Who had heard of Hustadvika, in Norway, before a cruise ship sailed into a storm there at the weekend? Although relatively unknown, the stretch of coast where hundreds of passengers were rescued from Viking Sky – is far from benign. On its website the Norwegian tourism board refers to it as the “wild Hustadvika coast.”…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — NCAA Division II’s Adelphi University registered a 3.724 grade-point average to pace all colleges, while Hazelton Area and Byron Nelson led the high school unweighted and weighted categories in the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Top 10 Academic Team rankings for the 2013-14 school year. The rankings recognize the academic prowess…
It’s the ship that made the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs — the Millennium Falcon! And now a book exploring every nook and cranny of the beloved ship is on its way this month: Star Wars: Millennium Falcon – Owner’s Workshop Manual. The Falcon, which became famous thanks to Han Solo and Chewbacca’s exploits as pirates,…
Clutched tightly by his adoring father, the fair-haired blue-eyed toddler was the picture of innocence. It was, by his mother’s own account, one of her fondest memories – the young family all together on holiday in Hawaii where her husband was about to compete in an Iron Man. The young Brenton Tarrant had just celebrated…
LOUISVILLE, Ky.- After falling out of last week’s rankings, Eagle (Idaho) captured the Idaho 5A state title and Reed (Sparks, Nev.) won the Nevada Division I championship as both concluded its seasons and landed at No. 21 and No. 25, respectively, in the week’s poll. Mission Viejo’s (Calif.) Taylor McQuillin picked up win number…
TORONTO — Shoppers Drug Mart takes its most aggressive step into the beauty business this weekend with its first stand-alone clinic to offer Botox injections, fillers, laser treatments and medical-grade peels. But while the Beauty Clinic by Shoppers Drug Mart is being touted as “a natural extension” of the drugstore chain’s moves into the cosmetics…
UPDATE 11/5: Bethesda have provided further comment to IGN contesting the validity of the claims made in a Reddit thread asserting that Fallout 76 is extremely vulnerable to hacking. Here is the full statement: “Many of the claims in the thread are either inaccurate or based on incorrect assumptions. The community has however called to attention several issues…
New U.S. research has found that quitting junk food can produce similar withdrawal symptoms during the first week to those experienced when quitting drugs. Carried out by researchers at the University of Michigan and published in the journal Appetite, the study set out to investigate what withdrawal symptoms are experienced when people stop eating highly…
OKLAHOMA CITY — The Amateur Softball Association (ASA) of America and USA Softball announced today the Top Ten Finalists for the 2015 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year, which will be announced on Tuesday, May 26 just prior to the start of the 2015 NCAA Women’s College World Series (WCWS) in Oklahoma City. This…
A decision to remove the Battle of Verdun, the longest of the First World War, from the French national school curriculum, has provoked outrage among conservative politicians. Verdun was fought on the Western Front between the French and German armies, with 700,00 soldiers killed or injured. But the education ministry has decided that it is more valuable…