News - flabbergasting
Giving silk a touch of class
23 May 2012, 8:39 am
Weaving coloured threads and creating designs out of them needs a lot of creativity. Especially, when the fibre involved is silk, it requires a lot of patience and talent as the material needs to b...
Dr. Rachel Kleinfeld: Economic Security Is National Security
21 May 2012, 11:55 am
It sounds easy to throw money at the Pentagon and buy more security. But we all know that's not how security works -- it's like investing tens of thousands in a terrific alarm system for your house, then leaving your windows open.
Scott McNutt's Snark Bites: Community recoils in horror at possible differences among people
20 May 2012, 3:00 am
Residents of Lenoir City recently expressed astonishment after a high school yearbook article titled "It's OK to Be Gay" revealed that there are such things as nonheterosexual people. Still reeling from that bombshell, the community absorbed another jolt with the publication of "It's All Right to Be Left," an article acknowledging that some people aren't right-handed.
Allegations of dirty politics arise in civil court judge race
18 May 2012, 6:16 pm
HOUSTON—A Harris County Civil Court judge says he is disappointed that a series of radio and robo-call campaign ads by a well-funded opponent are targeting his drunk driving arrests that happened three decades ago. “The nature of this ad is just
flabbergasting to me,” State District Court Judge Steven Kirkland told KHOU 11 News. The radio ads, by Elaine Palmer, his challenger in the Democratic ...
Blue moon poised to rise high over Manchester
11 May 2012, 7:23 pm
SIDELINE CUT:As Alex Ferguson’s side visit Sunderland, all eyes will be back on the Etihad Stadium to witness what promises to be a day of liberation for the blue half of Manchester
Team mom's cancer fight strengthens Durant softball team
11 May 2012, 5:22 pm
PLANT CITY — The pickups and PT Cruisers that follow the area’s most
flabbergasting softball story into the stomach of Florida’s peninsula Sunday will be accompanied by two certainties. Pink ribbons will secure the ponytails of Durant High School’s softball players, and “Momma C” will be there. Will she ever. To this point, the cancer that cut a swath through Antionette Cuellar’s 48-year-old ...
Neighborhood shocked, gunman at large
6 May 2012, 4:47 pm
Police are still looking for the man who shot and killed a tow truck driver Saturday afternoon. While the investigation continues, neighbors are still in disbelief about what happened.
