The Man Who Clicks With 7-Year-OldsThursday, March 4, 2010 @ 1:29AMTHE name Marty Hyman may mean nothing to you. But if you, your children or grandchildren have gone to private schools in and around Manhattan over the last 30 years, chances are you've either smiled for Mr. Hyman or written him a check.
Your Questions: How can we catch our hamster if he escapes?Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 6:30PMQ. My daughter was given a hamster for Christmas that she adores, but she was handling him and he slipped out of her grasp. Luckily, he was not injured and she managed to grab him before he made a dash for it. If she's not so lucky next time, how can we catch him? Julliene, via e-mail
Featured flick: Shutter IslandWednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 10:35PMMartin Scorsese will make you wonder if you're crazy.
CIVIL WRITES: Pen Pal ParadoxTuesday, February 23, 2010 @ 5:02PMI lost a lot of money in the last year. Many of y’all can relate. Lay-offs, work shortages and budget slashes hemorrhaged savings accounts. 401Ks were cashed out. Bankruptcy filed. Peter got stuck up to pay Paul. In true American fashion we too often found ourselves in the red––in debt.
Manitowoc police briefsFriday, February 19, 2010 @ 4:17AMMANITOWOC Michael A. Herron, 37, of Manitowoc, was arrested for mistreating an animal, property damage and domestic violence-related disorderly conduct at a home in the 1000 block of South 13th Street at 10:14 p.m. Feb. 11.
Graphic Novel for Young Readers Solves a Pet-Shop MysteryTuesday, February 16, 2010 @ 7:00AMMINNEAPOLIS----There's a sandwich thief in Mr. Venezi's pet shop, and everyone is a suspect. Never fear! The world's fluffiest detective is on the case: Sasspants, PI. Author Colleen AF Venable and illustrator Stephanie Yue engage readers in Hamster and Cheese, the first title in the new Guinea PIG, Pet Shop Private Eye series from Graphic Universe™.
Great Hamster Massacre wins Waterstone's children's books prizeSunday, February 14, 2010 @ 9:21PMKatie Davies wins £5,000 award for 'sweet and funny story' of gory pet bloodletting A children's book that started life as "a collection of horrible hamster deaths" has won the Waterstone's children's book prize for debut author Katie Davies. The Great Hamster Massacre, a humorous murder mystery involving two girl sleuths and an array of dead hamsters, is an illustrated book aimed at seven to 10 ...
Melrose hamster’s tale tells Lincoln’s story; raises funds for schoolSaturday, February 6, 2010 @ 12:14PMThey say truth is stranger than fiction. To wit: the hamster that calls kindergarten teacher Marlene Joslin’s Lincoln Elementary School classroom home in Melrose is named Rainbow Potter. His fictional counterpart? Abe. He and his adventure are captured in the book “Abe’s Freedom,” written by Joslin and illustrated by former Lincoln School paraprofessional Mary Cafarelli. The book has been ...
Ranking John TravoltaTuesday, February 2, 2010 @ 6:48PMJohn Travolta is back on the big screen this weekend with From Paris With Love, an action thriller from the director of Taken. Travolta's last two releases, Old Dogs and The Taking of Pelham 123, weren't his best efforts, to put it kindly. Indeed, the widespread perception is that Travolta's filmography is made up of increasingly bad movies from an actor who squandered his much ballyhooed ...
Magical tale given new twistFriday, January 29, 2010 @ 4:41AMRichard John and Alice Lindsay, 13. Picture by Robin Crossley. STAGE REVIEW THERE are plenty of laughs to be had at Shorwell Drama Club’s The Wizard Of Oz, which has its final performance tonight (Friday).
Injured officer speaks outThursday, January 28, 2010 @ 11:13PMOfficer Jason Allen the officer ambushed last month gave his first interview today to Anchorage Media.
Toyota recall affecting dealershipsThursday, January 28, 2010 @ 8:58PMRight now, an Anchorage car dealership can't sell over half of what it has in stock. That's due to the recent Toyota recall involving millions of vehicles.
Santa brought a pet that diedMonday, January 25, 2010 @ 9:34AMSanta brought quite a precious hamster to my daughter. "Why would Santa bring me a pet that was going to die right away?" This was the first question and a very good one.
Know Where You Are…To See Where You’re GoingFriday, January 22, 2010 @ 7:02AMLogo #6 is more subtle and will probably look better in situ but in the final analysis it will also depend on the overall color scheme of the page.
An Alaskan doctor heads to Haiti to make a differenceThursday, January 21, 2010 @ 9:28PMAs Haiti struggles to recover after the deadly earthquake, a local physician is in the heart of the devastation after canceling his vacation so he could help out with the medical crisis in that country.
A Hamster Shredder Isn’t As Grotesque As One Might ThinkWednesday, January 20, 2010 @ 2:16PMThe “Hamster Shredder” is just a sculpture by artist Tom Ballhatchet, but I’ll hand it to him, a paper shredder attached to a rodent cage is actually a pretty practical idea. (more…)
A Hamster Shredder Isn't as Grotesque as One Might Think [Art]Wednesday, January 20, 2010 @ 10:09AMThe "Hamster Shredder" is just a sculpture by artist Tom Ballhatchet, but I'll hand it to him, a paper shredder attached to a rodent cage is actually a pretty practical idea. [Tom Ballhatchet via...
York RSPCA Animal Home overrun with hamstersMonday, January 18, 2010 @ 3:03AMTHIS tiny resident of the York RSPCA Animal Home is looking for a head start against 30 of his friends in finding a nice new home.
Mom's nurturing ways acceptedWednesday, January 13, 2010 @ 4:09AMCaitlin Cullerot is a senior majoring in journalism and is the Collegian's Wednesday columnist. Her e-mail address is cmc5217@psu.edu.
Hamster found with missing feetThursday, January 7, 2010 @ 6:57AMA hamster with all four of its feet missing was found dumped in a cage in a Grangemouth street, the SSPCA confirms.
Dear Santa, my dad and I moved, have your magic reindeer adjustSaturday, January 2, 2010 @ 1:09AMFew traditional Christmas rituals generate excitement with children as writing a letter to Santa Claus. The tradition dates back a hundred years in the U.S.
Chick-Fil-A Bowl: Hokies run the showThursday, December 31, 2009 @ 10:36PMATLANTA, Ga. -- Just when the Chick-fil-A Bowl was shaping up to be an entertaining shootout, Virginia Tech ground it to a halt.
Jackson to Recycle Christmas TreesMonday, December 28, 2009 @ 2:10PMThe city will be recycling discarded Christmas trees into mulch this year, and will offer the mulch to Jackson residents for free.
Saved by Facebook SantasSaturday, December 26, 2009 @ 1:46PMA YOUNG mum whose presents for her sick baby were nicked when heartless vandals trashed her house had her Christmas saved - thanks to a Facebook campaign.
Creature FeaturesWednesday, December 23, 2009 @ 11:20AMLydia Millet's emotional short stories focus on animals and celebrities—and the animals star by Julia Ramey Most of us know from experience that animals have immense power to draw forth fierce, unexpected emotion. In her new collection of short stories, Love in Infant Monkeys, Lydia Millet strikes this particular nerve again and again, using animals—plus her rich prose and expansive imagination ...
Today ’s hot toys look back to the 1960sSaturday, December 19, 2009 @ 1:01AMThis season’s popular holiday toys reflect the tradition of what I call “do something&hing
Muppets will be valuable in 10 yearsFriday, December 18, 2009 @ 11:12PMThis season's popular holiday toys reflect the tradition of what I call "do something" toys dating back to the 1960s.
Man arrested for knife-point robbery, drive-by shootingFriday, December 11, 2009 @ 6:25AMA Florida man wanted for two violent incidents, including a drive-by shooting, that happened in Johnson City seven years ago was arrested Thursday.
Knoxville woman arrested for JC burglaryFriday, December 11, 2009 @ 6:10AMAn East Tennessee State University freshman from Knoxville was arrested Thursday on charges that she burglarized a Johnson City apartment room in November.
My Dad is Right: Women are CatsThursday, December 10, 2009 @ 2:22AMBy Low Wei Xiang When I first heard that journalist Joanne Soh made a bold proclamation to the whole nation with her article titled “My mum is right: Men are pigs” in The New Paper on 4 Dec 09, my first reaction was to blush. That’s right – I positively turned a shade of beetroot. After all, [...]
Hamster Jazz Band: Mini Musicians 'Play' Up A Storm (VIDEO)Thursday, December 3, 2009 @ 10:23AMWhat's Your Reaction? It seems like everyone's got a band these days. First, a band of babies brought down the house. Now, some hamsters have formed a jazz quartet. Sure, they're playing to an empty hamster cage, but that might as well be a smokey jazz lounge, with drink specials on tubes of water.
$10 hamster keeps clean cageSunday, November 29, 2009 @ 4:11AMNEW YORK - When Lori Fowlkes first saw robotic Zhu Zhu Pets toy hamsters in September, she remembers her kids started jumping up and down and saying "Please! Please! Can we buy them?"
Hit toys Go Go Hamsters Lego and Waybuloos sell outSaturday, November 21, 2009 @ 1:14AMThe most popular toys this Christmas including Go Go Hamsters are already sold out across the country after recessionhit retailers ordered £5 billion fewer toys than last year.
RUMOR HAS IT: 'Unscripted' programs remain popularThursday, November 19, 2009 @ 9:45AMIt’s official: reality television has rotted holes in Americans' brains. 'Get out of my television!' Networks like to insert unknown people into “realistic” situations, such as going to the club every night and fighting with a best frien...
Heavy petting at France's human hamster hotelWednesday, November 18, 2009 @ 6:43AMA new gîte in Nantes offers guests the chance to live as a rodent for the night - complete with fur costumes and a romantic hamster wheel for two
French Hotel Offers Guests Chance to Live Like HamstersTuesday, November 17, 2009 @ 3:26PMMost hotels offer clean accommodations, room service and exercise equipment designed for people. But in Nantes, France, hotel owners Frederic Tabary and Yann Falquerho are offering an altogether diffe...
At French hamster hotel, live like a rodentTuesday, November 17, 2009 @ 2:14PMIn Nantes, France, you can live in a hamster hotel. For 99 euros ($148) a night, guests can sleep like a hamster (clean sheets, but the bed is next to hamster litter), drink like a hamster, eat grains like a hamster. And what furry pet hotel -- even one in an ...
French Hotel Offers Guests Chance to Live Like HamstersTuesday, November 17, 2009 @ 1:56PMIn Nantes, France, hotel owners Frederic Tabary and Yann Falquerho are offering an altogether different experience: the chance to live like a hamster, Reuters reported