Green Wave drowns Vikings

Former high school athletic director and English teacher John Lucier has been placed on probation for six months after pleading guilty last week to two counts of providing alcohol to minors.

After one spectacular failure, the $700 billion financial industry bailout found a second life Wednesday, winning lopsided passage in the Senate and gaining ground in the House, where Republicans opposition softened. Senators loaded the economic rescue bill with tax breaks and other sweeteners before passing it, 74-25, a month before the presidential and congressional elections.

Electrician by day, ghost hunter by night, Wayne Nye “The Cemetery Guy” has his hands full lately.