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Archaeology: Not As Dry And Dusty As You Think
Sunday, 29 Aug, 2010 – 17:34 | No Comment
Archaeology: Not As Dry And Dusty As You Think

Real archaeologists are nothing like Indiana Jones, but that doesn’t mean their world isn’t dramatic and dangerous. Author Craig Childs sheds a light on pot hunters and relic diggers in his new book, Finders Keepers: A Tale of Archaeological Plunder and Obsession .

On Islamic center, what would Pope John Paul do?
Friday, 27 Aug, 2010 – 13:10 | No Comment
On Islamic center, what would Pope John Paul do?

The late Pope John Paul II has been described as the inspiration for a possible compromise to the dispute over the proposed Islamic center and mosque in the World Trade Center vicinity — that it be withdrawn and built elsewhere, much as the late pontiff had canceled plans for a convent near the Auschwitz concentration camp.

5,200 steps closer to heaven
Saturday, 21 Aug, 2010 – 23:28 | No Comment
5,200 steps closer to heaven

Every year, pilgrims from all over the world flock to Adams Peak in Sri Lanka to pay homage to a sacred footprint.

"Eat Pray Love" an unappetizing combo
Thursday, 12 Aug, 2010 – 0:05 | No Comment
"Eat Pray Love" an unappetizing combo

In “Eat Pray Love,” Julia Roberts’ character, Liz Gilbert, takes a holiday from her miserable life as a respected, financially secure New York writer, loved by men she cannot love back and despairing of her inner emptiness. She travels the world to seek enlightenment, a journey — she never hesitates to tell anyone she meets — outside her own comfort zone.

Oswalt a small-town guy working in big city
Monday, 2 Aug, 2010 – 4:18 | No Comment
Oswalt a small-town guy working in big city

WASHINGTON — Even if Roy Oswalt throws three Don Larsens in the World Series, if Philadelphia falls in love with him forever and he falls for the city right back, Oswalt won’t be one of those ballplayers who settles in the city, calling it home.

Once we were teenagers
Saturday, 17 Jul, 2010 – 15:10 | No Comment
Once we were teenagers

Grayson Perry was sulky, Sara Cox awkward and uncool, Stephen Fry thought that he’d never fit in celebrities look back at their formative years Stephen Fry Writer, actor They were monstrous, magnificent, traumatic, explosive, lyrical, emotionally sodden, eternal, shameful and fantastically alive. What I wish I’d known That the world was not, as it seemed, expressly designed to exclude me …

Cheapflights.com Salutes National Parks & Recreation Month
Wednesday, 14 Jul, 2010 – 15:39 | No Comment
Cheapflights.com Salutes National Parks & Recreation Month

A ‘How-To’ Guide on Packing for a Camping Trip and Its List of Top 10 National Parks in the US and Around the World

Fast Talk: Missing stories of Patterson war dead
Thursday, 8 Jul, 2010 – 23:13 | No Comment
Fast Talk: Missing stories of Patterson war dead

dating back to World War I. The plaques are attached to a large stone facing the circle in the south park, officially named Veterans Memorial Park a few years ago

Choose a format:
Wednesday, 7 Jul, 2010 – 17:38 | No Comment
Choose a format:

Dr. Ezra Marcus, Recanati Institute for Maritime Studies, U of Haifa, will talk about the Middle Bronze dating controversy, Tel IfShar, the world of maritime archaeology, and his team’s recent breakthrough in dating the Egyptian chronology through C-!4 analysis of objects.

Fletcher Granite Co. of Westford shutters operations
Monday, 5 Jul, 2010 – 15:12 | No Comment
Fletcher Granite Co. of Westford shutters operations

Cheryl Gaulin figures she has nothing left to lose by telling the world her story.