MIDDLETOWN - A neighbor’s complaints led to revisions. Among the changes in the settlement: The number of customer chairs was reduced from three to two.
Source: www.phillyburbs.com

PARENT TO PARENT: If toddler fears bathroom, move potty chair elsewhere 
Q. My 3-year-old granddaughter is afraid of the bathroom, so we are having a terrible time potty-training her. She cries when we try to take her. A Grandmother in Buffalo, N.Y.
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Iraqi V.P. escapes blast in Baghdad; President hospitalized in Amman 
Iraq’s Shiite vice president narrowly escaped assassination Monday as a blast ripped through a government meeting hall just hours after it was searched by U.S. teams with bomb-sniffing dogs. At least 10 people were killed.
Source: www.usatoday.com

Drawings show scale of arena 
The Seattle SuperSonics could play in an ultramodern arena of huge glass wraparound windows - if the team can get taxpayer dollars to help pay for it.
Source: www.thenewstribune.com

Anthony Diaz was confident as his fingers stretched across the keyboard to produce a lively ragtime rhythm “Darktown Strutter’s Ball” for professional musicians Carl “Sonny” Leyland and Virginia Tichenor.
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Few seek to be next state GOP chairman 
Its not exactly the most sought-after job in Rhode Island politics.
Source: www.projo.com

‘YOU EITHER LOVE IT OR YOU HATE IT’: Where singing takes shapes 
The eclectic group filling the lobby of the Meadow Farm Museum is ready to belt out hymns with a fervor. It’s not a large building, and it seems even smaller with a couple of dozen people taking places in a square of chairs facing each other.
Source: www.timesdispatch.com

State in affordable housing cash crunch 
The Housing Finance Agency has $4.8 billion worth of projects in the pipeline, but only $540 million in tax-exempt bonds available.
Source: www.crainsny.com