If Ulysses, or Odysseus if you prefer, took twenty years to return home to Ithaca as a hero and king, Kostas Manolas took 17.

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The Greek island of Andros is the northernmost Cyclades Island and the second largest after Naxos at 25 miles long ... betrayed a nearby town to Saracen pirates and then jumped off a cliff to ...

"Ras Al Khaimah is the next hot spot in the UAE. The area is rapidly growing as travelers seek to expand beyond Dubai for ...

When it came time to photograph their first product, a shower curtain, Quiet Town founders Lisa and Michael Fine chose an unexpected location. Instead of the typical bathroom setting, they opted ...

These days, actor Jason Segel is just as likely to walk through a row of orange trees in overalls as he is to be at a Hollywood premiere in an Armani suit. The 44-year-old "How I Met Your Mother ...

It's been nearly 25 years since Broadway took audiences to Grover's Corners, and now, Our Town is getting a starry revival for our times. The play, written by Thornton Wilder, first premiered on ...

Who is the "our" of "Our Town"? In the usual production of Thornton Wilder's 1938 classic, "we" are churchgoing, general store-patronizing Yankees, in a 1901 New Hampshire village — presided ...

“Murder in a Small Town’s” 90-minute premiere opens on a seemingly quiet day in Gibsons. An elderly man, George Wilcox (special guest star James Cromwell), is seen watering his plant ...

The cause of death of Crazy Town lead singer Seth Binzer, known by his stage name Shifty Shellshock, has been revealed by officials. The 49-year-old died from the combined effects of fentanyl ...

A new grocery store is on the way for southeast Edmonton and two 22-storey rental apartment buildings are set to begin construction next year at Mill Woods Town Centre. The property owner told ...

Karl Alberg moves to the idyllic coastal town of Gibsons to become the new police chief and soothe a psyche that has been battered by big-city police work in the new series “Murder in a Small ...