No quick end in sight to Mongolia political turmoil (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News) - Private television was back on the air, alcohol on sale and restaurants open after the end of Mongolia's emergency rule, but a week after a disputed election the country's political problems were still far from resolved.
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Around the Horn....Tim Holland...Georgetown baseball (The Eagle-Tribune) - For Georgetown's Tim Holland, this spring was a series of giant hurdles popping up in his path. The hurdles kept coming, right to the very end, when Holland took the mound two days after throwing 110 pitches and tried to author a monumental state tourney upset of top-seeded North Reading.
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Braswell's renovation is paving the way (The Daily Home) - TALLADEGA ? After running into some snags earlier this year, the renovations at the old Braswell?s Furniture building on the square are back on track, with the huge retail space on the ground floor possibly opening for business as soon as the end of this month, according to Realtor Vic Stringer.
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Trouble at the other end of 911: Inside Ramsey County's emergency communications center (Pioneer Press) - Police on emergency runs were sent to wrong addresses, sometimes in the wrong cities.
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After 42 months in Iraq, soldier awaiting next tour (Fort Worth Star-Telegram) - By NANCY A. YOUSSEF FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan. ? As Command Sgt. Maj. Philip Johndrow was getting off the airplane at the end of his third tour in Iraq, his wife, Vickie, simply said: "We have to talk." Johndrow had served 42 months, about three-fourths of the Iraq war at that point, on the ground, more combat time than almost any other American soldier. Between tours, he and Vickie had moved their ...
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Predatory pricing will cost in the end (The Record) - Who says we have to pay $4 a gallon for gasoline? If you live in the Bergen-Passaic county area, chances are good that you pass near Goffle Road and Godwin Avenue in Midland Park, where a three-way gas war had lowered the cash price to $3.756 as of Thursday. (It was even cheaper a week earlier.)
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I.F. Animal Shelter Full of Lots Pet After the 4th (KIFI Idaho Falls) - 4th of July fireworks are beautiful and fun to watch for us, but not so much for our pets. In fact the loud booms are incredibly frightening for dogs and cats, the noise can drive animals to dig or jump over fences. So the Idaho Falls Animal Shelter opened from three to six this afternoon for people to reclaim their pets.
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Israel Reopens Gaza Crossings Closed After Rocket Attack (Nasdaq) - JERUSALEM (AFP)--Israel Sunday reopened border crossings to the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip after closing them Thursday after a rocket was fired from the territory in defiance of a truce that has been in effect since June 19.
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Canada back on top after conceding lead (CricInfo) - Fifteen wickets fell on the second day of the Intercontinental Cup match between Canada and Bermuda at King City and, even though Canada collapsed to give the visitors a slender first-innings lead, their bowlers put them back on top by the end of the day.
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River Bandits end Chiefs' winning streak (The Pantagraph) - DAVENPORT, Iowa -- The Midwest League-leading Peoria Chiefs, who had not trailed for 65 consecutive innings until allowing eight runs in the seventh Saturday, saw their franchise-record 11-game winning streak end in an 11-6 loss to the Quad Cities River Bandits.
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