Pennetta beats Oudin to complete Italy's 3-0 rout of US for Fed Cup title Star Tribune | REGGIO CALABRIA, Italy - Italy clinched its second Fed Cup title in four years on Sunday after Flavia Pennetta beat U.S. Open quarterfinalist Melanie Oudin 7-5, 6-2. | Pennetta's victory gave the experienced Italians took an insurmountable 3-0 lead over a young United States team in the best-of-fi...
Teaching an old boy new snowboarding tricks The Observer | Let's be clear about the mountain I had to climb. Except during asthma attacks, I absolutely do not "grab air". As a late starter to , I specialise in the kind of stiff, terrified descent whose main joy lies in finding myself alive at the end of it. I'm as heroic as a box of tissues. | But after a...
Spirit of adventure The Observer | BILBO'S VW CAMPERVAN | £32,103 | MILES PER GALLON: 35 | BERTHS: 4 | GOOD FOR: OPEN ROADS | BAD FOR: CLOSED MINDS | Unemployment, endemic corruption, the environmental time bomb… It seems we have little chance of solving the world's biggest probl...
Bigfoot and ivory billed woodpecker searches captivate adventure travelers The Examiner | Bigfoot and the ivory-billed woodpecker searches captivate adventure travelers. This begs the question why do people adventure travel in the first place? The answer is we are all on a search for something in this life. Some find the answers to that...
A Thirsty Adventurer The Telegraph India Part of the colonial enterprise involved keeping those back home informed of — if not titillated by —the raj at work. Accounts of various aspects of British rule in India became popular, some racy and exciting, narrated by skilled raconteurs, others ...
All aboard the Santa Express for a family holiday adventure on the Napa Valley Wine Train The Examiner | California Bay Area is renowned for temperate climate, exceptional scenery, gourmet food, and first class travel destinations. Living in San Jose offers the distinct advantage of experiencing this on a daily basis. Many local areas offer exceptiona...
Celebrate Life with Nancy, the Adventurous Mom The Examiner | For every woman with wanderlust, there’s a mom who introduced her to travel, fun, and adventure. My mom is one of them. Nancy Fawcett Knapp somehow found the time, energy, and money (which was not easy to come by back in the 60s and 70s) to m...
Ghost Adventures Live: Post-Mortem Post-Mortem The Examiner | Ghost Adventures Live was a 7-hour live production where Zak Bagans and his regular team of paranormal investigators and special guests locked themselves into the Weston State Hospital (formerly the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum) for one night bet...
For Wanda Sykes, Her Busy Life's An Unending Adventure ABC News By Kelley L. Carter, USA TODAY | Nov. 7, 2009 | is always up for a challenge. Wanda Sykes is launching her talk show, The Wanda Sykes Show, which premieres Saturday at 11 p.m. ET/PT on Fox. (Getty Images) | Bowling? Sykes, 45, won't draw a sweat at a...
Jersey: our adventure playground The Times | My two sons and I have clambered up a rock face on the right of this pretty bay in our wetsuits and helmets. After wading through a cave we reach a deserted sandy beach backed by high grassy cliffs. This, experiencing the inaccessible, is a big par...
Adventure Playsets recalled due to fall hazard The Examiner | More than a quarter of a million wooden backyard play sets were recalled by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Adventure Playsets, of Amarillo, Texas due to a fall hazard. | The CPSC reports that most of the injuries occurred after lum...
Holiday Programming Announced at Adventure Aquarium in Camden, NJ The Examiner | | It had been over a year since I had visited the Adventure Aquarium in Camden, and hope my next visit won’t be as long. Last week, I returned to this wonderful place, just minutes from Center City, that truly has something from ...
For Wanda Sykes, her busy life's an unending adventure USA Today Updated | Comment | Recommend | | | By Bob Riha Jr., USA TODAY Not-so-quiet on the set: Wanda Sykes at work on the first episode of her talk show, airing Saturday at 11 p.m. ET/PT. By Kelley L. Carter, USA TODAY LOS ANGEL...
Holiday Programming Announced at Adventure Aquarium in Camden, NJ The Examiner | | It had been over a year since I had visited the Adventure Aquarium in Camden, and hope my next visit won’t be as long. Last week, I returned to this wonderful place, just minutes from Center City, that truly has something from the very young – to the young at heart. Later this month, the Adventure Aquarium is offering h...
Ex-Kiwi skipper Fleming's challenging adventure with the corporate world Newstrack India | Wellington, Oct 11(ANI): Former New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming, who launched a company called Digital Publications after his retirement, has said his involvement in the corporate world has been challenging, but he finally understands how business works after twelve months. | Fleming began 'Digital Publications' with fellow former Black...
