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WWF seeks to protect Congo park from oil developer
The World Wildlife Fund is trying to block proposed oil exploration in Africa's oldest national park where 200 gorillas live. The Swiss-based conservation group filed its complaint Monday with Britain's Department for Business Innovation and Skills in a bid to stop SOCO International's exploration in Congo's Virunga National Park, a ...
Amtrak, Michigan investing in state's rail lines
Amtrak and the state of Michigan plan to invest millions of dollars over the coming years to improve service on the state's three passenger train lines, resulting in quicker trips and more amenities for travelers. Upgraded tracks between Kalamazoo and Dearborn will allow trains to travel up to 110 mph ...
Bali on a high amid summit drawing world leaders
A decade ago, Bali's famed white sand beaches and popular shopping areas were deserted as visitors scared off by terrorism shunned the "island of the gods." The dark cloud of the suicide bombings that killed 202 mostly foreign tourists in 2002 lingered for years, decimating one of Asia's top tourist ...
OSU Museum of Art Postal Plaza Gallery to open
Oklahoma State University's Postal Plaza Gallery is planning a community open house where the public can get an inside look at the downtown Stillwater gallery as finishing touches are made to the OSU Museum of Art's first location. Thursday's open house will kick off a three-month "soft opening" period as ...
NKorea rushes to finish lavish ski resort
The secretary-general of North Korea's ski association views the sprawling alpine landscape before him with unabashed pride. Facing a strong, cold wind, he points to a dip in the rugged, tree-covered mountains and says the sunrise there is a sight of unmatched beauty, worthy of the nation's supreme leader, Kim ...
Shutdown impact: Tourists, homebuyers hit quickly
A government shutdown is having far-reaching consequences for some, but minimal impact on others. Mail is being delivered. Social Security and Medicare benefits continue to flow. But vacationers are being turned away from national parks and Smithsonian museums, and that's having a ripple effect on those businesses and communities that ...
WVU planning huge taxidermy auction Tuesday
A huge taxidermy collection donated to West Virginia University is being auctioned off this week as part of a continuing fund-raising campaign. Cordie O. Hudkins Jr. died last fall at 74 after a long career with the state Division of Natural Resources. He was superintendent of three different state parks. ...
Spinoff development of casino near SD border lags
It doesn't take long to get from Sioux Falls, S.D., to one of the biggest entertainment centers in the area in northwest Iowa. It's a quick eight miles from the city's edge on East 10th Street to the Grand Falls Casino Resort that operates on rich agricultural land where three ...
Cooler weather, rain good for Okla. fall foliage
Cooler nights, shorter days and lots of rainfall. Those are the ingredients that climatologists and foresters say are likely to create a spectacularly colorful fall foliage season in Oklahoma. The brilliant orange and red hues that adorn hardwood trees in autumn usually peak in the state in late October and ...
Flying great at balloon fiesta's second day
Light winds on the second day of the annual Albuquerque balloon fiesta led to a longer-than-usual launch window for the morning mass ascent, but great flying weather prevailed. Despite having to wait longer for the hot air balloons to drift away and clear the launch site Sunday morning, once they ...
Popular ND tourist town prepares for some changes
The Theodore Roosevelt Medora Foundation president says he is looking forward to some tweaks to the popular tourist town in western North Dakota. Randy Hatzenbuhler tells the Dickinson Press (http://bit.ly/GHlVXG ) that the plans include demolishing the Badlands Pizza Parlor building in Medora and replacing it with a new pizzeria ...
You're not alone, billboard tells nonreligious
A billboard alongside a highway in western Michigan is spreading the message that religion is something people can live without. The billboard went up Monday and is to remain in place through Oct. 27 along U.S. 131 in the Grand Rapids suburb of Wyoming. Sponsored by the Center for Inquiry, ...
Maintenance season starts at Wildwoods' amusements
Shutting down an amusement pier for the season isn't as simple as flipping a switch. At Morey's Piers, the operator of three piers and two water parks, the end of the summer season means the real work is just beginning. "This is the busiest time of year for maintenance," Pat ...
Caravaggio painting coming to Detroit art museum
An early masterpiece by the Italian artist Caravaggio is coming to Detroit. "Saint Francis of Assisi in Ecstasy" will be displayed at the Detroit Institute of Arts beginning this week and running into mid-January. It's on loan from the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford, Conn., and will be ...
2 Ohio counties to display veterans' artwork
Willie Lowery Jr. sees every piece of art he creates — every line, every color, every meaning — as a vision before he begins to put marker to paper. When complete, his artwork is full of colorful emotions that flowed from his heart. Lowery's artwork and other pieces created by ...
Pollution disrupts sports events, travel in China
Fog and pollution descended on northern China on Sunday, forcing international golf and tennis players to play in hazardous smog and leading to flight cancellations and road closures as millions of Chinese headed home from an extended national holiday. On Beijing's biggest weekend of the year for sports so far, ...
Kodiak museum acquires rare map for collection
The Baranov Museum in Kodiak has added a rare map to its collection. The Kodiak Daily Mirror reports (http://is.gd/T4wdWg) the museum has acquired a 125-year-old map of the Alaska Commercial Co.'s trading districts. The former Kodiak-based company provided residents in Kodiak and other rural parts of the state with access ...
Ohio governor, first lady to travel to Europe
Ohio Gov. John Kasich (KAY'-sik) and first lady Karen Kasich will be traveling to Europe to celebrate her birthday this week. The governor's spokesman Rob Nichols says the couple will leave Sunday and return to Ohio Oct. 16. Nichols says Karen Kasich's 50th birthday is later this year. Nichols says ...
Old South Dakota shed reveals World War I history
This started as a tale about a rare World War I era photo found in a Beresford shed, and it will get there eventually. But in the same way Camille Gregory discovered a valuable relic in a jumbled mess of copper pipe and nameless junk, discovering Camille Gregory is a ...
Detroit art museum hosts show devoted to animation
The 128-year-old Detroit Institute of Arts has gained a reputation as a home for some of the world's most hallowed masterpieces: Paintings by Van Gogh and Picasso, the Diego Rivera industry murals. Things will look a bit different, though, over the next few months. Vincent, Pablo and Diego will have ...
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