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This Week In Trailers: Fubar II, Bonded By Blood, Animal Control, A Mother’s Courage Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 7:08PMTrailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: I celebrate all levels of trailers and hopefully this column will satisfactorily give you a baseline of what beta wave I’m operating on, because what better way ...
PSJ commissioners propose no millage increase Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 10:37AMPort St Joe city commissioners proposed a budget last week that would not bring any increase in the millage rate for the coming fiscal year. At a budget workshop last Tuesday, city manager Charles Weston presented the board with two options for...
Veteran deputy ending long career Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 10:31AMRetiring Flathead County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Ernie Freebury recalls being the only deputy allowed to have a mustache.
Shark in Palm Beach Shores killed for trophy Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 3:42PMShark in Palm Beach Shores killed for trophy
Update on reeled in hammerhead shark Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 10:41AMA Pennsylvania couple wanted something for the wall
Hendrick’s hunting hobby Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 9:54AMAs a civil defense attorney whose clientele includes the city of Odessa and various oil and insurance companies, Cal Hendrick has litigated his share of high-stakes cases. But while the Odessa man enjoys the challenge of 70-hour workweeks and the...
Shark in Palm Beach Shores killed for trophy Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 9:52AMA Pennsylvania couple on Monday landed the trophy they'd come to Florida for: a nine-foot scalloped hammerhead shark.
Gamble pays off for greyhound genius Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 9:00AMHE risked his marriage by mortgaging his house, selling his business and borrowing $200K for a dog. But boy has the gamble paid off.
Forest Service favoring abusers over users Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 7:23AMIf you spend any time hiking, camping or hunting in the National Grasslands in North and South Dakota, the U.S. Forest Service is proposing to make your life more difficult.
Man recounts how he killed robbers Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 3:49AMA taxidermist has told how he shot and killed two of the West Rand's most wanted criminals after they shot him in the foot during a robbery at his home.
Taxidermist kills robbers Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 12:38AMTwo alleged robbers have been shot dead by the owner of a Randfontein taxidermy business.
Unfortunate pet-human portraits Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 11:40PMIt's great to look at a good photo portrait of someone posing with their pet or pets. But it's more fun to look at a bad portrait, and sigh with relief that it's not us. Check these out .
Buffalo Museum Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 8:45PMOne SMALL town welcomes a BIG addition. Dakota Buttes Museum has been working for two years and finally their full sized buffalo mount is complete. Francie Berg donated hours of her time to the project. Berg says it was a community effort. The anima
NYC photographer collaborates with Matamoras taxidermist Friday, August 20, 2010 @ 11:07PMMATAMORAS — In 2005, photographer Amy Stein Google-searched her way into the life of Matamoras taxidermist David Clark. The result launched her photography career and a friendship.
15 otters coming to Provo River Friday, August 20, 2010 @ 5:35PMLate in November last year, a female river otter made history by being the first in more than a century to make Provo River its home.
Taxidermist sentenced for importing skulls of endangered species Friday, August 20, 2010 @ 11:10AMAlan Dudley was given the 50-week suspended jail term after admitting buying and selling the skulls including a penguin, a marmoset, a turtle and a monkey.
Taxidermist sentenced over skulls Friday, August 20, 2010 @ 10:53AMA Coventry taxidermist is given a suspended jail term for a string of offences involving protected species including the loggerhead turtle.
After 50 years, ‘Psycho' still scares Friday, August 20, 2010 @ 5:11AMAlfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" — released 50 years ago this summer and commemorated in October with an anniversary Blu-ray disc — was shocking all right, both in its ability to scare moviegoers into wanting more and in igniting a new era of moviemaking for all who followed in its chilling wake.
When Pigs Fly: Nanny McPhee Returns Thursday, August 19, 2010 @ 7:34PMDespite her magical properties, Nanny McPhee could not schedule a screening for critics by WW press deadlines. Based on the movie’s trailer, I was hoping this would be a film about synchronized swimming pigs. Sadly, swimming swines are only a minor plot point—however, Nanny McPhee Returns still manages to delight with its quirky attention to detail. [...]
OUTDOORS: Rules of the road: What if I hit, kill deer? Thursday, August 19, 2010 @ 1:06AMI have had a
Inside the Lab of One of the World's Last Holographers Wednesday, August 18, 2010 @ 11:11PMMMBK writes "In the heyday of holography, back in the 1970s, there were four schools dedicated to the holographic arts around the world, and five studios in New York City alone. Today, there are only a few left in the world. And no one is holding the candle higher than Doctor Laser." Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Steve Carell's dinner party Wednesday, August 18, 2010 @ 8:53PMSteve Carell in a scene from Dinner for Schmucks. LOS ANGELES - Remember when Steve Carell was the funny little no-name correspondent from The Daily Show, hired to headline the American TV version of The Office?
Hit-or-miss striped bass fishing reflects population/size decreases among species overall Friday, August 13, 2010 @ 4:28PMBrian Kubaska is very proud of the 46-inch striped bass (or “striper” in the popular vernacular) that he caught off Baker Island in Salem Sound. Big stripers have been the norm during the 2010 striper-fishing season, which generally begins in May and runs through October. However, as happy as local area fishermen have been with the size of their catches, the lack of smaller “throw-backs” is a ...
Teen who died in ATV accident loved hunting, fishing, outdoors Wednesday, August 11, 2010 @ 3:34PMJoshua Dylan Horne killed his first deer when he was just 5 and over the years hunted and killed many others. He also felled bobcats and numerous other prey.
Who was Pleasure Island's Raoul Manzanera? Wednesday, August 11, 2010 @ 2:18AMWade explores more history and mystery from the former Downtown Disney area.
Steve Carell's future is in the movies Tuesday, August 10, 2010 @ 7:45AMMove over, Michael Scott. Steve Carell's character in "Dinner for Schmucks" is even more oblivious than the socially inept manager that the actor plays on NBC's "The Office."
LIfe Story: Everett resident was a family man and avid fisherman Tuesday, August 10, 2010 @ 1:47AMFamily, the U.S. Marine Corps and fishing. Those top the list of loves for "Pinkie" Pilkenton of Everett. "He always had a boat on the back of his truck," said his son, Jeffrey Pilkenton. "He went to work with his tools -- and his boat on the back."
Niemann: Legendary Western duo lit up the big screen for decades Monday, August 9, 2010 @ 11:34AMLEONARD SLYE had a stallion that sold for $266,000 last month. I doubt if Leonard would have sold him if he were alive — I'm talking about the horse as well as Leonard. The buyer was cable television station RFD-TV.
Conventions Monday, August 9, 2010 @ 7:35AMEvents scheduled for Lexington, including hotel headquarters and expected attendance: U.S. Equestr
Doing the salt-flat shuffle Sunday, August 8, 2010 @ 6:00PMThe dead bird is a bad omen. Slumped in the sand, it looks like a disgorged pillow of white feathers. For our eagle-eyed guide, though, it's a trophy find.
Carell flick hits the spot Sunday, August 8, 2010 @ 4:22AMFrom the looks of the previews, I was expecting this particular comedy featuring Steve Carell and Paul Rudd to bomb at the box office. But with the opening credits, I instantly changed my mind. What I experienced at Dinner for Schmucks was part romance, part sadness and a whole lot of hilarious.
Denali Borough mayor kills bear that charged him Sunday, August 8, 2010 @ 12:22AMDenali Borough Mayor Dave Talerico shot and killed a bear that charged him near the area landfill last month. A taxidermist found that the bear had already been shot once with a .22-caliber bullet.
Denali Borough mayor shoots, kills bear at landfill Saturday, August 7, 2010 @ 2:32AMFAIRBANKS — Denali Borough Mayor Dave Talerico shot and killed a grizzly bear when it charged him this week at the Denali Borough Landfill. “I just feel horrible,” Talerico said. A taxidermist wh...
'Dinner for Schmucks' features neutered comedy Friday, August 6, 2010 @ 12:21AMThe new Jay Roach movie, "Dinner for Schmucks," is a riff on Francis Veber's 1998 French film "Le Diner de Cons," which is a funnier movie because it courts a more absurd and cutting sensibility.
Life like Thursday, August 5, 2010 @ 7:05PMJEROME A. POLLOS/Press Sean West, owner of Captured Expressions Taxidermy, won top honors at the recent Idaho Taxidermy Association convention for a bobcat he prepared.
√íDINNER FOR SCHMUCKS√ì plays it safe Thursday, August 5, 2010 @ 6:50PMThere's a lot less bite in "Dinner for Schmucks" than there was in the classic French farce that was its inspiration.
‘Dinner for Schmucks’ provides laughs Thursday, August 5, 2010 @ 12:08PMI once read that the secret to comedy is to “not act funny.” It’s about acting normal in situations where acting normal is the last thing one expects. Well, I was a believer until the other day. Then I saw “Dinner for Schmucks” and realized a new theory may be in
Dinner for Schmucks | This new comedy from Jay Roach seems to be parodying itself -- but you might not get the joke. Thursday, August 5, 2010 @ 2:30AMDinner isn't very funny -- not in concept, not in execution. The film seems to want to invent a genre and then parody it at the same time. The result is a movie made by close friends who crack each other up, but who have no one there to tell them to let other people in on the joke. It's The Office meets Office Space meets How To Succeed in Business ..., but without really trying. Based on a 1998 ...
Parksville’s pull Thursday, August 5, 2010 @ 2:01AMCleveland’s Jackie Kersey IV has his own special reason to celebrate the varied recreational offerings of Polk County’s scenic Parksville Lake. On March 10, he caught a state-record yellow perch there.
Crocodile Mick plans 'immortality' for mutant croc Wednesday, August 4, 2010 @ 8:56PMA saltwater crocodile found in the Northern Territory has been described as a "freak of nature".
How would you like your record-breaking, 6ft, 9 stone monkfish? Stuffed, please Wednesday, August 4, 2010 @ 6:20PMA RECORD breaking monkfish with an enormous fanged-mouth big enough to swallow a person is to be stuffed — not for dinner, but for display.
At One Med School, Volunteers Lend a Hand With Anatomy Lab Prep Wednesday, August 4, 2010 @ 4:05PMVolunteers and med students also get to know the donors' real names and cause of death.
Local News Wednesday, August 4, 2010 @ 11:52AMSinging for the fans, from left to right Brenda Chute-Olde, Jim Chute and Ray Olde, with Norm Rudock from CJNE Radio providing the microphone. Nipawin's downtown area was turned into a sea of green and white last week as the community showed its Rider spirit.
Road kill used for kilt sporrans Wednesday, August 4, 2010 @ 5:09AMA taxidermist is using wild animals knocked down and killed on roads to make sporrans for wearing with kilts.
Big-fish record still standing after 52 years Wednesday, August 4, 2010 @ 2:40AMJoe 'OJ' Stone has tallied a catch of 17,460 fish since he began keeping records in 1958.
'Dinner For Schmucks' jokes a bit tough to swallow Wednesday, August 4, 2010 @ 12:23AM_I would like to start out by saying that I love Steve Carell. He is absolutely hilarious, and I am an avid fan of his show “The Office.” Carell’s manifestation of sheer stupidity and ignorance in the form of Michael Scott is one of the funniest performances going these days, in my book.
Local organization seeks men who love outdoors and God Monday, August 2, 2010 @ 1:01AMTheir members come in suits and ties. Their members come in worn jeans and hard hats.
Five millennia on, Iceman of Bolzano gives up DNA secrets Sunday, August 1, 2010 @ 7:39PMNearly 20 years after the dead man's head was found peeping from a melting Alpine glacier, investigators have finally seen fit to contact his relatives.
Trigger's taxidermist now busy with TV werewolves Sunday, August 1, 2010 @ 3:24AMBURBANK, CALIF. — Taxidermist Everett Wilkensen of Bischoff's Taxidermy and Animal FX has preserved a black cat from "Mars Attacks," a polar bear rug from "Blades of Glory" and a bloated horse from the Jack Black movie "Envy." He's also preserved Trigger, "the smartest horse in the movies," along with Dale Evans' horse Buttermilk and the singing couple's German shepherd Bullet.
A chance to change things Sunday, August 1, 2010 @ 1:46AMThe voice on the other end of the line told me he had worked for the Missouri Department of Conservation for a number of years. “There is one thing they are afraid of,” he said, “and that is public opinion. They almost have complete control of what is said about them in the news media and press. That’s why you had better be careful with what you do, they will make an example of you.”