Political hopefuls can file for office today
22 May 2012, 7:29 am
If you're considering a run for elected office, today should be circled in red on your calendar.

Toronto woman dies on Mount Everest descent
21 May 2012, 8:41 pm
Toronto’s Shriya Shah-Klorfine, 33, a candidate in the last provincial election for the riding of Mississauga East-Cooksville, died during her descent from Mount Everest.

A singular event from many angles
21 May 2012, 11:59 am
Many people who ignored overcast skies to observe Monday's annular solar eclipse enjoyed the rare event in very special ways. About 110 people took a chartered Japan Airlines flight from Haneda airport that circled at an altitude of 12,000 meters to view the eclipse, in which the moon passes in front of the sun, blocking enough of it at one point to leave only a fiery ring of light. Faces were ...

WYANDOTTE: Police beat: Man uses weed-whacker to keep attacking pit bulls at bay
21 May 2012, 7:41 am
WYANDOTTE — A resident being circled by three pit bulls used his weed trimmer to keep them at bay, although he didn’t come out of the ordeal unscathed.

Picton Castle, built in the ’20s, has circled the globe 5 times
20 May 2012, 11:12 am
The barque Picton Castle is the most traveled of the tall ships that will drop anchor in Greenport Harbor this Memorial Day weekend. In addition to many other trips, the ship has completed five global circumnavigations in the past 15 years, according to a spokesman for the ship, visiting the Galapagos Islands, Pitcairn Island, Mangareva, [...]

Terry Collins Can Save David Wright from Beanball Retaliation: Fan's View
18 May 2012, 10:57 am
Most New York baseball fans think the Milwaukee Brewers have Sept. 14 as the date circled on their calendars to get some revenge on the New York Mets for plunking Ryan Braun on May 15.

2012 Olympics: Dara Torres pursues speed for the ages
17 May 2012, 9:00 am
Dara Torres methodically circled a weight room for more than two hours without a break on a recent morning, performing a host of weird, invented exercises. She churned out push-ups with her feet suspended in leather straps, occasionally hoisting her buttocks skyward. She plunged off a tilted wood block with a resistance cord attached to her waist, as if diving into an imaginary pool. Read full ...

Roundabout option circled for busy Danby Street intersection
16 May 2012, 3:07 am
FAIRBANKS — A drive to work or the grocery store could involve a roundabout trip for residents of the Aurora neighborhood in a few years. State transportation planners are developing a plan to reva...

Nguyen sees what might have been as 'Caps come to town
11 May 2012, 2:05 pm
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – Lee Nguyen likely circled this game on his calendar soon after he made his unexpected waiver wire switch from Vancouver to New England in March.

NTSB Releases Prelim In Cessna 421 Accident In The Gulf Of Mexico
1 May 2012, 4:08 am
Airplane circled Until Fuel Was Exhausted, Went Down In Deep Water The NTSB has released a preliminary report for an accident which occurred April 19th in the Gulf of Mexico. Because the airplane quickly sank in about 1,500 feet or water, recovery of the wreckage and inspection of the airplane will be difficult, to say the least.