Rani, the cat, was a different ball game. She liked to keep her distance, had considerable cattitude, and preferred to live in a world of her own. She loved (and lived) her name – the queen, the royal one.

The birds were nowhere to be seen or heard, not even a singing willy-wagtail lightly flittering from rock to rock […].

CINCINNATI -- A grand jury indicted a Cincinnati police officer accused of breaking into a home and choking a woman inside. Ronald Kiner was indicted Friday on two counts of aggravated burglary, two counts of menacing by stalking and one count of burglary.

O villain, thou stolest a cup of sack eighteen years ago, and wert taken with the manner, and ever since thou hast blush'd extempore.