| Massive elm tree, 200, felled as town watches (The Washington Times) YARMOUTH, Maine | Herbie, a massive tree that stretched 110 feet into the sky, captured the imagination of a town's residents and earned the title of New England's champion elm, was cut down Tuesday after a long battle with Dutch elm disease. It was more than 200 years old. Assisted by a massive crane, chain-saw-wielding workers took the proud tree down, limb by limb, as residents and the tree's ... us.rd.yahoo.com |
England's Collingwood plays ball as Bangladesh's wicketkeeper Rahim watches during first test cricket match of series ... (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News) England's Paul Collingwood (L) plays a ball as Bangladesh's wicketkeeper Mushfiqur Rahim watches during their second day of first test cricket match of the series in Chittagong March 13, 2010. REUTERS/Andrew Biraj us.rd.yahoo.com |
Driving-texting ban is signed as Oprah watches The talk-show queen broadcast a satellite feed from downtown Detroit as Gov. Jennifer Granholm signed into law a ban on texting while driving that goes into effect statewide July 1. freep.com |
Services scheduled for Hayek, daughter joins board A public commemorative ceremony for Swatch Group founder Nicolas Hayek, who passed away on Monday, will be held this weekend in Bern, Switzerland, the Swatch Group has announced. nationaljewelernetwork.com |
Crime › HK man pleads guilty to handling stolen watches from Japan A Hong Kong man on Wednesday pleaded guilty at a Hong Kong district court to trafficking eight stolen watches from a Japanese department store last… japantoday.com |