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Judge Rules Churchill Downs Has First Dibs On Scalped Derby Tickets
LEX 18 - Louisville (AP) — Churchill Downs has first dibs on more than 400 Derby tickets seized from a scalper, a judge ruled Friday. If the tickets aren’t claimed by Monday, they’ll be released to jewelry store owner Bruce Gumer, 59, who pleaded guilty

One earring proves to be good luck
Des Moines Register - Iowa’s Tiffany Johnson lost an earring but won the race. Moments before Johnson lined up in the starting blocks, her right earring popped out onto the track. She found the jewelry, placed it with her warmup gear, then raced to a title in the women’s

435 pounds of pot seized in Algonac
Voice News - One of the largest single seizures of marijuana in southern St. Clair County in the last decade occurred on Tuesday, April 18, when Elias Arabo of Shelby Township was stopped by police in a parking lot at Nook Road and M-29 on Tuesday, April 18, at 8

In Our Towns
Myrtle Beach Sun News, SC - Apr 29, 2006… Donated merchandise includes paintings, handmade jewelry, photographs, hand-painted furniture and pottery as well as dining, vacation, shopping and golf …

DE BEERS AT THE MALL OF THE EMIRATES
Tacy, Israel - 9 hours ago… had been sold yet. . Most of the diamond jewelry displayed in the store was either in white gold or platinum. The one necklace …

Computers help produce custom jewelry
The Daily Advertiser, LA - Apr 28, 2006David Nytch of West & Co. Diamonds Jewelry in Webster, NY, uses a three-dimensional software program to design a piece of jewelry. …

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Canada.com - The 12th Travel and Vacation Show continues today and tomorrow in Aberdeen Pavilion at Lansdowne Park on Bank Street with information on Canada and over 35 other countries from more than 170 exhibitors. This includes tourist boards, tour operators

Chicken collection rules the Littles’ roost
Daily Sentinel - Melba Little is no big chicken when it comes to collecting chickens and roosters, that is. She’s been called “Chicken Little” more than a fw times, and these birds rule the roost at the Little home. “Most people say they’ve never seen anything

Renters need protection insurance brings
Indianapolis Star - If you are about to graduate from college, you should do three financial things once you get your real-world job. First, make sure you sign up for the 401(k) plan or any similar retirement plan if it’s available. Second, through payroll deduction

Weekend Beat/ Tokyo Dramatic: Quietly hip ‘Shimokita’ braces for change 
It’s early evening at Shimokitazawa Station, and the fashionable mob in the mini-plaza below makes descending the crowded station steps feel more like walking down a red carpet.

Cihlar to exhibit pottery at 20th celebration at Great Gifts 
Great Gifts of Lutsen will celebrate its 20th anniversary in May with an evolving exhibit featuring functional stoneware pottery by Emily Cihlar, daughter of Great Gifts owner Nancy Cihlar.

Classic Gawker Stalker: Chloe Sevigny: Amateur Pornographer, Professional Cheapskate 
Sightings are sent in by readers and posted to our Gawker Stalker Map. This is our occasional, text-based compilation of some of our favorites. Send your glimpses of the questionably famous to…

Police news - 4/29/06 
Child seat check slated: State police at Dublin will conduct a free check of child safety seat installations between 8 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. May 11. People may call (215) 249-9191 to schedule an appointment. Spaces are limited.

Today’s Community Calendar 
FLEA MARKET, sponsored by the Friends of the Langdon Library in Newington, will be held from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Newington Town Hall. Vendors: call 431-2242.

Have Trumpet, Will Travel
Thunder Bay Source - Visitors to Definitely Superior Art Gallery can always count on visually stimulating exhibits and, more often than not, multimedia displays that spark one s sensibilities. Tonight (Friday, April 28) and tonight only, gallery patrons are invited to

Shanghai & Delta
Shanghai Star - The valley of Mogok, located 200 kilometres northeast of Mandalay, has been Myanmar’s much acclaimed stone tract, which has been yielding the world’s most beautiful gems for more than a thousand years. The fabled blood red Burmese ruby led us to the

Teenage Students Allowed Flip-Flops, School Board Says
Tampa Bay Online - TAMPA - Flip-flops’ popularity overcame school board objections, with members tentatively agreeing to lift a ban on the footwear in middle and high schools. The stance comes despite reservations that youngsters could fall when classmates step on

Moms: Some ideas for her special day
Indianapolis Star - Mom does, and she can show it on Mother’s Day. A National Retail Federation “consumer intention and action survey” forecasts Mother’s Day spending to hit $13.8 billion this year, with the average shopper planning to spend $122.16, up from last year’s

Baseball roundup: Friday’s action on the diamonds at 2:58 on April 29
940 News - Toronto’s designated hitter popped out in his first at-bat against the Yankees and then hit into a double play in his next swing. “I didn’t feel too good on those first two at-bats,” Hillenbrand said. “You never know.” Hillenbrand followed those

PARIS HILTON’S WEEK-LONG BIRTHDAY PARTIES FOR BOYFRIEND STAVROS
Star Magazine Online - Paris Hilton hosted a week s worth of over-the-top parties for her boyfriend Stavros Niarchos 21st birthday! He was just blown away, a source close to the couple told Star . He kept saying that no one has ever done something like that

A ray of hope for Storm: Guard arrives
Seattle Times - The Storm’s bleak backup point guard situation was splashed with rays of hope on Friday. Not only are free-agent pickup Shaunzinski Gortman and returnee Tanisha Wright adapting quickly along with draft pick Erin Grant, but once-lost Tocarra Williams

Researchers spot planet’s outer rings
Albuquerque Tribune, NM - Apr 26, 2006By Associated Press. WASHINGTON - Two outer rings, one red the other blue, have been observed around the distant planet Uranus. While …

Two local men sent to prison
Marietta Times, OH - 1 hour ago… He was sorry, Rings said. … Assistant Washington County Prosecutor Kevin Rings said Friday he was pleased with the sentence. …

Don’t kill the messenger
University of Virginia The Cavalier Daily, VA - Apr 13, 2006… Dangly Necklaces: I know these have been trendy for a while now, but I still think they’re fun. Instead of the standard black kukui …

Wellstone center to unveil art
Pioneer Press, MN - Apr 27, 2006… tree teeming with immigrants: violin-playing Gypsies, a kilted Scot, a Norwegian bundled up for snow and women wearing Balinese headpieces and African necklaces …