By Mark Hughes Cobb Staff Writer It was written 140 years ago by a man looking back on a childhood 30 years before that. There are no vampires or wizards — maybe a few haints and dead cats — and it’s been 15 years since a big-screen movie debuted using its name.

Nearly three decades ago, Bill Keller lost one of his most prized possessions: his Naval Academy ring. It had fallen from the pocket of his wife's swimsuit cover-up while they walked on the beach in Sea Isle.

CANNON BEACH —College students may soon be heading for the coasts of Florida and Mexico to celebrate spring break. If I were their age, I'd choose a nearer beach. And if I were the parent of school-aged children, there's no question I would take the whole family to the Oregon Coast.For one thing, I'd save a lot of money on travel costs, keep […]

Highly Recommended Review: The Discovery Channel series "Treasure Quest" ("The Historic-est Catch"?) follows Odyssey Marine Exploration, which is an incredibly ambitious company that combs the bottom of the oceans in search of buried treasure and historic shipwrecks. The crew - made up of scientists, technicians, archeologists, engineers […]

With the new Alice in Wonderland film opening this week, PETER LAW tells the story of the real Alice, her life in Lyndhurst and asks whether it’s time the village did more to celebrate one of its most famous residents

Polls have closed in the second election since Saddam Hussein's fall. Will this poll bring change?

NORTH ANDOVER — Lisa Stump is on a personal mission to locate the owner of an engagement ring she found a couple of weeks ago. The 39-year-old Andover woman knows it would be a lot easier to take the ring she discovered in a parking lot near Market Basket at the North Andover Mall and turn it over to the police.

NORMAN, Okla. — No. 23 Texas A&M wrapped up a rare win at Oklahoma with exactly what the Sooners have been missing during an extended losing streak: Defense.

Icelanders dub UK 'bully' over bank compensation deal

NEW YORK — The Federal Reserve’s mildly upbeat take on the economy and its plans to hold interest rates low gave stocks a lift. Click for more WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve on Tuesday repeated its pledge to hold interest rates at record lows to foster the U.S. economic recovery and ease high unemployment.

The principal of a Mitchells Plain school says searches with hand-held metal detectors are deterring pupils from bringing weapons to school.

The principal of a Mitchells Plain school says searches with hand-held metal detectors are deterring pupils from bringing weapons to school. Achmat Chotia, the principal of Glendale High, said searches with the detectors were done every morning and on most days no weapons were found on pupils.

MORRISTOWN — Morristown High School students and staff members should be prepared to walk through metal detectors today, as authorities continue to investigate threatening messages found in a boys bathroom — including one that read 'I'm going to kill 15 people 3/15/10."

Alexandra Pais/New Jersey Local News ServiceA police car sits outside Morristown High School, where metal detectors were used to screen students. MORRISTOWN --Security was high at Morristown High School today, the day after a note found at the Rockaway...

If it was up to some state legislators, metal detectors would already be mandatory at the Texas Capitol.

Kevin CoughlinStudents reported a heavy police presence Friday at Morristown High School. A threat scrawled on a bathroom wall threatened violence on Monday.MORRISTOWN -- Authorities have set up metal detectors today to screen students as they enter Morristown High School...

MORRISTOWN — Morristown High School students and staff members should be prepared to walk through metal detectors Monday, as authorities continue to investigate threatening messages found in a boys bathroom — including one that read 'I'm going to kill 15 people 3/15/10."

A day after the stabbing of three students in separate incidents, elected officials questioned whether metal detectors are working in city schools.

TRY your hand at metal detecting on Thursday (March 18th) with the History Hunters at Pilton in Barnstaple.

Message threatening to kill 15 people on 3/15/10 found in bathroom.