Teen extortion (The Star) LOZZIE Cracknell has about had it with her life. Everything seems to be going wrong: her sister catches her “borrowing” her stuff; her mum seems to be dating her least favourite teacher; and the school bully is breathing down her neck. us.rd.yahoo.com
Opening Friday: 'Death Race' (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) 'BOY A' Andrew Garfield stars in this drama about a troubled young man. Directed by John Crowley. R — 1:40 — TIVOLI 'Death Race' (Main photo) Jason Statham and Joan Allen star in this action thriller. Directed by Paul W.S. Anderson. us.rd.yahoo.com
Gardening thrills squashed by childhood trauma (The Marion Star) Hello and welcome back to our continuing conversation about the summer season. Today, we turn our thoughts to the subject of gardening. us.rd.yahoo.com
When flowers are forced (The Telegraph) It’s a tough time for flowers now. We cannot say that flowers and beauty are synonymous any longer, not by the way “flower bouquets”, as they are called, are made and presented. They are either large and hairy as a bush or are wrapped in red cloth rimmed with gold trimming and cellophane. us.rd.yahoo.com
Light, refreshing fruit-based beers are way-hot for summer (The San Luis Obispo Tribune) Three years ago O'Fallon Brewery near St. Louis quietly launched Wheach - a wheat beer flavored with peach extract. At first the brewery made fewer than 1,000 cases, but this year it is producing between 7,000 and 8,000 cases. "We can't make enough of it," says co-owner Fran Caradonna. "It is a very drinkable beer, especially in the summer. It's one that people will try, as opposed to the ... us.rd.yahoo.com
The week that was: August 11-15 (Stuff) TRAGIC END: Helen Clark's mountain guide Gottlieb Braun-Elwert died of a suspected heart attack while on a tramping expedition with the Prime Minister. us.rd.yahoo.com
Get parental guidance on new movies, including 'Star Wars: The Clone Wars' and 'Tropic Thunder' (Fort Worth Star-Telegram) By JANE HORWITZ Star Wars: The Clone Wars (PG, 1 hr., 38 min.) This computer-animated tale marks the seventh theatrical feature in George Lucas’ Star Wars series, but it suffers by comparison to its live-action predecessors. (It is also promo-ing an animated Star Wars series coming to cable TV this fall.) The animation is impressively 3-D and has great depth, yet it feels antiseptic, ... us.rd.yahoo.com
Tomato time (Baltimore Sun) With gardens large and small, Marylanders make room for the many varieties of summer's 'love apple' With gardens large and small, Marylanders make room for the many varieties of summer's 'love apple' us.rd.yahoo.com
Silly fun with teens in 'Emo! The Musical' (The San Francisco Examiner) Teen angst - it happens to the best of us. Take a second to reflect upon those melodramatic years and recall the disaffected youth you most identified with: Were you the misunderstood artiste, the perpetually stoned slacker or perhaps the sad-sack scribe of seriously bad poetry? us.rd.yahoo.com
Where are all the red-headed woodpeckers? (Albert Lea Tribune) My neighbor Crandall stops by. “How are you doing?” I ask. us.rd.yahoo.com
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