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After the Fighting in Gaza (Bangor Daily News)

With prospects for a cease-fire in Gaza growing after an Israeli bomb reportedly killed dozens at a school there, attention in Israel, the Palestinian territories and the world must turn to what comes next.

New year in NYC's Chinatown celebrates culture, shopping, food (Dallas Morning News)

NEW YORK – The Year of the Ox begins Jan. 26 and stores all over Chinatown are selling bright red decorations to mark the new year. But while it's easy to pick up cheap souvenirs at shops around the neighborhood, it's also worth spending a day seeking out the unfamiliar.

Wreath makers go green (Rapid City Journal)

It’s popular to say that you are “going green” in this recycling-conscious society, but Jeannie Gossard seems to have taken the phrase a bit literally.

New Year in NYC Chinatown: Culture, shopping, food (Delaware County Times)

NEW YORK (AP) — The Year of the Ox begins Jan. 26 and stores all over Chinatown are selling bright red decorations to mark the new year. But while it's easy to pick up cheap souvenirs at shops around the neighborhood, it's also worth spending a day seeking out the unfamiliar. You can sample new dishes, listen to a two-stringed fiddle called an erhu, or even visit a Buddhist temple.

News Updates (Urban Tulsa)

Trash Talk Within three years, every Tulsa resident should receive trash-pickup service each week as well as recyclables-pickup service every other week, according to a recommendation from a consultant hired by the city's trash board. A $110,000 study completed by consultant R.W. Beck found that r...