It's the intrepid hiker who is willing to take on the fullcircumference of the lake. But this fall brings an excellent chanceto combine an eight-mile hike from the town of Lake Geneva toWilliams Bay with a luncheon cruise.
On weekdays from Sept. 1 to Oct. 31, Geneva Lake Cruise Line'sBelle of the Lake will put out from Williams Bay Municipal Pier at12:30 p.m. for a narrated 1 1/2-hour luncheon …
VIENNA (AP) — Four-time World Cup big air champion Stefan Gimpl of Austria won't compete in the new freestyle snowboarding season, which starts in London on Saturday.
The 30-year-old Gimpl told Austria Press Agency on …
France has granted political asylum to a former Georgian defense minister who was convicted last month of extortion in his home country, his lawyers said Wednesday.
Supporters of Irakli Okruashvili, who was dismissed from the Cabinet in 2006, say Georgian authorities targeted him because he has been critical of President Mikhail Saakashvili since the dismissal.
Okruashvili's lawyers welcomed Tuesday's decision of the French agency for political refugees to grant him asylum in France.
"It's a very good decision, good news," lawyer Christine Martineau told The Associated Press.
The French Foreign Ministry would not comment on …
After the Cubs beat the Washington Nationals 5-4, Zambrano -- who allowed one run and five hits and struck out eight in 7� innings -- hurried to the airport for a late flight to Caracas to join his family at a hospital where his nephew is fighting a deadly bacterial infection.
''It's bad,'' a red-eyed Zambrano said softly. ''He's only 11 years old. And being close to death. ... Sometimes you say people should live till they're old, but when God has something in mind and calls us to heaven, what can we do? It's pretty …
FIVE REASONS TO GET ALL STEAMED UP ABOUT CHOCOLATE-FOLLOWED BY DECADENT RECIPES WITH NO GLUTEN AND ALL-NATURAL SWEETENERS
You know by now that chocolate is good for you. But all those stats and scientific findings - it reduces the risk of stroke and heart disease, protects against cancer, boosts brain power, improves skin tone, and lowers inflammation - speak to the head, not the heart. And we all know that chocolate is all about love, excitement, and passion.
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE MORE EMOTIONAL REASONS TO GET SO WORKED UP RBOUT CHOCOLATE? HERE ARE THE TOP FIVE:
1 Chocolate makes the brain release opioids, chemicals found in morphine and heroin, that promote a …
A land mine explosion in southern Lebanon on Thursday killed a Lebanese farmer and wounded a Syrian laborer working with him, security officials said.
The mine, left over from the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah war, went off as the 35-year-old Hisham Ghosein was plowing his field with a bulldozer in his home village of Qantara, the officials said.
The blast killed Ghosein instantly and also destroyed the bulldozer, the officials added. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media.
The village is about 8 kilometers (5 miles) from the Israeli border.
Dalya Farran, a spokeswoman for the …
Feds OK Yellow-USF deal
The Justice Department has allowed the 30-day antitrust period toend without objections to Yellow Roadway's proposed $1.37 billionacquisition of USF Corp., the two transportation companies said.Yellow and USF said they will hold special meetings next month forshareholders to vote on the deal. Overland Park, Kan.-based Yellowsaid in February that it plans to buy Chicago-based USF for $1.37billion in stock and cash.
Cutler leaving SEC
Stephen Cutler, who spearheaded the Securities and ExchangeCommission's crackdown on the corporate fraud and trading scandalsthat rattled U.S. investors following the collapse of Enron Corp.,said he will …
