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In the 48th edition of America’s largest track and field series for women and girls, the Colgate-Palmolive company is touting a significant increase in educational awards for winning athletes in elementary and middle school, high school, college and open categories.

All-inclusive resorts are veering from a binge-fest reputation and offering refined culinary and cocktail menus, expanded health and wellness options and closer ties to the culture and heritage of the host countries.

PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico -- On a hot and languid afternoon in this tourist town on the Caribbean Sea, a Mexican band dressed in Wrangler jeans and black cowboy hats performed poolside at Hotel Xcaret Arte, an all-inclusive resort. While guests sipped frosty drinks, the quintet sang about a guy who fell for a girl who crushed his heart. Booze, that sly temptress, showed up to soothe his pain.

The inflation dragon has been slain, says David Rosenberg and relief to rising prices is on the horizon. Read more

From Ethiopia’s highlands to Siberia to the Australian rainforest, there are thousands of sacred forests that have survived thanks to traditional religious and spiritual beliefs. These places, many now under threat, have ecological importance, experts say, and must be saved.

SLIDELL, La. - An ambulance driver was killed after rear-ending a box truck on I-10 in Slidell overnight, and a total of 16 vehicles were involved in collisions on the

ST. TAMMANY PARISH - An ambulance driver was killed after rear-ending a box truck on I-10 in Slidell overnight, and a total of 16 vehicles were involved in collisions on the interstate as dense fog covered southeast Louisiana.

SLIDELL, La. - An ambulance driver was killed after rear-ending a box truck on I-10 in Slidell overnight, and a total of 16 vehicles were involved in collisions on the

Police said the ambulance was traveling on I-10 near Hwy. 1090 ran into the back of another vehicle.

A storm system that spawned dozens of reported tornadoes from Texas to the Florida Panhandle was all but done with the South last Thursday after killing