Bristol NewsLocal news for Bristol, NH continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Giraffe helps camels, zebras escape from circus- June 30, 2008 Amsterdam police say 15 camels, two zebras and an undetermined number of llamas and potbellied swine briefly escaped from a traveling Dutch circus after a giraffe kicked a hole in their cage.http://www.topix.net/city/bristol-nh/2008/06/giraffe-helps-camels-zebras-escape-from-circu... Bigotry and gay marriage- June 30, 2008 I was delighted to see a picture of the 87- and 84-year-old lesbian couple exchanging vows in California in your paper (''Same-sex couples wed in California,'' June 17). Marriage is a contract between two people who, hopefully, love each other. The fact it's in the news lately because gays are free to marry in California tells us that perhaps the tide is turning toward less discrimination. Reading commentary by bigoted people (''Marriage should mean one man, one woman,'' June 16) using God or...http://www.topix.net/city/bristol-nh/2008/06/bigotry-and-gay-marriage?fromrss=1 Harvard study: Housing slump worst in 50 years- June 29, 2008 The current housing slump is far from over and is shaping up to be the worst in 50 years, according to an annual report on the state of the nation's housing markets from the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University. Drastic production cuts and deep price discounts in 2005-2007 helped shrink the inventory of unsold new homes from a mid-2006 peak of more than 570,000 to less than 500,000 in early 2008. But the number of homes entering foreclosure nearly doubled to 1.3 million last...http://www.topix.net/city/bristol-nh/2008/06/harvard-study-housing-slump-worst-in-50-years... Motorcyclist Cited For Driving144 MPH- June 27, 2008 A motorcyclist clocked by state police driving 144 miles-an-hour in a 55 mile-an-hour zone in New York's Putnam County faces having his license suspended.http://www.topix.net/city/bristol-nh/2008/06/motorcyclist-cited-for-driving144-mph?fromrss... Kathleen Parker: Correcting domestic violence myths- June 27, 2008 THE WORDS "domestic violence" typically invite images of bruised women and children -- and male perpetrators. But the real picture of domestic violence isn't so clear-cut. And the solution to family violence is far more complex than our current criminal justice approach can handle. For about 30 years now, we've been throwing money and punishment at domestic violence with not enough to show for it. Estimates are that more than 32 million Americans are affected by domestic violence each year,...http://www.topix.net/city/bristol-nh/2008/06/kathleen-parker-correcting-domestic-violence-... |