With elevations ranging from 2,100 feet (Asheville) to more than 6,000 feet, timing varies, but peak foliage usually is on display into early November. Surrounded by mountains in western North Carolina, Asheville is a favorite jumping-off point for outdoors enthusiasts who enjoy biking, hiking, rafting and more. Chimney Rock Park, a short drive from Asheville, offers a network of hiking trails (and an elevator) that allow panoramic views as far away as 75 miles. Even beyond Biltmore House,...

Johnsbury said weather patterns had meant a sunnier, warmer October than normal, with average temperatures one to three degrees above the standard mean. Cox also said that cool temperatures usually allow fields to act as a natural storage system in late October. Now we're through 50 percent of our yield on fall plants because they're coming too fast. The warmth is also bringing in his late-season greens early, pushing him to harvest them quicker. We've had certain things in the field go...

I will spare you the details of the many illnesses Lucy had dealt with through her life, and how Nick, who will be 70 in a week, had always, always, stood by her, as did her grown daughter, her daughter's husband and their two beautiful children, whom Lucy loved like life itself. It was about 8:30 Tuesday morning and I was reading my article on Bill Maher that had just come up at Online Journal. I will spare you the details of the many illnesses Lucy had dealt with through her life, and...

It was time for paddy growers or their political masters rather to unite for a better deal. While Rao and his colleagues took up farmers issues at the meeting, Naidu proved a master tactician. After all, the Government had just raised the minimum support price for wheat. Then, it transpires, the newly appointed convener of the UNPA used the occasion for a political discussion with the Maratha strongman. Amid the hullabaloo, there was an interesting sideshow. But then politics can be a...

Greg Corn is a credit to his department and a wonderful example to his fellow fire fighters. We want to thank him for his commitment and we want to thank all of the firefighters who do their jobs day-in and day-out without thanks. When I asked how he found us, he replied that he was on his way home when he smelled smoke and came to investigate. Two weeks ago, my wife and I smelled smoke coming from the greenbelt behind out house. Upon investigating, we found a burning pile of grass...

John Edwards, the guy who made news for a $400 haircut a while back, took his presidential campaign to Exira two weeks ago, he asked an old friend to warm up the crowd, which included men in coveralls and baseball caps and a woman in a sweat shirt with dancing teddy bears on it. Extreme makeover, Iowa style: Candidates country-fry campaign REALIOWA102907 Home. In Iowa, presidential candidates try to get their "common person" on for voters who try to sniff out fakes. John Edwards, the guy...

Ames, Iowa - When Roxanne Conlin stepped into a grain elevator during her 1982 campaign for Iowa governor, the farmers inside, in seed corn hats and overalls, burst into laughter when she asked for their support. The leading Democratic presidential contender is in a tight race in Iowa, one of only two states never to have elected a woman to the governor's office or Congress. A bedeviling question is how that legacy will play for Hillary Rodham Clinton, who is seeking to become the first...

Shunsuke Nakamura, substituted against Rangers and left out in Lisbon, was in from the start, inevitably to be scrutinised for evidence of the weariness that has seemed to sap his play lately, but the whole Celtic side looked leaden-footed in the opening stages as Mark McGhee's lively Motherwell side pressed from the start. Shunsuke Nakamura, substituted against Rangers and left out in Lisbon, was in from the start, inevitably to be scrutinised for evidence of the weariness that has seemed...

CHICAGO - Agriculture futures mostly rose Friday on the Chicago Board of Trade, as corn and soybean prices advanced. Beef futures fell, while pork futures ended mixed on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Ask the Experts at Countrywide. Copyright 2007 The Associated Press. The information contained in the AP News report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press.