Most of us are in the news business for the same reason that our newest blogger, Michelle Pletcher is: to make the world a better place. Of course, most of us hesitate to admit that, and I applaud Michelle for her courage.

No, John McCain hasn't announced his bid for a 2012 presidential election.

The title of this blog post isn't referring to McDonald's signature sandwich either.

It's referring to Sir Paul McCartney -- the former Beatles superstar and the focus of this week's "Tune Talk."

The Next Big Thing online is something that you will use everyday, but you may never know it.

This morning, someone writing under the handle "fallen soldier family member" wrote:

The first must-see movie of 2009 has arrived.

"Coraline," a stop-motion animated feature full of monsters, netherworlds and imagination, hits theaters today.

It opens to rave reviews and an even better trailer.

Starting right about the beginning of school (I know it's way too early to start talking about school), we'll be adding several new features to Fandy and debuting an updated, streamlined look.

One of the things our users have requested again and again is coupons. Many people rely on the savings in the paper every day and they want more -- especially these days -- with the convenience of the web. Often, however, coupons have proved kind of tricky online.

Every 4th of July, I like to reread The Declaration of Independence (what can I say, I'm a history geek), so I've reproduced it below, in case you haven't read it for at least a year either.

For several hundreds years, Friday the 13th has been regarded as a day of bad luck.

This Friday, that superstition holds true, at least for movie-goers. All three films released today are scarily mediocre.