ECU looks for artifacts (Ada Evening News)
East Central University is looking for artifacts, memorabilia and stories to commemorate its history as the university prepares to celebrate its centennial in 2009.

Awards received in state competition (Ada Evening News)
ECU’s Communications and Marketing Department garnered awards during the annual competition of the Oklahoma College Public Relations Association.

The TIOBE List Director vs. the 'Anti-Java' Professor (IT Management)
It is probably no surprise that Paul Jansen and Robert Dewar feel very differently about not only Java, but about programming languages in general. Paul Jansen, managing director of TIOBE software, maintains the TIOBE index of popular programming languages , which – here’s the key point – ranks Java as the top programming language.

Call-a-Ride has new hours (Ada Evening News)
Call-a-Ride has made recent changes to help residents get to work and school.

Braves draw Durant at Majors State (Ada Evening News)
Ada Legion coach Travis Graham hopes history repeats itself — at least to a point — in the Post 72 Braves’ opening-round contest with old rival Durant Wednesday at the Majors state tournament in Enid.

He's back (Times Herald)
As Moose Jaw Mayor Dale McBain sat behind his desk at city hall Wednesday, a cane resting against the window sill the only apparent addition to the office since he left it in March.

Project B.O.A.S.T. Creates Opportunities for the Women of MatriArk (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News)
Seabrook Houses MatriArk Family Center celebrates the three-month anniversary of its newest venture labeled Project BOAST - Behavioral Office-Based Achievement and Success Training. This program became one of the eight projects selected from 153 applications seeking funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundations New Jersey Health Initiative Program through the Rowan University Foundation.

Mozilla Looks to Grass Roots for Next Wave of Browser Innovation (LinuxInsider.com)
Mozilla has announced its new Mozilla Labs Concept Series and issued a call for participation from anyone interested in submitting a concept, idea or mock-up. The new initiative, Mozilla said, is intended to makes it easy for anyone interested to contribute to the development of the online experience -- no programming experience necessary.

Helping Hands (The Haverhill Gazette)
Suicide-prevention training to begin Members of the Haverhill Community Violence Coalition and the Northeast Coalition for Suicide Prevention will begin master training classes to help launch a suicide-prevention program in Haverhill.

DIRTY BLOG: Understanding Southern Independence For Dummies (SOHH.com)
Yes I am the worst person to give a blog because you might hear some sh*t you don't want to. Independence is what we have always stood for. You must have not been apart of the southern hip hop movement back in the day when The Geto Boys put out We Can't Be Stopped.