Plantings O'purple (The Lewiston Sun Journal) bi13781844 For Le-Ann Kropa, was love at first sight. A summer employee the city of Lewiston's landscape crew, she and co-worker Mark Eustis were at Roak's scanning flowers for city beds when she spotted it: oxalis

Purple Pain: Prince Answers Tribute With Legal Threat (antiMUSIC) bi13781844 Most artists would be honored that other artists would take the time and effort to record tribute versions of songs, especially the royalties are properly paid. But Prince no ordinary artist and continues recent practice of producing more billable hours for attorneys than producing new music

Rochester man receives Purple Heart (Pioneer Press) bi13781844 A Rochester soldier stationed Kosovo was awarded a Heart Thursday for injuries he sustained serving Iraq 2005, the Minnesota National Guard announced

Has Europe's terminal crisis begun a triple no vote? (Daily Telegraph) bi13781844 The ultra-Europeans have overplayed hand. We can now glimpse a chain of events that halt, and reverse, extremist push towards an Über-state that almost no one wants

06-16-08 EUR ALL ON ONE PAGE (Eurweb) bi13781844 SNOOP DOGG'S WIFE BUSTED FOR DUI: Shante Broadus jailed early Saturday Orange County, Calif

Top Scoops (Scoop.co.nz) bi13781844 MOTHER JONES has done a great service by breaking down season's presidential campaign contributions by occupation. Here are some of the findings:..

Advertisement starts (Tiscali) bi13781844 Comedians have always had a tough time building a long-term career cinema. For a start, as genuinely funny scripts are few and far between, they're usually forced to draw on own well-worn routines and, after a few pictures, begin to bore audience

The Western New York summer festival guide (The Buffalo News) bi13781844 Time to get out your calendars and make your travel plans. There's no time to lose ? it's festival season, and groups large and small across Western New York are inviting you to come join the fun practically every weekend summer

Above the lawn: It's no crime to kill your grass (Fort Worth Star-Telegram) bi13781844 By JESSIE MILLIGAN When summer heats up and the weekly lawn-care chores become exhausting and expensive, the idea easily takes root: "Why not get rid of the grass?" Swaths of green St. Augustine or Bermuda grass can give way to planting beds that are easier to care for and use less water -- homeowners are willing to follow a few basic tips on how to wisely make the transition. Tarrant County ..

Regional arts and entertainment events (The Philadelphia Inquirer) bi13781844 Sunday A woman's life Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Alice Walker, The Color follows a young black woman as she makes her way from adversity to triumph rural Georgia a century ago. The show goes on at 1 p.m. at the Academy of Music, Broad and Locust Streets, and continues on a Tuesday-through-Sunday schedule to July 13. Tickets are $28 to $87.50. Call 215-731-3333

Artists draw enthusiastic crowd to Garfield Farm (Kane County Chronicle) bi13781844 CAMPTON HILLS - Photographer Claire Dassy appreciates quiet nature: A chipmunk chewing an ear of corn, a dragonfly on a coneflower or hummingbird flight

Notes from above ground: In a reporter flies a plane and lives to tell bi13781844 People are attracted to flying for different reasons. Some are free-spirited romantics who like the idea of soaring above ground, the world at feet and the freedom to go wherever heart leads them. (Due to technical difficulties, a video taken during the flight not immediately available. Please check back next week.)..

Celebrity birthdays (Pioneer Press) bi13781844 Actor Gary Busey 64. Comedian Richard Lewis 61. Drummer Ian Paice of Deep 60. Actor-turned-Congress-man-turned-radio host Fred Grandy 60. Singer Don Dokken of Dokken 55. Singer Colin Hay of Men At Work 55. Actress Maria Conchita Alonso 51. Actress Sharon Lawrence ("Fired Up," "NYPD Blue") 47. Actress Amanda Donohoe 46. Singer Stedman Pearson of Five Star 44. ..

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