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Get the latest on the Tube strikes Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 6:26AMThe Tube strike is expected to cause huge disruption across London on Tuesday. Stay informed and get involved with BBC London's live special coverage.
French science vessel sails again on climate voyage Monday, September 6, 2010 @ 2:29AMFrench yacht Tara sailing in Table Bay, in Cape Town, yesterday, on the second leg of a three-year expedition across the world’s oceans. Photo: Rodger Bosch/AFP
Science vessel sails again Sunday, September 5, 2010 @ 5:53AMCAPE TOWN - THE French yacht Tara left Sunday on the second leg of a three-year expedition across the world's oceans to chart the effects of climate change on micro-organisms which produce half our oxygen. The 36-metre schooner sailed from Cape Town a year after leaving Lorient in western France to head across the Atlantic and Pacific oceans for New Zealand next August as part of a 150,000 ...
Community Notes Sunday, September 5, 2010 @ 1:15AM"The 1858 Map of Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, & Nantucket" is being reprinted in response to popular demand. The book first debuted a year ago and quickly sold out by the end of the year.
Hurricane Earl heading to Nova Scotia Saturday, September 4, 2010 @ 7:53AMHurricane Earl is quickly approaching the coastline of Nova Scotia with strong winds in tow, Canadian hurricane monitors said Saturday morning.
Weakened Earl bears down on Atlantic Canada Saturday, September 4, 2010 @ 7:32AMTropical storm Earl, a shadow of the massive hurricane that frightened the U.S. East Coast this week, picked up speed on Saturday as it bore down on Atlantic Canada packed with strong winds and rain.
Earl weakened to tropical storm just before hitting Maritimes Saturday, September 4, 2010 @ 5:53AMHurricane Earl was downgraded to a tropical storm Friday night just as it was bearing down on Canada’s East Coast, the U.S. National Hurricane Centre announced.
Earl fizzles to tropical storm just before hitting Maritimes Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 10:53PMHurricane Earl was downgraded to a tropical storm Friday night just as it was bearing down on Canada’s East Coast, the U.S. National Hurricane Centre announced.
French science vessel to start second leg of climate voyage Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 10:25PMCAPE TOWN, Saturday 4 September 2010 (AFP) -- The French yacht Tara leaves Sunday on the second leg of a three-year voyage across the world's oceans to chart the effects of climate change on micro-organisms which produce half our oxygen.
Hurricane Earl prepares to unleash on Maritimes Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 5:53PMHurricane Earl is bearing down on Canada's East Coast and will unleash dangerous winds, rain and high ocean waves on Nova Scotia starting Saturday morning.
Earl loses his punch Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 9:47AMFlooding but no injuries, little damage so far. With map of projected path
EARL UPDATE: Ridgefield should escape hurricane's fury Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 5:03AMHurricane Earl is forecast at 5 this morning to miss the Ridgefield area as it heads northeasterly toward Cape Cod and Nova Scotia. The storm was centered off Cape Hatteras at 5 a.m. and projections call for the eye to pass some 250 miles east of New York City tonight.
Liberia: First U.S. Direct Flights in 20 Years Begin Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 4:24AMNotwithstanding the current infrastructurally cramped conditions of Roberts International Airport (RIA), Liberia in the days of old was the epic center of international air traffic in West Africa, with the likes of KLM, Pan Am, etc., plying daily schedules. But the golden days suddenly eclipsed; courtesy of long years of civil conflict which left the heretofore first class airport of RIA in ...
Hurricane Earl path stretches from North Carolina to Boston Harbor Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 2:44PMHurricane Earl path prompts tropical-storm or hurricane warnings from North Carolina to Hull, Mass. Earl, packing 140 m.p.h. winds, is slated to brush Cape Hatteras overnight.
Hurricane Earl path stretches from North Carolina to Boston Harbor Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 2:19PMHurricane Earl, some 300 miles south of North Carolina's Cape Hatteras, has now prompted tropical-storm or hurricane warnings from the Tar Heel State's coast to the Massachusetts-New Hampshire border.
Tourists bail as Hurricane Earl closes in Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 11:32AMCategory 4 Hurricane Earl heads toward East Coast as feds warn people to be prepared to evacuate. WITH FIVE-DAY FORECAST MAP
Virginia Gov. To Declare Emergency Ahead Of Earl Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 2:29AMGov. McDonnell will make the announcement Wednesday ahead of the hurricane which could affect the Delmarva. INTERACTIVE HURRICANE MAP
Officials plan evacuation of Ocracoke Island Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 6:23AMRALEIGH, N.C. – A powerful Hurricane Earl threatened to sideswipe much of the East Coast just ahead of Labor Day, worrying countless vacationers who planned to spend the traditional last week of summer at the beach. North Carolina officials late Tuesday announced the first evacuation would be Ocracoke Island beginning at 5 a.m. Wednesday. Tourists would be ordered to leave the barrier island ...
Earl Makes Move Toward East Coast Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 7:20AMPowerful Hurricane Earl spun toward the East Coast on Wednesday, threatening to bring damaging winds and waves all along the Atlantic seaboard through Labor Day weekend.
South Africa's Wine Industry Steps Into 21st Century Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 5:10PMBuilding on this year's exciting Street View launch in June, Google will be adding a further 19 SA wineries to the most comprehensive database of winelands imagery in the world. This will include leading wineries such as Vergelegen, Thelema Mountain Vineyards and Villiera.
Dig deep into those brochures Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 11:21PMTravel talk Each week I get a few pounds of tour brochures in the mail. This has been happening for decades, actually - long before I became a travel columnist. The glossy photos of iconic landmarks and blissfully happy couples are just as captivating now as they were back in the '80s, but can you trust the photos? Here's how to see behind those stunning shots and tell what you'll really get.
Ebb & Flow: Revisiting Lanesville's unique 'moving rock' Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 9:54PMA relatively unknown rock that sits on private land amidst the Lanesville and Bay View highlands is one of a kind on Cape Ann. This geologically significant granite mass, dubbed "the moving rock," once had an adjacent pasture, chicken farm and boarding house named after it, and even provided play and sated curiosity to at least two local youth decades ago. Its whereabouts recently became the ...
Atlantic Canada provides warm welcome, great scenery, for bikers Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 6:18PMRiding through a West Coast state three decades ago on a motorcycle, two hungry riders — my wife and I — stopped at a small roadside restaurant and asked for a couple of seats so we could enjoy steaks that were advertised on the chalkboard.
Proposed borders drawn for incorporated Castle Hayne Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 11:38AMCastle Hayne leaders sat down recently and drew their hoped-for town on a map, carefully crafting borders to prevent problems as they push for incorporation.
Superboy’s alter ego, in small-town Ontario Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 9:15PMAcclaimed graphic novelist Jeff Lemire moves into the mainstream while keeping a foot in the indie world. He's appearing at this weekend's Fan Expo
Town planners take to the sky Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 1:10AMAs we climb higher and higher, details lose their edges and the local landscape quickly blurs into the blues of the ocean, rivers and lakes, the greens of the hills, farms and forests, and browns of the estuaries. There are no more street signs, beach...
A progressive journey Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 5:10PMIn some ways professional athletes have it easy. Their path to the highest level is mostly straightforward but it’s the sports professionals that aren’t playing that have the most complicated routes to success. Deutsche Bank Championship Director Eric Baldwin is one of those professionals that took the weaving road to the top without shoe endorsements or natural ability to master the short game.
Travel: Motoring through the Maritimes Sunday, August 22, 2010 @ 2:34AMRiding through a West Coast state three decades ago on a motorcycle, two hungry riders — my wife and I — stopped at a small roadside restaurant and asked for a couple of seats so we could enjoy steaks that were advertised on the chalkboard.
Scotland's beach holidays: guide to the coast and seaside - north coast Friday, August 20, 2010 @ 12:21PMContinuing our guide to the best of the Scottish coast, we look at the beaches of Ross-shire, Caithness and Orkney.
This has to be our season - Josephs Thursday, August 19, 2010 @ 8:07AMThis is a do or die season for Orlando Pirates as regards winning silverware.
This has to be our season - Josephs Thursday, August 19, 2010 @ 8:01AMOrlando Pirates goalkeeper Moeneeb Josephs says all the new signings at Bucs bring with them a winning culture and he hopes it rubs off on his side.
Music on Cape August 20 - August 26 Thursday, August 19, 2010 @ 1:16AMA complete listing of musical performances on Cape this week from concerts to dances, jazz to pop rock.
Agency to map private wells Monday, August 16, 2010 @ 1:14AMIn the coming months, Cape Cod Commission workers will walk the power line rights of way across Cape Cod to identify unmapped private wells that should be protected from herbicides and that NStar electric company plans to use for maintenance.
Wife, kids cope as dad works out of town Sunday, August 15, 2010 @ 3:59AMSix-year-old Mya Llanes drew a map to help her father, Adrian, find his way to their Cape Coral home now that he's living and working in Miami.
In Maine, geography tourists are drawn to this lighthouse like moths Sunday, August 15, 2010 @ 12:10AMLUBEC, Maine — At the easternmost point of the United States, it stands sentinel. West Quoddy Head lighthouse is striped like a candy cane. It looks a lighthouse in a children's book. Twenty thousand people visit every year, not too bad for a lighthouse on the edge of forever. "That's pretty good for where we are. We're not on the way to anywhere," says Debora Bridges, manager of the West Quoddy ...
Kumble to coach SA spinners Friday, August 13, 2010 @ 4:43AMSome of SA’s spin bowlers will get a rare opportunity to spend quality time in the company of former Indian leg spinner Anil Kumble.
Aerosmith and the J. Geils Band play Boston's major league stage Thursday, August 12, 2010 @ 11:17PMFrom Nipmuc Regional High School in Upton to Fenway Park - and it only took Aerosmith 40 years. Tomorrow...
Tourism in Atlantic Canada is motorcycle-friendly Thursday, August 12, 2010 @ 7:28PMAnonymous This undated photo provided by the Atlantic Canada Tourism Partnership shows whale watching in the Bay of Fundy. Several species of whales live in the Bay of Fundy and whale-watching tours run from New Brunswick and Nova Scotia all summer and into early fall.
Chilmark forum tilts at windmills Wednesday, August 11, 2010 @ 6:57PMA panel of Island community leaders and Republican gubernatorial candidate Charlie Baker blew some gale-force criticism Gov. Deval Patrick's way at a forum on wind energy development Sunday night.
Lucy the Butcher? Tool Use Pushed Back 800,000 Years Wednesday, August 11, 2010 @ 1:41PMNewfound prehistoric leftovers suggest early human ancestors were using tools about 800,000 years earlier than thought, a new study says. Prehistory - Homo - Archaeology - Social Sciences - Business
Motorcyclists find open roads in Nova Scotia Wednesday, August 11, 2010 @ 10:39AMIn Nova Scotia, Cape Breton's celebrated Cabot Trail, 190 miles of spectacular ocean and highland vistas, has long been a major draw for serious motorcyclists. Nova Scotia - Canada - Cabot Trail - Cape Breton Island - Cape Breton
Tourism in Atlantic Canada motorcycle-friendly Tuesday, August 10, 2010 @ 5:55PMPORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. - Riding through a West Coast state three decades ago on a motorcycle, two hungry riders — my wife and I — stopped at a small roadside restaurant and asked for a couple of seats so we could enjoy steaks that were advertised on the chalkboard.
Mooring plan, mobile home parks discussed by selectmen Tuesday, August 10, 2010 @ 7:15AMKENNEBUNKPORT — With a growing number of people looking for boat moorings in town, the Board of Selectmen discussed the town's plan to map and better manage the moorings in the Cape Porpoise Harbor and Goose Rocks Beach area at its July 22 meeting.
Charlottetown boosts transit subsidy Tuesday, August 10, 2010 @ 5:55AMCity council voted Monday to temporarily increase the subsidy to the transit system by $15,000 a month, adding $105,000 for this year.
Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies - Walkthrough Monday, August 9, 2010 @ 5:12PMDragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies (DS) Dragon Quest 9 Sentinels of the Starry Skies
Thriller and young adult author to talk writing Friday, August 6, 2010 @ 10:10PMAdult-thriller turned young-adult fiction author Rodman Philbrick will be in town on Wednesday to talk about writing with youngsters and their parents at Rockport Public Library. His latest book, "The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg," takes readers on a trek through the Civil War. While searching for his brother, the main character encounters tricksters, a snake-oil salesman, a hot-air ...
Watchdogs Friday, August 6, 2010 @ 8:34AMSandra Larsen and others have been compiling a long list of exhibits to make sure NStar abandons its controversial plan to use herbicides to control vegetation along its power line rights of way. There is a moratorium on the plan through 2010
People Who Can't Draw Are Stunned by Those Who Can! Thursday, August 5, 2010 @ 10:29PM“People who can’t draw are stunned by those who can.” — Scott Peterson, editor at the La Jolla–based comic imprint WildStorm.
Police museums lurk in dark corners Tuesday, August 3, 2010 @ 11:14PMPolice museums aound the world offer an unusual, occasionally grisly glimpse at crime-fighting.
20 Questions with Wolf Blitzer Monday, August 2, 2010 @ 6:07PMWolf Blitzer celebrates 20 years with CNN on Thursday. While vacationing in Long Island, N.Y., the news organization’s lead political anchor talked with The Hill Read more...