07/14/11 With antioxidant levels two to four times higher than the blueberries available in the US, two species native to Central and South America may challenge one of summer's favorite treats as a source of these disease-fighting substances.
07/14/11 NEW YORK, July 14 (UPI) -- Wild blueberries native to the tropical regions of Central and South America have two to four times more antioxidants than U.S. blueberries, researchers say.
07/14/11 American Indian Artists Inc., the New York City-based organization dedicated to empowering Native Americans, will take up a brief residency at the Public Theater in August.
07/09/11 Reminiscences of life in early Phillipsburg during jubilee week in 1911, as preserved in the manuscripts of Maj. Charles Sitgreaves, the first mayor, tell how "Every man was armed with a gun and every woman with a spinning wheel."
07/08/11 Alpaca are native to the Andes Mountains in South America, but there are five farms registered with the Alpaca Breeders of Western New York raising alpaca in Allegany County.
07/08/11 For many of us, the idea of beginning a new fitness program brings back memories of hours spent on a treadmill that took us nowhere. But the key, according to fitness expert Debra Berney, is finding an activity that you think is fun.
07/06/11 The July issue of Marin magazine reveals that Miss Marin County 2011, Sarah Rutan , (who was Miss Napa County and Miss Northern California in 2009) lives in Vallejo and has never lived in Marin. This is within the laws...
06/15/11 A Chilean volcano spewing dangerous ash high into the sky, sowing air travel havoc from South America to Australia for the past week, could have even more intense eruptions in the days to come, government geologists warned.
06/14/11 (Updating earlier story with comments from Kitco interview with Rob McEwen) (Kitco News) - Rob McEwe
06/14/11 Gold bug Rob McEwen is back on the radar with a merger that will create a mid-tier silver miner
06/14/11 A huge ash cloud from a Chilean volcano wreaked more havoc on international air travel, forcing passengers on two continents -- including the head of the United Nations -- to ditch stranded aircraft for travel by boat or overland.
06/09/11 It was a scene that perhaps wouldn't have made the final cut of King Kong. This lowland gorilla shares a moment of quiet reflection with a tiny mallard duckling, who seems fairly nonplussed about being in the presence of one of nature's most powerful beasts.
06/08/11 The inauguration of Orient-Express' sixth hotel in Peru will be the culmination of a three year restoration project carried out under the guidance of eight full time archaeologists and the supervision of Peru's National Institute of Culture (INC).
06/07/11 SANTIAGO, Chile - An erupting Chilean volcano sent a towering plume of ash across South America on Monday, forcing thousands from their homes, grounding airline flights in southern Argentina and coating ski resorts with a gritty layer of dust instead of snow.
06/07/11 One Wine Enthusiast Will Win Airfare for Two on LAN Airlines and a Five-Night Stay at Valle Nevado Ski Resort
06/07/11 AES Energy Storage and AES Gener today announced that the Los Andes battery energy storage system is one of the best performing ...
06/07/11 Married to Dr. Paul Horwitz, a brilliant Harvard, New York University, Oregon and Cornell-educated physicist, MassWildlifeand#8217;s Ellie Horwitz has had to be pretty sharp to hold her own, follow and support her husbandand#8217;s meteoric career and develop along with him. To the pleasure and amusement of her friends, Ellie successfully matches wits and linguistic brilliance with her soul mate ...
04/30/11 It's not usual for taxi drivers to take the long way round, but next weekend "The Knowledge" will be put sorely to the test as The Adventurists embark on one of their mad schemes: driving rickshaws over the Andes from one end of Peru to the other.
04/29/11 In the midst of a 72-day ordeal that began with a plane crash in the Andes Mountains of South America, it was understandable that Nando Parrado was not feeling any good luck at all.
04/29/11 A recent study published in Environmental Science & Technology shows the linkage between the illegal production of coca and the continuing destruction of Colombia's rainforest. New plots of coca between 2002 and 2007 accounted for the direct destruction of 890 square kilometers of rainforest. That's roughly 6 percent of total rainforest lost in that period, which totaled to 14,000 square ... | 
