Young pitchers bring relief, but Tigers aren't worrying (Detroit News)

21 July 2008, 10:09 pm

Anyone studying the Tigers' 2008 draft might have deduced Detroit was thin on minor-league pitching. Sleuths probably figured as much after six of the Tigers' first seven picks, and 13 of their top 18 draft selections, were pitchers.... read more

Kindergartners get chance to succeed at summer school (Daily Press)

21 July 2008, 6:23 am

The extra time in class can help these kids catch up and better prepare them for first grade. Larry Steiner doesn't expect his summer school students to learn new things. He just wants them to remember what they've already learned — in kindergarten.... read more

Top Scoops (Scoop.co.nz)

20 July 2008, 8:40 pm

The Dom: A Century of News, edited by Karl du Fresne. Wellington: The Dominion Post, 2007. Reviewed by ALAN SAMSON for the Scoop Review of Books Let's be blunt.... read more

Donovan's tie that binds is basketball (USA Today)

20 July 2008, 7:46 pm

Anne Donovan is the dutiful daughter of two families by birth the youngest of eight in an Irish Catholic clan and by merit a member of USA Basketball since she was 15.... read more

Flavour of the month: The Williams of his time (CIOL)

18 July 2008, 5:28 am

Silicon Valley has blossomed with entrepreneurs and leaders before and after Bill Gates. How similar or different are the coeval technopreneurs, we trace out... read more

UPDATE — WVU official’s salary $50,000 less in new job (The Times West Virginian)

17 July 2008, 10:43 am

MORGANTOWN — A West Virginia University official who was reassigned after a degree scandal involving the governor’s daughter will earn $50,000 less than he did in his old job.... read more