Do you remember Opus from the comic strips "Bloom County" and "Outland"? The little penguin with the big beak and even bigger heart is making his way back into the Sunday comic pages starting this weekend.
Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Berkeley Breathed is bringing Opus back in full color through a half-page strip that features artistry similar to his children’s books, which have sold more than 6 million copies worldwide. Don’t miss the return of Opus on Sunday, and check back each Sunday to see how the hooligan penguin copes with the world around him.
Watch for our special Thanksgiving Survival Guide on Sunday.
As we do every year, we will run our food section on Sunday rather than Wednesday to give cooks time to incorporate the ideas and recipes into their holiday meals.
On Wednesday in place of the Food section, we’ll run an expanded A&E section. Herald movie critic Robert Horton will share his take on the films opening that day to launch the long holiday weekend, including "Bad Santa," "21 Grams" and "The Haunted Mansion."
The United States experienced a warmer than average October this year, with high temperatures in the West making up for cooler conditions in the eastern third of the country, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Climatic Data Center.
The nation’s average temperature was 57 degrees, 2.3 degrees above the average recorded between 1895 and 2003. California and Nevada experienced their hottest Octobers on record.
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How would you fix the region’s transportation problems? And how would you raise money to pay for your fixes? Here’s your chance to tell the state’s transportation leaders what you would do and how you would do it through Part 2 of our online simulation. You can find it at www.heraldnet.com/fyc.
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