http://www.miamiherald.com/986/index.html http://media.miamiherald.com/images/logos/rss_sitelogo.gif http://www.miamiherald.com/986/index.html 140 25 News, sports and entertainment from MiamiHerald.com en-us Copyright 2008 MiamiHerald.com Just In! | Updated Daily 60 Tue, 13 May 2008 03:04:00 EDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com http://www.miamiherald.com/986/story/527265.html http://www.miamiherald.com/986/story/527265.html Tue, 13 May 2008 03:01 EDT Twelve towns -- from a French colonial village in Missouri to a town on the Florida Panhandle -- have been honored this year by the National Trust for Historic Preservation for their commitment to historic preservation and community revitalization. http://www.miamiherald.com/986/story/527217.html http://www.miamiherald.com/986/story/527217.html Tue, 13 May 2008 03:01 EDT China has done its best to ruin the scenery on the Yangtze River. Smog blots the sun. Factories dot the shores. And the construction of a giant dam has flooded the Three Gorges, the famed river passage through towering limestone and sandstone cliffs. http://www.miamiherald.com/986/story/527218.html http://www.miamiherald.com/986/story/527218.html Mon, 12 May 2008 03:01 EDT Allison O'Sullivan, managing director of the Women's Travel Club, divides her company's top destinations into three categories. There are traditional favorites like London, Paris and Rome; more recently discovered favorites like Croatia, Prague and Patagonia; and then there are exotic locales -- like Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan. http://www.miamiherald.com/986/story/524506.html http://www.miamiherald.com/986/story/524506.html Mon, 12 May 2008 03:01 EDT The guides who conduct the Skyline Drive Tour of Catalina Island have a well-practiced spiel, and they can lapse into a drone from time to time. But there was nothing robotic about Bruce Poncel's delivery late last spring. http://www.miamiherald.com/986/story/521878.html http://www.miamiherald.com/986/story/521878.html Sun, 11 May 2008 03:01 EDT ``And the stone sank into his forehead, and he fell upon his face to the earth.'' And that was the end of Goliath, according to Samuel. http://www.miamiherald.com/986/story/524502.html http://www.miamiherald.com/986/story/524502.html Sun, 11 May 2008 03:01 EDT We're on the brink of the summer travel season, and 10 recent developments or events may affect your travel plans: Alitalia to Italy: Can you safely hang on to that Alitalia ticket you recently bought? Can you just as safely buy a future ticket on the financially troubled Alitalia? In the wake of political events, the answer seems to be yes. The recent election of Silvio Berlusconi undoubtedly means that Alitalia is secure for the next several months. Berlusconi has already defied the European Community's... http://www.miamiherald.com/986/story/520678.html http://www.miamiherald.com/986/story/520678.html Sat, 10 May 2008 03:01 EDT Georgia is known for its peaches. And in its capital city, there are dozens of places named for the fuzzy fruit -- from businesses to streets like Peachtree Plaza, Peachtree Way and Peachtree Park Drive, to name a few. But it's the original Peachtree Street that is the spine of the city. http://www.miamiherald.com/986/story/521854.html http://www.miamiherald.com/986/story/521854.html Sat, 10 May 2008 03:01 EDT It never ceases to amaze when I see Americans lined up at McDonald's from Toronto to Tokyo, Marseilles to Melbourne. All I can figure is that McFood doesn't intimidate people who lack language skills or a sense of adventure. http://www.miamiherald.com/986/story/523325.html http://www.miamiherald.com/986/story/523325.html Fri, 09 May 2008 03:01 EDT Some people love mushrooms and hunt for them in field and forest. Others are content to pick up a shrink-wrapped package or plunk down dear sums at the farmers market. And then there are those who don't like them at all and have silently suffered through stuffed-cap appetizers and cream-of soups. Either the idea of eating fungus is off-putting, or they just can't shake the memories of rubbery, canned slices. http://www.miamiherald.com/986/story/520674.html http://www.miamiherald.com/986/story/520674.html Fri, 09 May 2008 03:01 EDT The mammoth predator is lured from the abyss by the scent of blood and looms larger with every fathom it covers. My heart races as I turn this way and that, sucking air through a hose, peering through a mask, intently following its progress. http://www.miamiherald.com/986/story/520657.html http://www.miamiherald.com/986/story/520657.html Thu, 08 May 2008 03:01 EDT ''Most of what follows is true.'' That's the opening of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, the 1969 movie about two bandits born as the sun was setting on the old Wild West. http://www.miamiherald.com/986/story/523273.html http://www.miamiherald.com/986/story/523273.html Thu, 08 May 2008 03:01 EDT When airlines deny you a seat you've reserved because they've oversold the flight, they typically offer you a voucher for the inconvenience. But there are two things you need to know: Under U.S. Department of Transportation rules, you are entitled to insist on money instead, and as of May 19, airlines must pay you up to twice as much as the DOT previously required. http://www.miamiherald.com/986/story/520653.html http://www.miamiherald.com/986/story/520653.html Wed, 07 May 2008 03:01 EDT Montreal may sound like Paris, but it tastes like poutines. A mess of french fries, gravy and cheese curds, this signature dish of French-speaking Canada's largest city captures its engaging and independent culinary personality. http://www.miamiherald.com/986/story/521859.html http://www.miamiherald.com/986/story/521859.html Wed, 07 May 2008 03:01 EDT Question: Some friends and I are planning to tour the old Route 66 from Chicago to Santa Monica, but I was told that a portion of that road is somewhat depressing. What can I expect? http://www.miamiherald.com/986/story/521743.html http://www.miamiherald.com/986/story/521743.html Tue, 06 May 2008 03:01 EDT Here's a promise from Northwest Airlines Chief Executive Doug Steenland to customers about the planned merger with Delta Air Lines: ``It's going to be business as usual or better.'' http://www.miamiherald.com/986/story/520647.html http://www.miamiherald.com/986/story/520647.html Tue, 06 May 2008 03:01 EDT A line from a poem by Carl Sandburg pops into my head one morning as I cut through Bryant Park in midtown Manhattan, its newly planted carpet of lush sod taking root. http://www.miamiherald.com/986/story/518524.html http://www.miamiherald.com/986/story/518524.html Mon, 05 May 2008 03:01 EDT You could call Jim and Peggy Lowman ``opera tourists.'' Longtime season ticket holders to the Atlanta Opera, the DeKalb County couple also take one or two trips a year to see opera in such cities as Berlin and Prague. In March, they went to New York to see four Metropolitan Opera productions, including the critically acclaimed but famously ill-fated Tristan und Isolde, which was plagued by its stars' illnesses. http://www.miamiherald.com/986/story/518541.html http://www.miamiherald.com/986/story/518541.html Mon, 05 May 2008 03:01 EDT The winemakers of Beaujolais are not happy. That seems odd, considering they live in some of France's most beautiful villages, where old stone houses are decked with flowers amid hillside vineyards, a half-day's drive south of Paris. http://www.miamiherald.com/986/story/517452.html http://www.miamiherald.com/986/story/517452.html Sun, 04 May 2008 03:01 EDT The late July storm broke over the valley like a wave over the prow of a ship. Hikers, emerging from the forest, dashed across stretches of lawn as lightning cut across the darkening sky. Couples in canoes awkwardly zigzagged their way toward the dock as thunder rumbled overhead. http://www.miamiherald.com/986/story/518520.html http://www.miamiherald.com/986/story/518520.html Sun, 04 May 2008 03:01 EDT Online photo albums I had prepared for family and friends weren't capturing the essence of my travels to the southern reaches of the world. Then a light bulb clicked as I was exploring Google Earth: Why not use that?