LONDON, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Richard Burns, the only Englishman to win the world rally championship, has died of a brain tumour at the age of 34, his family said on Saturday.

Burns died in London's Wellington hospital on Friday evening with family and close friends at his bedside. He had been in a coma for some days.

By a sad coincidence, his death came on the fourth anniversary of h...

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LAWRENCE, Kan. - Todd Brabender remembers the December nearly 20 years ago when he and some University of Kansas friends gathered around a Christmas tree hanging upside-down from a water pipe in his apartment. It seemed like such a crazy idea then. But not anymore.

The centerpiece of holiday decorating is more often being inverte...

Marshmallow, the white turkey pardoned by President Bush, spent its Thanksgiving at Disneyland, perched atop a float in a clear enclosure and surrounded by children in pilgrim costumes.

The 35-pound national turkey was one of two pardoned by the president this week, and it drew cheers from onlookers as the colorful holiday parade wound its way through the theme park amid a spray of confet...

Four friends traveling to Mississippi for a Thanksgiving gathering were killed when their vehicle collided nearly head-on with a tractor-trailer in southeastern Missouri, officials said.

The sports utility vehicle crossed the median on Interstate 55 and into the path of the semi-truck Wednesday morning near Portageville, Mo., according to the Missouri Highway Patrol.

The victims inc...

"Black Friday" deals abound, and eager shoppers lined up early to take advantage of the low prices.

Columbia, SC -- Marly Sturkie had a tradition to uphold and she succeeded on a morning that retailers hope will kick off a bright holiday season.

"We never went to sleep last night," Sturkie said shortly before 5:00 am Friday at the Wal-Mart in northwest Columbia.

Sturkie, of S...

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The volunteers, all from Cass County Council on Aging, will participate in “Grandparents and Special Friends Day" at the school.

They will accompany children who do not have grandparents or whose grandparents are unable to attend.

“We had a great response to this need for volunteers," said Debbey Proven, COA volunteer director. “Within 20 minutes we had all 10 spots f...

For your reflection on this national holiday first proclaimed in 1863 by President Abraham Lincoln, we are publishing two passages: the annual proclamation of the Day of Thanksgiving by President Bush and an classroom essay by 9-year-old Melissa Renee Clark, a fourth-grader at Poet Christian School.

Thanksgiving Day is a time to remember our many blessings and to celebrate the opportuniti...