♦ Bulletin Board

FUTURE EVENTS * Upper Vandalia Historical Society will have its quarterly meeting at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Putnam County Board of Education office in Winfield. Guest speaker will be Sally Fletcher Holliday of Hurricane, who will discuss her book, "Ray of Hope." Nonmembers are welcome.	1 vote

♦ Small town's secret of long life

People living in Ballymoney can expect to live longer than anyone else on the island of Ireland, a survey has found. That is one of the findings of a study into health and social care indicators in Northern Ireland and the Republic. The findings were part of research conducted by the Institute of Public Health in Ireland. People living in Ballymoney can expect to reach an average age of 78.	1 vote

♦ Kids Need Shots to Go Back to School

By Susan Brinker, Stillwater NewsPress, Okla. Aug. 4--School will start for Stillwater students on Aug. 13, and in addition to a new backpack, school supplies and clothing, it is important children receive the necessary immunizations to begin the school year.	1 vote

♦ New collection of John Peel's writing due in October

A collection of articles by the late John Peel will be published this autumn, gathering his thoughts on topics from Eurovision to the loss of his virginity. The Olivetti Chronicles: Notes on Life, Music and Facial Hair will be published by Bantam Press on October 23. While Peel is most famous for his radio commentary, his musings also frequently appeared in print. Over the course of his career...	1 vote

♦ Another protester shot in Kashmir

One person has been killed and another wounded after police again opened fire on demonstrators in Srinagar, in Indian-administered Kashmir. Protesters took to the streets to defy a third day-in-a-row of curfew in parts of the Muslim-majority Kashmir valley. More than 20 people have died this week after police opened fire on protesters.	1 vote

♦ Rain hits opening day in Colombo

Malinda Warnapura hit an unbeaten 50 as Sri Lanka reached 85-2 at stumps on the rain-hit opening day of the first Test against India in Colombo on Wednesday. Only 22 overs were bowled in two hours as rain and bad light curtailed play. Opener Michael Vandort (3) and Kumar Sangakkara (12) were dismissed cheaply, but Warnapura's third Test half-century steadied the home side's early nerves.	1 vote

♦ Deve Gowda pulls the rug again

If reports are to be believed, Deve Gowda has sought an appointment with Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday, July 22 hours before the trust vote. Just a day after he said he would not support the United Progressive Alliance during the trust vote, he said on Monday, July 21 that "anything can happen tomorrow." He said his party MP from Kerala, M P Veerendra Kumar...	1 vote

♦ Local Police Wait Hours With People in Mental Health Crisis

By Ann Marie Ames, The Janesville Gazette, Wis. Jul. 20--May 25, 2008: A 12-year-old girl is home alone with her 15-year-old brother when he starts acting strangely. He tells her to come down to his room and close her eyes.	1 vote

♦ Guidelines highlight key differences between child and adult stroke

Stroke in children is not as rare as once thought and the symptoms do not mirror stroke in adults. In its first scientific statement on the topic, the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association addresses treatment, symptoms and risk for stroke in infants and children.	1 vote

♦ Twenty years on

, Piper Alpha remains the world's worst offshore disaster. Jake Molloy, of the OILC/RMT union, said there have been safety improvements in the years since, but that there can never be complacency. Mr Molloy explained: "There is no doubt that significant improvements in safety have been made across the industry in the 20 years since Piper.	1 vote

♦ Floodwaters breach 2 more Ill. levees, threaten towns

CANTON, Mo. — Floodwaters breached two levees in western Illinois on Wednesday and threatened more Mississippi River towns in Missouri after inundating much of Iowa for the past week. The breaches 45 miles south of Gulfport flooded farmland near the hamlet of Meyer and south of there in the Indian Graves levee district, Adams County Emergency Management Agency spokeswoman Julie Shepard said.	1 vote

♦ Bad news travels downriver fast

HANNIBAL, Mo. — Here along the banks of the Mississippi River, people are braced for the worst flooding in 15 years as severe storms and major floods batter states farther north. In towns and cities north of St. Louis, residents, business owners and officials are warily watching the rise of the river, elevating levees with dirt and sandbags and declaring states of emergency.	1 vote

♦ Iraqi troops enter Baghdad's Shiite stronghold

BAGHDAD (AP) — Thousands of Iraqi troops moved unchallenged into Baghdad's Sadr City Tuesday to seize the Shiite militia stronghold, in the largest attempt yet by the government to impose control, an Iraqi military spokesman said. The large Iraqi force backed by tanks entered the sprawling district before dawn...	1 vote

♦ Migrants tell of township tensions

Ahmed Dakane is a 31-year old Somali refugee. For the past four years he's been living in the South African township of Zweletemba, on the outskirts of the town of Worcester in the wine-growing hills outside Cape Town. Among the sprawling mess of tin huts and makeshift shelters he points out a pile of rubble that until recently was his shop and his livelihood.	1 vote