Check - and mate (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
FITCHBURG - The game of life can be played on a board that contains 64 squares and holds 32 pieces.
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Check-ing up on Edmund (The Star)
WALKING into the office of 37-year old Edmund Santhara, company director and CEO of Masterskills College of Nursing and Health, is like walking into a chess museum.
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The Caucasus — Washington risks nuclear war by miscalculation (Online Journal)
The dramatic military attack by the military of the Republic of Georgia on South Ossetia in the last days has brought the world one major step closer to the ultimate horror of the Cold War era — a thermonuclear war between Russia and the United States — by miscalculation.
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Dylan Loeb McClain: Chess (International Herald Tribune)
The weekly chess column.
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Putin’s chess move in Georgia, timed to start of Olympics (World Tribune)
The stakes could hardly be higher in the current outbreak of fighting between Russian and Georgian forces even though it occurs in an obscure part of the Caucuses where Europe meets Asia.
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10-year-old bullfighter sparks debate in France (AP via Yahoo! News)
He’s a tiny torero, a bullfighter with a baby face.
AT&T U-verse Arrives in Wichita (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Wichita-area residents now have a new — and better — choice for their television and communications services. AT&T Inc. today announced the launch of the company’s integrated suite of AT&T U-verse services, including AT&T U-verse TV, AT&T U-verse High Speed Internet and AT&T U-verse Voice.
AT&T U-verse Arrives in Wichita (Broadcast Newsroom)
WICHITA, Kan. , Aug. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Wichita -area residents now have a new — and better — choice for their television and communications services.
10-year-old bullfighter sparks French debate (New York Daily News)
He’s a tiny torero, a bullfighter with a baby face. But 10-year-old Michelito has become the symbol of a debate much bigger than himself.
DINING GUIDE (St. Petersburg Times)
Cafe Idiot — Great Russian and vegetarian food served all day. Jazz, cappuccino, fresh juice, specialty teas. Happy hour from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Weekend brunch. Used English-language books and magazines, plus an art gallery. Open daily, 11 a.m. to 1 a.m.