THE world of naturism may be in trouble but a Brighouse naturist club is enjoying a healthy revival with the added attraction of a new pool.
Nationally, membership is said to be falling and fewer young people than ever are getting involved. But members of Ashdene Naturist …
Byline: Associated Press
Today is Saturday, Jan. 10, the 10th day of 1998. There are 355 days left in the year. In 1928, the Soviet Union sent Leon Trotsky into exile. Ten years ago: Soviet media reported that Mikhail S. Gorbachev, in an interview with Chinese journalists, praised the state of Sino-Soviet relations and called for a summit. (However, Beijing rejected the summit call, saying Soviet-backed Vietnamese forces …
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona right-hander Josh Collmenter was back in form, his pitches working and over-the-top delivery keeping hitters off balance.
He just wasn't good enough to beat Phil Humber and the Chicago White Sox.
Collmenter bounced back from his first shaky outing with a solid one, but was outpitched by Humber in the Diamondbacks' 8-2 loss to the White Sox on Sunday.
"Josh threw a good game for us," Diamondbacks manager Kirk Gibson said.
After confusing opponents with his quirky motion his first six starts, the right-hander hit his first big bump the previous start, giving up five runs — one less than the previous 13 appearances combined — in five innings of …
How close did the Democrats come to retaking the House of Representatives in '96? No less than 10 Republicans won with less than 50 percent of the vote. And a handful more won by fewer than 4,000 votes.
But as close as those races were, we believe one of the main reasons Dick Gephardt is not Speaker today is because our party squandered opportunities in the Deep South. Look inside the numbers. At the same time that Democrats were defeating Republican incumbents and winning hotly contested open seats across New England, the Rust Belt and the West Coast, we were losing Democratic-held open seats across the South. Alabama, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Texas all saw retiring …
Baku, July 15, 2010 (AzerTAc) -- The M.F. Akhundov Azerbaijan National Library will be represented at the global electronic library. The world readers now can get full and wider access to Azerbaijan realities, the country`s history, culture, geography, economy and other fields. The idea of global electronic library appeared in 2009. …
Byline: ALAN HART Staff writer
Section II boys basketball chairman Mike Lilac had just finished with the task of distributing pairings sheets for the annual sectional tournament to members of the media last week at a hotel conference room in Saratoga Springs.
Lilac, as always, had everything under control. Even if one didn't know already, it was obvious to anyone that Lilac is a man accustomed to getting things organized and making sure everything is order. Veteran basketball coaches are like that.
``If anyone has any questions about any class or anything about the tournament, just ask me or any member of the committee,'' Lilac said politely as the writers and TV broadcasters in attendance perused the material.
OK, here's a question: Why, Mr. Lilac, did …
Maria Riesch of Germany beat Lindsey Vonn of the United States by nearly half a second in the final downhill of the season to keep the race for the overall title alive between the two Olympic champions and good friends.
Vonn, who took gold in the Olympic downhill, could have clinched her third straight overall title Wednesday but she still retains a 225-point lead going into the final three races. A win is worth 100 points.
"I haven't won it yet," Vonn said. "It's not finished yet. It's still possible (for Riesch to win), it's unlikely but it's not finished."
Riesch claimed an emphatic victory on her home course, leaving Vonn …
