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In the playfully faux-autobiographical "Kicking Me Out of the Band," Harvey Danger's Sean Nelson closes his solo debut by painting a comical portrait of a deluded former frontman whose hedonistic exploits get him booted from the band he'd founded.

On the blog section [es] of Chilean newspaper El Mercurio [es], columnist Leila Guerrero analyzes the meaning of prestige [es] and notes: Rock musicians have been smart: 'rock star' is one of the few jobs where a loss of prestige means an increase of quotation.

Minister of State Brian Hayes has indicated that all of the 300 million in savings from the public service being sought for 2013 may not be reached this year under proposals currently being examined at the Labour Relations Commission.

North Dakota's long distances and sparse population have been obstacles in developing a transportation system powered by natural gas.

Students at Westlake Elementary School are saying no to a ride to school in the family vehicle and yes to their walking school bus.

The Manatee County Commission approved a "special referendum" to request a public vote on June 18 for a half-cent sales tax increase to fund our indigent health care.

There is a rich history of coming-of-age novels that strike a fine balance between universally relatable youth and the time period the plot takes place in.

Throughout my four years in Santa Cruz, I have rented four different houses. All have been old, inefficient, and owned by absentee landlords.

Overweight and have high cholesterol? You may have to pick one to work on at a time, according to data from the lab of John Thyfault, an associate professor of nutrition and exercise physiology at University of Missouri.

VendScreen, Inc. , inventor of the VendScreen Revolution smart device for vending machines, has added new vision to its Board of Directors.

Governor Jerry Brown is standing firmly behind his promise to re-vamp the way the state funds education, much to Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi's chagrin.

Whether its apparent lack of neutrality makes the ministry a credible arbitrator from now on is a matter for future discussions, but for now USLL insists they shall seek alternative means in their pursuit of 'justice' Last Monday thesports ministry pronounced itself on the football matters that have dogged this country over the last 12 months.

Contrarians may disagree, but I find Abrams' first Star Trek to be as strong a "reboot" as we've seen in cinematic history.

The daily band lineup for the second annual Kanrocksas Music & Arts Festival has been announced.

Few bands manage to pull off as thorough of a critical and commercial comeback as Alice in Chains did with their 2009 comeback album Black Gives Way to Blue .

Nadine Blumenshine is wife, mom, teacher and principal at her Clovis home. She has home-schooled all three of her children, since her oldest was 5. "That's the priority for us in choosing homeschooling.

Amid hundreds of spectators, most of them members of the media, the President makes a few cute comments, issues a pardon for the turkey and a "runner-up" , and then sends the turkeys off to a petting zoo or ranch, where they live about a year.

Dish , the satellite TV provider, which, like its cable competitors, has generally offered new subscribers big discounts for pay-TV channels, will, effective on May 22, begin offering them an alternative choice: a free Apple iPad for use with its Hopper and Sling technology .

Durham school boards are increasing their autism resources to meet the needs of a growing number of students with autism spectrum disorder .

A gruesome video posted on YouTube shows Khalid al-Hamad, the leader of the opposition Farouq Brigade , desecrating the corpse of a Syrian soldier, cutting out his internal organs and biting into one of them.