Mad Cow 5K Race Aug. 1 to benefit CAP (The Oneida Daily Dispatch) NELSON — In Your Pace Running Club will hold its first Mad Cow 5K Race, a Route 20 Road Challenge Event, in Nelson, on Saturday, Aug. 1. [News Source]

Leelee Sobieski Gets Engaged (People Magazine) The actress will wed fashion designer Adam Kimmel, PEOPLE confirms [News Source]

‘My Own Wife’ more than what it first seems (Orlando Sentinel) Charlotte von Mahlsdorf is her own special creation: She is what she wills herself to be. Her clothes may be plain — a shapeless black dress, black stockings, black orthopedic shoes on her feet. But she carries herself like a queen, and it's her slight smile and shrewd gaze, not her string of pearls, that make you see she can be anyone she likes. [News Source]

Leelee Sobieski (Not Helen Hunt) Engaged! (E! Online) Leelee Sobieski has finally landed her first mister. The 27-year-old actress who played memorable teen roles in such films as Deep Impact, Never Been Kissed and Stanley Kubrick's... [News Source]

Leelee Sobieski Is Engaged (US Weekly) Leelee Sobieski is engaged to menswear designer Adam Kimmel, a friend of the couple tells Usmagazine.com. See who else will say "I Do" this year. Sobieski, 26, donned her marquise diamond engagement ring to the L.A. premiere of her latest flick, the Johnny Depp drama Public Enemies, in Los Angeles June 23. On the red carpet, Sobieski told Us she was "leaving to meet him in Paris" the next day. ... [News Source]

Getting a ‘hand up’ from cows (The Inverness Courier) WHEN an Inverness massage therapist was preparing for a charity visit to Africa, she did not envisage horsemen galloping at break-neck speed towards her, swinging shimmering tribal swords. [News Source]

Man helps businesses manage Web presence (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) For the past 10 years, Jay Byrne has witnessed the impact the Internet and social media can have on corporations. His St. Louis-based firm, v-Fluence, works to measure that impact and provide consultation for companies on how to take advantage of the medium. [News Source]

Italian MEP calls for EU Parliament mafias probe (EurActiv) The European Parliament should tackle the problems posed by mafias across Europe by setting up an ad hoc committee to investigate their connection with "financial, entrepreneurial and political systems," according to an appeal launched by Rosario Crocetta, a newly-elected Italian MEP who has been living under strict police protection since 2002 due to his activities against the Sicilian mafia. [News Source]

Italian MEP calls for EU Parliament mafia probe (EurActiv) The European Parliament should tackle the problems posed by mafias across Europe by setting up an ad hoc committee to investigate their connection with "financial, entrepreneurial and political systems," according to an appeal launched by Rosario Crocetta, a newly-elected Italian MEP who has been living under strict police protection since 2002 due to his activities against the Sicilian mafia. [News Source]