Rachel Alexandra, the Great

" Rachel Alexandra, the Great Yesterday, in what is likely to be the final bow of her three year-old campaign. Out of this world filly Rachel Alexandra took on older horses for the first time in her already...

Turn $2.00 into $656K at New York's lovely Saratoga Race-Track

This afternoon at 4:09 p.m. race four on today's Saratoga card will go to post with a little something extra on the line. Thanks to a host of long-shots that paraded to the winners circle during the first...

Canadians Dominate Alabama, in New York?

On Saturday afternoon Veteran Woodbine Jockey Robert Landry shifted his tack from the comforts of home to Upstate New York's and more specifically Saratoga Race Course. Landry, who could have stood pat in...

Commentator Retired... ...Does this mean there's a job opening?

Following a disappointing effort as the odds on favourite in Saturdays Whitney Handicap at Saratoga, multiple Grade 1 winner Commentator has been retired from active competition. The decision was made...

2008 Guide to Top 100 Bay Area Restaurants is Out!

For anyone living in San Francisco or traveling to the Bay Area for business or leisure, the 2008 Top 100 Bay Area Restaurants guide by Michael Bauer and his team at the San Francisco Chronicle which just came out is a big help.There are 19 additions including Ubuntu which is...

Emma Maersk: The Largest Cargo Ship in the World

...and, there's more! Have we all been asleep at the wheel again? This is old news!Jeff Davis's links have disappeared, but here is an article he wrote back in Nov. 2006. Suddenly, I'm finding myself fascinated...

WFP appoints Luna Maya national envoy to fight hunger

"At least 13 million Indonesian children under five years old were suffering from malnutrition, he said. The WFP had so far never received contributions for its program and therefore, the UN body might have to...

Vintage Firetruck Back In Service

" May 18, 2007 New York - The East Glenville Fire Department will proudly roll out a piece of the past today. A completely restored 1937 Sanford firetruck will make its public debut at a showing scheduled for 7 p.m. at the firehouse, 433 Saratoga Road (Route 50). The truck,...

Small Plane Crashes 3 Dead

" March 25, 2007 Maryland - A small plane crashed in a wooded suburban area Saturday, killing three people in the aircraft, a Baltimore County fire spokeswoman said. The plane crashed about 75 feet from a house, with some wreckage landing 10 feet from the building. The house...

Today in history - Oct. 17

"Today is Tuesday, Oct. 17, the 290th day of 2006. There are 75 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Oct. 17, 1777, British forces under Gen. John Burgoyne surrendered to American troops in Saratoga, N.Y., in a turning point of the Revolutionary War. On...

The USS Liberty Photo Album

A collection of photographs of the USS Liberty and her crew.

Today in history - Oct. 7

"Today is Saturday, Oct. 7, the 280th day of 2006. There are 85 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Oct. 7, 1765, the Stamp Act Congress convened in New York to draw up colonial grievances against England. On this date: In 1777, the second Battle of...

Today in history - Sept. 19

"Today is Tuesday, Sept. 19, the 262nd day of 2006. There are 103 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Sept. 19, 1777, during the Revolutionary War, American soldiers won the first Battle of Saratoga. On this date: In 1783, Jacques Etienne Montgolfier...

The Blackout Of Hawaii On The Eve Of Pearl Harbor

"Although there is no doubt that after September, 1939, Roosevelt definitely preferred to get into the war directly in Europe, he had always kept Japan as an ace in his sleeve ever since his meeting with Stimson in January, 1933, and the first meeting of his Cabinet in March,...

Roosevelt's Policies Prior To Pearl Harbor

"This was done to undermine the Japanese peace party that was still in office, and to strengthen the war party. This aim was fully accomplished when Roosevelt and Hull unceremoniously brushed off the impressive effort of Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoye of Japan to reach...

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