The 16-year-old Hannah Montana star was not on board when the bus overturned in Virginia
When Brian Hetherington complained to his father two years ago about the weighty 9% rate he and his wife were paying on their home-equity line of credit, Jim, the senior Hetherington, had an idea. He could lend the couple the $100,000 to pay off the loan and charge them only 6%. It's been win-win ever since. "We haven't missed a payment," says Brian, 43. And his folks are still earning a return on their money.
It's definitely fall: Kids are back in school, football season has kicked off, and ragweed is blooming. While autumn means cooler temperatures and colorful leaves, it also means runny noses and red eyes for millions of Americans.
GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Marcus Thornton remembers sitting at home and watching LSU play in the 2006 Final Four.
GREENSBORO, N.C. -- The most famous digit in America right now isn't 64 for the NCAA tournament field, 44 for President Barack Obama's historic presidency, $165 million for AIG's contested bonus money or $787 billion for the government stimulus package.
They came from around the world, braving bitterly cold temperatures, security perimeters and large crowds in the streets of the nation's capital to see one man make American history.
Kay Hagan erupted in anger Thursday over a television ad from Sen. Elizabeth Dole suggesting Hagan is "godless."
Nancy Dunetz, who teaches English as a second language in New York City, sat down in the school staff room to check her e-mail. One of the messages in her inbox was from an acquaintance she'd been corresponding with since their 50th high school reunion last year.
Sen. Barack Obama cautioned supporters Thursday against becoming complacent during the final days leading up to the election, noting he lost the New Hampshire primary despite a lead in the polls.
The singer, recently hospitalized for an undisclosed illness, has not recovered, says her rep
The 16-year-old Hannah Montana star was not on board when the bus overturned in Virginia
When Brian Hetherington complained to his father two years ago about the weighty 9% rate he and his wife were paying on their home-equity line of credit, Jim, the senior Hetherington, had an idea. He could lend the couple the $100,000 to pay off the loan and charge them only 6%. It's been win-win ever since. "We haven't missed a payment," says Brian, 43. And his folks are still earning a return on their money.
It's definitely fall: Kids are back in school, football season has kicked off, and ragweed is blooming. While autumn means cooler temperatures and colorful leaves, it also means runny noses and red eyes for millions of Americans.
GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Marcus Thornton remembers sitting at home and watching LSU play in the 2006 Final Four.
GREENSBORO, N.C. -- The most famous digit in America right now isn't 64 for the NCAA tournament field, 44 for President Barack Obama's historic presidency, $165 million for AIG's contested bonus money or $787 billion for the government stimulus package.
They came from around the world, braving bitterly cold temperatures, security perimeters and large crowds in the streets of the nation's capital to see one man make American history.
Kay Hagan erupted in anger Thursday over a television ad from Sen. Elizabeth Dole suggesting Hagan is "godless."
Nancy Dunetz, who teaches English as a second language in New York City, sat down in the school staff room to check her e-mail. One of the messages in her inbox was from an acquaintance she'd been corresponding with since their 50th high school reunion last year.
Sen. Barack Obama cautioned supporters Thursday against becoming complacent during the final days leading up to the election, noting he lost the New Hampshire primary despite a lead in the polls.
The singer, recently hospitalized for an undisclosed illness, has not recovered, says her rep
After a brief hospitalization, the singer is rescheduling her dates in Boston and Philadelphia, her rep says
Ahh, warm weather weddings: Nothing evokes a festive mood like triple-digit temperatures and man-eating mosquitoes.
A federal grand jury indicted 26 reputed members of the international gang, MS-13, accused of running a cross-border drug ring
Emergency crews in North Carolina plan to assess damage Friday morning after a reported tornado killed one person and injured three others in the central part of the state.
Authorities in central North Carolina are searching the wreckage caused by a reported tornado that killed one person and injured three others
On a trek through the Himalayas in 2003, twin brothers and world-class climbers Damian and Willie Benegas dressed almost head to toe in North Face gear as they navigated an uncharted route to the summit of Mount Nuptse. On the other side of the globe, in 2007, Vans, a Southern California maker of skate shoes, put the finishing touches on its latest creation. Named for the Dropkick Murphys, an Irish-American punk band that Vans has helped promote, the slip-on black shoe has green stitching and a four-leaf-clover design. As brands go, Vans would seem as far removed from North Face as California is from Nepal. But they share a common thread: VF Corp. of Greensboro, N.C., owns them both.
GREENSBORO, N.C. -- The night grew deep in this southern city but Geno Auriemma did not want to stop talking. It was obvious that this trip to the Final Four meant more to him than other years. "We don't have all the answers to every question like we have had in some years," he said. "We struggle at times, just like other teams struggle. This particular team didn't get to the Final Four on talent and experience and having three or four All-Americas. This team got there on a lot of the intangibles that make you appreciate coaching. How far they have come as a group makes this probably the most rewarding one of all."
GREENSBORO -- Get her now. That's the advice for Rutgers coach Vivian Stringer because Maya Moore will be a freshman only once. Everything in this tournament is new for Moore, though you would not know it based on her comportment (calm) and performance (otherworldly). Stringer's team kept Moore in check for most of its 72-69 win Feb. 5, the only loss UConn has suffered in 36 games. Moore, a 6-foot forward, had two fouls before she scored her first point and was on the bench for much of the first half. She finished with 15 second-half points, including consecutive three-pointers in the final minutes.
The last time Stanford made it to the women's Final Four, in 1997, the Cardinal's two national titles (won in 1990 and '92) were twice as many as Connecticut's total and half as many as Tennessee's. Since then, those two powers have collected seven more championships between them, while Stanford's program has struggled to keep pace. In 2004, '05 and '06 the Cardinal made it to the Elite Eight, only to be stopped there every year. Last season's exit was even more distressing as Stanford, second-seeded, lost to 10th-seeded Florida State at home in the second round. "It was awful the way we ended last year," says 5' 11 1/2" senior guard Candice Wiggins, the Pac-10's alltime leading scorer.
Underrated: George Washington. They've outscored opponents by an average of 12.3 points. They've won 20-of-23 games. And they have senior guards: Kimberly Beck (13.6 points, 6.3 assists) and Sarah Jo Lawrence (whose 3.85 GPA is more impressive than her 13.2 points). Add to that wins over tournament darling Texas A&M and Auburn (their first-round opponent). Traveling across the country -- the Colonials play at Stanford's Maples Pavilion -- won't be easy, but this is a veteran team with tournament success. Last year, George Washington advanced to the Sweet 16.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- UNC Greensboro coach Mike Dement turned to an assistant during the Spartans' battle with UT-Chattanooga last week and said, "How'd he do that?"
Dear Annie: My boss, who is also a longtime mentor and friend, will be retiring at the end of the year, and he's trying to help me position myself to take over his job. He's been telling me that, if I want to keep moving up, I have to do a better job of self-promotion -- that is, I have to try harder to make sure that higher-ups in the company are aware of my accomplishments. The trouble is, I was raised not to blow my own horn, and it's very hard for me to boast about what I've done, especially when other team members deserve some of the credit. Do you have any suggestions? -- Mr. Modesty
Dear FSB: I own a small graffiti-removal business and have more than 16 years' experience in this specialty. I waste about 90 minutes daily telling callers who see my yellow pages ads, which clearly display accepted payment methods, that the service isn't free. I suspect they feel that, as crime victims, they shouldn't have to pay us. Don't they know it costs money to run a company? -Dennis Twiss, Owner, Graffiti Patrol La Mesa, Calif.
Those new Nikes are fresh, but will they rock your retirement like a money market account?
Off in the distance, where Panama Bay becomes the Pacific, container ships loaded with merchandise bound for the U.S. bob in the haze. Closer in, a flock of construction cranes hovers over densely clustered high-rises. Fourteen stories below, on Balboa Avenue, cars inch along, their windows sealed tight against the sweltering heat.
People who know Michael Auberry describe him as a well-rounded 12-year-old who loves sports, reading and the Boy Scouts, all three of which may have helped him survive in the North Carolina wilderness.
A 12-year-old Boy Scout missing for four days in North Carolina's wilderness wandered away from his campsite because he was homesick and planned to hitchhike home, the boy's father said Tuesday.
Authorities searching for a 12-year-old Boy Scout missing since Saturday found his mess kit near where he had been camping with members of his troop near the Blue Ridge Parkway, officials told CNN Sunday.
The spring flower of the new baseball season is the arrival of box scores in the back pages of the daily sports section, at least for those of us still wedded to newsprint and the national pastime. The spring flower of the PGA Tour also comes from a newspaper: the arrival of David Westin of The Augusta Chronicle, accompanied by a sidekick, for back-to-back Florida tournaments, gathering string for scores of Masters-week stories. Nick Price once greeted Westin with this: "Here he is -- the face of spring." Which is funny, because Westin's newsroom nickname is The Ghost.
Friends, are you feeling restless? Seems so.
So Boom, that was it! The summer of 2006 now gone...okay you get to create some memories this weekend, but up in the Northeast, it feels over with the weather and all. See you kids when school starts!
U.S. airfares took their biggest jump on record, according to the latest government figures, allowing rates to return pre-Sept. 11 levels for the first time since the terrorist attack drove down demand for air travel.
Copper has long warded off corrosion in pipes. Now, thanks to Greensboro, N.C., startup Cupron, it's also preventing infection and wrinkles. By weaving the metal into fabric, Cupron is developing e...
Apartment rents are headed up in 2006.
"I swore I would never do what I'm doing right now," says Charles Burroughs. Tall and broad with a bald pate and those familiar gray eyes. Blue shirt, khaki pants, aviator glasses. Thick, flat fing...
Aaron Neville says he hasn't been back to New Orleans, but images of flood waters show his native city has turned into a "toxic gumbo."
One of two pipeline companies supplying gasoline to the eastern seaboard of the United States said Wednesday it hopes to be back in partial operation soon. The other pipeline is still waiting for an indication on when electricity to pumps will be restored.
Did you know the human body produces enough mucus each day to fill a quart-size mayonnaise jar? Yuck!
Unlike many business owners, Vermont cheese makers Andy and Mateo Kehler aren't afraid of competition. They invite it.
Fans of Thoroughbred racing like to say that there are horses for courses: Some run best on firm turf; others love the mud. But what about when a sloppy track is just starting to dry? That's the ki...
SI.com's Top 10 list of Derek Jeter's clutch moments drew plenty of reaction -- positive and negative. Here are some of your responses:
The family of a U.S. soldier kidnapped in Iraq is asking everyone in the United States to display yellow ribbons "to show your belief in his safe return."
Will business travelers soon be flying on Hondas?
About six years ago, as a friend and I were on a cross-country drive, we stopped in New Salem, N.D., where we visited the town's singular claim to fame: Salem Sue, a 38-foot statue billed as the Wo...
As experienced as you may be in giving speeches, as important as your message may be, there's one thing you keep forgetting: You're not General George S. Patton spurring on the troops before the in...
Dear Annie: I work for a large company with businesses throughout the world. In our small plant employees are being told to tighten their belts. The company has frozen pay, taken away the ability t...
Now, what exactly is it you wanted to know?" Tom Payne asks. He's dressed in jeans and sipping coffee, and he has a friendly, questioning look on his face. Payne is president of VF Services, a divi...
When it comes to sizing up our own job performance, most of us think we're from Lake Woebegone, Garrison Keillor's mythical town where "all the children are above average." But guess what, kids: If...
Whether you like it or not, you probably ought to expect to work beyond age 65. In the past decade, the number of employed "retirees" jumped 24%, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, a...
Opportunities for great house deals will improve next year-but only for buyers who can easily qualify for costlier mortgages. Everyone else will have to work harder than they did in 1994 to achieve...
Last year, most of the $42.5 billion spent on furniture and bedding went to full-price retailers, such as Macy's, Ethan Allen and Levitz. Yet when you're in the market for big-ticket items, such as...
OF COURSE we can't grow right now; our markets are in the dumps.'' Next time the company apologist tries to sell you that line, tell him you aren't buying. Tell him the best companies learn to do m...
Perhaps you have noticed more shiny new rigs lumbering along the interstates these days. Sales of heavy trucks to businesses are surging. Through April truckers bought more than 100,000 of the behe...
Don't worry about those ambitious sales targets. Odds are you won't suffer any consequences if you miss them -- particularly if you're the boss. So say 500 salespeople and their managers at AT&T, G...
COMPARING themselves with their parents, they think it's going to be harder for them to own a house. Harder to achieve financial security. Harder to provide for a family. Or to have enough leisure ...
To the astonishment of Wall Street's pin-striped denizens, 50 factory workers from Cone Mills, a $633-million-a-year textile maker in Greensboro, North Carolina, invaded the financial district to s...
The nail-biting crash landing of Piedmont Airlines flight 1489 showed once again that air safety can be as simple as proper maintenance. But just as air travel is surging, airlines face a shortage ...
For three decades now, thanks to insurance and Medicare, consumers have paid relatively little out of their own pockets for medical services. Lacking compelling reasons to trade off costs against b...
Managerial courage. Managerial courage? ''It's an oxymoron,'' argues one academic expert on the executive arts, a self-contradiction like, say, military intelligence, or congressional restraint. We...
Ethical investing, chortled at by free-marketeers and efficient market maestros who argue it's like boxing with one hand tied behind your back, has turned out to be a real contender. Newsletters, p...
AS ARMIES of lobbyists struggle to grab the attention of busy legislators, eye-catching gimmicks seemingly pop from every alcove and hallway on Capitol Hill. Along with the usual press releases and...
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