After being signed to a major-label record deal at age 23, jazz pianist Travis Shook took some career detours. But the winding road is leading uphill these days. This weekend, it’s brings the award-winning musician back to his boyhood home in Olympia. Full Article at The Olympian
OLYMPIA – If Olympia City Council members want to lure Artspace to build an artist housing project downtown, they might have to spend $750,000 for the right to make a pitch. Full Article at The Olympian
A healthy QB Carson Palmer was expected to combine with WR Chad Ochocinco and RB Cedric Benson to help the offense climb back to respectability after a 4-11-1 season. Full Article at Detroit Free Press
I am all fired up by Timothy Egan’s latest book. “The Big Burn” is a study in contrasts and paradox. Full Article at TheNewsTribune.com
Comcast Corp.'s chief executive, Brian Roberts, was gushing last week about his company's impending takeover of NBC Universal, saying the deal would give consumers what they want, "which is access to all different types of content on different... Full Article at Los Angeles Times
ARLINGTON – Thank goodness Colt McCoy doesn't have a Nielsen meter at his house. Seems he doesn't watch television. That's what Mack Brown says. Full Article at Dallas Morning News
The AmeriKenyan Running Club founder sought to fill a need. Now he's doing both. He's bringing three Kenyan athletes to compete at next Sunday's 40th running of the Dallas White Rock Marathon, including 2006 men's champion Moses Kororia. Full Article at Dallas Morning News
Walking through a large hardware enterprise that shall not be named (OK: Home Depot), carrying a heavy concrete block in each hand, I look around and see a single check stand open, with eight people in line. Full Article at The Seattle Times
Anybody whose fantasy football playoff run still includes Carson Palmer and Chad Ochocinco has a big problem: They aren't all that important to the Bengals' playoff run. Full Article at The Eagle-Tribune | North Andover, MA
I was thinking: The infatuation over the infidelities of Tiger Woods turns my stomach as much or more than his serious transgressions. Full Article at New Haven Register