The streets shook as the noisy two-wheeled beasts, a few hundred strong, revved and roared their way through downtown Durango. Sunday's Motorcycle Parade, arguably Durango's loudest annual event, could be heard blocks away.

More than 12 months ago, Anne Barney, Mary Monroe and Gaige Sippy sat down over a cup of coffee.

SELMA, Ala. - The afternoon sun cooks my uncovered head. Below, to my left, the lazy, mud-brown Alabama River flows by. To my right, rusted trucks zip past within reach of the narrow sidewalk.

Starting Tuesday, two offices in City Hall will end public interface an hour earlier because employees are stretched thin.

I pulled into the library in my little, gutless 36-mpg car and found an SUV in one "fuel efficient" parking space and a 1970s-era pickup in another. Assuming that being at the library implies literacy and the ability to read signs, perhaps there's some other reasoning here. What exactly did they have in mind as energy "efficient" when they, whomever they are, designated those spots? - Easily

In the 1930s, unemployment plagued this country. Not only was the unemployment rate high, perhaps 25 percent at its peak, but in those days, most households had only one wage earner. When he was out of work, there was no family income to speak of. And even those who had jobs at the time were often underemployed or employed part time.

The No. 1-ranked Fort Lewis College men's soccer team needed a spark after uncharacteristically dropping its opener to No. 18 Colorado Mines on Friday in Golden, a loss which equaled the team's total from the entire 2009 national championship season.

It seemed like only a matter of time.

More than 1 in 5 Americans have high cholesterol, which increases the risk for cardiovascular disease, including the risk for heart attack, stroke and poor circulation.