CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Maine (AP) — Ski area employees working in blustery conditions were unable to realign a lift cable that was out of place and had restarted the lift at a slower speed to off-load riders when the cable derailed, sending skiers plummeting 25 to 30 feet, the Sugarloaf resort said Wednesday. (more)
CAPE MAY, N.J. (AP) — Six boaters who have spent two extra days out to sea after their boat broke down were expected back on land in New Jersey on Tuesday evening. (more)
The Boy Scouts of America calls them the “perversion files.” (more)
PORTIMAO, Portugal (AP) — A 14-year-old Dutch sailor departed in secrecy from Gibraltar Saturday on her quest to become the youngest person to sail solo around the world — avoiding the media because, her manager said, she didn’t want the attention. (more)
BERLIN (AP) — It was a big shot. A big hog. And a big disappointment. (more)
BOSTON (AP) — The political differences between John Kerry and Scott Brown get left behind when the two Massachusetts senators get on their bicycles and take off for a bike ride. (more)
By all outward appearances, Lakey Peterson is your typical 15-year-old girl, balancing school time with play, hanging with friends, and wondering what the future may hold. But hidden behind the bleach blonde hair, the painted nails, and the big teenage grin, lies the heart of a dedicated champion who is dominating women’s surfing, and unleashing performances that make her male counterparts take notice as well. (more)
MOSCOW (AP) — Any dachshund owner knows the feisty breed rarely backs off from a challenge, but one in Russia is taking that reputation to new heights — or depths. (more)
The French have been biking through the snow-capped Alpine resort of Tignes. (more)
Cub Scouts: The term conjures images of kids doing stuff outside – hiking amid nature, tying knots or identifying which leaf will leave you scratching if used for the wrong purpose. (more)
If you’re not where the birds want to be, you’re fighting an uphill battle, and likely a losing one. Simply put, you can have the biggest spread of the most realistic decoys ever assembled, but if you’re 300 yards off the “X,” as waterfowlers like to call the exact spot where ducks or geese want to be, you’re likely out of the game. (more)
I am a reluctant witness against the Girl Scouts. I was a Girl Scout myself, and I know of many honorable women who have devoted years of service to this program. But leaders, parents, supporters and concerned citizens need to know that something has gone very wrong with the Girl Scouts. (more)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Junior Florestal left Haiti when he was 13 for a better life in the United States. He long promised to return, but it took an earthquake to bring him back. (more)
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Gray wolves killed livestock in Montana at the rate of an animal per day in 2009, stirring a backlash against the predators in rural areas and depleting a program that compensates ranchers for their losses. (more)
ROSTOV-ON-DOV, Russia (AP) — An avalanche in Russia’s southern Caucasus mountain range has killed five climbers including an instructor, an emergency official said Saturday. (more)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Kikkan Randall continued her tuneup for the Vancouver Olympics, winning the 1.4-kilometer classic sprint race Friday for a sweep of women’s events at the 2010 U.S. Cross Country Ski Championships. (more)
PARIS (AP) — Snow settling near France’s Mediterranean shores. German parents battling to buy sleds. British horse races called off over too much ice. (more)
GRANBY, Vt. (AP) — A lifelong hunter who was shot by another hunter while sitting on a tree stump and using a moose call says he’s supporting a bill requiring hunters in Vermont to wear fluorescent orange like those in 40 other states already do. (more)
SYDNEY (AP) — A clash off Antarctica between a Japanese whaler and a boat from a protest group partly bankrolled by former TV game show host Bob Barker left the anti-whaling vessel badly damaged and each side accusing the other of life-threatening behavior. (more)
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A lone elephant charged out of the brush as an American family was hiking near Mt. Kenya and trampled to death a mother and the 1-year-old daughter she held in her arms, officials said Wednesday. (more)
