By Steven K. Paulson The Associated Press DENVER They have popular names like Dome Rock, Yosemite, Rocky Mountain National Park and Joshua Tree, and they all have one problem in common that seasoned rock climbers call a “ticking time-bomb” ‚Äî aging climbing anchors. The anchors, drilled and pounded into the […]
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The Associated Press PORT ANGELES, Wash. An Arctic drilling rig that has made its home in the U.S. harbour of Port Angeles in Washington state is expected to depart for Europe. The Peninsula Daily News reports (http://is.gd/RmJvif ) the giant oil drilling platform, the Polar Pioneer, has been welded to […]
By Mike Stobbe The Associated Press NEW YORK The twin birth rate hit at an all-time high last year in the United States while the rate for triplets, quadruplets, and higher was the lowest in two decades. Of the nearly 4 million babies born last year, more than 135,000 were […]
By Katherine Roth The Associated Press Home sweet home. It seems so simple. But while the idea of “home” remains constant, the epitome of the familiar and reliable, actual home life is messier and changes all the time. So says Judith Flanders, author of “The Making of Home: The 500-Year […]
Donna M. Kroocmo Dear editor: We are in the midst of the holiday season, with parades, festivities, and celebrations that include the number-one date-rape drug available: alcohol. Disturbing information has come to our attention recently involving other date-rape drugs being used in our district, and we believed it was imperative […]
The Associated Press PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. Peterson Air Force base is getting ready for its annual holiday mission ‚Äî tracking Santa’s storybook sleigh ride around the world. The North American Aerospace Defence Command has been working for weeks to tackle the one-day mission. Miles of wire, dozens of […]
By Rachel D’Oro THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ANCHORAGE, Alaska Scientists say they’ve discovered a massive landslide in an uninhabited area of eastern Alaska that’s the largest detected in North America since the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens. The Oct. 17 slider unleashed 200 million tons of rock down the Taan […]
By Lauran Neergaard The Associated Press WASHINGTON Considering a cholesterol-lowering statin to prevent a heart attack? Deciding who’s a good candidate requires calculating more than a simple cholesterol level. A government task force says the popular medications will be of most benefit to some people ages 40 to 75 whose […]
By Siobhan Starrs The Associated Press LONDON Lindsay Mattick’s great-grandfather was on his way to fight in World War I when he bought a bear cub he named Winnie, inspiring author A.A. Milne to create the timeless character Winnie-the-Pooh. Now, Mattick has written a new children’s book chronicling the real-life […]
By Katie Workman The Associated Press Eggs for dinner! Talk about serious comfort food. And one of my favourite weeknight ways to prepare them is as frittatas. A frittata is an Italian omelet, but one in which all of the add-ins (cheese, veggies, meat, rice, what have you) are mixed […]
By Sara Moulton The Associated Press Let’s say that one of your New Year’s resolutions is to eat healthier and lose some weight. Join the crowd, right? In practice, what we probably mean ‚Äî among other things ‚Äî is that we plan to more vegetables and less meat. It’s a […]
By Nick Perry The Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand A New Zealand judge ruled Wednesday that colorful Internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom and three of his colleagues can be extradited to the United States to face criminal copyright charges. Dotcom’s lawyers said they have filed an appeal against the decision. Judge […]
