Lyric Stash

For runner, finish line is state title (San Diego Union-Tribune)
When Sammy Silva was a freshman at Academy of Our Lady of Peace, she didn't go out for cross country. Her mother didn't think it was a good idea.

Sixth-graders create opera (This Week Clintonville)
The sixth-grade class at Our Lady of Peace school created an opera company called, "Busy Bees Opera," and staged a production of an original opera, titled "Cake Catastrophe."

With a little help from his Canadian friends (Toronto Star)
At one point on the road he's still on, leading from American Idol to the iPod promotions and summer tours of actual rock stardom, David Cook recently stopped for a bite to eat. In the car with him was Raine Maida, the Canadian singer and songwriter who fronts Our Lady Peace.

Speaking at UTPA, former Egyptian first lady stresses crippling effect of war on human rights (The Monitor)
EDINBURG -- Former Egyptian first lady Jehan Sadat said Monday that peace is the only way to ensure human rights across the world, arguing that war at its most fundamental level is a basic human-rights violation.

President-elect Barack Obama's victory speech: 'This is our time' (The Palm Beach Post)
Hello, Chicago. If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time; who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.