National Budget 8.8.07
GateHouse News Service National Budget For 8.8.07 editions
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News
CAT LAW: Man arrested in Hopedale after cops stop him for MV violations and find injured kitten in his car. Besides MV things, they charge him with failing to report an injured cat, after they conclude he hit the cat. Cat now in custody of humane society folks.
MetroWest, 6 p.m.
DEATHS BY MOTORCYCLE CLIMBING: Despite reaching a lowest number of motor-vehicle deaths in five years, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says motorcycle deaths rose in 2006. And that increase marks the ninth straight year that these deaths have increased. Analysts say the surge in fatalities comes from the rise in sales of bikes by Baby Boomers since the 90s. Localize by talking to dealers and biker groups. RADOSEVICH/PEORIA/this evening/Illinois
POISON IVY: While it hasn't become overwhelming in our area quite yet, experts say that global warning, i.e. rising carbon dioxide levels, could spur big-time growth of poison ivy. Patriot Ledger, Schieble, 20", 7pm
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Biz
OLD RESTAURANTS: What's the key for a restaurant staying in business 30, 40 or more years? We look at some long-time standbys, getting the secret to restaurateurs' success. Localize, looking at restaurants in your area. Patriot Ledger, Long, 20", 7pm
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Sports
RED SOX 67 SERIES/DAY 3
MAIN: Billy Rohr set the tone for '67 in perhaps the greatest debut ever by a major league pitcher. In his first game, at Yankee Stadium in April, Rohr lost a no-hit bid with two outs in the ninth inning on Elston Howard's single to RF. Oddly, Rohr beat the Yankees again in his next start and then won only one more game in his career. From his home in Palm Springs, Calif., he reflects on his legendary cameo and reveals that he hated baseball after quiting the game in 1972.
SIDEBAR: Pitcher Lee Stange was there in '67, but he also was there in 1984 when Roger Clemens broke into the majors. Stange, the Sox's pitching coach that year, talks about his memories of a very young Rocket. As a bonus, it was Stange who earlier had suggested that the Red Sox sign Luis Tiant, which turned out to be a pretty smart move.
Eric McHugh, Patriot Ledger, On wire now
Opinions
JERRY MOORE COLUMN - Making economics thrilling requires a little magic (and why not the world's most popular wizard, Harry Potter?) LIBERTY SUBURBAN / Opinions columnists / In
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GRANLUND CARTOON - Federal bridge repair kit: duct tape. METROWEST / In / Cartoons
Lifestyles (Wednesday is Food)
HILLIBISH COLUMN -- The secret of successful corn cooking is as clear as the nose on your face.??In fact, it is the nose on your face. CANTON / Food / Columns / in?
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CRITICS CUPBOARD - Review of Pineapple Rum Infusion. CANTON / Food / in?
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FOOD & TATTOOS - These guys were "born to cook", and they sport some food-inspired tattoos. SPRINGFIELD / Food? and Illinois News
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CLAIRE DANES Q&A -- Little Claire Danes just wanted to be an actress. And she didn't want to wait around to grow up first. So at the ripe old age of 12, the New Yorker had already convinced her parents to let her do auditions across the country in Los Angeles. Her career was slow in starting - an obscure movie here, a TV guest shot there. But once she landed the role of Beth in Gillian Armstrong's "Little Women," then in quick succession, her two-season run as Angela in "My So-Called Life" and the part of Juliet in Baz Luhrmann's "Romeo + Juliet," Danes was a hot commodity. At least until she went through some personal and political hassles during a troubled shoot of "Brokedown Palace" in the Philippines, after which she quit the business to attend college, finishing up three years at Yale, but returning to film for a small part in "The Hours" before she could graduate. She's been going gangbusters since, with starring roles in the recent romantic drama "Evening" and in the upcoming romantic fantasy "Stardust," in which she plays a star that takes human form and falls to Earth. CNC / Entertainment / in
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THREEQUELS: It's the summer of the threequel, and with "Rush Hour 3"hitting theaters this weekend, the talent pool is getting a bit shallow. We look at some of cinema's best and worst threequels, and wonder about some that could've been. Norwich, 16 inches
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Coming tomorrow
HILLIBISH COLUMN: Rocks are on a roll. Ten thousand years ago, glaciers rolled through, stopping just south of us. They dumped a motherlode of rocks here, rolled smooth by their long trip from the north. Years ago, many thought of them as a nuisance. Now, gardeners and landscapers are rediscovering rocks as an element of design. They're so popular, a quarry to the north of us had to fence in their rock yard to prevent theft. CANTON / Home & Garden / In
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WILDLIFE IN YOUR BACK YARD: Instead of displaying boldfaced "Keep Out" signs, we carefully erect white picket fences, treat our lawns with chemicals and cover every square inch of land with development to ensure that certain visitors keep their distance. The wildlife in the area tends to get the idea and most, save the ubiquitous rabbit and occasional raccoon, keep to the forest preserves or the still wooded acreage in outlying suburbs. But there is much to be enjoyed about undomesticated creatures, particularly those of the winged variety. LIBERTY SUBURBAN / In / Home & Garden
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