By CHERYL ROSS By Cheryl Ross The Virginian-Pilot PORTSMOUTH City and school leaders are considering working with a private developer to help build a new Simonsdale Elementary School.

By Adjoa Adofo, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Jan. 3--Who: Melissa Pendarvis, 63, of Kansas City, a former baker and caterer at St. Elizabeth's rectory. How and when she died: Pendarvis died Dec. 23 of cancer after battling emphysema for several years.

By Anonymous The University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW- Madison) has become the latest library to join the Google Books Library Project, according to Google.

By Megan Twohey, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Oct.

By Patricia Simms, The Wisconsin State Journal Oct. 12--UW-Madison is joining a rarified cadre of eight libraries that have joined Google's effort to digitize the world's books and make them searchable on the Internet.