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LIHUE, Hawaii (AP) — A 58-year-old Kauai man sentenced to life in prison in 2001 for killing his wife by setting her on fire has had the minimum amount of time he must serve before he can request parole doubled to 120 years.
EARTH, CUBED… Squid has always prided Squidself on Squid’s little feet. (Tentacles, technically.) And we all know what little feet mean: little footprints. So you can imagine Squid’s dismay at learning the average American’s carbon footprint: 20 tons a year, five times the global average. Obscura Digital Project Manager Matt Dowlen – a Pebble Beach native whose fire dancing hobby flared into ...
One of the borderland's most entertaining bands, Liquid Cheese, will embark later this month on a nearly seven-week tour of northern New Mexico and southern Colorado in what is fast becoming the ska/reggae/Latin band's second home.
The problem with reviewing a book about Google, even one as insightful and authoritative as Ken Auletta has written, is that it becomes out of Read more...
There are a lot of artists living in Snowmass Village and now due to the efforts of the Snowmass Arts Advisory Board, they will have a chance to display their creative works at a new venue within the town limits. SAAB will have an opening reception for local artists entitled "Local Winter Color" at the renovated Welcome Center for Village Property Management on Friday, Dec. 11 from 5 - 7 p.m ...
Going to church with Reverend Bertie Pearson and EpiscoDisco
We are lucky to be able to decline food because it's not organic, raw, or vegan while people on the planet are starving to death and would graciously accept what we don't consider real food.
By Cecil Adams I have heard Thomas Jefferson traded marijuana blends with George Washington and the other founding fathers. I find this hard to believe, but the rumor is ubiquitous. Can anyone verify if it is true or false? I e-mailed the famous Jefferson scholar Clay Jenkins but got no response. However, on his podcast, The Thomas Jefferson Hour, he did admit to donning his Thomas Jefferson ...
Last night was the SF Bike Coalition's Annual holiday fund-raising party. How did they raise much-needed cash? With an auction. Matt Smith has the details : A dinner with Board of Supervisors Prez Daivd Chiu ($500!) and a $210 Burning Man ticket combined with a s'mores party ($800!) So, yeah, dinner with a mega-important wonk and munching on too-sweet treats with sand up your ass -- sounds like ...
What might a developer, city contractor, union leader, or other person with a financial stake in the decisions of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors pay for a one-on-one night on the tow...
LIHUE, Hawaii (AP) — A 58-year-old Kauai man sentenced to life in prison in 2001 for killing his wife by setting her on fire has had the minimum amount of time he must serve before he can request parole doubled to 120 years.
A 58-year-old Kauai man sentenced to life in prison in 2001 for killing his wife by setting her on fire has had his parole minimum doubled to 120 years.
It can't be eaten, but may be the sweetest treat on the road.
On the painful days following Thanksgiving, we like to recover by enjoying foods bearing little resemblance to those we spooned up on Thursday. Sometimes, with health or digestive relief i...
Circus patrons searching for clowns, trampoline acts, and Russian women who apparently have no spines and can literally bend over backwards could be forgiven for ending up at Jeff's tent....
There was one complaint I heard over and over again from Indian entrepreneurs during my three weeks shuttling between Delhi, Jaipur, Bangalore, Mumbai and Pune: There aren’t enough angel investors in India. Now, truth be told, that’s a complaint I also hear in the American heartland, in Canada, in Europe, in Africa, in China and, well, pretty much everywhere I’ve traveled to over the last few ...
Please join us for the dedication of Tree Spire a permanent ...
There was a whole lot more proof on Friday night, even if none ...
The Black Rock Arts Foundation presents our third annual fundraising ...
We were traveling along Route 80, and for once, Reno seemed almost ...
Cardboardia one of Black Rock Arts Foundation s 2009 Grantees! ...
Scott Beale / Laughing Squid We finally lost ACE Junkyard to ...
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