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This week we’re looking at documentaries. We know Michael Moore holds the record for the largest box offices in this rarely profitable film genre. Moore’s “Fahrenheit 9/11” heads up the

A HEROIC police dog who saved a woman’s life has been celebrated at the inaugural Blue Paw Awards.

A RETIRED police dog that saved a man from taking his own life has been shortlisted for a top award. Belgian Shepherd Fiji has been nominated for a commendation in the Autarky Hardest Working Dogs awards for her incredible service to Surrey and Sussex Police. The faithful pooch has been put forward for the award by the Thin Blue Paw Foundation, a charity which protects and rehabilitates serving and retired police dogs. She is one of four dogs shortlisted in the service dogs category. Cl...

AUBURN — The Mason Dixon Line band will rock downtown Auburn between 4th and 5th streets during the Red, White & Brew family friendly event. The 4th annual event, from 5:30-10:30 p.m. July 10, is a fundraiser for the Auburn Police Department’s Emergency Response Team (ERT). The team is made up of 10 members of the Auburn Police Department that act as a SWAT team, providing assistance in DeKalb County and neighboring counties. The event is being organized by Dave Clark of Northeastern ...

Ending the War on Fat Steenkamp–who described herself on Twitter as “SA Model, Cover Girl, Tropika Island of Treasure Celeb Contestant, Law Graduate, Child of God”–tweeted a lot. She loved her friends! She loved red-carpet events and award ceremonies and sponsored parties! She loved her modeling agency and new skin creams and the people who fixed her hair! Above all, Steenkamp really loved her favorite people. And from New Year’s Day to Jan. 7 she posted regularly from a vacation she ...

A CHESHIRE Police officer has completed a gruelling 140-mile charity bike ride despite being hampered by the effects of a spinal injury he sustained…

Fallen St. Pete Officers Honored During Police Week At City Hall - St. Pete, FL - Mayor Kriseman, Chief Anthony Holloway and others gathered at St. Pete City Hall Wednesday to remember officers lost in the line of duty.

When the coronavirus pandemic hit last year, many liberal governors mercilessly shut down their states and forced all kinds of small businesses to close in the name of fighting COVID-19. But now as more and more Americans are getting vaccinated and attempting to return to normal, small businesses are being forced to compete with the federal government for potential workers. Tens of thousands of small businesses permanently closed their doors last year and will never reopen. And the carnage will...

Michael Barnes thinks the exchange should start with “The Trip to Bountiful.” Although he isn’t a fan of horror movies, he agrees that “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” is among the most influential movies about the state. To salute Texas Independence Week in 2019, my former American-Statesman colleague Dave Thomas and I put out a list of the 53 best books about Texas.   It contained some beloved classics, such as John Graves’ “Goodbye to a River,” and some thrilling newcomers, like ...

Chris Schulz05:00, May 07 2021 BBC Ben Elton created the cult 1980s sitcom The Young Ones. Sharing plates are done. The housing market is screwed. Millennials have been locked out of communal wealth. Well be dealing with the aftermath of a worldwide pandemic for years. "Someone could sneeze in Tasmania," says Ben Elton, "and the borders get closed." Nothing about the past 12 months seems worth laughing about. Trevor Leighton/Stuff "Theres no subject on Earth were not ready to laugh about," sa...