Thursday News

You don't have to go far to find free entertainment this summer in Kent. The annual city-sponsored Kent Summer Concert Series opens this week and offers a variety of free concerts nearly every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday over the next two months at several sites.

Berks County, PA - Reading Eagle Reading Hospital will present the following classes and support groups: FLOW for Cancer Survivors, Wednesday, 1:30 p.m., Conference Center.

Detroit acoustic pop-rock outfit The Tom Butwin Band outpolled more than 190 other Michigan bands to win an online contest sponsored by Detroit's WJBK Channel 2 giving them the festival's opening slot on the Sherwood Court stage.

BEIRUT: The US government has labeled the Iraq-based Kataeb Hizbullah a "foreign terrorist organization" and levied financial sanctions against the outfit, saying it poses a risk to Iraqi security and has received support and training from the Lebanese Hizbullah movement.

The U.S. Department of Justice confirmed Thursday that is has opened a formal investigation into the settlement between Google and book publishers over the digital publishing rights to certain books, citing antitrust concerns.

Michael Jackson, AKA the King of Pop, died Thursday, June 25th after going into cardiac arrest.

Summer in the city...there's nothing like it. And yes, I'm talking about Brampton, folks- not Toronto.

Michael Jackson was due to make his triumphant return to the stage in London next month - but instead his sudden death has left millions of fans feeling they've lost a lifelong friend.

A good teacher's influence - even a kindergarten teacher's - can reverberate for years after the children have moved on.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas is looking into complaints of religious freedom violations in public schools.

Members of Gainesville's Sister Hazel were eating in a Dayton, Ohio, restaurant Thursday when news came of Michael Jackson's death.

NEW LONDON, Conn. - A Connecticut FBI agent says that the law enforcement agency will be reopening an office in eastern Connecticut soon.

MONOCACY RIVER -- Thursday dawned hot and sunny, perfect for a day on the water.

Some road maintenance activity in the county could suffer as road workers deal with repairing roads damaged during spring flooding, County Administrator Bryan Shuler told a civic group Thursday.

Michael Jackson, the sensationally gifted child star who rose to become the "King of Pop" and the biggest celebrity in the world only to fall from his throne in a freakish series of scandals, was remembered Thursday by concert promoters and area musicians as an "American icon." Jackson, 50, died at UCLA Medical Center after being stricken at his ...

A White Lake-area community group focused on renewable energy and its benefits and potential as a local job creator will host a second public forum Thursday night.

Got talent and time to wait? Registration for Texas auditions for the next season of Fox TV's "American Idol" will be Wednesday and Thursday at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington.

Washington, DC - A GOP senator said last Thursday he will use hearings on Sonia Sotomayor's nomination to the Supreme Court to ask whether she intends to be a justice a oefor all of us, or just for some of us.'' With the Judiciary Committee set to open hearings July 13, Sen.

Sitting in a lawn chair, Margaret Mucci gently rocked her infant grandson to sleep.

It's the first of the Yakima Outdoor Summer Series. The Seasons in Yakima Kicked this Summer's list of artist Thursday night.