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A city council meeting in Durango, Colorado took a turn for the funnier when a person in a chicken suit strutted... and clucked in. The bird's timing was im-peck-able, because the council was discussing an ordinance about residents keeping fowl in their yards. The unidentified big bird sat for a moment, as the council laughed, before "laying an egg" and leaving.  

The film "New Moon" is based on the international bestselling book series "Twilight". The movie that will draw millions of people to the theater, but it's what happens afterward that is most interesting. Many viewers will actually be inspired to sit down and read the book, get sucked into the story and thus create a whole new group of readers.

After we left the movie theater, I bought the first book, sat down, in one spot, and said, 'Okay, I'm going to attempt to read,' because I don't read at all. Hate reading, never read my whole life   -Lacey Jones

 

A group that made the first $10,000 private donation to rebuild the fire-gutted Texas Governor's Mansion is opposed to changing its look. The Heritage Society of Austin will not support plans, unveiled in October, for a two-story addition to the 153-year-old building. The Texas Historical Commission is in charge of issuing a permit for the expansion.  

A DEVASTATED mother has said she and her four children could easily have been killed in an arson attack. Anita White, 32 was speaking after Ben Law of Cadole, near Mold, was jailed for five and a half years after he admitted arson being reckless as to whether life would be endangered after he set alight the front door of her home in North Street, Shotton. Anita and children Bradley 12, Jordan eight Lukas six, and 16-month old baby Matthew were upstairs in bed during the attack in the early hours.  

The Lightning Thief , 20th Century Fox' bid to get in on the financial treasures to be mined from film adaptation of young-adult fantasy novels, and for most people it should serve as the first real glimpse into what kind of an imaginary world Chris Columbus, after having ushered in the first two Harry Potter films, is bringing to life on the big screen. I know little about the series of fantasy-adventure novels by Rick Riordan , so it's nice to now have some clarification beyond the film's early teasers,  

Two years before Ethan got sick, I started reading this book called The Secret . Yes, I can see you rolling your eyes eyes. Stop it.  

Likely no one was surprised when it was announced that A Memory Of Light , the planned final entry in Robert Jordan's mega-bestselling Wheel Of Time fantasy series, was so large that it had be split into three volumes. Jordan died in 2007, leaving the then-11-book saga incomplete, but even before his death, the WOT had bogged down in needlessly complex plotting and a dearth of forward momentum. Brandon Sanderson, the fantasy writer Jordan's wife selected to finish the tale of the Dragon Reborn and his bat  

The Lighting Thief but the international trailer for the film just went online and it's not just a teaser. It tells you about the characters and provides a sense of the movie's tone instead of just the premise (regular kid discovers he's a demigod and his father was the Greek god Poseidon). Now whether you think a kid using his iPhone to avoid looking directly at Medusa (played by Uma Thurman) makes for a good movie is a different story.  

The family of a young mother left dying in the street with her right hand cut off yesterday told how she had lived in fear after months of feeling "hounded and threatened". Mother-of-two Geeta Aulakh, 28, was found in Greenford with serious head wounds by a horrified passer-by. According to some reports she had been scalped and her throat cut.  

Ted's the latest in a line of great guest stars we're promised this year on the surprisingly entertaining show, starting with Buffy the Vampire Slayer 's Charisma Carpenter in the season opener. We've posted the official announcement below. Burbank, CA, November 18, 2009 - Ted Raimi ("Drag Me to Hell," "Spider-Man 3," "SeaQuest DSV"), actor and brother of "Legend of the Seeker" executive producer Sam Raimi, will guest star in an upcoming episode of the epic fantasy series "Legend of the Seeker," it wa