
The Post Chronicle (Free subscription) | 08/18/2008
Vera Machutova woke one August night in 1968 to the thunder of Soviet tanks surging through this Czech city on the East German frontier....
OTB News (Free subscription) | 08/18/2008
DECIN, Czech Republic (Reuters) - Vera Machutova woke one August night in 1968 to the thunder of Soviet tanks surging through this Czech city on the East German frontier.
Reuters (Free subscription) | 08/18/2008
DECIN, Czech Republic (Reuters) - Vera Machutova woke one August night in 1968 to the thunder of Soviet tanks surging through this Czech city on the East German frontier.
Bakersfield.com Sports (Free subscription) | 08/17/2008
This month is billed as Hot August Nights at Bakersfield Speedway and tempers boiled over Saturday night at the third-mile oval in Super Street action.
Kyoto Foodie (Free subscription) | 08/17/2008
Wagashi: Daimonji Senbei and Kompeito 京都 大文字 送り火 せんべい こんぺいとう Daimonji: A festival like non other in the entire world! Daimonji, literally means ‘great (big) character’. On a mid-August night massive bonfires are burned on 5 mountainsides surrounding Kyoto in the form of Chinese characters and pictograms to guide the visiting spirits back to the other [...]
Eddie's Rail Fan Page (Free subscription) | 08/14/2008
." /> I took this unique photo in downtown Chicago Illinois, on an August night in 2008. Seen here around Midnight, is the lighted ground leval water fountain in Chicago's Daley Plaza on West Washington Street. This particular City of Chicago building, opened in 1967, and was originally known as the Chicago Civic Center. After the untimely and sudden passing away of then Chicago...
Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | 08/15/2008
Volunteers hoping to send 100 World War II vets to Washington are $20,000 short of their goal but hope to fill the gap with a beer stand tonight at MainStreet DeLand's "Hot August Night," a classic-car show and festival. The Rotary Clubs of Volusia County are working on their second Honor Flight taking veterans to see the World War II Memorial. So far $55,000 has been raised for the September...
Reno Gazette Journal (Free subscription) | 08/14/2008
Crime on the streets during Hot August Nights was minimal, reported the regional Street Enforcement Team.
