A prolific author who is often celebrated both for her versatility and for the diversity of her works, Phyllis Reynolds Naylor has written well-received books for children and young adults in a number...
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Phyllis Reynolds Naylor began her prolific writing career at the age of sixteen with her first published short story. For twenty-five years she maintained a humorous church newspaper column for teenag...
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Twelve miles west of the staggering red sandstone monoliths known as Monument Valley, on the southern Utah border, stands a quiet piece of history that is no less an icon than its neighboring stone...
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - A trove of long-lost iconic
images captured by famed war photographer Robert Capa has been
recovered and is being examined, cataloged and scanned at the
International Center o...
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San Francisco/Chicago (dpa) - The US won the Concacaf Gold Cup
Sunday in a thrilling game that saw them beat Mexico 2-1.
The win continued the Americans' dominating ...
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Kiev, Ukraine (dpa) - A brace from Antonio Di Natale helped Italy
snatch a valuable 2-1 win at Ukraine Wednesday in a Group B qualifier
to Euro 2008.
The Ita...
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Vienna (dpa) - A White Christmas has come early to Vienna's
Schoenbrunn zoo, in the form of two cubs born to polar bear Olinka.
Deputy zoo director Harald Schwammer,...
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Milan (dpa) - David Trezeguet notched a hat trick and new hire
Vincenzo Iaquinta scored twice Saturday as Juventus crushed Livorno
5-1 in a Serie A game that marked their re...
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A 350-pound Siberian tiger that mauled an experienced San Francisco Zoo keeper so badly she could lose her arm had no history of violence, prompting an investigation into what led to the vicious at...
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A 350-pound Siberian tiger that mauled an experienced San Francisco Zoo keeper so badly she could lose her arm had no history of violence, prompting an investigation into what led to the vicious at...
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They're the rock stars of the bird world these days, the Rolling Stones of the feathered set. But the penguins at the Shedd Aquarium are showing it's not all film premieres _ think "Happy Feet" and...
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