| Metro backers collecting signatures (Columbia Daily Herald) Metro government supporters will be collecting signatures at Wal-Mart in Columbia this weekend. Volunteers will be circulating a petition from 3-7 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday outside the retailer. us.rd.yahoo.com |
State making progress on collecting offender DNA (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) Madison — Wisconsin prison officials say they have collected DNA from about a third of the thousands of offenders and ex-cons who never submitted any over the last decade and a half. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Local salon collecting hair to combat oil spill Cuttin It Loose, a hair salon in Englewood, joined with scores of similar businesses around the country by collecting the hair they trim from customers heads and shipping it to a company making booms to help soak up the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. coloradocommunitynewspapers.com |
A wave of debt After collecting and preserving artifacts for more than 30 years, the Marine Museum of the Great Lakes is in financial trouble.[...] thewhig.com |
Little Engines That Could: A Meeting of Microcars To car collectors with an eye for detail, small-engine vehicles called microcars are both fanciful and funky. nytimes.com |