Road trips allow us to mope, celebrate, ponder and even spend a few hours not thinking about anything, save for a nondescript succession of signs and lines. But all of that takes time, and time on the road takes gas money. For those in search of catharsis on a budget, Stephen Thompson has compiled a [...]
At least 40 Kendriya Vidyalaya students from Kerala, who had come here to attend a social science fest, were admitted to the Government General hospital on Wednesday with symptoms of nausea, giddiness, fever and fatigue.
While most of them were discharged as outpatients, eight of them had to be administered intravenous fluids for extreme dehydration.
Doctors said [...]
One way of looking at the Dodgers’ winless road trip is to take the optimistic outlook.
That’s what Nomar Garciaparra attempted to do after hitting into two of the Dodgers’ four double plays in a 2-1 loss to the Nationals, who have the worst record in baseball.
After the Dodgers stopped their 17-inning scoreless streak by managing [...]
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 [...]
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama began a two-day Virginia campaign swing Tuesday in a community with the state’s highest unemployment rate, telling a Martinsville audience that he will take aggressive steps to improve the plight of economically-distressed communities that are reeling from plant closings and layoffs.
“I’m not saying that every job is going to come [...]
John C. Stennis Space Center in Mississippi was the destination for 188 Jefferson Parish Golden Age Club members who participated in their yearly mystery trip this month.
Humana sponsored the trip, which began with the members boarding four chartered buses at local playgrounds, unaware of the adventure ahead of them.
“They have faith that we will give [...]
“Everything went good,” Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said. “Lefty, righty he hit both ways. Everything feels good, he played well.”
The Twins now have good middle-infield depth for the first time in recent memory. In addition to Casilla’s availability, shortstop Adam Everett told Gardenhire that he was ready to return for the road trip. Everett missed [...]
