07/16/11 Summer Miracles program seeks to find permanent homes for children Duvan, left, and Andres, right, have traveled to Howard County from orphanages in Colombia. Eight couples in the area have taken in some of the 36 kids who arrived in the U.S. July 3 from Bogota. The orphans, all older and therefore harder to adopt out, are on the ultimate summer vacation, leaving behind lives spent in ...
07/16/11 Summer Miracles program seeks to find permanent homes for children Rita Allan is a biology teacher in the Howard County school system and was a biologist for 20 years before that, so when she learned that the Colombian boy who would be visiting her family likes science and nature, she took special note of their shared interest.
07/16/11 Fresh off a triumphal foray into their homegrown Stars of Summer meet, the ConocoPhillips Splash Club is preparing to dispatch several of its swimmers to a bigger stage.
07/16/11 After same-sex marriage becomes legal here on July 24, gay priests with partners in the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island will head to the altar. They have to. Their bishop set a nine-month deadl...
07/16/11 FITZWILLIAM, N.H. -- Many garden rhododendrons have bloomed and faded by now -- but a special group of them growing in the wild is just coming into its own at a New Hampshire state park.
07/16/11 CARSON, CA - APRIL 19: Tiffany Weimer #8 of FC Gold Pride follows the ball the ball against the Los Angeles Sol during the WPS match at The Home Depot Center on April 19, 2009 in Carson, California.
07/07/11 INDIANAPOLIS #8212; Hanner Perea slumped onto the white-tiled floor outside a North Central locker room. He is, if you believe the hype and national rankings, the top-rated basketball recruit on Indiana #8217;s top-rated Class of 2012 group. At the moment, he #8217;s just a guy with a dream and a quest. Expectations are for others to worry about.
07/07/11 A new state law allowing same-sex marriage will go into effect July 24, and New York City is making special arrangements for those wanting to get married on the historic date.
07/07/11 "It was the '70s," one of the participants says at one point in the documentary Project Nim, about an experiment involving a chimpanzee and human...
07/06/11 Eillie Anzilotti With gay marriage now legal in New York, some are wondering whether Pennsylvania will follow suit. In a 33-to-29 vote, the New York State Senate passed a bill legalizing same-sex marriage on June 24. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed it into law, and it will go into effect on July 25. With the addition of New York to the list of states that have legalized same-sex marriage ...
07/06/11 Back in 2008 Joe Gallagher proposed to his partner of two years, Michael McAllister, while he lay in a hospital bed with a collapsed lung. "He was sedated, so I was pretty sure he would say yes," joked Gallagher, 50, the owner of Joe's Barbershop in the Castro.
07/06/11 Clemson played in its 36th all-time NCAA Regional in 2011. The 36 appearances are tied for fifth-most in NCAA history, trailing only Texas (55), Florida State (49), Miami (FL) (40), and Oklahoma State (38).
06/30/11 Town and village halls get ready for same-sex marriages, By Pamela Chergotis
06/30/11 RALEIGH, N.C. & WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BioPontis Alliance Enters into Translational Technology Development Agreement with Pfizer
06/30/11 COUNTY RACES Open: Registration is open for Fit Kids Ages 7-14 Team Summer Camp, Aug. 1-5/Annapolis Rec Center. Information: turningpointsports.org The Annapols Striders will host Junior Striders ages 4-10 at the Bates Track every Wednesday, 6-7 p.m. for eight weeks starting June 29. Information: annapolisstriders.o...
06/30/11 The iron supplements are not in child-resistant packaging as required by the Poison Prevention Packaging Act. Ingesting multiple iron supplement tablets at once can cause serious injury or death to young children.
06/29/11 Chatham Lodging Trust , a hotel real estate investment trust focused on investing in premium-branded, select-service hotels, today announced a major, strategic milestone that will enhance the company's growth. ? Following the U.S.
06/21/11 WASHINGTON, June 21, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following release is being issued by the United States Census Bureau:
06/21/11 NEW YORK (CNN) -- A day after state lawmakers were due to head home, a pair of controversial issues seem to stubbornly postpone their summer recess. The first is something that many call a quintessential New York battle: Whether to enact the first statewide cap on property taxes. The cap is linked to the extension of rent control laws that apply to roughly 1 million apartments, most of them in ...
06/21/11 MICHAEL GORMLEY Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. Legislative backroom dealing has cleared the way for a much anticipated and nationally scrutinized showdown on gay marriage in New York as early as Wednesday as closed-door talks over additional religious protections appeared to show progress. After a marathon session Tuesday to pass deals involving taxes, state university tuition and other issues ... | 
