Will Blount Co. drug court changes cut down on repeat offenders? (WATE 6 Knoxville)

Officials in Blount County say the crime rate is up, so in an attempt to curb it, they're considering revamping their Drug Court by changing the requirements of the substance abuse program.

Substance-abuse group has funding gap (Corpus Christi Caller-Times)

Entity got $600K less than expected

Hampshire Briefs: New Paleontology talk in Sycamore (The Courier News)

The Midwest Museum of Natural History in Sycamore continues its Sunday Science Series for middle school to adult audiences at 3 p.m. Sunday with "The New Paleontology: More than Just Dinosaurs."

House rule changes squander good will (The Washington Times)

The spirit of bipartisan cooperation didn't survive the first day of the 111th Congress as House Democrats pushed through a package of rule changes Tuesday that the furious Republican minority said trampled their traditional rights to affect legislation.

Datuk Zaid Ibrahim's speech at Regional Outlook Forum, Singapore (Malaysia Today)

1. I want to thank ISEAS and in particular Ambassador Kesavapany for this honour. Ambassador Kesavapany told me that I would have 30 minutes or so to talk about Malaysia, and since it’s a luncheon talk it would probably be light hearted and not too spirited.