Skiing doctor is the snow king of Great Bear (The Argus Leader) - For more than four decades, Dr. Frank Petereit of Sioux Falls has been skiing Great Bear Recreation Area east of Sioux Falls. It's not the largest ski hill in the Upper Midwest, but there's no place the doctor would rather be. He's spent 64 days there this year — at age 79.

Brad the builder in New Orleans (Guardian Unlimited) - After the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, Brad Pitt called in the world's top architects for his acclaimed Make It Right project. The plan was to build green homes to replace those destroyed in New Orleans.

PAXTON Seniors let down UConn, Sacred Heart men (Connecticut Post) - Senior leadership is not all it's made out to be. Just look at how well the UConn and Sacred Heart men's basketball teams fared this season with veteran casts.

add. formats (Kavkaz Center) - In the Name of Allah, The Merciful, The Compassionate! Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds! Peace and blessings be upon the messenger of Allah Muhammad, upon his family and all his righteous companions!

TV Review: 'Real Housewives of NYC' recap: Labor Day pains (Entertainment Weekly) - Image Credit: Mitchell Haaseth/Bravo Everything is inside out and upside down this season. Jill and Bethenny aren’t speaking, Jill and LuAnn are playing at being girlfriends, Simon and Ramona are bosom buddies, and even my beloved Bobby is throwing me for a loop.

Portsmouth area community calendar (Portsmouth Herald) - march 13

'Real Housewives of NYC' recap: Labor Day pains (Entertainment Weekly) - By Karen Valby Karen Valby on a season where, so far, everything is inside out and upside down

Hiking along the Great Southern Ocean on the South Coast Track (Harrison Daily Times) - Ozark Mountain country is flat out great hiking and by our lights stacks up favorably to more famous destinations like the slick-rock country of Utah or the Appalachian Trail even though the glories are sometimes on a smaller scale.

Across the USA News from every state (USA Today) - News from every state

Optical Illusions, "Oil Shocks," and China's Headache (Kitco.com) - March 9th, marked the one-year anniversary of the elusive bottom of the most brutal bear market since the 1930’s. At the time, job losses were running in excess of 700,000 /month, and fear was rife that the US-banking system was on the verge of being nationalized.