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Guano and gold — Tales of ocean wealthWednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 1:29AMDuane Jeffery

Same old names leading county slowpitch leaguesWednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 12:49AMSome familiar names are at the top of Calaveras County slowpitch softball leagues this summer.

Summer TV shows premiereTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 11:57PMKudrow is a shrink; 'Entourage' to end Nicknames, says the self-deluded shrink played by Lisa Kudrow in Showtime's Web Therapy, are nice icebreakers. Which is her way of explaining why she asked a romantic rival, "What do you think, fatty?" Making a largely successful jump from roughly 10-minute web episodes to half-hour cable installments, Web Therapy is Kudrow's mostly improvised tour de force ...

Flamingoes have a leg up on hatchlingsTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 11:20PMThe Stone Zoo is thinking pink, recently welcoming four new feathered members into the facility's avian family. Four...

Chicks in ring to raise funds for boxing clubTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 11:05PMAt first glance, at least, there's something a little unlikely about a group of 1,800 women raising money for a boxing club.

Hundreds of Endangered Birds Killed by PredatorsTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 9:37PMAre we too reckless when attaching tracking equipment to our native birds? Are we using our native species as expendable guinea pigs? It seems we are ...

Wallpaper.: Show PreviewTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 7:32PMIf you don't know by now, remember this: You can depend on Wallpaper. to bring a party. The project of one Ricky Reed — who may or may not be the drink-swilling, dancefloor-exploding alter ego of Oakland singer and producer Eric Frederic — Wallpaper. builds humongous club bange...

Erasmus B Dragon first in Zia Futurity trialsTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 7:26PMThe Paul Jones-owned, -bred and -trained Erasmus B Dragon made up for an erratic run in his previous start with professional fastest-qualifying victory in his trial to the $384,030 Zia Futurity for New Mexico-breds on Friday afternoon at Ruidoso Downs.

The News Matrix: Wednesday 20 July 2011Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 6:44PMClimate change activists who planned to close down the coal-fired Ratcliffe-on-Soar power plant have had their conspiracy convictions quashed at the Court of Appeal. The Lord Chief Justice, Lord Judge, ruled that evidence at their trial had been withheld.