I'm a bit of an audio junkie. Not an audiophile, mind you; I don't believe for a second I can tell the difference between an Ogg Vorbis and a Lossless FLAC. But I can tell when the bass is muddy and the highs are clipped. And I believe that when great music is delivered through great hardware, emotions can be magnified and experienced like an earthquake.

Just hours after a multi-agency effort to crackdown on probation and parole violators ended in Lodi, a home and a local business were hit by burglars early Saturday.

Soul by Ludacris SL300 Cnet rating: 4 stars out of 5 The good: These headphones compete with other celebrity-endorsed headphones with active noise cancellation, a comfortably padded headband and a generous array of...