U.S. Militaria Museum: If You Go
What: U.S. Militaria MuseumWhere: Conklin's Corner Antique Mall, 1 N. Front St., PhilipsburgAdmission: FreeHours: Open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday, Tuesday and Thursday through Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday. Boyd Houck, the curator, is available for tours 1 to 4 p.m. Tuesdays or by appointment.
( From CDT staff reports, 09/17/2002 03:01 AM EDT)

No Cover | Baseball's best moments take place outside the diamond
As we approach the time of changing foliage and the air turns to the crisp of an early autumn, we also prepare to say farewell to baseball for another season.Americans have had a fascination with baseball that reaches back longer, and runs deeper, than any other major sport in this country.
( bendaz, 09/17/2002 03:01 AM EDT)

DayBreak
Match made through mailGRAND FORKS, N.D. -- Letter carrier Dave Guseman turned out to be a matchmaker when he delivered an electric bill to the wrong address.Chad Ringenberg got the electric bill belonging to his neighbor, Jhannea Frandsen, in his mailbox. He decided to deliver it to her himself.
( Wire DataStream, 09/17/2002 03:01 AM EDT)

Chuck D strives for innovation in stale rap world
By Rob ClarkKnight Ridder TribuneThe diagnosis from Chuck D of Public Enemy is grim: "Hip-hop is flatlining."The group, celebrating its 15th anniversary this year with the new album "Revolverlution," has long been the social conscience of rap. Landmark efforts such as 1988's "It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back," and 1990's "Fear of a Black Planet," are arguably among the best albums of the past 20 years, regardless of genre.
( Wire DataFeatures, 09/17/2002 03:01 AM EDT)

New Neighbors
ELIZABETH RAE BRYANDaniel W. Jr. and Angela R. Bryan, of Pleasant Gap, announce the birth of their second child and second daughter on Sept. 3, 2002, at Centre Community Hospital. The infant, who was named Elizabeth Rae, weighed 9 pounds, 5 ounces.
( sbatchel, 09/17/2002 03:01 AM EDT)

'NYPD Blue' returns for 10th season
By Ed Bark and Manuel MendozaKnight Ridder TribuneCBS and The WB keep last fall's Tuesday night ineups intact while ABC tries to build three new sitcoms around transplanted returnee "According to Jim." A resurgent "NYPD Blue" begins its 10th season with a bit better shot at eating into "Judging Amy's" audience.
( Wire DataFeatures, 09/17/2002 03:01 AM EDT)

Calendar
TODAYBridge game: A duplicate bridge game will be held at 10 a.m. at SEM ECON Bridge Studio, 1377 Ridgemaster Drive, State College. Call 867-3055Meeting: The State College Area Senior Citizens Club will meet for lunch at 11:30 a.m. at 131 S. Fraser St., State College. A social time will begin at 10 a.m. and Thayne Munce, of Penn State, will present "Thermoregulation in Healthy Older Adults" from 12:45 to 1:30 p.m.
( sbatchel, 09/17/2002 03:01 AM EDT)

MarriageLicenses
The following applications for marriage licenses have been filed recently in the Register of Wills and Clerk of the Orphans Court in the Willowbank Building, 414 Holmes St., Suite 2, Bellefonte.Jimmy Ray West Jr., Millheim, and Wendy Lou Fetterolf, Millheim.
( FJacobs, 09/17/2002 03:01 AM EDT)

'Spider,' 'Whale Rider' honored at film festival
By Angela BaldassarreZap2itTORONTO -- Niki Caro's highly-praised New Zealand-Germany co-production "The Whale Rider," a contemporary story inspired by Maori myth, was the winner of the audience prize, the AGF People's Choice Award, at the Toronto International Film Festival.First and second runners-up respectively were Michael Moore's "Bowling For Columbine" and Gurinder Chadha's "Bend It Like Beckham."
( Wire DataFeatures, 09/17/2002 03:01 AM EDT)

CommunityBrief
Cub Scout registrationBoys interested in joining Cub Scouts may register at any of the following locations:Today: 7 p.m. at State College Area High School South Building cafeteria, 650 Westerly Parkway.Wednesday: 6 p.m. at Radio Park Elementary School; 6:30 p.m. at St. John's Catholic School in Bellefonte; and 7 p.m. at the Bellefonte Elementary School.
( sbatchel, 09/17/2002 03:01 AM EDT)