Chocolate Show: Episode 1: From the Sky to the Mountains

When a New Jersey chocolatier finds inspiration from heavenly Tuscan masters and the peaceful Berkshires give others a creative edge, we get distinct flavors not run of the mill ones.

Rural Fire Chief Recruited By State ALP

" November 2, 2006 NSW Rural Fire Service chief Phil Koperberg is to seek a new career as a state Labor MP for the seat of Blue Mountains at the March election. Mr Koperberg will join the Labor Party on Friday and is assured of victory in a preselection contest that will be...

Missing in mountains - Daily Telegraph

" By Justin Vallejo Article from: Font size: + - Send this article: Print Email THE family of a missing Australian woman are preparing to fly to Nepal as the fate of one of our top scientists remains unknown. Former government policy adviser Dr Jill Bowling remained missing...

King Coal Pillages Beautiful Land

"In May 2002 I flew over the coalfields of Kentucky and West Virginia. From the air, I came face to face with one, but only one, of the enormous costs we pay for our nation’s dependence on coal. Leveled mountains, devastated communities, wrecked economies and ruined...

U.S. Bombers Miss Osama Bin Laden By Two Weeks

December 13, 2001 :: "U.S. bombers sent up huge plumes of smoke along a mountain ridge near the eastern village of Tora Bora. The range of hills and valleys is home to networks of caves harbouring an unknown number of Al-Qaida fighters and possibly Bin Laden, the man...

The Yemeni Horsemen Surrounded Him As If They Were Bodyguards

Year 2001. Approximately November 25, 26. It is believed Osama Bin Laden left Tora Bora alive. Approximately November 27, 28, 29. A group of about ten Yemeni horsemen were seen riding towards a mountain pass that leads to China. The man in the middle of this group was...

Illegal border crossers now favoring California

Number of immigrants illegally jumping the California-Mexico border appears to be increasing as enforcement gets tougher in Arizona. Squeeze one spot and illegal immigration will bulge elsewhere along the 1,952-mile frontier.

the cross-border flood will continue as long as the labor is cheap

It's easy to fix that. Change this cheap labor into not-so-cheap labor. Make it a crime not to pay illegal immigrants the minimum wage. This whole problem is powered by the cheapness of the labor. There won't be such enthusiasm to hire them, if the employer has to pay them more.

16 killed in Afghan helicopter crash (AP)

" KABUL, Afghanistan - A helicopter crashed in the mountains of eastern Afghanistan " /> SEARCH News | News Photos | Images | Web " /> Afghanistan , killing all 16 people on board, including at least two American civilians, officials said Thursday. Afghan army and US.-led...

Uncovering the Mask of Macedonia

"Even before Alexander the Great, Macedonia evoked power from which to steer clear. When the ancient Greeks held their Olympic Games they forbade the participation of the mountainous neighbor to the north because the hunter-warriors there were too strong, too fast, too good...

Elite Border Patrol Unit Focuses on Rescue

Members of elite Border Patrol unit search for immigrants in need of rescue.

Border Angels

Trying to prevent unnecessary death in the desert areas, and the mountain areas, on the U.S. side of the Mexican border.