Lyric Stash

2008 Onstage in Berkeley and the East Bay (The Berkeley Daily Planet)
Onstage, 2008 was more a year of marking time than of either innovation or astonishing successes. To put it in a different way, the gains of the last year for theater in Berkeley and the East Bay usually showed up in different ways than in the satisfaction over a generally recognized hit.

Why Obama's Hotel Is Haunted (LiveScience.com via Yahoo! News)
Before President-elect Obama's family can move into the White House, they will be staying temporarily at the Hay-Adams Hotel. The posh palace is not far from the Oval Office, and is, some believe, haunted by one or more ghostly spirits - including Marian Adams, wife of Henry Adams.

Cambodia marks Khmer Rouge fall (AP via Yahoo! News)
Thirty years after the fall of the Khmer Rouge, the specter of the murderous regime still haunted Cambodia on Wednesday as victims remembered the countless dead and the country prepared to finally try the movement's leaders.

Chris Mannix: Sixers looking to expand offensive horizon (Sports Illustrated)
PHILADELPHIA -- Watch the 76ers for just one quarter and you will find yourself haunted by one question: how can this team be this bad?

Why Obama's Hotel Is Haunted | livescience.com (Hospitality Net)
Before President-elect Obama's family can move into the White House, they will be staying temporarily at the Hay-Adams Hotel. The posh palace is not far from the Oval Office, and is, some believe, haunted by one or more ghostly spirits ? including Marian Adams, wife of Henry Adams. While the idea of the next president staying in a haunted hotel is interesting, such places are more common than ...