NEW YORK — Derek Jeter helped Major LeagueBaseball commemorate the 70th anniversary of Lou Gehrig's luckiest man speech Saturday, reading the famous line from the icon's stirring words during a video tribute before the New York Yankees'...
Nature creates bountiful gardens in Southern Utah's high country during the short summer season, usually peaking in July. Springtime arrives late atop the 10,000-foot plateaus. Plants hasten to produce flowers and seed for future years in the brief weeks between the...
updated 10:15 a.m. ET July 5, 2009 Portland benefited from a popular Blues Festival and the cancellation of other area fireworks shows on Independence Day this year, as thousands filed downtown to the waterfront for the big show Saturday night. City officials said...
Comment RSS Email Print Started while my camping companion, Hershey, lay in an observation kennel at the Shea Animal Hospital with a temperature approaching 106°F, intravenous fluids dripping into her veins, ice cold blankets wrapping her body, fans blowing...
Comments NEW YORK (Map, News) - Fireworks lit the night sky above New York with a kaleidoscope of colors shooting 1,000 feet into the air on an Independence Day that began with the Statue of Liberty's crown opening to the public for the first time since Sept. 11, 2001....
- Contra Costa Times DON'T MISS: "THE GREAT AMERICAN ROAD TRIP" - Forget the "staycation" and hitch a ride on this wild cross-country journey. "Road Trip" is a new eight-episode reality series that has a...
INDIANAPOLIS -- America can't get enough King Tut. And it's no wonder. Since 1922, when a team led by British explorer Howard Carter discovered the unspoiled, treasure-packed tomb of the pharaoh Tutankhamen, the "Boy King" has been synonymous with the mysteries and...
CHARLESTON, S.C. In colonial times, Charleston was America's wealthiest city. Three centuries later it still has an upscale cachet with houses on its historic Battery fetching eight figures and shopping and restaurants rivaling much larger cities. But you don't need...