RFTA misses bus, raises fares, considers dogs (Aspen Daily News)

CARBONDALE — After voters approved a big tax increase for regional transit last week, RFTA board members may have expected a warm and fuzzy meeting Thursday.

Parkway regional calendar (Roslindale Transcript)

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Dr. Duane A. Kimmey: Dog with allergies has odor (Detroit News)

Dear Dr. Kimmey: I have a shih tzu-poodle mix who is 3 years old. He was diagnosed with allergies a year ago. The allergies cause him to scratch and they give him a musty odor.

US election diary: The sex change we can all believe in (Independent)

A black president is not the only political breakthrough produced by the 2008 election. The small Oregon town of Silverton has just voted in America's first openly transgender mayor. Stu Rasmussen has long, tumbling hair which makes him look more like Charles II than Veronica Lake, but he has a sharp way with words to go with his breast implants and high heels. "Some guys' mid-life crisis is ...

In brief: Illinois (The Times of Northwest Indiana)

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