NEW YORK (AP) — Birdwatchers have counted 6,220 birds and 59 bird species in New York City's Central Park.
Sunday's 111th annual Christmas Bird Count found some birds that are rarely spotted in New York this time of year such as the red-headed woodpecker.
The count was undertaken by teams of birdwatchers guided by park rangers. They spent the …
Eight years on the lam ended today for Robert Burns Springsteenwhen he was arrested by Charleston police for the 1991 murders offour teenage girls in Austin, Texas.
Police believe Springsteen, 24, has lived in Charleston since thecrimes were committed. The girls who died were tied together andeach shot in the back of the head, news accounts of the crimestated.
The killings shattered the community in Austin where the girlslived. Each year on the anniversary of the deaths, students atLanier High School wore buttons that said, "We Will Not Forget" andpledged to continue the ritual until the case was closed.
"We said we would not forget until some resolution came," …
COPA TRAFFIC UP 8%. Copa Holdings, S.A., and its Copa Airlines and Aero Republica operating subsidiaries, on Aug. 5 released passenger traffic data for July 2009. Copa Holdings' system-wide passenger traffic (RPM) increased 8.0% while capacity (ASM) increased 14.7%. System load factor for July 2009 was 76.2%, a 4.7 percentage point decrease vs. to July 2008. Copa Airlines passenger traffic (RPM) for July 2009 increased 5.9%, …
ValleyCats9 Tigers1 Pat Peavey has been mired in a season-long slump, but the Tri-City ValleyCats' third baseman finally broke through Wednesday night, knocking in two runs to lead the 'Cats to a 9-1 victory over the Oneonta Tigers.
The Cats took two of three from the first-place Tigers (32-17).
Peavey, who entered the game batting .214, tied the game in the second when he lined a single to center field, scoring Brandon Macchi, who had led off with a double to right field. Peavey moved from first to third after Tigers shortstop David Garcia bobbled Jake Whitesides' grounder and scored when Jeff Mackor grounded into a double play.
The Cats (20-29) …
Byline: Karen Ferrick-Roman
May 18--FINDLAY TWP. -- The Route 60 North exit ramp from Pittsburgh International Airport will not be closed until Monday.
The exit ramp for those driving north on Route 60, toward Beaver County and Ohio, was scheduled to close for 60 days, starting today. But because of timing issues with the work, the exit ramp will not be closed until Monday, said Joe Agnello, spokesman for the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission.
The ramp is expected to stay closed until the end of July, he said, and will be repositioned before it is opened.
The closing is needed so that the contractor can set steel beams for the bridges on the …
OSTRAVA, Czech Republic (AP) — Results Friday from the Davis Cup first-round series between the Czech Republic and Italy on an indoor hard court at CEZ Arena:
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Band-X, an independent virtual market for international wholesale telecom capacity, announced its expansion into the Chinese market and the Asia-Pacific region. The springboard for this expansion is the acquisition of Hong Kong-based International Telecommunications Exchange Centre Ltd. (ITX), the neutral exchange for wholesale telecom minutes. Band-X will drive expansion in the region through an investment program to upgrade existing services and launch new offerings.
Andrew Pang, CEO of ITX has been appointed as CEO of the newly named Band-X Hong Kong. "Whenever we move into a new country, we are faced with a buy-or-build decision," said Marcus de Ferranti, founder …
