"Looks like nothing's gonna' change
"Everything remains the same.
"I can't do what 10 people tell me to do. . ."
The real soul of Stax will always be sung in the shadows.
That remains so, despite the possibility of a Stax reunion tourhitting the the road this summer, the release of new albums fromEddie Floyd, William Bell and Isaac Hayes, and the Fantasy …
DENVER - John Mark Karr, who was briefly a suspect in the JonBenet Ramsey slaying, left the Boulder County jail Tuesday in the custody of California officials, authorities said.
Karr faces child pornography charges in Sonoma County, Calif. He was released to Sonoma sheriff's deputies, said Boulder County Sheriff's Lt. Phil West.
Travel arrangements for Karr were not immediately clear. Sonoma County authorities refused to comment or confirm whether Karr was bound for California.
Karr, a schoolteacher, was arrested Aug. 16 in Thailand after he made phone calls and wrote e-mails in which he claimed to have killed the 6-year-old beauty queen in her Boulder home in …
An Iraqi military commander on Monday compared new restrictions on the U.S. military to "house arrest," saying American combat troops cannot patrol as freely as they did before pulling out of cities on June 30.
Col. Ali Fadhil, a brigade commander in Baghdad, cited several occasions in which Iraqi troops turned down U.S. requests to move around the capital, and in one instance to conduct a raid _ the Iraqis carried out that operation themselves. The new balance of authority stems from a security agreement that requires all U.S. troops to be out of Iraq by the end of 2011.
Fadhil spoke to The Associated Press about conditions in Baghdad, where violence has dropped dramatically …
New Early Learning Christian Centre opens in Winnipeg
After many years of planning, Winnipeg Mennonite Elementary and Middle Schools opened its Early Learning Christian Centre in January. On March 3, an official event, with political and childcare dignitaries in attendance, celebrated this new Christian daycare program.
In 2010, the schools' 30-year-old St. James campus, which offers Kindergarten through Grade 8 instruction, was able to purchase the building it has been renting from the school. The Early Learning Christian Centre is located in this facility.
"The daycare students are able to use the school facilities, such as the computer lab and the gym, as well …
Dow Chemical Co. will raise product prices by up to 20 percent almost immediately to offset the soaring cost of energy and raw materials, and the CEO of the chemical giant lashed out Washington on Wednesday for failing to develop a sound energy policy.
The price increases take effect Sunday and will be based on a product's exposure to exorbitant costs. Dow said it spent $8 billion on energy and hydrocarbon-based feedstock, or raw materials, in 2002 and that could climb fourfold to $32 billion this year.
"For years, Washington has failed to address the issue of rising energy costs and, as a result, the country now faces a true energy crisis, one that is …
Sammy Sosa finally got the better of a left-handed pitcher onSunday, homering for the first time this season against a lefty whenhe rocketed Randy Wolf's 2-2 pitch out in the second inning.
But he couldn't get the better of the temperature.
Sosa didn't take the field with his teammates in the eighth inningafter feeling dizzy in the humid, 83-degree conditions.
Sosa already had had a full day on offense and defense.
He was 2-for-3 with his 23rd homer, a double leading off the Cubs'four-run seventh and two runs scored. In the field, he made twodiving catches to rob first Placido Polanco in the third and thenDavid Bell in the sixth -- but also committed an …
