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Man faces jail for defacing rare books (ITN via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News) A wealthy Iranian businessman faces jail for cutting pages from rare and priceless books at the British Library and Bodleian in Cambridge. us.rd.yahoo.com
Time for throw-out-the-record-books games (San Francisco Chronicle) Bay Area folks consider the Big Game the biggest rivalry game around, but every Pac-10 team has a longstanding rivalry game, and this year, all of them have significance beyond the traditional "Throw out the record books for this one" blather. USC-UCLA (Dec.... us.rd.yahoo.com
Cartoon books on the hunt for laughs (The Grand Rapids Press) Pick your poison. You'll die laughing either way. And you will have cartoonist John Troy to blame. Troy's two new books, "Hilarious Hunting Cartoons" and "Hilarious Fishing Cartoons," are just that: delectable snippets from the field that are made laugh-out-loud funny. us.rd.yahoo.com
Kiwanis Club has coupon books (The Daily Democrat) The Woodland Kiwanis Club has the 2009 Entertainment Books for sale. The books are $40 each and can be obtained from any member of the Woodland Kiwanis Club or from Andy Thompson, 662-9144. Proceeds from the book sale go to local charities which benefit children. us.rd.yahoo.com
Books-A-Million hosts Alabama's Randy Owen for signing (Independent Tribune) Books-A-Million in Concord Mills hosted a book and CD signing Thursday night for Randy Owen, lead singer for the group Alabama for more than 25 years. us.rd.yahoo.com
Scouts will collect food, books Saturday (Texarkana Gazette) Boy Scouts will be picking up bags of food and books for the Scouting for Food and Books food drive from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. Saturday in neighborhoods through a 10-county area. us.rd.yahoo.com
Students get free books (The Daily Iberian) Free books were distributed to Coteau Elementary School students in grades K through sixth at the annual Reading is Fundamental book distribution Friday morning at the school library. us.rd.yahoo.com
Books-A-Million to Host Mike Huckabee for 13 Signings (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) BIRMINGHAM, Ala.----Books-A-Million, Inc. : Who: Mike Huckabee’s new book, Do the Right Thing, is his amazing story, in his own words-from making commercials with Chuck Norris to meeting a Michigan woman who insisted on donating her wedding ring. us.rd.yahoo.com
Outstanding books for the whole family to enjoy (Lake County News-Sun) Just because a book is marketed as a "children's" book doesn't mean an adult won't thoroughly enjoy it as well. Conversely, there are some books marketed toward adults that children will be drawn to and be able to gain a great deal from. us.rd.yahoo.com
Tax, fee hikes, job cuts may not balance city's books (Chicago Tribune) But tax, fee hikes, job cuts may not balance city's books Mayor Richard Daley's budget proposal won nearly unanimous approval from aldermen Wednesday, but the blend of job cuts, tax hikes and fee increases may not keep City Hall's books in balance for long if tax revenues continue to slide in a sinking economy. us.rd.yahoo.com
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