The Express-Times has mapped a route for day-trippers looking for a meaningful Memorial Day road trip.
These stones hold few words, but stand in brief testament to brave men’s deeds. Others overwhelm with names, battles and all the details that link local communities to heroes made of ordinary men and women.
The full loop is about 180-miles, [...]
SPORTS officials in Beijing and Manila have delayed a scheduled trip of divers Sheila Mae Perez and Ryan Rexel Fabriga to China due to ongoing relief efforts after an earthquake struck the Sichuan province two weeks ago.
Perez and Fabriga, the country’s top Olympic bets in diving, were supposed to leave last Saturday for Chengdu, the [...]
It is understood they are the first people to use recycled vegetable oil as a fuel alternative on a trip around Australia.
Australian-born civil engineer Gerard Mimmo and his British wife Rachel are also carbon offsetting their trip with tree planting.
The trip started eight days ago in Sydney and the couple are now heading to Fraser [...]
Linda Burney says she is representing Arts Minister Frank Sartor at the Cannes Film Festival on an important trip.
“We are very serious about growing the desirability of Sydney and New South Wales as being a destination for film-makers,” she said.
But Opposition fair trading spokeswoman Catherine Cusack says the Minister is acting outside of her portfolio.
Ms [...]
Reliever Chad Fox injured his right elbow while playing catch with Scott Eyre before Thursday’s game and will be placed on the 15-day disabled list Tuesday.
Fox’s inflamed ulnar nerve could take anywhere from a week to a couple of months to heal. The Cubs will bring up Iowa right-hander Jose Ascanio, who was acquired from [...]
The campaign is not giving out many details yet, but Hillary Rodham Clinton will campaign in South Florida on Wednesday, her aides announced.
It will be her first trip to the Sunshine State in months and give her a chance to press her case for seating delegates based on the results of the contest in January.
With [...]
As she packs up her rental car this morning for a coast-to-coast quest for the definition of happiness, Nicole Prowell is a little worried about how strangers might define her.
The 26-year-old Prowell, who just earned her master’s degree in documentary video from Emerson College, is producing “Happy Hunting,” a film about her fascination with the [...]
Police divers yesterday recovered the body of one of two young canoeists presumed drowned after their boat capsized on the weekend in a Richmond Hill lake.
Since Sunday morning, a marine unit has scoured the cold, murky waters of Lake Wilcox, near Bayview Avenue and North Lake Road, for 19-year-old Alon Kulik and 21-year-old Daniel Montazernezam.
Police [...]
Living or travelling as a vegetarian is easy on the west coast of North America — which is where I’m used to doing it. But venture out of this well-defined comfort zone, and it gets a trifle less easy to manage.
The most challenging situation as a vegetarian is trying to explain — without the benefit [...]
President Bush has encountered bitter Arab criticism over his peacemaking efforts during the final stop of his trip to the Middle East.
Bush is in Egypt where he’s been meeting with leaders from a handful of Arab nations.
Egypt’s President Honsi Mubarak has bluntly questioned whether Bush is serious about peacemaking. Bush says he’s “absolutely committed” to [...]
