Hudson River

In Army-Navy rivalry, Black Knights can't keep up with Midshipmen

2012-12-01 13:52:00

Nine months before Bobby Ross came out of retirement to coach football at Army in December 2003, the United States began its military involvement in Iraq. As he dug into his new job at West Point, Ross was thinking more about how to rebuild a team that...

Army-Navy hoopla begins well before the game

2012-12-07 12:52:00

Phil McConkey wasn't surprised to hear that Navy's mascot had been goatnapped last week, for the umpteenth time, prior to Saturday's Army-Navy football game. That the animal was left tethered to a post, outside of the Pentagon, didn't surprise him either....

Commentary: Rocket scientist takes pizza sauce to new heights

2012-10-26 09:24:00

"This isn't rocket science," assured John Azzolini, as he methodically attacked a lifeless mound of dough with his trusty rolling pin: four words that were music to my ears. John's a brilliant electrical engineer at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in...

Don't count on another miracle

2012-09-13 10:05:00

Remember Capt. Chesley B. "Sully" Sullenberger, the US Airways pilot who landed his Airbus A320 carrying 155 passengers safely on the Hudson River in 2009 after a flock of geese collided with the jet over New York's LaGuardia Airport and stalled both...

The stars were out last night

2012-09-06 09:46:00

New York Fashion Week kicked off last night with a star-studded bang. Celebs were in full force attending shows and�parties in the name of good fashion. It started pretty early -- 5 p.m. to be exact -- at the Joseph Abboud menswear show at the New...

Columbia couple, both 100, still going strong after 71 years of marriage

2012-07-05 09:42:34

John and Ruby Hill are still an item. Even though they are both 100 years old and have been married for 71 years, their bond remains fresh, accented with sweet, not-so-subtle notes of flirtatiousness. Asked how they hooked up in 1941, John, born in...

Top-of-the-line tourist attraction

2012-06-08 12:55:00

— Is it any wonder that a city renowned for its lofty skyscrapers has created a stunning park in the sky? The High Line Park, a 1930s-era elevated rail line, has been transformed into vibrant green space, perched some 30 feet above Manhattan. There...

Taking a step toward boating safety

2012-01-21 12:25:00

John Martino was not pleased when he saw where organizers of this year's New York Boat Show had stuck his booth inside the cavernous Javits Center earlier this month. He was in a distant corner, far enough from the main flow of foot traffic that he...

CBS-Showtime pays tribute to Navy/Army football with 'A Game of Honor'

2011-12-16 11:52:33

Duty, service and honor are big words. They are also ones that are often abused these days by Washington politicians who thank each other for their "service" even as they sink deeper into partisan gridlock. "Game of Honor," a documentary about West Point...

June: Math, science and baseball are hits in Harford

2011-12-30 06:43:00

Bel Air High School's biomedical program had its first graduates in June. The magnet program was implemented in the 2007-2008 school year as part of a science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) curriculum. In all, 31 students graduated from the...

Wolfgang Oehme, landscape architect

2011-12-16 15:13:00

Wolfgang Oehme, a renowned landscape architect and a founder of the New American Garden movement, which incorporated windblown ornamental grasses and massed perennial plantings, died of cancer Thursday at his Towson home. He was 81. "He was a...

Huge containership calls at Baltimore's port

2011-08-02 07:05:00

The port of Baltimore has played host to some massive containerships in its time, but none larger than the MSC Sindy, which paid a call Monday at the Seagirt Marine Terminal. More than 31/2 football fields long and capable of hauling 9,200 20-foot...

People play soccer on a pitch on the banks of the Hudson River in front of the New York City skyline

2013-05-21 08:12:13

Liberty High School students before they boarded buses to take them to Hoboken, New Jersey where they held their prom on Saturday night, aboard a boat, The Spirit of New Jersey, while cruising on the Hudson River around New Jersey and New York City.

2013-05-10 00:00:00

Two men look across the Hudson River from New Jersey at the cityscape of New York, after the One World Trade Center had the final piece of its spire attached.

2013-05-10 00:00:00