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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has contracted with the Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center to monitor cultural resources on about 24 acres of the 75.4-acre Mathy tract on Brice Prairie.
GROTON -- Members of the Community Preservation Committee (CPC) met Tuesday night to be informed that there would be a relatively modest slate of submissions vying for a share of more than $500,000 expected to be raised in this year's collection of a 3 percent surcharge on property taxes.
Google’s Street View service, which lets you zoom into Google Maps and stroll through the city streets in a 3D environment, is amazing in its own right, but it just got twice as amazing with the addition of the ancient ruins of Pompeii. Pompeii — the ruined and partially buried Roman city near Naples, Italy — is one of the most amazing sights one can see in one’s lifetime. The city was destroyed ...
Nearly every holiday season in Tovah Ross' memory has included gift-wrapping at the Cherry Hill Mall.During the annual fund-raiser for Camden County Hadassah, the Jewish women's service organization, Ross has sat at her mother's elbow and learned the tricks to tying a bow around a bowling ball and disguising a jogging stroller in snowman-covered paper.
BRISTOL - The land surrounding Mt. Hope has gone through many changes over centuries of history ? from a Native American stronghold to colonial farmland, an amusement park and even a missile base. Today, ?
On Martin Schoeller's film, all men are created equal. His portraits range from Britney Spears glamor shots to documentary photos of hunter-gatherers in Tanzania, but they all share the same composition.
OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Dec. 2, 2009) - At the request of the Right Honourable Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada, Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaelle Jean, Governor General of Canada, and her husband, His Excellency Jean-Daniel Lafond, will undertake State visits to the United States of Mexico, from December 6 to 9, the Republic of Guatemala, from December 9 to 12, and ...
Musician and folklorist Bess Lomax Hawes died last week. She was 88 years old. (Audio: KPCC's Alex Cohen talks with Sabina Magliocco, the anthropology department chairwoman at Cal State Northridge, about Hawes' work.)
Move accompanies increase of troops in Afghanistan
Whether you’re cheerful or in a bah-humbug state of mind, there is probably something festive just for you this holiday season.
SCOTT SHANE The White House has authorized an expansion of the C.I.A.'s drone program in Pakistan's tribal areas, paralleling the president's decision to send more troops to Afghanistan.
The public comment period on the environmental impact portion of Macon County Airport's runway extension project has been extended.
Dance permeates the streets of New York City in unexpected ways—from the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade to run-ins with dancing legends.
There's a right time for everything, a natural ebb and flow; a time for new beginnings and, just as certainly, one for endings. Now is the time for this column to end, and this change comes purely at my request.
A systematic review of more than 3,000 mummy analyses reveal ancient Egyptians suffered from periodontal diseases, abscesses and cavities.
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