Megrahi’s Death Revives Debate Over Trial And Release

Arizona Sen. John McCain has introduced another bill that would blow up the current system of "bundling" cable channels and let customers pay for select channels on an "a la carte" basis.

About six years ago, Spartanburg High School senior Justin Fox attended his first event with the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Upstate, an afterschool program meant to inspire and enable young people. Today, Fox is the Boys & Girls Clubs' Youth of the Year for the state and is getting ready to graduate from high school with a wide range of accomplishments. He'll continue his education at Harvard University this fall.

Whether lured by the chance to hear local history, go birding under a lush canopy or just be outside, dozens stopped by the Savannah-Ogeechee Canal Museum and Nature Center on Saturday.Activities at the location’s Canal Days event included stories by Mary B. Purcell about growing up near the Ogeechee River, a nature walk, a tour of exhibits and birding with former Georgia Southern University professor John Parrish.For a group of paddlers on a Georgia Conservancy-sponsored canoeing and kayaking trip who boated up the canal for lunch, the event was a welcome surprise.“This is very cool,” said Cathy Sakas, a local naturalist traveling with the group. “A lot of times, the water is so low that we can’t paddle up into it, but today, the water just happened to be high enough.”Toni Sylvester of Columbia, S.C., came down just for the event, and attended with her friend Sandra Freyermuth of Savannah.“I’ve learned a lot of little things I didn’t know before about this area,” Freyermuth said.Chica Arndt, assistant manager of the museum and nature center, called the event a success.“There were quite a few people for Mary Purcell’s talk,” she said. “I think it’s just rare to have someone come and talk about this area, and of course, I hope that we brought in people from western Chatham County and they felt like they were appreciated.” ON THE WEBGo to savannahnow.com to watch Chica Arndt, assistant manager of the Savannah-Ogeechee Canal Museum and Nature Center, talk about the location’s attractions. For more information about the Savannah-Ogeechee Canal Museum and Nature Center, 681 Fort Argyle Road, go to www.savannahogeecheecanalsociety.org.

Oops! Heidi Klum pulled a Gwyneth Paltrow.The fellow blond beauty ditched her underwear to rock a sexy high slit KaufmanFranco dress at the Toys 'R' Us Children's Gala in New York Thursday.    

Disgraced state Assemblyman Vito Lopez will resign his seat Monday ahead of a push for his ouster. Lopez, accused of serially sexually harassing several staff members, will step down before 10 a.m., according to a text message sent Saturday by his spokesman Jonathan Harkavy.