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  • Not all madness needs a bracket

    Karl Terry Local columnist

    March Madness is slowly changing to April Awesomeness in the NCAA and now that the Miami Heat's win streak is over the NBA season drones on into summer. I haven't followed the NBA since the days of Pistol Pete and Dr. J but basketball season never seemed to last this long growing up. The NCAA Tournament has caught my attention from time to time and I love local high school and college basketball. It's the same way with me and baseball. The television version was no good. If I couldn't get my hands on the ball myself I wanted... Full story

  • Vehicle may be old, but I can fix it

    Karl Terry Local columnist

    Our lives have become way too complicated and so have our automobiles. Mysterious instrument lights come on for a while then go away. Malfunctions pop up and then correct themselves. I'm pretty comfortable driving with an instrument panel that isn't completely functioning. Growing up I frequently drove a truck that had a speedometer that never worked and I've driven lots of vehicles on which the speed didn't register correctly. My dad always told us to drive using the tachometer or the sound of the engine rather than the...