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An estimated 10,000 people swarmed Landreth Park on Saturday for Restore Fest 2012, organizers said. The daylong event was put on by a Springfield-based relief organization, Convoy of Hope, that has been helping with Joplin’s recovery. But according to Jeff Nene, spokesman for the group, the heavy lifting is being mostly done by Joplin residents.

The cannon roared in Dighton this weekend as about 250 colonial re-enactors participated in two mock battles on Saturday and Sunday at the Revolutionary War Encampment at Sweets Knoll State Park.

Junior outfielder who batted .468 this season for Santa Clarita Golden Valley High has Type 1 diabetes and must regulate his blood sugar level even during games. There are a lot of people saying nice things about Billy Fredrick, a junior outfielder at Santa Clarita Golden Valley High who batted .468, has been starting since his freshman year and has a scholarship waiting for him at UC Santa ...

Jam band String Cheese Incident has gotten into the ticket scalping business, but it’s not as lucrative for them as one might think. String Cheese Incident was formed in the 90s, and during that time, Seattle-based grunge rockers Pearl Jam also sparred with the notoriously rip-offish Ticketmaster over ticket price gouging. If you’ve used Ticketmaster [...] String Cheese Incident Battles ...

San Antonian John W. Smith, a big, burly former sheriff from Missouri, was the definition of indefatigable during the Texas Revolution.El Colorado - so called for his red hair - fought in battles from the 1835 Siege of Béxar to San Jacinto. Collins has since built one of the more envied collections of Alamo artifacts in the world, which he houses at his home in Switzerland - "nicely displayed ...

Edwin Starr got it wrong. War isn't good for absolutely nothing. Turns out, it's good for reality television titles. There's “Shipping Wars,” “Whale Wars,” “Storage Wars” (with an added Texas edition) and yes, even “Parking Wars.” The fighting continues over on the Travel Channel with the premiere of “Baggage Battles,” a show that follows the highs and lows of those who attend the international ...

Doctors say a young woman battling a flesh-decaying bacteria she contracted after a zip line accident will lose her hands and remaining foot to the infection.

Photo by Jason Frank Rothenberg Battles will continue touring in support of 2011's Gloss Drop and its recent remix counterpart Dross Glop this summer. The band has announced a U.S. tour for June, followed by European dates through August. Battles also recently put together a mix for FACT that features the artists involved with Dross Glop . Check out Battles on Pitchfork.tv's "60 Seconds Left ...

The statistics are tough to hear and even harder to comprehend — every 26 seconds a child runs away from home in the United . . . → Read More

Edwin Starr got it wrong. War isn’t good for absolutely nothing. Turns out, it’s good for reality television titles.

Days before Pablo Lopez learned that his son, a 14-year-old special education student in the Fresno Unified School District, would be recommended for expulsion, Superintendent Michael Hanson asked for a “father-to-father” meeting.