On Parched Farms, Using Intuition to Find Water - The Ledger
Phil finds the water,” said Frank Assali, an almond farmer and convert. “No doubt about it.” Mr. Stine, you see, is a “water witch,” one of a small band of believers for whom the ancient art of dowsing is alive and well. Emphasis, of course

Contractors unearth history from red clay - Commercial Dispatch
HAMILTON — It began with a backhoe; it ended with a pair of bent coat hangers. “You can always tell if it’s a woman or a man that’s buried under the ground, because the outline of their bodies is different,” Monroe County Historical Society

AHEAD of the CLASS - Maui News
* Video camp. Akaku will offer a video camp for youth, designed to include the voice of Maui’s youth in discussions leading up to the general elections. The weeklong autumn camp, titled “Video PSA Camp: Encouraging Maui to Vote,” will be from 9 a.m

Undernews: Rezko Alert - Slate
New York Times editorial page editor Andrew Rosenthal says that being top editor of the Times has made Bill Keller “crazier.” He also describes publisher Pinch Sulzberger as more involved in editorials than I’d thought: He might call and say