A tropical depression is swirling in the Pacific off the Mexico coast at just below tropical storm strength.
The National Hurricane Center in Miami says the depression's maximum sustained winds were near 35 mph (56 kph).
The hurricane center says some …
ST Teilo Singers will be giving a concert entitled The Genius ofMozart on Saturday.
The evening will feature some of Mozart's best-loved worksincluding his Requiem Mass, Horn Concerto No. 3 in E flat, DixitDominus and Laudate Dominum from Vesperae solennes de confessore andAve Verum Corpus.
Soloists soprano Lynne Bryer, mezzo soprano Eleri Owen Edwards,tenor Andrew …
SIXTEEN year-old Tom Levick, a regular competitor in the Derbyshire Youth Sailing Series, has achieved selection to join the Laser Radial dinghy, National Radial Youth Squad.
Tom learned to sail as recently as April 2000 on a six session training course at Swarkestone Sailing Club through the local Scout Group where he completed his RYA level 2 qualification.
The following summer, again at Swarkestone Sailing Club, he achieved RYA level 3 and began his racing training in September 2002 at Carsington Sailing Club, using the sailing club hire boats.
Tom's first boat of his own, was a second-hand Topper dinghy that he received as a birthday present in …
Byline: VINCENT JACKSON - Staff writer
After 15 years on the city police force, Detective Commander Patrick Abrams now holds the second-highest position in the department.
Abrams was sworn in Thursday morning as city police captain, the first one since former chief Michael Robich held the position more than 20 years ago.
With Bill Heslin being named chief this summer, Abrams' promotion looks to solidify the department leadership for the foreseeable future.
Abrams received his captain's badge in Cohoes City Court during a ceremony at which Mayor Robert Signoracci read the oath and Heslin held the Bible on which Abrams put his left hand. …
A U.N.-sponsored Internet conference ended Thursday with little to show in closing the issue of U.S. control over how people around the world access e-mail and Web sites.
With no concrete recommendations for action, the only certainty going forward is that any resentment about the American influence will only grow as more users from the developing world come online, changing the face of the global network.
"I think that there are many Third World countries and developing countries and people from Asia and so on who are pressuring for changes," said Augusto Gadelha Viera, coordinator of the Brazilian Internet steering committee and chairman of a …
Byline: LEIGH HORNBECK - Staff Writer
STILLWATER - In the 1960s, the trend was longer hair.
In today's parks, it's longer grass.
Officials at Saratoga Spa State Park revealed in May they were letting 11.5 previously mowed acres grow to save on fuel and maintenance. The head of the Saratoga National Historical Park has reduced scheduled mowing and visitors to state parks at Moreau Lake, Thompson Lake, Thacher and Cherry Plain may soon find longer grass.
"The department is developing a plan and has already reduced mowing in some places, including historic sites like the Schuyler Mansion in Albany," said Dan Keefe, a spokesman for the Office of …
Philippine shares have plummeted for the sixth straight session, tracking a global sell-off as investors rush to cut losses.
The Philippine Stock Exchange Index on Friday fell 190.64 points, or 8.3 percent, at 2,097.80. It has lost 19.7 percent since Oct. 16.
Decliners outnumbered gainers 135 to 7, with 12 stocks unchanged. All sectors ended in the red.
Claire Quiray, …
