Q&A with Packers coach Mike McCarthy (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
Green Bay - Mike McCarthy is about as secure as a coach can be in the National Football League.

Backpacking, writing and good brownies (The Spokesman-Review)
The sun has set over the Wallowa Mountains by the time 11 women gather around a pan of frosted brownies to celebrate Odette Engan's 45th birthday. In the glow of tiny pink and blue striped candles, we sing "Happy Birthday" and pass the pan around the campfire.

Audley Harrison focused on another gold medal (Times Online)
Eight years ago, Audley Harrison returned from the Sydney Olympic Games as the face of British boxing and with the world at his feet. But the path to the top of the professional sport has been longer and more meandering than he had imagined.

Old time baseball in the here and now (Swampscott Reporter)
In a late season meadow, the boys of summer are calling to each other. In the low afternoon light, bright uniforms move against dark green grass and lush maples. Dust hangs low in the air like a mist, or a dream of the past. A bat crack and the sound of feet digging for home.

Portsmouth area community calendar (Portsmouth Herald)
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