The Right Choice
Buying furniture for children can be quite a difficult job. The most important thing to remember while shopping for children's furniture is to keep their taste in mind. Children always prefer softness and color in their surroundings.

Leonard Cohen (AskMen)
Why Is He Famous? Called the “godfather of gloom” and the ”poet laureate of pessimism,” Canadian-born singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen is a living legend.

Autumn in Edinburgh (New York Times)
New crime novels reviewed: ?Exit Music,? by Ian Rankin; ?Envy the Night,? by Michael Koryta; ?Tethered,? by Amy MacKinnon; and ?Silks,? by Dick and Felix Francis.

Marney Rich Keenan: Fall marks new year as well as change of season (Detroit News)
It may reach 80 degrees outside, but you can sense it in the air. Summer is saying, "So long." Even the sun feels different: toasty but not sunburn-hot. The dogs readily fall asleep on the warm asphalt driveway; bees seem less of a nuisance. The grass needs less-frequent cutting; the roses are slower to bloom.

Cross Country Team-by-Team glance (Daily Record)
Coach: Bob Bongo, 25th season. Returning letterwinners: Sr. Bradley Joinson, Sr. Adam Blewett, Sr. Travis Herbek, Sr. Ryan Moyer, Sr. James Robertiello, Sr. Steve McKeown.

9/11: Remembering The Victims 2008 (WCBS-TV New York)
Terrorists murdered nearly 3,000 civilians on 9/11. Memorials, a Tribute of Light, poetry, foundations, and reading their names were all ways the victims have been remembered and honored. Watch footage of these and other ways America has remembered the victims.

Live Oak Public Libraries: DVD documentaries (Savannah Morning News)
So many good documentaries come to my attention in my job that I could write a column every month about them. These titles have received international renown; they give just a taste of the endless variety of human experience and our curiosity about each other. DVDs are among the library's most popular items.

New tour presents brooding look at our changed lives (Post-Bulletin)
Seven years ago this month Laurie Anderson stepped onto the stage at New York's Town Hall and sang to a city in shock. It was eight days after the two World Trade Center towers collapsed, and Anderson met the awkwa

Advertisement starts (Tiscali)
Mega-selling soprano Brightman furthers her crossover ambitions here with songs featuring Kiss’ Paul Stanley ("I Will Be With You"), Andrea Bocelli ("Canto Della Terra") and Fernando Lima ("Pasion"), in addition to a cover of Faith Hill’s "There You’ll Be" sung in Italian.

Antony And The Johnsons' Other World (ChartAttack.com)
After a three-year wait, Antony And The Johnsons will release some new material when their Another World EP hits stores on Oct. 7. The Secretly Canadian release features five new songs from vocalist Antony Hegarty and his band, who haven't released anything since 2005's critically acclaimed I Am A Bird Now . Although the band haven't done much since then, Hegarty's kept busy by collaborating ...

Aaron Brophy (CHARTattack) (ChartAttack.com)
Australian band Devastations operate in the shadowy world where serious seeming Nick Cave lookalikes are perpetually tangled in trysts with aspiring actress-poets.