Rare Elephant Born in South Ontario: Named "Chuck" after Keeper

" CAMBRIDGE, Ont. — A rare Asian elephant born at a southern Ontario safari park last month is the first third-generation calf born on the continent. The 107-kilogram male was born July 15 to an 11-year-old...

Barenaked Ladies singer arrested on drug charges

" The lead singer of the Canadian band Barenaked Ladies has reportedly been charged with drug possession in upstate New York. Steven Page, along with two women, were arrested after police found cocaine and marijuana...

Explorers find 1780 British warship in Lake Ontario

A 22-gun warship that sunk in Lake Ontario during the American Revolution has been discovered at the bottom of the lake. It is well preserved in the cold, deep water, and has long since been known as one of the 'Holy...

American Revolution warship found in Lake Ontario

Apparently they're not going to try to raise the ship but what a treasure trove of memorabilia it must hold.  It will be fascinating to see what the divers will find in coming years."SYRACUSE, N.Y. ...

Arctic Chill Stretches Across US

Temperatures continued to drop and cold weather storms intensified across much of the U.S. today. Is the weather strangely freezing where you are? Send us your photos of the wild weather in your region."Bitter cold gripped most of the United States on Monday, with...

US Internet Control Discussed in Brazil

"U.S. control over how Internet addresses are assigned — and thus how people around the world access e-mail and Web sites — dominated discussions as a major U.N. conference on the Internet opened here...

Poll: 34% of people say they believe in ghosts

"WASHINGTON - Those things that go bump in the night? About one-third of people believe they could be ghosts."

Top tips to organize your vacation in the south of Italy

This article was written by Enrico Forte and published by www.italytravelnotes.com today. For those headed for Italy, ezpecially if you are going to Sicily - you might find this information very useful. By Enrico...

Whose "Objectivity" is it Anyway?

This is a good piece from AJR (American Journalism Review) that takes the modern corporate journalist focus on "balance" for objectivity or truth. It is long, but has lots of great quotes from various journalists...

The Best-Paid Men In Entertainment

"Fair or not, men are bigger earners both in front of and behind the camera. In fact, the male entertainers, excluding athletes, on Forbes' annual listing of the World's Most Powerful Celebrities earned on average nearly twice as much as the list's women. Moreover, the 25...

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Roof Falls On Oneida Firefighter

" April 24, 2007 New York - A two-year veteran of the Oneida Fire Department is in critical condition at Upstate Medical Center after being injured while extinguishing a fire early Sunday morning at a city bowling alley, city fire officials said. The roof of the City Lanes...

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Joakim Lindstrom - Your Typical European Guy

Great story on Joakim Lindstrom from Sweden, who is a top wing with the Syracuse Crunch (AHL).  His coaches question his ability to convert from the Euro style of hockey.

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