Square dance lessons begin Jan. 10, 2007 and continue each Wednesday throughout the August. Wonderful exercise, good for the mind, meet great people. 8:00 p.m. Hangtown Grange, 2020 Smith Flat Rd., Placerville. East on Broadway, left on Smith Flat, 3/4 mile to Grange. First three lessons are free then starting January 31st, lessons are $4.00 per person For more information contact: Apple Jacks & Jills Square Dance Club (530) 295-1922
Tropical Storm Fay made its third Florida landfall of the week on Thursday, forcing dozens more residents to flee floodwaters and even driving alligators and snakes out into streets.
Heavy rains settled in across areas of North Texas for the sixth consecutive day Wednesday, weakening a bridge and forcing postponement of a homecoming parade planned Saturday for Olympic gold medalist Nastia Liukin.
A powerful typhoon packing winds of 87 mph battered the northern Philippines with heavy rains Wednesday, closing schools and putting authorities on alert for flash floods and landslides.
The Rio Grande Valley's main highway was open to traffic again Tuesday as flooding receded following a deluge of up to 13 inches of rain across southern Texas.
Extra olives with your martini? Bartenders soon may think twice about that, with table olive prices expected to go up as California growers face their second-lightest harvest in more than a decade.
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