The Associated Press BERLIN — A Cistercian monastery that’s existed for almost 900 years in what is now western Germany is closing down for good, due to a shortage of monks. The Himmerod Abbey, founded in 1134 by the French abbot Bernard of Clairvaux, had just six resident monks before […]
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By The Culinary Institute Of America The Associated Press Cold-weather cocktails aren’t limited to eggnogs and mulled ciders. In fact, the flavours of fall and winter can be just as exciting, and even as refreshing, as those beachy concoctions we sip during the summer. And there’s an ingredient you may […]
By Lisa Rathke The Associated Press ROCHESTER, Vt. — With a vigorous shake of a tree limb, small wild apples rain down onto a plastic tarp at an old farmstead in Vermont. David Dolginow, co-founder of Shacksbury Cider, and a colleague then collect the yellow-skinned fruit in milk crates. In […]
By Sara Moulton The Associated Press With the arrival of the cold-and-cough season, you may be thinking about cooking up a big batch of chicken soup as a cure for what ails us. I love the stuff, too, but I suggest you stock up on some fresh gingerroot instead. Ginger, […]
The Associated PressLynn Elber LOS ANGELES–The goofy and entertaining reign of “Jeopardy!” champ Austin Rogers is over. The New York City bartender narrowly lost on yesterday’s show after a 12-game winning streak that netted him a total $411,000, putting him in fifth place for all-time regular-season winnings. He’s satisfied with […]
The Associated Press ADELAIDE, Australia–A Dutch team won a solar-powered car race across Australia for a seventh time yesterday, with a University of Michigan car taking second place in the biennial event. The Nuon team’s Nuna 9 car averaged more than 80 km/h to reach the World Solar Challenge finish […]
By Lynn Elber The Associated Press LOS ANGELES — The goofy and entertaining reign of “Jeopardy!” champ Austin Rogers is over. The New York City bartender narrowly lost on Thursday’s show after a 12-game winning streak that netted him a total $411,000, putting him in fifth place for all-time regular […]
By Collin Binkley The Associated Press BOSTON — Not everyone is celebrating the return of the wild turkeys. After being wiped out from New England in the 1800s, the birds have stormed back in what’s considered a major success story for wildlife restoration. But as they spread farther into urban […]
By Josh Lederman And Michael Weissenstein The Associated Press WASHINGTON — It sounds sort of like a mass of crickets. A high-pitched whine, but from what? It seems to undulate, even writhe. Listen closely: There are multiple, distinct tones that sound to some like they’re colliding in a nails-on-the-chalkboard effect. […]
By Andrew Dalton And John L. Mone The Associated Press SONOMA, Calif. — They are trying to find lost loved ones, to sift through the remains of lost homes, to count, identify and mourn the dozens of dead ‚Äî all while the fires rage on. The communities of Northern California […]
By Jill ColvinRob Gillies And Munir Ahmed The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Five years after they were seized by an extremist network in the mountains of Afghanistan, an American woman, her Canadian husband and their children ‚Äî all three born in captivity are free after a dramatic rescue orchestrated by […]
The Associated Press BERLIN — A man in the northern German city of Salzgitter is in hot water after police allege that he left his bath and sink faucets running for at least a year, causing “massive damage” to his apartment building. Salzgitter police said the 31-year-old, who also had […]
