Mayflower Voyage (1620)

ExxonMobil faces federal lawsuit over Arkansas oil spill

2013-06-13 19:09:00

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department and the state of Arkansas filed suit against the oil giant ExxonMobil over a March 29 pipeline rupture that spilled 210,000 gallons of oil into a residential neighborhood and waterways in the small town of...

Carnival cruise horror: Forced to eat lobster and chocolate cake!

2013-02-15 07:05:00

You know, folks once came to this country on small wooden sailing ships. Think the Mayflower, the Pilgrims and Plymouth Rock.� Those souls were, I venture, a tad bit more, uh, hardy than most of us today. As evidence, I give you the epic tale of the...

Stockton Sikh temple's 100th anniversary noted in Congress

2012-11-13 13:54:00

Russell Means dies at 72; American Indian rights activist, actor

2012-10-23 00:00:00

Russell Means, who gained international notoriety as one of the leaders of the 71-day armed occupation of Wounded Knee in South Dakota in 1973 and continued to be an outspoken champion of American Indian rights after launching a career as an actor in...

Titanic: For many victims, their final resting place is in Halifax, Canada

2012-04-15 00:00:00

Halifax, Canada — A cold wind ripped through Fairview Lawn Cemetery. Then came the frigid rain. In a minute, I was thinking, the headstones will be shivering. "Now," said Blair Beed, my guide, "imagine how it would have been in those lifeboats....

5,000 calories. $20. Meet Pizza Hut’s 'epic' Big Dinner Box

2011-11-23 16:34:40

Cape Cod town rolls out the pooch welcome mat, making it the most dog-friendly town in the U.S.

2010-09-27 16:34:51

A Civil War road trip

2011-04-10 00:00:00

Ken Burns, whose landmark documentary on the Civil War established him as one of its quintessential authorities, thinks there's no better way to get a sense of the Civil War than to visit its battlefields, museums and national parks. "When we go to Civil...

Art review: Andrea Bowers at Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects

2010-07-09 16:33:12

Riordan says L.A. could run out of money for parks, libraries

2010-07-17 21:35:10

Readers react to what would have happened had Michael Jordan teamed with Magic Johnson and Larry Bird

2010-07-22 16:35:13

Albariño: Spain's hidden wine treasure

2009-08-26 00:00:00

Albari�o is a wine with a story it has waited centuries to tell us. The grape has grown in Galicia on the northwestern coast of Spain, and neighboring Portugal, for about 900 years. But only in the last several years has it become a favorite of U.S....

Rurania Staurinos of Macungie makes one of her parfaits with Greek yogurt garnished with berries, honey and strawberries at the Mayflower Restaurant in Bethlehem.

2013-02-21 00:00:00

Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson chats with President Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy at the inaugural ball in the Mayflower Hotel in 1961.

2013-01-08 07:34:04

Lia, Kate, Kimberly and Elle McAllister from Costa Mesa visit the Mayflower in Plymouth, Mass.

2012-06-13 16:38:00