HAGERSTOWN, MD. — Maryland officials say Washington County has gotten approval for a $500,000 grant for preservation of forest and farmland. The grant, announced this week, is through the Rural Legacy Program.
First lady Michelle Obama returned to the White House last week after spending her summer vacation walking the fine fashion line between comfortably casual and utterly camera-ready. Her travel attire served as a wake-up call to all those American tourists who have blighted the national landscape ... Michelle Obama - Recreation - Fan Pages - Magazines and E-zines - Bluewater Productions
Tourists on a North Carolina vacation destination island were preparing to board the ferries and head for the mainland early Wednesday and more evacuations could be on the way as powerful Hurricane Earl threatened to sideswipe the East Coast.
MAZAMA — The question of who’s to blame for a vacation home swept down the Methow River eight years ago will be sent back to a lower court for trial, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday. The Mazama home — owned by Don and Pam Fitzpatrick of Woodinville and Brad and Heather Sturgill of Ballard — tipped into the river and was swept away on June 16, 2002.
Talk of an “Obama bump” for authors comes at a moment when the flavor of public conversation around books has gone from genteel Earl Grey to Tea Party red.
WASHINGTON—A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho when he fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead. A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man he passed by on the other side.
Coinstar Inc. , owner of the Redbox DVD rental kiosks, is expanding ties with Apple Inc. as it searches for a partner to build an online viewing service.
Though corporate America appears to have weathered the worst of the housing-market collapse, the nonprofit sector is continuing to suffer from the weak economy. The latest organization to face considerable danger is the Seattle Art Museum, which has filed a motion in county court asking for approval of a plan to borrow $10 million from its $96 million endowment in order to avoid having to ...
The last ferry left for the mainland and coastal residents hunkered down at home as Hurricane Earl closed in with 105 mph winds early Friday on North Carolina's dangerously exposed Outer Banks, the first and perhaps most destructive stop on the storm's projected journey up the Eastern Seaboard.
WASHINGTON — A new report says the nation's capital has the worst drivers in the country, followed by Baltimore. According to Allstate's Best Drivers Report, Washington came in last, for the third year in a row.