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...

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...