As the hard-rocking guitarist and songwriter with legendary band Aerosmith, Joe Perry has lived the rock’n’roll dream, but he could have been a big fish in a different pond.
Why Aerosmith chose Dunedin
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Mysterious Seaweed Washes Up On Green Harbor Beach, “Smalls Like Rotten Flesh and Is Covered With Flies”
An aggressive red seaweed that hails from Japan has invaded the Massachusetts shoreline, threatening native wildlife, jeopardizing tourism, and releasing a putrid odor for beachfront residents to endure. From Cape Ann to Cape Cod, the shoreline have been covered in recent weeks with the thickly packed red fibers resembling matted […]
The Case Against Summer Vacation
Recently I reread the adventures of Tom Sawyer after many years, and I was stunned to discover that Tom’s summer vacation doesn’t begin until the end of Chapter 21.
In New Hampshire: an Unusual Reunion
Wars look better after 40 years, when the old men who were soldiers forget how frightened they were. Perhaps it is merely that survival itself takes on a golden haze: we were being shot at, but we were young, and the bullets missed
PTSD in Colorado Springs: How Army Town, Veterans Cope
In retrospect, Disneyland wasn’t an ideal family-vacation spot for Mark Waddell, a Navy SEAL commander whose valor in combat hid the fact that he was suffering from severe mental trauma.
UK to send 500 more troops to Afghanistan
Prime Minister Gordon Brown is increasing British troop levels in Afghanistan to 9,500 — an increase of 500, he announced Wednesday. “We will now move further and faster with our strategy” of training Afghan forces to take responsibility for the country’s security, he said.
Greenpeace protesters take to roof of UK parliament
Dozens of protesters camped out on the roof of Britain’s parliament overnight to “save the climate,” police reported Monday. More than 50 protesters climbed onto the roof of Westminster Hall at about 3 p.m.
Police suspect ‘Barefoot Burglar’ is stealing, crashing planes
Who is stealing — and crashing — airplanes in Washington state? Since November, police say, at least three small, private planes have been stolen and flown off
Dad in Japan custody battle thought wife would take kids
On February 12, 2009, Christopher Savoie received an e-mail from his ex-wife that he had feared would come. About a month after their bitter divorce, in which Noriko Savoie promised as part of the agreement she wouldn’t return to Japan with their children to live, she threatened to do just that.
In Nassau, Travolta testifies about day son Jett died
John Travolta spoke publicly for the first time Wednesday about his desperate efforts to save his teenage son’s life after he suffered a seizure at the family’s vacation home in the Bahamas in January.