Free culinary training for low-income individuals in Venice, CA

" Many aspire to work in the culinary industry but simply cannot afford a gourmet education. For these low-income or unemployed individuals, free cooking classes like the ones offered in the Saint Joseph...

Body found believed to be that of missing Barrie boy Brandon Crisp

Update November 14, 2008:Friends and family of Brandon Crisp said their final goodbye this morning during a funeral service at St. Mary's Church in his hometown of Barrie. Grade 10 students wore yellow scarves to...

Lake Michigan Flood Warning Issued for Chicago

Chicago residents have been asked to stay away from the shores of Lake Michigan after "a drop of two feet in water levels [was] reported at St. Joseph, Mich., indicating that a seiche is in progress". NowPublic is...

Ontario students win at Canada-wide science fair

Local Ontario students performed well at the Canada Wide Science Fair.  The local Bluewater Regional Science and Technology team returned home with over $26,000 in cash and scholarships."Sacred Heart high...

Jeff Healey Dies March 25, 1966 – March 2, 2008

Award Winning Jeff Healy dies of Cancer, a Cancer which took his eye sight so many years ago as a child.  One can be sure there will be many Guitar players gently weeping"."ENTERTAINMENT COLUMNIST ...

Newborn Baby Found After Being Abducted From Ontario Hospital

Update: As of 9:28pm EST the baby and woman had both been located near Kirkland Lake, about 300km north of Sudbury.  "Police say they have located the baby abducted from a Sudbury hospital, and the woman who...

Brood XIII: Billions of Cicadas Party in Midwest

Once every 17 years, three species of cicadas hatch in the Midwest. Look for literally billions of the icky, noisy (but harmless) creatures to hatch, crawl from the soil and make nuisances of themselves in...

Paterson Blaze Injures Firefighter

" April 8, 2007 New Jersey - A city firefighter was hospitalized Saturday as a result of a one-alarm blaze that destroyed a home on Madison Avenue and displaced three residents. Firefighter Anthony Camal, a 10-year veteran, was admitted to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center...

Students must score 25k to get into this posh parochial greenwich village school

"March 28, 2007 -- The New York Archdiocese is inviting youngsters back to a Greenwich Village parish schoolhouse it shuttered last year - at $25,000 a pop.Now, working-class parents who had paid about $2,500 to...

Great balls of fire! Valencia celebrates Las Fallas

I love a good effigy-burning, so I should really be in Valencia this week for their annual Las Fallas (or Falles in Valencian). A whole week of celebrations that leads up to la crema--the burning--with lots of...

The Stuff I Didn't Get To -- 3/2/07

"-Dateline: Liechtenstein -- the swiss invasion-Switzerland had a pretty good record going there, having avoided war since 1847. That ended today when Switzerland accidentally invaded Liechtenstein. 170 infantry...

Brothers Killed After Their Cars Collide

"Two brothers were killed in a head-on traffic collision with each other. Jessie West, 24, and James West, 33, were killed Sunday, not far from their home. James West was driving when he lost control and crossed into the path of his brother's oncoming car, police said. "We've...

Architects unveil glimpse of new St. Joseph school

Architects working on designs for a new school in St. Joseph will present new exterior drawings tonight. The designs will be part of an update about the school for St. Cloud school board members. St. Cloud school...

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