Lake Placid Newshttp://www.lakeplacidnews.comTop Headlinesen-usSat, 25 May 2013 15:14:24 EDTSat, 25 May 2013 15:14:24 EDThttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rssMascots: the spirit of the Olympic Gameshttp://www.lakeplacidnews.com/page/content.detail/id/520446.htmlThe wildlife of the Adirondacks are now awakening from their winter slumber and are ready to "spring" back into action now that the days are becoming warmer.Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 EDTON THE SCENE: John Brown 2013http://www.lakeplacidnews.com/page/content.detail/id/520447.html"This man John Brown is real," said the comedian and social critic Dick Gregory addressing the nearly 300 people attending John Brown Day 2013 commemoration held at the State Historic Site on Saturday, May 11.Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 EDTMARTHA SEZ: Saturdays can be a real chorehttp://www.lakeplacidnews.com/page/content.detail/id/520448.html"Saturday morning was come, and all the summer world was bright and fresh, and brimming with life." So begins Chapter Two of "Tom Sawyer," by Mark Twain, in which Tom cons the other neighborhood boys into whitewashing Aunt Polly's fence.Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 EDTWORLD FOCUS: After hegemonyhttp://www.lakeplacidnews.com/page/content.detail/id/520449.htmlI have asked Robert Keohane, professor of International Affairs at Princeton University and one of the world's foremost scholars of international relations, what is the message he likes to convey to the students when he lectures around the country.Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 EDTON THE SCENE: The fight to save the Palace Theatre kicks into gearhttp://www.lakeplacidnews.com/page/content.detail/id/510413.htmlOne of my early memories of going to the Palace is having been really frightened watching the "Wizard of Oz" when Dorothy's house landed on the Wicked Witch of the East and crushed her, as well as being unnerved by the Wicked Witch of the West's...Tue, 7 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT