Walk to help find donors
Glendale News-Press
And it is part of the National Marrow Donor Program, which is the American version of the Armenian registry, Jordan said. “We ... Participants can register at the organization’s website or between 8 and 9 a.m. today at the park. The 5K/10K ...
The Early Word: A Working Holiday
New York Times Blogs
Columbus Day: In Washington the National Park Service will preside over the annual wreath laying ceremony at the statue of ... At a time when President Obama’s national approval ratings have declined, both Democrats and Republicans are clos...
Stop and smell the thermals
Boston Globe
LASSEN VOLCANIC NATIONAL PARK - At about 9,000 feet, the persistently steep trail up Brokeoff Mountain levels off at the edge of an abyss. To the northeast, framed between jagged cliffs, sits hulking Lassen Peak, a dozing volcano more than ...
No walking away from panhandling problem
Atlanta Journal Constitution
The Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site is not in the triangle but is covered by the law as if it were. The measure ... Moran lives in a condo across from the park and tries to walk her two rat terriers there every day. But since ...
Crash Survivors in Gulf for 12 Hours
The Ledger
Cape Sable is northwest of the Keys on the southwestern edge of Everglades National Park. The Coast Guard coordinated a multiagency search of a 2,200-square-mile area Friday night and Saturday morning, using aircraft from Miami and Clearwat...
Too many walks turn into runs
FOXSports.com
That is too many at any major-league park. At Coors, it qualifies as begging to get beat. Because of the vast outfield at ... The Phillies turned three of the walks into runs during a 6-5 victory in the third game of the National League div...
Yankees, Angels Advance to AL Championship Series; Phillies Win
Bloomberg
The Dodgers two days ago reached the National League Championship Series with a sweep of the St. Louis Cardinals. The ... The Angels overcame a 5-1 deficit at Fenway Park in Boston to complete their sweep. Los Angeles’s winning rally came ....
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Daily News-Record
In honor of its 33rd anniversary as a designated wilderness area, Shenandoah National Park will host Wilderness Weekend this weekend. The event will feature two main activities on Saturday and Sunday at the Byrd Visitor Center at milepost 5...
Phillies Notebook: Hamels will be ready to deliver for Phillies in ...
Philadelphia Daily News
Park update The Phillies remain hopeful that righthander Chan Ho Park, sidelined since Sept. 16 with a hamstring strain, will be able to pitch if they advance to the National League Championship Series. Park, who was injured in a 6-1 win ov...
Massive Slide Redirects River in Washington State
New York Times
The highway runs west from Yakima across the Cascades at Chinook Pass, then along the eastern and northern edges of Mount Rainier National Park. As the slide grew Sunday, the state closed a 47-mile section of SR 410 between Lake Tipsoo near...
First woman to win SCCA title dies at 82
Arizona Daily Star
BRIDGEVILLE, Pa. — Donna Mae Mims, the first woman to win a Sports Car Club of America national championship in 1963, has died ... Del Worsham (Funny Car) and Brandon Bernstein (Top Fuel) also won at Virginia Motorsports Park in the fourth ...
Berkeley County not alone in snuffing smoking ban
Herald-Mail
National Local Blog Videos Slideshows Photo Reprints antpod.com Magazines & More Local Shoutbox Twitter feed Games THECalendar Making a ... Last month, the park board in Spokane, Wash. voted to reverse an earlier decision to phase in a comp...
Crater Lake, Lava Beds visits up
Merced Sun-Star
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. -- Staffers at southern Oregon's Crater Lake National Park and Northern California's Lava Beds National Monument say they had more visitors this summer, apparently because people decided to save money by vacationing clos...