(2002 pop. 446,000). Da Nang is a large city located on the central coast of Vietnam 973 kilometers (603 miles) north of Ho Chi Minh City and 30 kilometers (17 miles) north of Hoi An. It became an important port city at the end of the nineteenth...

Da Nang (occasionally Danang; in Vietnamese: Đà Nẵng pronunciation (help·info)) is a major port city in the South Central Coast of Vietnam, on the coast of the South China Sea. It is one of the five independent municipalities in Vietnam. It...

It is Boston's street of heroes, Dorchester Avenue. Along its 9- plus miles from the edge of South Boston to Lower Mills, there are 91 "hero squares" - street corners named in honor of young men from Dorchester killed in war. And of...

YOM KIPPUR IN DA NANG Play in two acts by Ted Reinstein and David Brezniak Directed by David Wheeler. Set, Jennifer Lansdale. Costumes, Gail Buckley. Lighting, John Ambrosone. Produced by the Jewish Theater of New England At: The Leventhal-Sidman...

Today is Thursday, March 8, the 67th day of 2007. There are 298 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On March 8, 1862, during the Civil War, the ironclad CSS Virginia (formerly USS Merrimack) rammed and sank the USS Cumberland and inflicted heavy damage...

In the summer of 1966, odd little ads popped up in TV Guide magazine.“What has 8 legs and swings?” one blurb declared.“ ‘The Monkees’ is spelled rong!” read another.All ended with the same message: “See ‘The Monkees’ premiere, Monday, Sept. 12, on NBC-TV.”More ads followed,...