The sights and sounds of rocks rolling down mountainsides are common but still captivating phenomena for the residents of the Nile Valley in central Washington state. “Every morning I hear big rocks coming down,” said longtime valley resident Frank Koch
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Vintage yacht heaven in Saint Tropez
Legend has it that a bet in 1981 between two yachtsmen in a chic Saint Tropez restaurant prompted a race between Pride, an American-owned Swan 44 sailboat and Ikra, a French-owned International 12-meter rival.
Florida man held in Haiti charged in family slayings
A Florida man in custody in Haiti faces first-degree murder charges in the deaths of his wife and five children, authorities said Tuesday. Police obtained a warrant overnight to arrest Mesac Damas, 33, on suspicion of six counts of first-degree murder, the Collier County, Florida, Sheriff’s Office said in a statement
Feds asked to help in probe of ‘horrific’ family slaying
Florida authorities have requested federal assistance in locating a man sought for questioning in the deaths of his wife and five children, as he is believed to be in Haiti, officials said Monday. Investigators stopped short of calling Mesac Damas, 33, a suspect, Collier County, Florida, Sheriff Kevin Rambosk told reporters
Miley Cyrus spotted ‘full-on making out’
It looks like Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth are more than just friendly costars. Last Wednesday, as Cyrus bid Australian actor Liam Hemsworth goodbye at the Nashville airport, the two kissed — and were “full-on making out,” says Alex Emanuel, a New York actor who was a few feet away from the couple and saw Cyrus, 16, act “as giddy as a schoolgirl.” Hemsworth jumped out of Cyrus’s truck with his luggage and headed for the terminal doors when “she jumped into his arms and threw her arms around his neck and kissed him and leaned back and he was dipping her,” says Emanuel. “It was like a scene out of an old movie where the guy’s getting on a train and they’re saying their goodbyes.” Cyrus and Hemsworth recently wrapped the film “The Last Song” (also starring Kelly Preston and Greg Kinnear) in Tybee, Georgia, and attended the film’s wrap party together on August 16.
Iraq’s Bombs of August: A Return to the Bad Old Days?
Iraq dreams of what is called sustainable peace — a qualified condition that allows life to go on with an acceptable level of tumult. And so, with a measure of bravado, the government recently announced the imminent removal of most of the concrete blast walls that separate warring neighborhoods and protect citizens traveling on main and secondary roads. As it tries to put the bad days of Sunni vs
‘My Girl’ star Anna Chlumsky all grown up in acting comeback
She broke your heart and won rave reviews as the earnest kid in the coming-of-age drama "My Girl." And then, a few years later, Anna Chlumsky had her own heart broken — by Hollywood. “Show business got really tainted for me,” the actress, now 28, says
10 Questions for Anthony Bourdain
He has eaten seal eyes in the Arctic and cobras in Vietnam. The outspoken chef has a new book based on his adventure-travel eating show No Reservations.
Fast Food: Would You Like 1,000 Calories with That?
How sloppy is that triple Whopper with cheese? It has 1,250 calories, or 62.5% of the recommended 2,000-calories-per-day diet.
Rare yellow lobster avoids boiling pot
No drawn butter will ever touch Fiona’s tail. She’s an extremely rare, seven-year-old "yellow" lobster.