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　　Hempfield grad to vie for Miss Virginia crown 　　 　　Lancaster county native Heather Harley will compete in the Miss Virginia pageant on Thursday. 　　 　　A first-time pageant contestant, Heather Harley borrowed two dresses, bought a pair of $5 earrings and did her own hair and makeup. 　　Now she has a title, a $4,000 scholarship ― [...]

　　KUALA LUMPUR, June 21 (Bernama) — Scoliosis, a disorder that causes an abnormal curve of the spine, among school children has nothing to do with carrying heavy bags, said Deputy Health Minister Datuk Rosnah Abdul Rashid Shirlin. 　　She said a selected 13,340 Year Six pupils in Selangor, Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya and Kuala Terengganu were screened [...]

　　 　　If you’re carrying it yourself on a plane, a gown with a slender silhouette will be easier to pack. You can always embellish your look with antique diamond-and-pearl jewelry, jeweled hairpins, brooches or even a belt ― all easy to tuck into a suitcase. 　　A destination wedding can add extra romance to a wedding. [...]

　　It was literally a photo finish – but for once, it was Princess Beatrice who pipped sister Eugenie to the post in the style stakes. 　　The thoroughbred pair were putting on the glitz at today’s final day of racing at Royal Ascot. 　　The royal girls had gone head-to-head earlier during the week at Thursday’s Ladies’ [...]

　　That day again 　　It’s that day again. We shall gather the children in their ironed uniforms and have them march in the sun before some pot bellied official whose children are in colleges abroad. He arrives late and is naturally in a hurry to leave. So the children who have been waiting have to be [...]

　　The ties come off: Principal Gallub says so long 　　 　　Royle School students Alan Hyatt, left, and Grant Hedley try on some of principal Neil Gallub’s colorful neckties. The retiring principal is looking forward to not wearing a tie again so he’s giving all his away to students and faculty. (Darien Times/Laureen Vellante photo)In a [...]

　　   　　 　　Gotta Have Some More ‘Sex’　Life 　　 NEW YORK―Last week outside Manhattan’s Bergdorf Goodman, a white-haired woman with sensible shoes gestures to a window display featuring four female mannequins decked out in designer glitter. 　　“I bet those are the dresses from that movie,” she says to her companion. 　　She’s right. 　　“That movie” is [...]

　　 　　Book cover of golf book Chasing Greatness about the U.S. Open at Oakmont in 1973. 　　CAPTIONBook jacket courtesy of New American LibrarySteve Schlossman, a professor of American social and cultural history at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, teaches a course on the history of golf. Living in western Pennsylvania, he naturally was attracted to [...]

　　 　　Julie Moscatel/Harvard University Office of Public Affairs 　　and Communications 　　The facility will include both batting and golf cages as well as a mini-golf course. Workers are shown here preparing the facility. 　　By Shana Wickett, Globe Correspondent 　　In addition to its venerable campuses, Harvard University owns a villa in Florence, the Dumbarton Oaks library and [...]

　　 　　The rains came again Sunday afternoon at Panther Creek Country Club. In droves and buckets and complete with thunder and lightning. 　　Which means, LPGA State Farm Classic Executive Director Kate Peters . . . ? 　　“We’re just moving to plan Z1A,” Peters said after Sunday afternoon’s round was postponed. “I think that’s where we [...]