Gift for North Pole: Say it with sewers

Christmas in July for Santa? Tucked away in the fiscal 2011 appropriations bill for the Interior Department and the Environmental Protection Agency is a $1 million earmark, inserted by Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska), to be given to the "City of North Pole for industrial force sewer main." Shopping - Gifts - Personalized - Greeting Letters - Santa Claus


At Ease: Cool off and donate

The weather has been hot and cooling off has been at the top of everyone's list lately, so the next time that you visit one of the local air-conditioned shopping centers that is home to a Kirlin's Hallmark store, stop in and donate to "The Night Before Christmas " project.


Touring Williamsburg

Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia's top tourist attraction and the state's second capital after Jamestown, is like entering a time portal to the colonial era.


5 Reasons to Start Holiday Shopping

Black Friday and Cyber Monday are months away, but the sales and incentives are already here.


QVC Observes Largest CHRISTMAS IN JULY Event in 24-Year History

Leading multimedia retailer QVC observed its largest CHRISTMAS IN JULY® event in the company's 24-year history, with more than $46.5 million in orders â representing a 14 percent increase over prior year CHRISTMAS IN JULY results.


'Plain Jane'? Hardly. These makeovers are not so extreme

With an endless list of subjects that can be improved via reality show — cars, houses, pets, restaurants, parents, significant others, etc. — CW goes old-school tonight with "Plain Jane," a six-episode series about the most classic makeover subject out there: ourselves.


iPad 'to be Christmas best-seller'

It might be high summer but Apple's iPad is already tipped to be this Christmas's best-selling gadget, the UK's largest electrical retailer said. Related Stories Boy, 10, held over crash death Cabinet 'debate' on immigration cap Toddlers' post-mortems inconclusive 'Friendly fire' death soldier named Army head 'criticised helicopters'


'Daddy's in heaven': Rig victims' families share memories, mementos

Sherri Revette cuts through thick pines, guiding the four-wheeler down dirt and mud trails to her tranquil spot, a sandbar along the Chickasawhay River about a mile behind her home in the backwoods of Mississippi.


Tears for Jim as Ilminster says farewell to its greatest

HUNDREDS attended the Thanksgiving Service earlier today for the life of Jim Olds – Ilminster town crier and champion fundraiser for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.


Rethinking Tampa Bay: Where to put the Rays and other local attractions

By Jay Cridlin and Susan Thurston, Times Staff Writers Wednesday, July 28, 2010 If you were rethinking Tampa, left, and St. Pete, right, from scratch, what would you put where? Say you could put all of Tampa Bay's sports teams, entertainment venues, tourist attractions and leisure spots into one big pot. If you were building a new city from scratch, what would be the first thing you'd pick to ...