Monday, February 2, 2009

Selected Stories from Around the Country

…In Los Angeles: LA TIMES readers viewed this extensive report on Iraq’s provincial elections.

…In Washington D.C.: POST readers send an extended feature -- “Deadly Force: What a SWAT team did to Cheye Calvo's family may seem extreme. But decades into America's war on drugs, it's business as usual.” It reads like a true-crime account, but the bad guys are the cops and the victims are the family’s two dogs.

…In Dallas: MORNING NEWS readers e-mail this amusing SLATE piece, which informs us that Facebook is “fast becoming a routine aide to social interaction, like e-mail and antiperspirant.”

…In Denver: DENVER POST readers are viewing and e-mailing this Associated Press piece about the impending collapse of Robert Schuller's TV empire (and, with it, the Crystal Cathedral?).

…In New York: TIMES readers bring our attention to this new illustrated column – bright colors and bold art tell the inauguration story. 

…In Philadelphia: The INQUIRERER tells the story of veteran Frank Buckles, at age 108, “Our last living link to WWI.”