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Commentary: Don't let the door hit you in the rear on your way out, kids

In late summer you passed them in the grocery store, shoulders slumped, dragging their heels with exhaustion. They smile at you at the beach as they wearily pass out sandwiches to their little sandy creatures. My eyes met one at the pool last week as she broke up yet another fight between her offspring. This worn-out parent looked at me with my own misbehaved little ones and groaned, 'Five more ...

LAKE ELSINORE: Students stock up on supplies

Representatives of the Costco in Lake Elsinore handed out nearly 500 backpacks at Elsinore Elementary School on Aug. 27. They delivered more than 200 to Withrow Elementary School. Each backpack contai

Backpack on wheels get thumbs down from Vancouver parents

The backpack on wheels might be one of the “in” items for this season with merchandisers, but back-to-school shoppers Monday weren’t interested in that particular trend — it’s far too impractical, they say.

Video: Son-in-law inspires man to create ‘Jarhead Jerky’ for the troops

MEDFORD—Jim’s Jarhead Jerky started out as a two pound care package of beef jerky Jim Ewen sent last October to his new son-in-law, U.S. Marine Sgt. Tim Missel, who was stationed in Iraq. But once Missel and his fellow Marines tasted the homemade beef jerky, they couldn’t get enough of it.

Lower Manhattan denizens chafe over mosque debate

Most care more about the bigger struggle to rejuvenate and rebuild their wounded neighborhood. Politicians have deemed the area around New York's "ground zero" hallowed ground. Protesters have paraded signs proclaiming, "No sacrilege at holy ground," and others have called it the site of a "sacred burial."