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From the Eiffel Tower in Paris to the Jesus statue at Corcovado Mountain in Rio De Janiero, art helps build a city's identity.

Dorothy Evans, 92, isn't a big believer in sitting at home, watching television -- or, for that matter, retirement.

Iglesia Peniel de Banderia de Cristo, a church that didn’t have a name until a few weeks ago, a congregation that has spent the past eight months worshipping out of a small garage in San Carlos Park and until now, were simply called the Spanish-speaking Church of Estero.

Kroger, Park Avenue West, Mansfield -- Police received a report early Friday evening that two men had loaded a 1989 Oldsmobile with $250 of meat which wasn't in grocery bags and for which they didn't have receipts. Officers couldn't find the men.

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ROCKFORD — Police are looking for a gray Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight sedan that was involved in a hit-and-run on the near west side Saturday.

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Staff report LANSING, Mich. — Donovan Solano broke out of an 0-for-22 slump in a big way and the Swing of the Quad-Cities scored seven runs in the seventh inning to roll to an 11-5 win over the Lansing Lugnuts on Friday night at Oldsmobile Park.

Networks use credits for seniors who no longer can drive. ORLANDO - Adele Fredel, 83, blacked out in Publix six months ago and gave up driving because she doesn't want to hurt people.

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MSU wins game one, 7-4; takes game two, 6-4.

An early morning fire Saturday claimed the lives of a Cedarhurst couple whose home was cluttered "from floor to ceiling" with piles of old newspapers, magazines, clothes and other debris, authorities and neighbors said.

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From the Eiffel Tower in Paris to the Jesus statue at Corcovado Mountain in Rio De Janiero, art helps build a city's identity.

An article in the Golf Digest by Dan Jenkins about the things that happened at the Augusta Masters Tournament.

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Staff report LANSING, Mich. — Donovan Solano broke out of an 0-for-22 slump in a big way and the Swing of the Quad-Cities scored seven runs in the seventh inning to roll to an 11-5 win over the Lansing Lugnuts on Friday night at Oldsmobile Park.

EAST LANSING - Shane Clipfell was named assistant coach for the Michigan State women's basketball team by coach Suzy Merchant on Friday.

Two Brookline Station residents were injured last night in a Christian County wreck, the Missouri Highway Patrol said.

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LANSING- Donovan Solano snapped out of an 0-for-22 slump with a five RBI night, leading the Swing of the Quad Cities to an 11-5 win over the Lansing Lugnuts before 7,296 fans at Oldsmobile Park Friday night. Solano finished the game 4-for-5 with the five RBI.

TALLMADGE TOWNSHIP — A Marne resident died Friday after being hit by a car while raking leaves in his front yard two months ago.

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Donovan Solano broke out of an 0-for-22 slump with a 4-for-5 night that included five runs batted in, and the Swing of the Quad Cities sent 12 men to the plate during a seven-run seventh inning to defeat the Lansing Lugnuts, 11-5, on Friday night at Oldsmobile Park.

MSU collects 18 hits, including a grand slam by Sean Walker; Dennis Jones goes 5-for-5.

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A Barnett man was injured in a one-car accident at 7:55 a.m. Thursday on U.S. 54, one mile east of Missouri 17, in Cole County.

A Brookline Station, Mo., woman sustained moderate injuries when the car she was in pulled from a private lot into the path of another in Christian County yesterday morning, the Missouri Highway Patrol said. The crash occurred when a 2004 Oldsmobile Alero struck a 1999 Toyota on Main Street, a quarter mile north of Nixa, according to the patrol's report. Susan Moorefield, 39, of Brookline ...

Life is a journey taking us lots of places through the years. Sometimes we don't stay in one place very long and other times we stay for a lifetime. Ruth McKechnie has lived in Shelby and the surrounding area for close to 84 years.

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Mother's Day is just two days away, and as much thought and preparation that may go into this special occasion, finding the right words to say may be a challenge, yet two Fallon families put into words their thoughts on motherhood.

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A motorcyclist died Thursday of injuries he suffered in an early morning crash on I-465 on the Westside. Jeramy Padgett, 31, Indianapolis, died at Wishard Memorial Hospital of multiple blunt force injuries, according to the Marion County coroner's office.

Washington County Assessor Lee Ann Kizzar sustained minor injuries in a car accident Wednesday on East Dickson Street. (Northwest Arkansas Times)

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A bad crash on the Beachline near Orlando International Airport blocked all eastbound lanes, Thursday night, while troopers mopped up the mess. VIDEO: Car Smashes Into Dump Truck, Driver Extricated

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An increased number of vehicle thefts reported this week included a camping trailer taken on White Avenue, and a flatbed trailer, taken on Henshaw Avenue.

Prosecutors released 500 exhibits Thursday used to convict former Qwest chief executive Joe Nacchio of illegal insider trading, including warnings he received in April 2001 that recurring sales were

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An Indianapolis man was hospitalized after crashing his motorcycle Thursday morning on I-465 on the Westside.

Twice in two months, the Florida Highway Patrol sent out news releases misidentifying the victims of fatal traffic accidents -- something troopers make pains to avoid.

Cumberland County sheriff’s deputies are looking for a 23-year-old New Jersey man who they say kidnapped his girlfriend’s daughter from her school.

Brandon Buckman finished just a single shy of the cycle and drove in three runs to lead a late Swing of Quad Cities comeback, but the Lansing Lugnuts held on for a 7-5 victory on Thursday night at Oldsmobile Park. Buckman homered in the sixth and tripled in two runs in the eighth, extending his league leading totals to nine home runs, 35 RBI, 44 hits, and 21 extra-base hits.

Update, FRI, 4:00 PM: A Madisonville shooting leads to the Thursday night lockdown of Saint Mary's emergency room.

Authorities say four people are hurt after an elderly driver plowed her car through an outdoor patio at a Gelson's market in North Hollywood.

An elderly driver plowed her car through a supermarket patio on Thursday, injuring four people, including a 3-year-old girl, authorities said.

LANSING - The annual Owosso - Durand baseball doubleheader at Oldsmobile Park in Lansing is becoming a tradition. And Trojans senior right-hander Dominic Mallory says the day at the minor league ballpark keeps getting more enjoyable every year.

Peoria Police are investigating a drive by shooting on the East Bluff last night.

EVANSTON, Ill. - Northwestern's baseball team will take to the road for the final time of the 2007 this weekend when they head to East Lansing, Mich., to take on Michigan State. The first of a four-game Big Ten series is set for 1 p.m. (CT) Friday afternoon at Kobs Field on the MSU campus.

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Written by: News Wire Alton. Va. – 5/10/2007 The SARRC/MARRS Challenge is a “double” weekend pitting racers from the mid-Atlantic and south-Atlantic areas against each other for bragging rights and for championship points in both the MARRS (Mid-Atlantic Road Racing Championship) and SARRC (South Atlantic Road Racing Championship) series.

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SALT LAKE CITY -- The only way Stephen Jackson will miss any time in this year's NBA playoffs is if the Warriors reach Game 7 of the NBA Finals. Jackson's trial in Indianapolis on three charges stemming from an October altercation in a strip-club parking lot was postponed from this morning to

SALT LAKE CITY — The only way Stephen Jackson will miss any time in this year's NBA playoffs is if the Warriors reach Game 7 of the NBA Finals.

SCCA races are held all across the nation by the many Regions in the Sports Car Club of America. The Al Fairer Memorial SARRC/MARRS Challenge is hosted by the North Carolina Region and the Washington, DC Region.

An Indianapolis man was killed Wednesday when his car veered off U.S. 31 near 131st Street and crashed. Carmel police identified the driver and victim as Christopher L. Cooper, 23, 1800 block of Girls School Road.

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LANSING, Mich. — The middle of the batting order continued to push the Swing of the Quad-Cities toward the top of the Midwest League’s Western Division on Wednesday.

Changes are coming at Mel Hambelton Ford, with an expansion and new franchises in the works at the longtime area dealership.

A Pinckney grandmother, 66, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of letting her unlicensed granddaughter drive her vehicle and was ordered to pay $350 in fines and court costs. Joanne Hodder, 66, paid the fine in full after the arraignment on Tuesday, according to Court Administrator Mary Ellen Nygren. The 15-year-old granddaughter was involved in a one-car rollover accident April 10 on Bauer ...

University of Washington students parked electric and hybrid cars on campus to draw attention to global warming and show alternative energy sources during a month with state record gas prices.

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And then there were three. New Braunfels firefighter Jason Wallace and teammate Jake Keeton have made it to the final round of the reality television show “Bullrun.”

PEORIA — Police are investigating a possible drive-by shooting that occurred just before 10 p.m. in the 700 block of East Republic Street. Officers received a call of about five shots fired from a vehicle. One man was reported shot in the arm.

Wearing handcuffs and yellow shackles over his gray, pin-striped suit, a former Morehouse College student sat quietly in a wooden courtroom chair, watching his lawyer argue he should be free on bond.

RALEIGH, N.C. -- The Triangle's average gas price is lower than the national average at $3.03, according to AAA.

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LANSING- A pair of two out rallies and a strong relief performance lifted the Swing of the Quad Cities to a 6-2 win over the Lansing Lugnuts before 8,473 fans on a Grand Slam School Day at Oldsmobile Park Wednesday afternoon. Lansing has now lost it's last three games and 8-of-9.

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The Swing of the Quad Cities improved to a season-best five games over .500 with a 6-2 win over the Lansing Lugnuts on Wednesday afternoon at Oldsmobile Park. The three-through-six hitters in the Swing lineup combined to collect all eight of the team's hits, as Mark Shorey went 3-for-3 and Chris Grossman drove in three runs.

City police apprehended four juveniles last month in connection with a spree of BB-gun vandalism in Willcox, to the tune of $16,000 in damage.

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An inspired piece of modern statuary created to pay tribute to Lansing’s autoworkers will soon get a new life as a piece of public sculpture in Old Town.

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A couple already convicted in connection with the February 2004 murder of a family friend is facing charges in a second killing a year earlier.

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WEBB CITY, Mo. — Webb City High School wrapped up an unbeaten season in Southwest Conference baseball by beating Carthage 11-5 on Tuesday night.

LANSING- Brandon Buckman blasted his Midwest League leading eighth dinger of the year to lift the Swing of the Quad Cities to a 7-4 victory over the Lansing Lugnuts before 1,976 fans at Oldsmobile Park Tuesday night. The loss is the sixth for the Lugnuts in their last seven games.

Brandon Buckman launched his league-leading eighth home run of the year as part of a two-out, five-run rally in the third inning, and P.J. Walters allowed just one hit over four frames in a 7-4 Swing of the Quad Cities win over the Lansing Lugnuts Tuesday night at Oldsmobile Park.

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CHICOPEE - A funeral will be held Friday for a Granby man killed in a weekend motorcycle accident.

The Fredericktown Police Department answered one hundred eight calls during the week of April 23 to 30, 2007, and made the following arrests: Three for assault, one for stealing, one arrest warrant was served, two for possession of a controlled substance and drug paraphernalia, one for driving without a valid operators, one for safekeeping, one for careless and reckless operation of a motor ...

KINGMAN - The Mother Road through Kingman doesn't get the same attention it used to, before the quicker, faster Interstate was built, but every year she's visited by classic cars and their faithful owners for a weekend of remembrance during the Route 66 Fun Run.

Four people were injured, one seriously, in a two-vehicle collision south of Gering late Monday afternoon. The driver of one of the vehicles was cited on misdemeanor drug charges, a Scotts Bluff County sheriff's deputy said.

LANSING, Mich. — The Clinton LumberKings finished their series at Lansing on a good note Monday, posting a 6-2 victory over the Lugnuts at Oldsmobile Park.

Authorities continue today to search for a dark-colored sedan that was seen in the vicinity of a traffic fatality on Interstate 26. The crash occurred May 1 near Okolona Road at 1 a.m., according to the Johnson City Police Department.

Beaches, 1354 Park Avenue West, Mansfield -- A 21-year-old woman suffered a broken jaw early Sunday when another woman reportedly punched her. There were no witnesses, and the victim told police she didn't want to pursue the matter.

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NORTH BRUNSWICK: The township high school and Arthur M. Judd Elementary School were on lockdown Monday morning after police received a call from someone who thought they heard gunshots in the woods near the schools.

Joanne Hodder, 66, of Pinckney will face a misdemeanor charge for allegedly allowing her 15-year-old granddaughter to drive. She will appear today in 53rd District Court before Magistrate Brian Brown. The unlicensed teen and her 4-year-old sister suffered minor injuries when the 1997 Oldsmobile was involved in a rollover accident on Bauer Road, north of Bishop Lake Road, on April 10. The girls ...

LANSING- Chad Tracy's four RBI night sparked the Clinton LumberKings to a 6-2 win over the Lansing Lugnuts before 2,731 fans at Oldsmobile Park Monday evening. It marks the first series loss for Lansing at home this season.

Some locals' plans to avoid costs: carpool, buy a motorcycle. EAGLE COUNTY—It may be a clunker, but Kayt Calter has been pretty happy with her 1998 Oldsmobile Achieva that gets 20 to 25 miles per gallon these days — especially given the soaring price of gas in Vail valley.

Johnson City police are seeking a vehicle and driver who may have information about a May 1 traffic fatality.

25 years ago The Mountain Mail, May 5, 1982: The price of a doughnut and cup of coffee at the Daylight Donut Shop on U.S. 50 is not expensive, but for Emory and Marie Patton, 618 Walnut, the cost was several thousand dollars yesterday.

LANSING, Mich. — The Clinton LumberKings split games at Lansing over the weekend, winning 3-2 Saturday at Oldsmobile Park before losing 7-4 on Sunday.

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The father of a 32-year-old Little Rock man who was killed Feb. 21 was himself shot to death early Sunday following an argument over $10, police said. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Northwest Edition)

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A spider caused a Sunday morning head-on collision that left one driver with a broken arm and a black eye.

The gates of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway swung open wide this morning signaling the beginning of the Month of May, leading up to the 91st running of the Indianapolis 500.

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LANSING, Mich. — A seven-run inning was too much for the Clinton LumberKings to overcome Sunday.

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LANSING- The Lansing Lugnuts used a seven run fifth inning to topple the Clinton LumberKings Sunday afternoon by a score of 7-4 at Oldsmobile Park before 3,728 fans. The win snaps a four game losing streak for the Lugnuts, and also breaks a five game winning streak for the LumberKings.

One man was flown to Nashville while his 12-year-old passenger and another driver appear to be in stable condition after a head-on crash occurred Sunday morning on Tiny Town Road.

The first spring race at Darlington Raceway 50 years ago was rained out on Saturday and run on Sunday, despite the state’s blue laws outlawing such heresy.

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MILLER, Mo. — The host Cardinals, in their 5-2 first-round baseball victory against College Heights Christian, received four-hit, eight-strikeout pitching from Dakota Eaton in opening games of the Miller Tournament on Friday.

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LANSING- Omar Poveda was solid through six innings and the bullpen held on for the Clinton LumberKings in a 3-2 win over the Lansing Lugnuts Saturday night before 8,753 fans at Oldsmobile Park. It marks the fourth straight loss for the Lugnuts.

The first spring race at Darlington Raceway 50 years ago was rained out on Saturday and run on Sunday, despite the state’s blue laws outlawing such heresy.

The attractions were as cool as the temperatures for Saturday's opening of the Snellville Days festival. All along the misty midway, the festival offered the visionary as well as the vintage. A robot tried to talk a kid out of his lollipop.

A man is in the hospital after a major accident in Port Arthur Saturday afternoon.

A man is in the hospital after a major accident in Port Arthur Saturday afternoon.

Police are continuing to search for a suspect after a woman says she was abducted and sexually assaulted.

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The Fredericktown Police Department answered one hundred eight calls during the week of April 23 to 30, 2007, and made the following arrests: Three for assault, one for stealing, one arrest warrant was served, two for possession of a controlled substance and drug paraphernalia, one for driving without a valid operators, one for safekeeping, one for careless and reckless operation of a motor ...

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Halifax Regional Police have charged two men in connection with Thursday’s early morning shooting in Dartmouth.

Two unarmed men entered Frontier Outfitters, roughed up the owner, walked out with a duffle bag full of firearms and carjacked an employee who had just arrived to help open the store Friday morning, according to Fairbanks police.

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Two people were injured in a two-car accident at 11:50 a.m. Wednesday on Missouri 5, south of Route F, in Camden County.

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Texarkana, Texas, police were working a one-car accident late Thursday in Liberty-Eylau. The driver of the vehicle, a woman whose identity was not immediately released, was taken to a local hospital with what appeared to be serious injuries, said police officers at the scene.

LANSING- The Lansing Lugnuts finally broke their scoring drought on Friday night, but it wasn't enought as the Clinton LumberKings took game one of the series by a final score of 9-5 before 5,419 fans at Oldsmobile Park. The loss is the third straight for the Lugnuts.

KALAMAZOO — Kalamazoo Public Safety Officers are looking for a suspect after a woman reported she was kidnapped and raped in broad daylight. Police responded to the call around 5 p.m. on Friday.

CLACKAMAS COUNTY, Ore. - Two women were rescued Friday as their car dangled off the side of an embankment. Around 9:30 a.m. police say 16-year-old Grace Ramos was driving her mother's 2000 Oldsmobile when she apparently lost control on a curve at Southeast 72nd and Alberta in Clackamas County.

These items are from Des Plaines Police Department incident reports. The Des Plaines Journal publishes this police blotter every Wednesday and Friday. If anyone has information that can help solve a crime, call the police department at 847-391-5400 or Crimestoppers at 847-699-STOP.

Two teenage girls escaped from a teetering car Friday morning. Authorities said a 16-year-old girl was driving a car she borrowed from her mother when she was unable to make a turn on Southeast 72nd Avenue near Southeast Alberta Street at about 9:30 a.m.

Two people were airlifted to Erlanger Medical Center, in Chattanooga, after a head-on collision on Old Kentucky Road (Highway 136), on Monday afternoon.

Halifax Regional Police have two persons of interest in custody in relation to Thursday's early morning shooting in Dartmouth.

Olive Township — A 74-year-old West Olive man was pinned in his vehicle following a one-car accident that occurred at about 3:30 p.m. Thursday.

Saline County sheriff's deputies are investigating a possible burglary and vehicle theft after a rural Marshall man reported a break-in at his home and said his white 1999 Ford F-250 four-wheel drive pickup truck was missing.

A cell phone call alerted local law enforcement personnel of an accident shortly after noon Thursday.

The Fredericktown Police Department answered one hundred eight calls during the week of April 23 to 30, 2007, and made the following arrests: Three for assault, one for stealing, one arrest warrant was served, two for possession of a controlled substance and drug paraphernalia, one for driving without a valid operators, one for safekeeping, one for careless and reckless operation of a motor ...

OLIVE TOWNSHIP -- A West Olive man was hospitalized Thursday after his minivan slammed into a large tree on Stanton Street east of 136th Avenue. David Earl Scoon, 74, was in stable condition at North Ottawa Community Hospital after the crash, Ottawa County sheriff's Lt. Steve Kempker said.

Two people were injured in a two-car accident at 11:50 a.m. Wednesday on Missouri 5, south of Route F, in Camden County.

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WHEATON -- The second of two men charged with injuring two people last year during a drive-by BB gun attack near the campus of North Central College in Naperville has been sentenced to court supervision.