Television - World (Scoop.co.nz) The mother of a nine-year-old British girl whose disappearance sparked an intense nationwide hunt is being charged with kidnapping her. us.rd.yahoo.com
Popping good time in Valparaiso (Post-Tribune) VALPARAISO -- Both longtime festivalgoers and newcomers to Popcorn Festival found their share Saturday of parade entries, crafts, kids' activities, live music and -- of course -- popcorn. us.rd.yahoo.com
The fall TV preview (Jam! Showbiz) It's the boob tube's bustiest time of year. us.rd.yahoo.com
Not your typical underdog film (Journal Inquirer) If I’ve seen one movie about a team of underdogs from a small town, I’ve seen a dozen. But I hadn’t seen “The Longshots” before. us.rd.yahoo.com
Television - World (Scoop.co.nz) John McCain accepted the Republican presidential nomination, vowing that "change is coming" to Washington after George W Bush's presidency and that he - not rival Democratic rival Barack Obama - would be the one to deliver it. us.rd.yahoo.com
Briefly in Tompkins (The Ithaca Journal) The Ithaca Ballet will audition dancers for the 2008-09 season at 12:30 p.m. today at the Ballet Center Studio, 504-506 N. Plain St. us.rd.yahoo.com
Lincoln Heritage Museum to host Grand Soiree Sept. 20 (Lincoln Courier) The Lincoln Heritage Museum at Lincoln College will feature Abraham Lincoln items during the live auction at its annual fundraising event, The Grand Soiree. us.rd.yahoo.com
Television - World (Scoop.co.nz) UN peacekeeping troops began handing out food and water to famished Haitians on Friday after the first shipload of aid sailed into a crumbling port on the outskirts of this flooded city, where tens of thousands are stranded in the wake of Tropical Storm Hanna. us.rd.yahoo.com
Events Calendar (Rome Observer) This Week Visual Arts September 5 First Friday Shorts 15-minute art talks given in the galleries by museum curators, docents and decorative arts guides at Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Museum Education Department, 310 Genesee Street, Utica. Meet in the Edward Wales Root Sculpture Court. us.rd.yahoo.com
Once a Barbie girl, always a Barbie girl (The Alexandria Town Talk) It's hard to believe that the Barbie doll will turn 50 next year. She still looks great, doesn't she? No doubt, women across the country will be calling to mind cherished childhood memories of their first Barbie. I can't remember exactly when it was that I became a Barbie girl. By the time I was born, she'd been around for quite a while, so I guess she was always an omnipresent figure. One of ... us.rd.yahoo.com
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