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How to give wedding gifts (The Morning Call) - You know it's wedding season when the invitations pile up in your mailbox faster than you can return the RSVPs. Who doesn't love a wedding? (OK, I see those hands, but you are clearly in the minority.) The challenge is buying gifts for your betrothed friends and relatives -- or the kids of same -- that they'll appreciate but that won't run up your credit cards or make you look like a total ...

BOOK REVIEW: 'On Chesil Beach' feels momentous despite tiny domestic dilemma (Centre Daily Times) - Ian McEwan is a dedicated student of cataclysm, delving into psychological temblors large and small. He has explored the after-effects of 9/11 and the looming crisis of the Iraq invasion, the chaotic retreat at Dunkirk during World War II and the fall of the Berlin Wall. He has also sifted through more personal, but no less harrowing, horrors, such as the relentless advance of a psychopath or the ...

TB patient insists he was never banned from travel (CNN.com) - The tuberculosis patient who set off an international health scare by flying to Europe then Canada before driving back to the U.S. told lawmakers Wednesday that doctors told him he was not contagious.

Ex-cop executed for Houston woman's murder (CNN.com) - HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) -- A former sheriff's deputy was executed Wednesday for the robbery, rape and fatal stabbing of a Houston woman at her family's flower shop.

Movie Review: 'Wedding Daze' (The Epoch Times) - Imagine a cross between American Pie and Wedding Crashers. Then minus the funny. Now you know what to expect from Wedding Doze… sorry, I mean Wedding Daze.The most unfunny m...

Ex-sheriff's deputy to be executed (AP via Yahoo! News) - Michael Griffith is about to pay with his life for violating the law he once swore to enforce. The former Harris County sheriff's deputy was set for execution Wednesday evening for the rape, robbery and stabbing death of a Houston woman more than 12 years ago.

Former sheriff's deputy to be executed (AP via Yahoo! News) - Michael Griffith is about to pay with his life for violating the law he once swore to enforce.

Jewelry Review: Alex Story Creates Wearable Sculptures (Blogcritics.org) - If you have read even one of my articles, you know that I am always on the lookout for new, unique, and innovative products and designs. Hence the attraction to Alex Story Jewelry . Alex's background is in sculpture, metal smithing, and welding. She trained in these crafts in Paris and London, but found her creations difficult to transport. Upon returning to her native New York, Alex turned ...

Ex-deputy executed for woman's slaying (Dallas Morning News) - HUNTSVILLE, Texas – A former sheriff's deputy was executed Wednesday evening for the robbery, rape and fatal stabbing of a Houston woman at her family's flower shop.

Book Review: On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan (Blogcritics.org) - Every year Literary Review , a London journal, hands out its infamous “Bad Sex” award. This dubious honor highlights bad writing about (mostly) good sex. But if an award were given for good writing about (mostly) bad sex, Ian McEwan would win it hands down for his latest effort On Chesil Beach . McEwan has merely dabbled in erotic writing before. The library scene in Atonement may have been ...