Marlena Shaw is often sampled, but she sounds great on her own

You may not instantly recognize Marlena Shaw's name, but you've heard her voice sampled in hip-hop and dance music, or featured in commercials or films. Shaw is one of the most versatile singers in post-World War II black music: She can stretch out solidly over R&B, disco, and soul without soundi...

Special Edition Journal Provides New Perspectives And Guidance For Managing White Pine Blister Rust

"My job was to locate the previously marked study trees. . .and record data on the activity of treated blister rust cankers," wrote Charles "Terry " Shaw. "The work took [me] in rickety four-wheel drive vehicles to remote locations scattered across the white pine forests of northern Idaho." Shaw, now editor of a recently published special issue of Forest Pathology ...

WBU mission team finds opportunity in India

Dr. Rick Shaw has spent many hours working in the slums of foreign lands, leading teams and sharing the gospel with people of differing faiths. But this summer, Shaw led a small team on an expedition

BBC Loses Ruling Over Identity of Top Gear’s ‘Stig’

British Broadcasting Corp. lost a ruling on its request to block News Corp.’s HarperCollins from disclosing the identity of the “Stig,” a race driver who appears on the television show “Top Gear.”

High school roundup: Central-Phenix City prevails in volleyball over Kendrick

Portia Watkins had 20 sets and seven kills, while teammate Sinae Charles had five assisted blocks and two solo blocks in Central Phenix City’s five-game win over Kendrick on Tuesday.