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Cooper focused on Sparks, excited for Southern Cal

With his new job as coach of the Southern Cal women's basketball team still months away, Michael Cooper is focused on the task at hand — winning another WNBA championship with the Los Angeles Sparks.

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Chickens in Town: Council Allows Hastings Folk to Keep Coops in Yards.
Source: Hastings Star-Gazette

It's time to bring agriculture back into our lives in the 21st century, and the town of Hastings Minnesota, is taking a step towards this, as the town council is about to vote and allow the citizenry to keep chickens as pets and food sources.

Making a Backyard Chicken Coop
Source: Green Right Now

Excerpt: The "urban chicken" trend has been endlessly chronicled in recent months, touting tales of city folks building backyard coops, buying hens and getting fresh eggs daily.

Air force compensates farmer for hen massacre
Source: thelocal.se

The Swedish armed forces has agreed to compensate a poultry farmer in northern Sweden after an air force exercise caused the death of 31 chickens.

Resident Evil 5 Demo Live on PSN
Source: blog.us.playstation.com

The Resident Evil 5 demo has been released today a week after the Xbox Live version was released. It includes some nice co-op although the controls still feel a little dated.

Council compromise allows apartment dwellers to own chickens
Source: madison.com

The new ordinance, which modifies Madison's 2004 policy on keeping chickens in single-family homes, would now require all potential owners to notify any neighbors within 200 feet about keeping chickens as well as get landlord approval.

A Manhattan Co-op for a Pittance
Source: The New York Times

An author wins the equivalent of the lottery, getting an Upper East side apartment for $14,000.

Organic on a budget: Healthy isn't expensive after all
Source: EW.com

My family isn't gourmet by any stretch of the imagination, but boy, do we love our food. Although we shop often enough during the week, the four of us (that's two adults, a preschooler and toddler) devour everything and our fridge is empty again by the weekend.

Eat your food, get your money back in Norway
Source: Scotsman.com News

Norwegian food retailer Coop launched a new guarantee for its produce on Monday: "If you did not like the food, you will get your money back - no questions asked."

7 Sources of Local Food and Flavor
Source: MSN

Are you in search of food so fresh that dirt flies when you shake it? One of the best ways to eat local food is to buy directly from the farmer.

Best video game of the year
Source: Slate

Why a derivative sci-fi gorefest is the best video game of the year.

Capitalism That Works For All
Source: AlterNet.org

in a region of northern Italy, the author of 'Diet For a Small Planet' discovered a cooperative approach to living that actually enhances human dignity.

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