Topic: New Jersey
Trips to the cinema, shops and museums need no longer be lonely experiences after this week's UK launch of a company which rents out friends for innocent dates. Rent A Friend has already proved a big hit in the US where 2,000 ...
2 baby snow leopards delighting crowds at New Jersey zooTwo baby snow leopards have stepped into the spotlight at a New Jersey zoo. The cubs were born at the Cape May County Zoo in May. The 2-month-old males had been mostly in ...
Lonely Planet giving away free road trip itineraries through FacebookLonely Planet is giving away itineraries online from an upcoming guidebook, "USA's Best Trips: 99 Themed Itineraries Across America." The free PDFs can be downloaded from Lonely Planet's Facebook page. A different itinerary ...
The eastern U.S. cooked for another day Wednesday as unrelenting heat promised to push thermometers past 100 degrees in urban "heat islands," buckled roads, slowed trains and pushed utilities toward the limit of the electrical grid's capacity. Philadelphia, Richmond, Va., and Baltimore, ...
From Italy to the 'American Land' _ Ellis Island honors Bruce Springsteen and his rootsEveryone knows he was born in the USA, but it was Bruce Springsteen's European immigrant roots — and his family's 110-year American dream — that were celebrated on ...
New 'America the Beautiful' series of quarters launches with Hot Springs, 55 more to followThe U.S. Mint's list of quarters highlighting America's national parks. The order of issue is based on when the parks were established. Hot Springs National Park in Arkansas ...
US Mint list of new national park quarters, in order the coins will be producedThe U.S. Mint announced Wednesday that it will produce a series of quarters highlighting America's national parks, one per state and territory, beginning next year. The coins will ...
77-foot waterfall in NJ's industrial mecca likely to earn national park designation from ObamaA new national park may emerge from a small patch of lush oasis just 15 miles from Manhattan in northeastern New Jersey's industrial mecca. The U.S. house passed a ...
If you love the arts, especially fine arts, there's no better place than Mercer County. The County possesses a wealth of museums and art galleries, even if some of them are the state's and the community's best-kept secrets. Let's take a tour ...
New book: 500 places to see before they disappearThey include the last of their kind, unique landmarks, places threatened by rising or falling seas or development, and homes for species or phenomena that may not last forever. These are some of the ...