"It's hard to pace yourself, but it made me a lot stronger. I had weight lifting too, and stretching, and that made me so much more flexible. It got me ready for the soccer season."

Dawn Jackson has high expectations. She once flirted with the idea of being an astronaut and now may settle on being an aeronautical engineer. via Staunton Daily News Leader

"Get them outdoors and they just love it."

With the help of a compass, Tyler Mourn was able to find his way north. Tyler, 14, held the compass correctly in his hand, looked down and concentrated. via Central Ohio

Environmental educator Christopher Swain will visit St. Joseph's School of All Saints Parish and Consentino Middle School on Friday - 13 days before hiking from Burlington, Vt., to Washington, D.C. Swain will ... via EagleTribune.com, North Andover, MA

"It was horribly painful. We had two options. He could carry me down -- but I was in too much pain -- or he could leave me and get help"

As he plummeted nearly 100 feet, his body parts slapping against rocks, 23-year-old Derek Anderson, of Sparta, felt like a rag doll and thought with each second of descent, "This is the end." He landed, ... via MLive.com

"I work out a lot, especially doing arm exercises, treadmill, and biking for an hour daily. Of course, those energetic dance sessions are a surefire way to maintain the shape"

By Patrick Masahud, Web Producer Published: May 08, 2008, 00:09 Ultimate Filipino beach babe Rachel Lobangco can still turn heads and stop traffic. via Gulfnews

"I'm so grateful that the shots are so amazing with the visual effects, I can't believe that they created this world around us"

For the lack of better words, actor Emile Hirsch feels the need for Speed. Fresh off his critically acclaimed role in the adventure drama "Into the Wild," Hirsch has ditched his hiking boots for a seat in the ... via WPLG

"Mount Saint Mary College is by far the best college in the Hudson Valley. The quality of education, staffing and course selection is fantastic. They..."

It's time to dust off your hiking boots and get ready to explore. On Saturday, Hudson Highlands Nature Museum will open its Discovery Quest trails for the 2008 season at the museum's Outdoor Discovery Center on ... via RecordOnline.com

"He was a quiet man, but you could tell he was very passionate about works of art and pictures"

Ten works of art from one of the world's major private collections amassed by the late philanthropist Gustav Rau are to go on sale at Sotheby's in July, the auctioneer said on Friday. via Reuters UK

Posted by Susan J. Demas May 02, 2008 05:05AM During last year's budget crisis, we were promised a good, old-fashioned taxpayer rebellion, complete with pitchfork-waving citizens storming the Capitol to impale ... via MLive.com

Mexico's largest human-rights agency has produced a comic book to encourage people from illegally crossing the border. via Q95.com