Wildlife officials order coyote hunt in LA's Griffith Park after attackSeptember 22nd, 2009 Officials target, kill coyotes after attack in LALOS ANGELES — Wildlife officials have conducted a coyote hunt in Los Angeles' Griffith Park after a coyote bit a man's foot. California Department of Fish and Game said Tuesday that trappers killed eight coyotes in a crackdown last week.
Arizona in the fall: Good weather and fall colorsSeptember 14th, 2009 Arizona in the fall: Good weather and fall colorsFLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The weather's good, the landscape ranges from grasslands to canyons and mountains, and the foliage is beautiful too: That's Arizona in the fall.
Naked City: Gawkers get X-rated views of nude guests at NYC hotel next to new elevated parkAugust 26th, 2009 New park offers X-rated views of NYC hotel guestsNEW YORK — Some guests at a New York City hotel near an elevated park have been offering unobstructed views of themselves. Guests at the Standard Hotel in Manhattan keep failing to close the curtains as they frolic naked in front of their rooms' floor-to-ceiling windows, easily viewed from the High Line park below.
San Francisco Bay area commuter rail union voting on contract after deal averted strikeAugust 25th, 2009 SF Bay area rail union voting on contractSAN FRANCISCO — Members of a commuter rail union in the San Francisco Bay area are voting on a new contract aimed at averting a strike. Union president Jesse Hunt says he's confident the Bay Area Rapid Transit agency's train operators and station agents will ratify the agreement.
Buses collide at Walt Disney World, leaving 12 visitors hurt at sprawling Fla. theme parkJuly 17th, 2009 Disney World bus crash hurts 12 at Fla. theme parkORLANDO, Fla.
Approval given for $2B development project that would end horseracing at Hollywood ParkJuly 9th, 2009 Deal that would end Hollywood Park races approvedINGLEWOOD, Calif. — The Inglewood City Council has approved a $2 billion development that would put an end to horse racing at the Hollywood Park racetrack.
Canadian seal hunt experiences a dramatic drop in number of seals harvested this yearJune 18th, 2009 Canadian seal hunt experiences drop in catchesST. JOHN'S, Newfoundland — The global recession, plummeting pelt prices and the prospect of a European ban on seal products dramatically lowered the number of seals killed in this year's hunt, Canadian officials said Thursday.
Officials: Dramatic drop in number of seals killed in Canadian huntJune 18th, 2009 Number of kills in Canadian seal hunt dropsTORONTO — The global recession, plummeting pelt prices and the prospect of a European ban on seal products dramatically lowered the number of seals killed in this year's hunt, Canadian officials said Thursday. About 70,000 harp seals were hunted this year out of a commercial quota of 273,000 animals, said Fisheries and Oceans Canada spokesman Scott Cantin.
New water park attractions around the countryJune 15th, 2009 New water park attractions around the countryALEXANDRIA, Va. — Theme parks and water parks have opened a variety of new water rides and other aquatic attractions to keep visitors cool this summer.
Retrieval team repels down cliff to recover what turns out to be a mannequinJune 7th, 2009 Retrieval team finds mannequin instead of remainsNEW HAVEN, Conn. — A specialized ropes team repelled down a cliff at West Rock State Park to recover what they thought was a body.
Referee technology may have a future in sportsMay 17th, 2009 LONDON - The idea of using technology on field may not go down well with many referees but recent studies have shown that expert tools can not only help in making the right judgment calls but could even completely take over the task. According to Jason William Harding, a snowboarder and sport scientist at the Australian Institute of Sport, and his colleagues, it was possible for technology to carry out most of the job of a human judge.
SEMPO to visit Mumbai on June 15 as part of its first Asia tourMay 8th, 2009 MUMBAI - The Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization (SEMPO), www.sempo.org, announced that, as part of its Asia tour, it will visit Mumbai on June 15. Mumbai is one stop in a three-city Asian tour that SEMPO is undertaking to foster the awareness of search engine marketing and connect professionals in the region with Western markets.
US Polo Association creates review committee to examine safeguards for polo horsesApril 26th, 2009 US Polo Association creates review committeeWELLINGTON, Fla. — After the death of 21 horses in Florida, the United States Polo Association says it will examine safeguards for polo horses, including developing a prohibited substance policy.
Ryder not too taken up with Gray Nicolls's double-sided batsApril 2nd, 2009 WELLINGTON - Double-sided bats are here to stay, but Kiwi batsman Jesse Ryder isn't too taken up with the idea of using it. New sponsor Gray Nicolls handed Test batsman Jesse Ryder the jazzy bat, invented for hitting reverse sweeps with the back of the bat's flat surface, and some space-age helmets yesterday.
Ex-servicemen demand probe into Chandigarh administrator's projectsDecember 26th, 2008 CHANDIGARH - A group of ex-servicemen and a farmers association here Saturday demanded a central agency probe into the mega projects initiated by S.F. Rodrigues, the administrator of Chandigarh.
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