For The Best (The Morning News) FAYETTEVILLE -- Frustrated by a Big 12 Conference rule pertaining to intra-conference transfers, all Jess Todd could think to do was call his buddy from junior college....more...Today's Agenda (Miami Herald) Items contributed must be received at least two days in advance at Calendar Desk, The Miami Herald, 1 Herald Plaza, Fifth Floor Newsroom, Miami, FL 33132-1693. Or e-mail your items to newscalendar@MiamiHerald.com . No faxes, please. To search for events througout South Florida, click on Calendar on the left side of the screen at www.MiamiHerald.com ....more... A pipeline into the heart of Europe (Asia Times) Not many people know that Russian President Vladimir Putin co-authored in 2004 a fascinating book on classical judo titled Judo: History, Theory, Practice . In his book, Putin describes how with "minimum effort, maximum effect", it becomes possible to bring your opponent flying on to the mat....more... Koreans aim for 1,000 missionaries (BPNews.net) HOUSTON (BP)--An intense focus on "Empowering the church to be on mission" marked the 26th annual meeting of the Council of Korean Southern Baptist Churches in America....more... HONG KONG FACTS (San Jose Mercury News) Population: 6.9 million, mostly Cantonese speakers. English also is an official language. Geography: A 450-square-mile enclave on China's southeastern shore, made up of many islands....more... France Warns Officials on BlackBerry Use (The San Francisco Examiner) (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau) The Siemens SK65 phone with BlackBerry software is displayed during the 3GSM World Congress 2005 in Cannes, southeastern France, in this Feb. 15, 2005 file photo....more... A Gis-Based Approach to Watershed Classification for Nebraska Reservoirs1 (RedNova) By Bulley, Henry N N Merchant, James W; Marx, David B; Holz, John C; Holz, Aris A ABSTRACT: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is charged with establishing standards and criteria for assessing lake water quality....more... GBL rookies put Bahamas on the map (Chico Enterprise-Record) For many players in the independent Golden Baseball League, the pressure of trying to land a contract in a big league farm system is hard enough to handle on its own....more... Briefly in Tompkins (The Ithaca Journal) The Madear's Kids professional youth dance troupe from Gainesville Florida will perform the musical ?Once On This Island? as a benefit for Southside Community Center on Friday, June 22, in a 2 p.m. matinee and at 7 p.m. at the café at Anabel Taylor Hall, Cornell University. A suggested donation of $10 for adults and $5 for children will go toward helping Southside Community Center children and ......more... |