Martha Washington

Martha Washington may have been a looker (at left) instead of a frump. Wall Street's $18.4 billion in bonuses to New Yorkers is just a part of the trough its executives fed at this year, as they were simultaneously......

by Mark Silva On a day when the achievements of African-Americans in attaining positions long denied them were on the minds of many in Washington, retired Rear Adm. Stephen Rochon, White House "chief usher'' and director of the executive residence,......

by Mark Silva With the East Room of the White House converted briefly into what a pool reporter inside the hall called a "jazz lounge with mood lighting'' last night, the first couple played host to ""An Evening of Poetry,......

"The sun is shining, the grass is green, the orange and palm trees sway." We may seldom hear those introductory lines to Irving Berlin's holiday anthem "White Christmas," but that's how the song begins. The scene supposedly is California—in...

Watch Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson, the leaders of The Atlantic Paranormal Society (TAPS), as they come to the Christmas City to explore Bethlehem's Sun Inn and its reputed ghosts on a special Christmas edition of SyFy's "Ghost Hunters" 9......

Forklore: Pity the parsnip....

How to grow asparagus: The vegetable grows vigorously in some gardens but not in others. Why? Some expert advice on a healthy crop....

Bethlehem's reportedly very haunted Sun Inn will be featured on SyFy Channel hit show Ghost Hunters in December. Crews from the show which airs at 9 p.m. Wednesdays were in Bethlehem last month with TAPS (The Atlantic Paranormal Society) headed......

Paul Revere was captured on April 18, 1775, before he could warn the residents of Concord, Mass., that the British were coming. (He did make it to Lexington, Mass.) No Revolutionary War battle was ever fought at Valley Forge, Pa., even though Gen. George...

In another fleeting moment of glory, Fox43's Morning Meteorologist Jeff Robbins was celebrated by the Brickerville House Family Restaurant. The owner, George Agadis decided to add a new sandwich to his menu. Agadis, a man of vision and good taste,...

In honor of 2012 being the Year of the Geranium, the National Garden Bureau brings you some quick facts about this much-loved garden plant: 1.The bedding plants gardeners plant in late spring and bring inside in autumn are commonly known as geraniums; but...

Temperatures climbed into the 50s and gentle winds buffeted those who had gathered outside Mount Clare Mansion to celebrate its reopening and affiliation with the B&O Railroad Museum. While bystanders waited for the official ribbon-cutting ceremonies...