Even little kids can be paddled. Heather Porter, who lives in Crockett, Texas, was startled to hear her little boy, then 3, say he'd been spanked at school. Porter was never told, despite a policy at the public preschool that parents be notified.

Roger Moore, who starred in seven Bond films in the 1970s and 1980s, recounts his days as the dashing super-spy in his upcoming memoir, "My Word Is My Bond," and says things weren't always as they seemed.

"Jimmy Bond had a big jet boat chase in 'Live and Let Die,'" writes Moore, now 80. "I did quite a few run-throughs to practice and whilst banking on one such run, the engine cut out. I had no steering! I therefore continued in a straight line ... directly into a wooden boat house."

The Torrington Board of Approved Baseball Umpires voted Monday to rescind the award it gave to Tom Barbero, 58, earlier this month.

Gearing up for the "gas rush" into the rich Marcellus shale formation beneath much of Pennsylvania, White Township-based Superior Well Services plans to add 28 full-time jobs in the Tioga County area and southern New York over the next few years.

Superior Well, which provides products and services to support oil and natural gas exploration, should begin hiring the additional workers in the next few weeks.

The movement called the Amethyst Initiative began quietly recruiting presidents more than a year ago to provoke national debate about the drinking age.

FORD CITY - With budget constraints, declining enrollment and no plans for renovations this year, Armstrong School District Superintendent William Kerr urged the school board Monday to put personal differences aside and have a "high level of discussion" of what's best for students after 40-some years of having no real plan for the district.

"We all have to really put this in perspective," he said. "The board and administration, I truly believe, cares about kids, that they're advocates for children and youth. I also understand what community schools mean to you."

FORD CITY - Despite two major delays during renovations, Lenape Elementary School will be ready for school on Monday, according to Armstrong School District officials.

District business manager Dale Kirsch informed the school board at Monday's open caucus meeting that the building isn't where he'd like to it be, but its completed enough for teachers to return Friday and students to return Monday.

One of the highlights of the reunion was a tour of the Indiana Junior High School, where particular attention was centered around a photo of the undefeated 1938 football team coached by the late Joe Shane.

Bud McNaughton, Wally McGaughey and Chuck Hogan, three members of that unbeaten squad, were shown looking at the team picture taken 70 years ago.

The death of the French soldiers marked the biggest single combat loss for international forces in Afghanistan in more than three years.

MILWAUKEE - Students entering college this fall have lived their whole lives in a digital world - where GPS has always been available, phones have always had caller ID and tax returns could always be filed online.

The incoming freshmen, born mostly in 1990, also grew up knowing only Jay Leno on "The Tonight Show."

Those are some of the 60 cultural landmarks on the Beloit College Mindset List, an annual compilation that offers a glimpse of the world as seen through the eyes of each incoming class. This year's list is being released today by the private school of 1,300 near the Wisconsin-Illinois state line.