Swimming Stars Dive Into the Blogosphere (AP via Yahoo! Finance) American swimming star Ian Crocker rarely has much to say. That all changes when he sits down at his computer. He muses about the beauty of the Italian language. He shifts to the jazz stylings of 1930s guitarist Django Reinhardt. [News Source]

Swimming stars dive into the blogosphere (AP via Yahoo! News) American swimming star Ian Crocker rarely has much to say. That all changes when he sits down at his computer. [News Source]

Fayetteville Gets To Business After Tax Dip (The Morning News) FAYETTEVILLE -- Things just aren't what they used to be for Fayetteville, Mayor Dan Coody said Friday morning. When people in Northwest Arkansas wanted to buy something, they came to Fayetteville. [News Source]

Another buffalo adventure (Aberdeen American News) Anyone who lives or has lived on a farm knows how much racket cattle make when they are loaded or unloaded from a truck. Multiply that 10 times and you'll know how much racket buffalo make. [News Source]

Premise registration continues on plan (Iowa Farmer) Editor’s note: On Nov.. 22, the Bush administration pledged not to make a planned National Animal Identification System mandatory. However, that has not derailed movement toward a voluntary tracking system. [News Source]