U.S. Marines Work To Befriend Iraqis (Quiksilver Backpacks)
U.S. Marines Work To Befriend Iraqis
U.S. Marines roll through this Euphrates River town handing out chocolates, backpacks, coloring books and sometimes even AK-47s, hoping to glean goodwill and tips from residents.
Scouting Report: New York Giants
COACH: Tom Coughlin, 11th season, third with Giants, 95-86 overall.
Schools bag purses in class
Some high school administrators charged with keeping their students safe are zeroing in on a potential vulnerability: the purses many teenage girls say they can't live without.
Kids in county's care get gift of Christmas
Foster care was invented to give kids refuge from danger.
Banning Purses And Backpacks In School
Changing times mean changing rules inside America's schools. Lately, school administrators have taken a harder stance on what sort of bags students can carry.
Fancy footwear
Students at a Kapolei elementary school will adorn hundreds of little feet in Iraq with decorated slippers this Christmas.
Library puts spotlight on Hanukkah customs
W.T. Bland Public Library will celebrate Hanukkah with a program at 4 p.m. Wednesday at the library, 1995 N. Donnelly St., Mount Dora.
Harford County Going Hi-Tech To Help Parents
For the average parent, helping their schoolchildren deal with homework, extracurricular activities and disciplinary problems is hard enough work, so one county is trying to make life a little easier.
Scientists find young plesiosaur in Antarctica
Scientists from the United States and Argentina have recovered the fossil skeleton of a young plesiosaur -- a marine reptile that lived some 70 million years ago -- in Antarctica, institutes from both countries said on Monday.
