The clown Ninette, with her dog Snoopy, participates in the Festival de Capacitacin del Payaso, or the Clown Training Festival, in Xochimilco, Mexico City Monday Aug. 8, 2005. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte) MEXICO CITY (AP) — Tricks with water, how to make balloon animals, makeup technique — take notes, there will be a quiz. A festival…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The campaign to make high school more demanding seems to be picking up support from the people who have the biggest stake in the matter: the students themselves. Almost nine in 10 students say they would work harder if their high school expected more of them, a survey finds. Less than one-third…

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) — Discovery and its crew of seven glided safely back to Earth on Tuesday, ending a riveting, at times agonizing, 14-day test of space shuttle safety that was shadowed by the ghosts of Columbia. Discovery swooped through the darkness of the Mojave Desert and landed on the Edwards runway…

SHOW SPECIFICS – Ozzfest Wed Aug 31st Featuring: Black Sabbath, Velvet Revolver, Mudvayne, Rob Zombie, Killswitch Engage Shadows Fall, and many more.

MEMPHIS — The Pink Palace Family of Museums will host a special 75th Anniversary Celebration Sunday, August 21, from 12-5 p.m. at the Pink Palace. Come celebrate with us as museum exhibits and IMAX admission will be free. See what we’re placing in our 75th Anniversary Time Capsule, which will be on display. There will…

FRANKLIN — The second annual Natchez Trace Pow Wow celebration is slated for Aug. 13-14 in the village of Leiper’s Fork. Last year more than 3,000 people spent much of their weekend enjoying Native American food, singing, dancing, demonstrations and more. The art and food vendors were elated by the attendance and success of the…

NASHVILLE — The Greater Five Points Tomato Art Festival will feature the artwork of over 75 skilled artists from around the country, an heirloom tomato tasting, a Tomato Recipe contest, a Bloody Mary competition, Children’s Fine Art, a “Most Beautiful Tomato” Competition and so much more! And, of course, no event in Music City would…

A three-day personal watercraft competition and entertainment event that provides an opportunity to showcase the positive aspects of PWC as a lifestyle sport for consumers and spectators. While the feature attraction is the APBA Watercross National Championships, there will be many other events for watercraft enthusiasts to enjoy including a PWC Poker Run, SlalomX SuperChallenge,…