St. John reflects on signs' drawback (The Times of Northwest Indiana)
ST. JOHN | Some of the street signs in the town's newest subdivisions reflect the upscale neighborhood atmosphere but not the light.

Taggers turning violent and becoming more like gangs, police say (The Bakersfield Californian)
They scribble on street signs, walls and mailboxes in an attempt to gain neighborhood fame. But some taggers, who are usually considered nothing more than a nuisance, are now turning into gangsters. More and more taggers, officials say, are becoming violent. And more and more tagging crews are turning into criminal street gangs, graffiti investigators say. 'IT'S GOTTEN SERIOUS' When Moses Ramiro ...

Little Israel thrives in this remote village (The Times of India)
Seven kilometres from Dharamsala, Dharamkot could have been any Indian hamlet in the hills, except that it looks like a mini Israel with Hebrew street signs.

Man rolling marijuana joint crashes truck, NCCo police say (The News Journal)
A 24-year-old Newark man who was rolling a marijuana cigarette while driving Thursday crashed into several street signs, police said.

Veteran crossing guard keeps watch in Rodgers Forge (Baltimore Sun)
Linda Kennard does everything she can to keep her kids safe -- all 30 to 40 of them.

Bosnian Serb PM dominates landscape before vote (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
One face dominates the Serb half of Bosnia before Sunday's local election -- giant posters of Serb Republic Prime Minister Milorad Dodik are on lamp posts and street signs everywhere.

Lake City plans to improve signage (Florence Morning News)
Traveling through Lake City in either direction on U.S. Highway 52, there are no signs designating which intersecting street is Main Street. 

98-year-old graduate nurse to picket Exeter Hospital (Exeter News-Letter)
EXETER and#8212; The Alumnae Drive Working Group, which formed to correct what members say is the improper spelling of the entrances to Exeter Hospital, is planning to picket at the street signs tomorrow, Saturday, Oct. 4. Ninety-eight-year-old retired...

New Orleans 'bench fairy' helps bus riders take load off (The Lafayette Daily Advertiser)
NEW ORLEANS - For the past year, the benches along bus routes in New Orleans have been a welcome sight to bus riders, such as Felicia Hicks.

STUBBORN TOT PLAYS HARD TO GET WITH FRUSTRATED GRANDMOTHER (Dear Abby via Yahoo! News)
DEAR ABBY: After 12 years on the West Coast, my husband and I moved back East last year with our 3-year-old son, "Adam." My parents, my husband's mom and our siblings live here, and we wanted Adam to know his family.