Birmingham Rotary Club

The Birmingham Rotary Club meets Mondays at The Community House. Meetings are open to the public. Coming up on Monday, Aug. 2: During the summer of 2009 Scott Brills and friend Collin Otto, from Farmington Hills and Commerce Township, respectively, drove a battered 2001 Geo Metro one-third of the way across the planet to raise money to assist in building and outfitting a new kindergarten in a ...


Other hot tickets

New this week   SINBAD, comedian, 7 p.m. Sept. 24, Kingsbury Hall, U of U., SLC. $19.50-$39.50. 801-581-7100 or www.kingtix.com . read more


Jumbo Squid Flash, Flail in First Ever Squid-cam Video

Filmed away from humans for the first time, jumbo squid light up during an expedition that also found them to have superstrong bites. Squid - Proxying and Filtering - Cooking - Home - Fish and Seafood


Nintendo 3DS UK launch date and price coming September

September 29th announced as 3DS information day Posted by Luke Johnson


Model-train fans gather in Denver

With its loose shingles and rusted sides, the listing water tank looks as timeworn as the model steam engine that chugs around the 12-foot-by-24-foot display.


What has Carla Bruni-Sarkozy started with her big Woody Allen break? | Stuart Heritage

As France's first lady makes her big-screen debut, we look at which film roles would best suit her international counterparts Carla Bruni-Sarkozy is the first lady all other first ladies aspire to be. Always impeccably turned out, with enough sophistication, personal history and physical stature to ensure she'll never be overshadowed by her husband, she's living proof you don't have to pack your ...


Residents turn their passions into careers

An oil and gas executive. A mortgage consultant. A mom trying to help her daughter.


Father's Day gifts are a drag

If aliens descended on our planet on Father's Day morning, they would wonder what kind of strange civilization honors its patriarchs with automated tie racks, golf ball washers and valet charging stations. Not to mention hundreds of ties they wouldn't be caught dead in. Every year when I start to feel guilty that I have no idea what to get for Father's Day, I simply take one look at a sales ...


Benefits, comedy show and more Thursday, July 29, 2010

Events not to miss in and around New Orleans.


The next big thing?: How child-focused businesses are growing in appeal

Your child needs their lunchtime nap. You need to go out. You settle for taking the buggy and draping over a blanket or towel in the hope that they'll sleep. Predictably, it falls off and your child wakes up. You swear you'll stay at home next time.