Pole to Pole: Man attempting 13k trek stops in E. AlabamaFriday, July 8, 2011 @ 6:13AMCHAMBERS COUNTY, AL (WTVM) - An Australian man is taking a year of his life to run from the North Pole to the South Pole for the Red Cross. Thursday, he jogged through east Alabama and slowed down just
Star magazine | A dedicated staff orchestrates the Symphony in the Flint HillsThursday, June 30, 2011 @ 11:21AMIt’s just after 8:30 p.m., and 7,500 people in a ranch pasture in Volland, Kan., are feeling the magic. Under a pearly white band shell in front of a gossamer pink and blue sunset, the Kansas City Symphony is playing a haunting passage from the “Gettysburg” score.
Star magazine | Dedicated staff orchestrates Symphony in the Flint HillsThursday, June 30, 2011 @ 11:21AMIt’s just after 8:30 p.m., and 7,500 people in a ranch pasture in Volland, Kan., are feeling the magic. The Kansas City Symphony is playing a haunting passage from the “Gettysburg” score.
Dedicated staff orchestrates Symphony in the Flint HillsThursday, June 30, 2011 @ 11:21AMIt sounds like sheer folly: Busing a big-city orchestra to the middle of the prairie and inviting thousands of people to a treeless pasture in Tornado Alley during tornado season. To stage the annual Symphony in the Flint Hills, it takes a dedicated staff with a mind for detail and an eye for the majestic.
The Hidden Route to Machu PicchuSaturday, June 25, 2011 @ 11:45PMAS we neared the end of a very long climb up a very steep ridge, my guide, John Leivers, shouted at me over his shoulder. "It's said that the Spaniards never found Machu Picchu, but I disagree," he said. I caught up to him -- for what seemed like the 20th time that day -- and he pointed his bamboo trekking pole at the strangely familiar-looking set of ruins ahead. "It's this place they never ...
Fishermen's reality checkThursday, June 23, 2011 @ 12:52AMThe indomitable spirit of Gloucester grabbed Hollywood's attention yet again when three local fishermen impressed a casting crew for a new ABC reality show "Expedition Impossible" that debuts tonight — on the eve of the annual St. Peter's Fiesta's official opening ceremony.
'Game of Thrones' finale recap: Blood and Fire -- The end of the beginningMonday, June 20, 2011 @ 6:11AMIf episode one introduces us to three dragon eggs, what do you get in the season finale? Right.
Trailer stolen from Plano ScoutsSunday, June 19, 2011 @ 7:46AMSubmitted photo: Plano Boy Scout Troop 1999 had its trailer stolen this week from Preston Meadow Lutheran Church in Plano. The trailer, pictured here, stored most of the troop's camping gear.
Trailer stolen from Plano ScoutsSunday, June 12, 2011 @ 1:20AMSubmitted photo: Plano Boy Scout Troop 1999 had its trailer stolen this week from Preston Meadow Lutheran Church in Plano. The trailer, pictured here, stored most of the troop's camping gear.