Passers-by prayed and placed flowers on a busy Tokyo shopping street where seven people were killed the day before in a stabbing rampage, as Japan tried to make sense of the attack and others like it.

ALL SIGNS MOON ALERT: Avoid shopping or making important decisions from noon until 3:15 p.m. today. After that, the moon moves from Libra into Scorpio.

Greenlife Grocery, located in the new 2 Northshore Shopping Center on Manufacturers Rd., has welcomed the spring season by beginning its Farmers Market.

BEVERLY and mdash; As the Holiday Parade rolls through downtown Beverly on Sunday, don't forget to bring a canned good when you stake out your spot along the route. Middle school students from the First Baptist Church will be circulating through the crow

The day started inauspiciously. My grand plan for the day was to drive up from Kerrville to the Fredericksburg area to take my first drive on the Willow City Loop. The loop, I discovered, is beautiful - even when the wildflowers take the year off.