LONDON -(Dow Jones)- The U.K. government received a qualified thumbs-up for its fiscal policy and economic predictions from the International Monetary Fund on Friday.
May 23: From an brief email from Doug; "Just arrived Base Camp after a long, hard 7 hr push from Camp II.. so we just ate and I'm headed to sleep.. will write more soon. Just determined that we'll be leaving Base Camp in 2 days..25th."
Grass-roots efforts to preserve and teach youngsters native languages are intensifying around the Pacific Northwest and British Columbia as about 40 indigenous tongues are in danger of disappearing within the next decade.
We took a road trip to eastern Montana and North Dakota over a long weekend for grandson Matthew's high school graduation. On the way home Monday we stopped at Lookout Pass where amazingly the ski hill is still well-covered with snow and several feet of snow borders the parking area.
is his first novel. “The weather was perfect… Everything was going according to plan.” These were Lincoln Hall’s thoughts as he stood on the summit of Mount Everest at 9 AM on May 25, 2006. He knew the importance of a quick descent in the mountain’s perilous thin air.
As of Wednesday, May 21, 2008, at least 4,080 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.
NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--The dollar is down against the euro and yen Friday morning, albeit above its lowest levels this week, as traders square away positions ahead of a long weekend.