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Wildfire Smoke Shrouds New England, Quebec

M. Morris — Mon, 31 May 2010 16:15:00 CDT

Massive clouds of smoke from forest fires raging in Quebec have moved south and east across New England, screening the holiday-weekend sun throughout the region. "I just walked to the beach in Sandwich where you can usually see white cliffs in Plymouth, the Sagamore Bridge and sometimes the Provincetown Monument,...

Headache Gives British Woman a Chinese Accent

Kevin Spak — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 16:25:00 CDT

As if migraine sufferers didn't already have enough to worry about, a woman in Plymouth, England, recently had a headache so powerful that it replaced her British accent with a Chinese one. As ridiculous as it sounds, doctors say she actually has a rare condition known as Foreign Accent Syndrome,...

Provincetown: Pilgrims Landed Here First

Jen Paton — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:26:00 CST

Provincetown, Mass., wants you to know: The Pilgrims landed here first. Sure, the fresh water was lacking, the sand not so great for growing things, and the Native Americans were a bit scary, causing them to move a few weeks later to Plymouth—the same Plymouth that gets all the...

Detroit's Sourest Lemons

Paul Stinson — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 20:12:34 CST

With Detroit automakers making headlines on Capitol Hill, the New York Daily News offers a retrospective on the Motor City’s biggest lemons: Ford Edsel: A gas-guzzling marketing disaster that became a byword for failure. Chevy Aveo: From 0 to 60 in 11.7 seconds. Hummer H2: A militaristic and inefficient...

Philly Police Foil Teen's Plot to Attack School

John Johnson — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 20:51:02 CDT

Police near Philadelphia raided the home of a 14-year-old boy and seized an arsenal of weapons—including an assault rifle and homemade grenades, along with 30 air-powered guns—the boy apparently wanted to use in a Columbine-style attack. The home-schooled teen said he felt bullied and tried to recruit another...