7/26 Morning Communiqué

CITY PAGES BLOGS AND NEWS

Read Sarah Askari's review, and view Daniel Corrigan's photos, of St. Vincent's Tuesday night show at the 7th Street Entry in our gallery section.

THESE DAYS

Oscar, a Rhode Island cat, has been observed to have an uncanny knack for predicting when patients in the nursing home in which he resides are going to die.

Countrywide Financial Corp.'s CEO Angelo Mozilo stated during a conference call with investors that the U.S. is experiencing home price depreciation as never before, with the exception of the Great Depression.

MINNESOTA BLOG OF THE DAY

Brandon Ivers, James Laurie, and Jared Thiele blog about L.A. punk movies, Brigitte Bardot songs, and the Turkish version of Star Wars at Die Monster.

[Minnesota-based blog directory]

TIME WASTERS

From McSweeney's: My Father's Harper's Index

The Top Five Ballpark Promotions That Went Wrong

FREEDOM OF SPEECH

"Our Earth is talking to us and we must listen to it and decipher its message if we want to survive."

— Pope Benedict XVI, speaking about global climate change during his holiday in northern Italy