Trip World News

I could never be a cougar, an older woman who dates younger men.
Now, before all you cougars out there pounce on me and tear me to pieces with your painted talons, let me stress that I know it’s just me and my hang-ups.  Okay?   I support your desire to date younger men – I do! [...]

Fresh off a third consecutive win at the Anna Invitational over the weekend, the Benton Rangers golf team shot a 146 as a team, led by Bryce Doughty’s 2-under 34 to knock off Pinckneyville and host Herrin Monday afternoon.
Benton won by 15 shots over the Panthers (161) and by 58 strokes over the host Tigers [...]

Benton Middle School won its baseball game at Hamilton County 17-4, while the BMS softball team dropped a 3-2 decision to the Foxes.
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Cole Forby picked up the win for the Jr. Ranger, as well as leading an 11-hit offense with a 4 for 5 day at the dish, driving in a pair of runs.
Ethan Hughes [...]

The AL playoff teams already would be determined if the Twins would have just gone away.
No such luck for the White Sox, Rays or Red Sox, who would be a lot more content if the Twins did what was expected after losing Torii Hunter and Johan Santana and to a lesser extent Carlos Silva and [...]

President Hu Jintao is set to arrive in Seoul today for the start of a weeklong official visit to the Republic of Korea (ROK), Tajikistan and Turkmenistan.
The Chinese leader’s trip comes amid expectations of closer cooperation and ties, including trade with the ROK and regional security with its Central Asian neighbors.
Lee Dong-kwan, spokesman for the [...]

Larry Brown has made the trip to Lubbock before as a member of the TCU football team during the days of the Southwest Conference.
While the Texas Tech fans always proved to be a rowdy group and not something a visiting team looked forward to, he was excited about this year’s trip to the Hub City [...]

Such is the state of the free-falling Braves, when a 1-5 road trip seems rather typical and doesn’t have any noticeable effect in the clubhouse.
The Braves blew an early lead against St. Louis in a 6-3 loss Sunday at Busch Stadium, where Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols went 2-for-2 with a homer and three walks to [...]

Hiking near Wood Hull Mountain, Dave Harrison was definitely off the beaten path and looking forward to sleeping under the stars, surrounded by trees. Back-country camping in the Adirondacks, there were no generators, no Winnebagos or anyone else around for that matter. He had nature to himself.
Setting up his tent, he found a present left [...]

 
Nubi Wan Kenobi, a 5-year-old black cat, is sitting quietly on the couch, watching pins being stuck into his back with the same lazy disinterest he might eye a bird outside the kitchen window.
He is no stranger to acupuncture. Just weeks ago he was diagnosed with kidney stones and his mom, Jeanie Marie Kraft, owner [...]

 
So what exactly is bliss for a group of 7- and 9-year-old like-minded boys? I’d say it was the recent summer camp my son Zach took part in. Each weekday, I’d drop him off in a room filled with the shared contagious energy of his camp-mates and friends. All 10 of them ecstatically working together [...]