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  • Review: 'Lexicon' explores the power of words

    06/17/13 11:01 AM

    "Lexicon" (The Penguin Press), by Max Barry The power of words and the consequences of using them inappropriately are explored in fascinating ways in Max Barry's latest novel, "Lexicon." A group of people known as "poets" can use specific words and phrases to compel and persuade another person...

  • Review: 'Monsters University' gets a passing grade

    06/17/13 10:30 AM

    In Pixar's "Monsters University," a prequel to 2001 "Monsters, Inc.," our expert "scarers" to be — the wisecracking pipsqueak Mike Wazowski and the burly James B. Sullivan — are college freshmen with high aspirations. Pixar, too, knows something about expectations. Thanks to the gentle...

  • 7 selected for Louisiana Justice Hall of Fame

    06/17/13 10:15 AM

    BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Seven people, including West Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff Mike Cazes and former judge and U.S. Attorney L.J. Hymel, will be inducted July 12 into the Louisiana Justice Hall of Fame. Ceremonies will be held at the Angola prison museum and in Baton Rouge. The induction...

  • Better than bulgur? Quinoa takes turn in tabbouleh

    06/17/13 10:15 AM

    Though everyone seems to have a different way of spelling tabbouleh — toubouleh? tabouli? — more and more people do seem to agree that this delicious Middle Eastern salad of bulgur wheat tossed with cucumbers, tomatoes, herbs, olive oil and lemon juice is delicious. It helps that it's also...

  • Review: Kanye West eerie, erratic on 'Yeezus'

    06/17/13 10:00 AM

    Kanye West, "Yeezus" (Def Jam/Roc-A-Fella) It's hard to digest all of Kanye West on his new album. "Yeezus" is the rapper's darkest, eeriest and most erratic album of his six solo releases. He is in militant form on the 10-track set, rapping over beats that are artsy, electronic and gloomy....

  • La Scala presents Wagner's Ring cycle this week

    06/17/13 07:45 AM

    MILAN (AP) — Daniel Barenboim is conducting the first week-long presentation of Wagner's Ring cycle at La Scala since 1938. "Der Ring des Nibelungen," which begins with "Das Rheingold" on Monday, is part of the opera house's yearlong celebration of the bicentennial of the births of composers...

  • Ex-tire dump site transformed into farmers market

    06/17/13 07:31 AM

    EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A site once used as a tire dump in mid-Michigan now is a farmers market following years of work by a community, the state and federal officials. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Development arm says a ribbon-cutting ceremony was held last week for the...

  • 5 moments to remember from jam-packed Bonnaroo

    06/17/13 07:30 AM

    MANCHESTER, Tenn. (AP) — Memories are a jumble walking out of the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival. Days blend together, sound memories clash and surface. Hipster moustaches made from pink glow sticks haunt your dreams. And that smell. The horror. A few things really stuck out this year,...

  • National Guard museum extends summer hours

    06/17/13 06:30 AM

    PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota National Guard Museum in Pierre says it is expanding its summer hours. Starting July 1, the museum will open from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on the first Tuesday and the third Thursday of the months through September. Normal museum hours are from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m....

  • US agency pays $5.6 million to SD local government

    06/17/13 06:30 AM

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Tim Johnson says the U.S. Department of Interior has designated more than $5.6 million that will go to 31 South Dakota counties as payment in lieu of property taxes. Johnson says the Black Hills National Forest, national grasslands and national parks are tremendous...


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