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I had just walked through the front door when I heard those words that send chills up the spine of every man. "This is why we can't have anything nice!" It was my wife. I put the mail on the stairs while I tried to figure out if I could make it back out the front door without her hearing me. I knew I couldn't. The woman can hear what I think, for crying out loud. Now, I had to determine who did it while I was still unseen. There are always three likely culprits: 1. Me 2. The Boy...

Gov. Janet Napolitano has permanently reinstated the Arizona Invasive Species Advisory Council, a group that addresses threats from non-native species such as the roof rat, the yellow star thistle and the recently discovered quagga mussel... the quagga mussel, which has caused extensive damage in the upper Midwest, was found in Lake Mead, Lake Havasu and Lake Mohave along the Colorado River... the Game and Fish Department announced that an invasive fish thought to have been eradicated in Arizona, the bighead carp, has been found in Tucson's Lake Kennedy. It grows quite large and can damage ecosystems. The department also said...

Fried Pickles?...Why not Chicken Candy? The Chicken Candy story starts on a cold winter's day in 1908, when Mrs. Edith Brusteldi was cooking dinner for her husband Enrico and their children. Mrs. Brusteldi was finishing up a batch of her award winning fried chicken at the same time that she was melting some chocolate in a double boiler to make a dessert topping for her homemade ice cream. Suddenly, Mrs. Brusteldi slipped on a wet spot on the floor. She flung her arms in the air, losing the grip on the drumstick she was carrying. The chicken arched through the...

Wife sent packing for not serving chicken gizzardBy Aggrey Nshekanabo Every Christmas is marked with merry making. But to village folks, Christmas is more than that. In this particular case, one Pulinare of Kyakatwanga in Kyegegwa, Kyaka had bred his cock for Christmas. On the big day, he slaughtered and cut it into pieces enough for his family of four. At 10 O’clock, the whole family set off for prayers. After the service, while the rest of the family went home, Pulinare branched off to a nearby bar. He made merry with other folks until 6.00p.m. He then remembered that...