PAWTUCKET - Making a new friend is filled with difficulties. For a Toledo Avenue man, the effort left him bleeding and without a car. The man’s neighbors called police at 2:20 a.m. Saturday, telling police dispatchers that they could hear the unmistakeable sounds of fight coming from the man’s home.

Superstar BEYONCE KNOWLES is so distrustful of modern communications she refuses to listen to the radio or use the internet. The singer/actress would

TUPELO - A public memorial service for St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Josh Hancock has been set for 2:30 p.m. Thursday at First United Methodist Church in Tupelo.Seating in the church sanctuary will be limited on a first-come, first-serve basis, and over-flow seating will be available in Wesley Hall, as well as audio and video services.Hancock, a key member of the bullpen that helped the Cardinals …

For my last set of reviews I wrote about some heavy, in-depth, serious documentaries, on topics ranging from Enron to the electric car to the 9/11 attacks to the United States war machine. After that self-prescribed cinematic downer I decided it was time to view something lighter: some music documentaries. These ranged from concert films to one about a Los Angeles music legend ( The Mayor …

Amber Menefee’s memory lives on with a message for others. The 21-year old Texas Tech University student died in February 2006 when the vehicle she was driving was struck head-on on Loop 286 in Lubbock. The underage driver of the sport utility vehicle that struck Amber’s car was drunk, lawmen said.

Why do Mexicans use their car horns as a doorbell? Why is Mexican television so obsessed with dwarfs and transvestites? Why do they park their cars on the front lawn?

FAYETTEVILLE - Tammy Bozeman remembers the first time she tuned her radio to 96.5, the FM rock station that recently celebrated its one-year anniversary.

Wow, the city’s finest really are low on manpower. Apparently, the NYPD is using unmanned cop cars to scare speeders on major highways. Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association President Patrick Lynch wisely pointed out, “You cannot train an unmanned radio car to fight terrorism.”

Left dashboard light went out. Radio display doesn’t light up consistently. After driving this car for 35000 miles, there has been little to no upkeep on this car except to change the oil every 5000 or so miles and to change the shocks and brakes.

Five questions: Lance Fried HOWARD LIPIN / Union-Tribune Lance Fried is founder and chairman of San Diego-based Freestyle Audio, which makes the world’s first waterproof and shockproof MP3 player. Sound good?