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Whatever happened to Negaunee’s stump?

Have you ever looked at the door on one of Negaunee’s utility trucks? Maybe on a cold, wintry day you saw one of these trucks spreading sand on an icy street, or plowing snow, maybe sweeping the streets or repairing downed lines. If you look closely you will see a picture, actually the ...

Trip to the Great White North comes to a close

Editor’s note: This is the fifth and final installment of Jack Flaherty’s series about his family’s Alaskan adventure. Our next stop was Mount Alyeska, not far from Anchorage. By the way, you go up the mountain in this box that goes up on a cable. We drove up to the parking lot ...

Kris Kringles congregate at World Santa Congress in Denmark

AALBORG, Denmark — While Europe's still in the throes of summer heat, it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas in the Danish city of Aalborg. Dozens of Santas, Mrs. Clauses and elves from around the world have descended on Denmark's fourth-largest city for the Nordic nation's annual ...

Bayeux Tapestry makes first visit to England in a millennium

LONDON — After almost 1,000 years, the Bayeux Tapestry is back on English soil. In scenes like a heist movie in reverse, the priceless medieval artwork was spirited into the British Museum on Friday in the dead of night, after a high-tech, tight-security operation where any slip-up could ...

Renowned cook writes about Lebanese cuisine

BALLOUNEH, Lebanon — Before becoming one of the Middle East's most acclaimed cooks and food writers, Anissa Helou had no intention of either path. She entered the world of cooking and writing almost by accident when she was in her late 30s. Now 74, Helou has a wide following in the region ...