It’s going to be an uphill climb for an oil company that wants to drill as many as 12 oil wells in the Huasna Valley. County planners are recommending that the project be denied. An environmental impact report recommends a significantly scaled-back project as a better alternative.

Cuban defector Yoenis Cespedes and the Oakland Athletics have agreed to a $36 million, four-year contract.

While on patrol in Kabul, Afghanistan, last June, Diana Flatley looked into the night sky and saw an AC-130 gunship that bore asecret message for her. Because she was wearing night vision goggles, she could read the hidden note, written in phosphorescent paint, on the plane’s side: “Diana I Love You,” it read. “Marry Me?” One of her Army buddies then quickly led her to a computer at the base, which was displaying the face of her boyfriend, Robert Anderson, who was online at his computer in San Luis Obispo. Surrounded by her unit, the still-shocked Flatley happily gave her answer, via Skype. “Yes, you son of a b----!” she yelled.