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Know a family whose lives could be changed by a new house? They might be in line for the next best thing

OK, I was one of the biggest nerd-geeks ever in high school, and I've been a fan of all the "Star Trek" TV shows, including "Voyager" (mostly for Seven of Nine, admittedly) and even the mostly forgotten "Deep Space Nine." But this is kinda creepy:

"Things are tough all over" department:

Beth Rogers is taking the family's finances into her own hands — literally.

The plug has been pulled on newspapers. They're already circling the drain. But, wait -- Kindle to the rescue?

It's hard to overstate how important the GI Bill was after World War II, not just to a generation of young Americans but to the whole country. It changed whom we considered college appropriate for and even our whole notion of what college should be. And except for the way the war started bringing women into the work force, the burgeoning middle class thus created was probably the most lasting effect of that era.

Where I come from, this would have brought out the torch-and-pitchfork mob:

Pittsburgh City Council today gave its unanimous, initial approval to legislation banning mattresses, box springs, sofas and upholstered chairs from city porches, primarily to prevent the celebratory burning of such items, as has happened repeatedly in Oakland.

The Rocky Mountain News in Denver is gone now, and now we have a list of the 10 major daily newspapers that are most likely to fold or shutter their print editions:

Sure, we're a nation of restless nomads, but isn't this interesting?

Among all respondents to the Pew Research Center survey, 57% say they have not lived in the U.S. outside their current state: 37% have never left their hometown and 20% have left their hometown (or native country) but not lived outside their current state.

Hey, have you been looking for a reason to give an evening newspaper a chance?

A Southland woman has to undergo months of uncertainty about her health after she was pricked by a needle or syringe she found wrapped inside her morning newspaper.
  
The woman from Bluff has told the Southland Times she was an "emotional wreck" after collecting her paper on Tuesday morning - only to feel a sharp prick in her finger.

Another list. This time, some people have picked the "100 Greatest Singer-Songwriter Albums of All Time." I have favorites that aren't on the list, like Bob Dylan's "Blood on the Tracks" and Neil Young's "After the Gold Rush." And it includes some I wouldn't, such as Springsteen's "Nebraska" and Donovan's "Sunshine Superman." But it's scary how many of these I've heard, and even scarier how many I bought over the years. Guess that says a lot about what kind of music I like.