Lake Tawakoni State Park in Texas has some new tenants: spiders lots of spiders. And they have spun a giant communal web. Several hundred yards along a nature trail have been taken over by the elaborate arachnid construction.
Commentator Bob Greene laments how so many people seem wedded to some kind of screen -- be it computer, TV or iPhone. He urges everyone on this Labor Day weekend to turn them off and tune out.
Gene Simmons is leader and bassist of the band Kiss, which rose to prominence and popularity in the mid 1970s. They were known for their face paint, black-leather outfits, eight-inch platform heels and grandiose stage shows.
Last year, New Orleans' public schools were beset by woes: rock-bottom test scores, and a shortage of teachers and schools. Now, many are counting on Paul Vallas, the new superintendent who turned around Chicago's and Philadelphia's schools, to work his magic.
Kyle Garcher, a student in Hilliard, Ohio, put pieces of colored paper on the bleachers for the high school football game. Darby High fans were told that if they held up the paper, it would spell "Go Darby." Darby fans didn't realize when they held up the papers, they really spelled "We Suck."
The head of Virginia Tech's engineering department describes life on campus for faculty and students returning to Norris Hall, the engineering building where dozens were killed last spring in a shooting rampage by a mentally disturbed student who also killed himself.
President Bush throws a lifeline to help hundreds of thousands of at-risk homeowners. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Housing Secretary Alphonso Jackson devise initiatives to aid mortgage holders and keep them from defaulting on their loans.
Some college students are demanding that campus housing be more environmentally responsible. Changes involve everything from switching to energy-saving light bulbs in dorms to low-flow showers to hi-tech renovations of student living space.
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