Costa Rica

U.S. could play in Gold Cup here

2013-03-13 22:37:00

Men's soccer U.S. could play in Gold Cup here M&T Bank Stadium will host CONCACAF Gold Cup quarterfinals July 21 at 4 p.m. and 7 p.m., and one of them could include the United States. The U.S. team will play Belize, Costa Rica and Cuba in the...

'Top Chef' recap, Kings of Alaska

2013-02-07 06:36:00

And then there were four. Brooke, Sheldon, Josh and Lizzie disembark from the Celebrity Cruise ship in Juneau, Alaska. They are all thrilled to be there, though Sheldon’s Hawaiian faculties are not accustomed to the climate: “I better throw on...

Ellicott City photographer brings nature to life

2012-11-08 18:27:00

With its triangular, armored head, bulging eyes and serrated forearms, the predator attacking its prey is a menacing sight. The Transformer-like creature on the computer screen in George Grall's home office is actually a Carolina mantis chowing down on a...

Q&A with Dulaney cross country runner Isabel Griffith

2012-09-20 16:10:00

Dulaney junior Isabel Griffith grew up playing soccer, basketball and lacrosse, and when she entered high school three years ago, she figured she would continue with all of them. But right before her freshman year, a neighbor on the Lions' cross...

Baltimore's high-end coffee scene is not your average Joe

2012-01-23 09:07:00

Armed with score sheets to rate nine coffee samples, barista Allie Caran holds court in the morning quiet of Woodberry Kitchen's normally bustling dining room. At the farm-to-table restaurant's free Friday coffee "cupping," she guides visitors as they...

'The Real Housewives of Orange County' recap: Back the truck up

2012-05-23 07:27:00

Bravo named tonight’s episode “Scream Therapy,” but there isn’t much screaming and there is only a tiny bit of therapy. But there is ‘unloading,’ some non-sequiturs disguised as logical conclusions, and despite all of...

'Real Housewives of Orange County' recap, Back to O.C.

2012-06-13 06:38:00

The ladies are back in Orange County tonight, all in various stages of recovery from their trip to Costa Rica. For her part, Vicki is content to forget all about it and move on to making life in the O.C. more tolerable for herself and her man. In her...

West Friendship: Troop 794 celebrates 100th year of Girl Scouts with Thinking Day

2012-03-31 00:00:00

March 12 marked the 100th anniversary of the Girl Scouts in the United States. When Juliette Gordon Low returned to Savannah, Ga., from England in 1912, she brought with her the idea for Girl Guides which she had learned about while in Scotland. Once back...

Fed up with winter? Move where there is none

2011-02-23 04:22:08

FROM TODAY'S PRINT EDITIONS:Emily Johnston writes from snowy Westminster: “Jack is totally [fed up with] the weather. He said, ‘Let’s move someplace where there is no winter.’ The question is – where is that?” A...

Foreign tourism offices

2007-03-04 00:00:00

For tourist information on selected foreign destinations, contact the government offices below. For information about a country not listed, call the United Nations at 212-963-1234, dial 0 and ask for the number of the country's U.N. mission or delegation....

U.S. men's national team

2005-10-10 00:00:00

A Survivor Tells Her Story

1995-06-15 00:00:00

Day after day, for 78 days, Ines Consuelo Murillo was tortured by a secret Honduran military intelligence unit called Battalion 316. Her captors tied the 24-year-old woman's hands and feet, hung her naked from the ceiling and beat her with their fists....

El costarricense Celso Borges (izq) pelea por el bal�n con el paname�o Rolando Escobar durante el partido del martes 18 de junio de 2013, en San Jos�, correspondiente al hexagonal final de la Concacaf.

2013-06-19 00:00:00

Costa Rica's Bryan Ruiz tries to control the ball in front of two Mexican defenders as both teams played out to a 0-0 tie in a World Cup qualifying match in Mexico City on Tuesday.

2013-06-11 00:00:00

Geoff Cameron (C) kicks the ball near team mate Michael Bradley during the "blizzard match" against Costa Rica last week. The United States won 1-0.

2013-03-26 08:19:02