Rail treasure (New Straits
Rail treasure (New Straits Times)
Not many people realise this but the Malaysian Railway has been around for 120 years. Much history has been created along the steel tracks that run all over our country but little is known about the men who have worked quietly on the railroads over the years.
Green Jackets win exhibition opener (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
It has been 25 years since Georgia Tech last suited up a basketball team this young. That 1980-81 team, like this year's, had no returning starters. The prospect for coach Paul Hewitt's group isn't as gloomy.
Sinking his teeth into retirement (Mooresville/Decatur Times)
After more than a half-century as a Martinsville dentist, Dr. Gordon Gray is putting away his scalers, burrs, extraction forceps and anesthetic syringes. He's going home.
Tom Hanson: Blown away by angry Cane mail (Bonita Daily News)
Hurricane Wilma pounded Southwest Florida for hours. She left many homeless. She blew down trees that stood for years. She caused most of us to deal without electricity for days.
Search at St. Sava (The News Sun)
A Texas woman is on a mystery-shrouded digging mission to find the remains of her father in a Serbian Orthodox cemetery along the Des Plaines River in Waukegan.
Teeth Whitening for today's image conscious woman -- Is it Safe? (BellaOnline)
I frequently get questions about teeth whitening and safety. Sometimes, they're not even questions. I'm often told that "everyone knows" how teeth whitening strips enamel from your teeth and damages them for good.
www.theage.com.au (The Age)
Is the princess the new role model for Australian women? John Elder considers the enduring pulling power of the tiara set.
LOCAL NEWS from (Northwestern)
The greyhounds made their last lap around the track at Geneva Lakes Greyhound Track Sunday. After more than 15 years of operation the racetrack is closing due to financial woes, leaving about 400 greyhounds without a home.
In Focus (ABC Radio Australia)
Sean Dorney is the Pacific correspondent for Radio Australia and the ABC, based in Brisbane. Sean has had three postings to PNG, the first in 1974 - just before independence.
Auction offers chance to purchase a piece of history (Muscatine Journal)
MORNING SUN, Iowa - The inventory of Wilson Hardware, a staple in Morning Sun for 78 years, is going on the auction block. The store s history goes back to L. Ray Wilson who owned a farm southwest of Morning Sun. He operated a hatchery there in the 1920s.
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