Elvis Costello and The Attractions essential 1978 record This Year’s Model was re-released for the twenty-third time earlier this week as a deluxe 2-CD set. This year’s model of This Year’s Model includes a bevy of previously released bonus tracks, and a previously unreleased live concert. I was going to review it, but instead I decided not to buy it. On Tuesday, I found myself at Amoeba records. After an hour or so, I’d amassed......

After LA Animal Services released their latest statistics, The Daily News ran a story with this headline: "Animal Deaths Rise in L.A. Shelters". Yet, the number of animals euthanized in Los Angeles has dropped by 20% this year - a hard-won statistic for Ed Boks, general manager for LA Animal Services. Since Los Angeles adopted a no-kill policy 10 years ago, the number of euthanized animals has dropped from 65,000 to 15,000 a year.......

It is my favorite time of the year: The Championships, Wimbledon fortnight. The grass courts at the All England Club hold tradition and the place where legends are born. It was in Centre Court where Roger Federer won his first grand slam in 2003, Bjorn Borg won five consecutive championships from 1976 to 1980 and Pete Sampras cemented his greatness in 2000 eclipsing Roy Emerson in total grand slams won. This year Federer is......

#41 Toddler Dies While Wandering into a Car Wash - Fox News #42 Foster Parent Accused of Sexual Abuse with Four Teenage Boys - St. Pete Times #43 California Citrus Woes are nothing compared to Low Florida Fruit This Year - Orlando Sentinel #44 Construction Worker Dies After Falling into a Woodchipper - CBS4 #45 Manatee Deaths Up in Florida - TC Palm photo by Eric Richardson......