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  • Heidrick Ag's event room gets shiny Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 6:48AMWith its walls aging and off-pink and burgundy colored carpet constantly in need of cleaning, a facelift was well overdue.Through wear and tear, the Heidrick Ag History Center's event center, which hosts Quinceañeras, reunions and weddings, was starting to resemble the antiques held in the
  • 'It's Worth What?' Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 6:31AM8 tonight NBC Cedric the Entertainer (right) hosts this new game show, which combines a bit of "Antiques Roadshow" with "The Price Is Right." Players can win up to $1 million.
  • What's on, where and when Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 5:49AMAYLSHAM. Drill Hall: Aylsham Brass Band meets weekly, free membership and instruments available, 7.30pm, 01263 733006/01603 891236.
  • Hunt on for hidden treasure of Vijayanagara empire Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 4:44AMThe treasure trove at the 16th century Sri Padmanabhaswamy temple worth over Rs 1 lakh crore is believed to be the largest discovery of its kind in India
  • Trial of former hospital VP is set for Nov. 9 Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 4:06AMBEVERLY — A former Beverly Hospital vice president charged with stealing more than $500,000 in a bribery and kickback scheme while overseeing a renovation and expansion of the hospital is set to stand trial in November.
  • Owner of Villisca 'Ax Murder House' dies Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 9:13AMBy all appearances, the house Darwin Linn owned in Villisca, Iowa, was unoccupied – at least by people in this world.
  • Dis-Order of Manitoba? Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 8:55AMWhat exactly is the Order of Manitoba? It's the highest honour in the province.
  • Bridge loan sets stage for Lee rehab project Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 8:33AMMonday July 18, 2011 LEE -- A regional housing agency has secured a $700,000 bridge loan that agency officials say will jump start its $2.7 million downtown housing rehabilitation project three years in the making.
  • Waverly Car & Truck Show brings in plenty of classics Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 8:30AMWAVERLY — If you are a fan of classic cars and trucks, then East Waverly Park was the place to be on Wednesday evening.
  • Sai Baba treaures spark debate in India Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 8:18AMDebate rages in India over how best to manage a treasure trove recovered from the personal chambers of India's most influential spiritual guru.
  • Piece of Corinth History Comes Home Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 7:58AMCORINTH, Miss. (AP) -- Thanks to the work of a Memphis-area collector, two documents related to the history of the Borroums of Corinth have returned to the family and will be on display at Borroum's Drug Store.
  • America's favorite seafood dives Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 7:45AMIt's Coastal Living's annual guide to the top eateries where food is fried, broiled, grilled or otherwise slapped on butcher paper for your finger-licking, crab-cracking, French fry-munching pleasure. This year, winners (and finalists) were chosen by readers.
  • Pawnathon Canada show will feature father and son from Niagara Falls Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 6:35PMYou need to have a broad range of knowledge to be in the pawn business. You can make money when you are right, or you can lose money when you are wrong. Those who are wrong too many times soon find themselves out of business.[...]
  • TV reviews: The Hour | Richard Hammond's Journey to the Centre of the Planet Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 6:11PMThe Hour Tuesday, BBC2, 9pm Richard Hammond's Journey to the Centre of the Planet Tuesday, BBC1, 9pm
  • eBay fees is killing business, say traders Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 5:47PMSmall firms that sell their goods on eBay are being squeezed out of business by a massive rise in fees to use the online auction site. Many traders have seen their costs double, with eBay siphoning off up to 12% of the final sale price.
  • Marilyn Monroe ’s giant blowing skirt sculpture brings out the worst Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 5:43PMMarilyn’s making us look bad. Or maybe it’s more like we’re making ourselves look bad?Or maybe it’s mostly tourists taking those already-cliched photos while clutching Marilyn’s ankle or gawking up her skirt.Whatever the case, that beyond-kitschy, 26-foot sculpture recreating the moment when Marilyn Monroe ’s dress flies up in “The Seven Year Itch” is threatening the Bean as the most ...
  • Thai hopes high over temple row Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 5:04PMThailand will find out this afternoon whether it will be ordered to withdraw its troops from around Preah Vihear temple, as demanded by Cambodia in the International Court of Justice.
  • The charming but dwindling Sunol Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 4:21PMSUNOL -- Don Marshall moved to Sunol five years ago. He and his wife plan to stay in this rural, unincorporated community nestled between Pleasanton and Fremont and hope to have kids here some day.
  • Antiques of all stripes, types Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 3:42PMBRIMFIELD - At the Brimfield Antique Show, Richard D. Conley of Greenfield awaits customers near his collection of Americana.
  • New place shows promise amid a few kinks Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 5:50AMMonroe has come a long way from a gravel pit and one stoplight. Thankfully, rush hour and a fast-food frenzy isn't the only thing to come with "progress."
  • Feds' bust is cur$e of the mummy Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 5:49AMFederal agents busted a black-market ring that smuggled ancient Egyptian artifacts from Dubai to Manhattan by claiming they were "wooden panels" and other innocent items, authorities said yesterday. One of the invaluable showpieces, part of a set of three 2,500-year-old sarcophagi, was seized during a search of the Brooklyn...
  • In praise of things and their stories Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 5:16AMAs a deeply spiritual person, I confess that I have an abiding affection for "things." As God created all living things to reveal His nature ("How Great Thou Art,") so does the human being create non-living things that disclose our hearts.
  • Tony Blackburn spins into York Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 4:49AMTWO familiar faces have been spotted motoring around York while filming a BBC television programme in the city.
  • Saratoga County Fair opens July 19 Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 4:48AMBALLSTON SPA —Numerous rides, shows and exhibits highlight this year’s 170th annual Saratoga County Fair that opens next Tuesday and runs through Sunday, July 24.
  • A garden sanctuary with lots of eye candy Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 4:15AMSix years ago, interior designer Hannah Dee traded her Center City condo for a stately circa-1929 Mount Airy Tudor twin. A delight to decorate and renovate, the house featured art deco-era architectural details that were highlighted with one-of-a kind furniture, family heirlooms, and art that complemented the structure's lovely bones.
  • Summer of Art to put spotlight on arts community Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 6:51PMMICHIGAN CITY — This is the weekend for gallery hopping in Michigan City.
  • Sale of Tony Ryan collection realises €3.8 million Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 6:44PMCOLLECTORS FROM around the world spent almost €4 million yesterday buying art and antiques from the estate of the late Dr Tony Ryan, founder of Ryanair.
  • Mummy thief claimed artifact belonged to daddy Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 6:07PMA grave-robbing group of ancient Egypt aficionados have been charged with smuggling 2000-year-old sarcophagus coffins - minus the mummies - into the U.S., authorities said Thursday.
  • Nepal becoming unsafe destination for Indian traders Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 4:05PMIANS/Kathmandu As Nepal police yesterday produced a gang of kidnappers in Kathmandu’s district court, investigations showed the Himalayan republic was fast becoming a dangerous destination for Indian businessmen with two New Delhi traders becoming the latest victims.
  • The late Elizabeth Moorhead Brown left Nashville a greener place Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 8:05AMWhen a Tree Falls by Carrington Fox At the visitation for Betty Brown, looking out over her idyllic gardens and woods and the horses and cattle ambling through her lower fields, her… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
  • Sizzling Summer Sidewalk Sales set Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 8:04AMThough the temperatures outside are sizzling, the sales will be even hotter during the Maryville Sizzling Summer Sidewalk Sales event.
  • It’s a jungle out there in Solomon! Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 7:07AMIt’s a jungle in Solomon and the public is invited to explore! Beginning Friday, July 15 and continuing through Saturday, July 16, the annual Solomon Festival will take place in downtown Solomon with a jungle theme.
  • Appraiser: 'If I could pay for sentiment, I'd be a millionaire' Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 7:00AMLeigh Ann Franklin and her family were curious about the value of some of her grandfather’s old coins.
  • Weather Notebook For July 14, 2011 Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 6:43AMWednesday's showers doubled the monthly total - all the way up to 0,08-inch.
  • Roadshow returns Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 6:31AMA customer gets her jewelry appraised by a representative of the Ohio Valley Refinery and Roadshow. The show will return to Lincoln and run Tuesday through Saturday at the Best Western Lincoln Inn. photo courtesy of The Ohio Valley Refinery and Roadshow
  • Asheville's Health Adventure moving to Biltmore Square Mall Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 5:44AMThe Biltmore Square Mall is getting a new tenant, and the financially troubled Health Adventure is getting a new lease on life.
  • History On Display At Library Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 5:43AMOswego, 1920 –1946 is the theme of the July photographic exhibit at the Oswego Public Library’s Art Gallery. Harrison Wilde created this exhibit from old albums that he purchased at an antique store (Tug Hill Antiques).
  • Excitement builds for next week's opening of the 170th annual Saratoga County Fair Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 7:00AMBALLSTON SPA – Numerous rides, shows and exhibits highlight this year’s 170th annual Saratoga County Fair that opens next Tuesday and runs through Sunday, July 24.
  • BELLEVILLE: Museum to participate in yard sale Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 6:58AMThe Belleville Area Museum and Historical Society will take part in the City-Wide Yard Sale and will run Thursday, August 25, through Sunday, August 28. Hours will be: Thursday 10:30-5pm, Friday - Sunday, 9am-5pm.
  • Thai-ASEAN News Network Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 6:57AM'The Adventures of Pinocchio', one of the world's best known children's books, was finally completed in 1883 by Carlo Collodi (1826-1890 [born Carlo Lorenzini]) after he had first released it in two parts as a serial (during 1881-1883).
  • Sponsored By Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 4:32AMA SUMMER Antiques Fair will be held at the Petwood Hotel, Woodhall Spa this Sunday, July 17 from 9.30am-4.30pm. Dealers will be selling furniture, jewellery, barometers, clocks, bronze, copper and fine china, lighting, garden items, glass, silver and silver plate, rugs, and much more.
  • Santa Cruz City Council gives first thumbs-up to dogs downtown Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 3:48AMSANTA CRUZ -- On a narrow vote, the City Council on Tuesday preliminarily approved lifting a 35-year ban on dogs downtown.
  • Descendant 'Awed' By Photo Album Returned In Mail Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 12:29PMThe family album was accompanied by a family tree put together by a total stranger, a Maryland genealogist.
  • Woody Hill restoration nearly done Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 12:08PM7-7 exeter school-2.jpg By MARTHA SMITH Special to the Standard EXETER –Virginia Barber Laiho, 84, has fond memories of attending the one-room Woody Hill School off Route 165 in the western part of town. “It was very interesting,” she says, “because we used to live across the street from the school. I would go over early to get the fire started in the cast-iron stove. The kids would walk or ride ...
  • Gazette.Net: Jamming to a new beat Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 11:38AMSome old world tunes met new world capitalism Saturday as mandolin, banjo and accordion players jammed out at the Fenton Street Market in Silver Spring.
  • 'Cash In The Attic' axed by BBC after nine years Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 11:29AMAntiques show Cash In The Attic is cancelled by the BBC after nine years.
  • 2011-12 Town Hall lecturers named Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 10:54AMThe North Platte Telegraph The next round of Town Hall Lecture Series presenters has been announced. According to a press release, Aron Ralston, Frank Loomis, Jennifer Thompson and Allan Karl will be the featured speakers for the 2011-12 season.
  • Transcript, city businesses to go before Planning Board Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 12:35AMMonday July 11, 2011 North Adams Transcript NORTH ADAMS -- The North Adams Transcript is moving to the former McClelland’s Stationery and Office Products store at 87 Main St. The Transcript, which currently shares an office at 124 American Legion Drive with its sister paper, the Advocate, is one of several local businesses going before the city’s Planning Board tonight at 6.
  • Weekend Tourist: 46 hours in Superior Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 12:16AMEverybody loves Duluth. More tourists flock to Canal Park than mosquitoes to State Parks. But just across St. Louis Bay, and often overlooked, is Superior, Wisconsin.
  • eBay sellers hope to cash in on Bulger items Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 12:04AMAccused murderer James "Whitey" Bulger's future doesn't look so good. But Bulgerabilia futures are looking up. The...