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As Sarah Palin makes the case for being the next vice president, there is one question she should not have to answer: What about the kids?
In review: The sights and sounds from Week 2 of high school football season.


There will be a new Midwest League champion this season. The Whitecaps lost to the South Bend Silver Hawks Saturday night in Game 3 of their first-round series, 3-2. West Michigan had won the last two MWL titles.
In weeks to come, the reality TV wars will heat up as some of the genre's heavyweights join the fray. How will surprise hit "America's Got Talent" do once the big boys come to play?
Paws With a Cause training manager Ken Kirsch has been on top secret military missions protecting presidents with bomb-sniffing dogs, but found his calling training service dogs for Paws With a Cause. 
With each photo a newspaper uses, the question has to be asked: Does the picture help explain the story? A reader challenged the use of a photo in a recent story.
