Today is Monday, July 12, the 193rd day of 2010. There are 172 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On July 12, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed a bill passed by Congress authorizing the Medal of Honor. On this date: In 1543, England's King Henry VIII married his sixth and last wife ...

Today is Monday, July 5, the 186th day of 2010. There are 179 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On July 5, 1810, American showman and promoter (as well as author and politician) Phineas T. Barnum was born in Bethel ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Britain's Prince Harry plays competitive polo and showed on Saturday he could also throw a useful baseball pitch. A blue Mets cap on his head, the third in line to Britain's throne tossed a strong ceremonial first pitch before New York's game with the Minnesota Twins. The throw was a bit high but crossed ...

Britain's Prince Harry has thrown out the ceremonial first pitch before the New York Mets hosted the Minnesota Twins. Harry walked to the mound when the Mets ran onto the field before the first inning Saturday and received polite applause from the Citi Field crowd. Wearing a white ...

Air connections between some major US cities and Britain and points in Europe were cancelled Thursday after a volcano in Iceland spewed huge clouds of ash into the skies above northern Europe. "There are no flights that are leaving or coming from the United Kingdom," said Steve Coleman, a spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey ...

Today is Friday, Oct. 23, the 296th day of 2009. There are 69 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Oct. 23, 1983, 241 U.S. service members, most of them Marines, were killed in a suicide truck-bombing at Beirut International Airport in Lebanon; a near-simultaneous attack on French forces killed 58 paratroopers. On this date ...

Nick Mancini Hartner is like a lot of downtown business operators: He doesn't know what to expect if thousands of protesters show up for the Group of 20 economic summit or, for that matter, how many customers will show up either. That's why he'll ...

Ruth Day, a 64-year-old retiree from northern England, had the day of her life on the golf course last week. Day shot two holes-in-one in the same round at Whitley Bay Golf Club, where she is a member. "A hole in one in itself is usually ...

Today is Sunday, July 12, the 193rd day of 2009. There are 172 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On July 12, 1984, Democratic presidential candidate Walter F. Mondale announced he'd chosen U.S. Rep. Geraldine ...

Today is Sunday, June 28, the 179th day of 2009. There are 186 days left in the year. Today's Highlights in History: On June 28, 1919, the Treaty of Versailles was signed in France, ending World War I. In Independence, Mo., future president ...