From Stately Beginnings, a Not-So-Eloquent Turn as Residents Protest - Washington Post
Montgomery County bought this house off Bradley Boulevard in Bethesda last fall, intending to convert the surrounding land to a park. (By Susan Biddle — The Washington Post) Buy Photo P hyllis Piotrow’s motives were as gentle and elegant as the

Farmers Insurance Claims Team Responds Quickly to Indiana Flooding - Forbes
Farmers Insurance Group of Companies advises its Indiana customers suffering from damage from the recent severe flooding to contact their Farmers Insurance agent or call Farmers’ 24 hour claims hotline, 800-HelpPoint (1-800-435-7764) for immediate

Salesman’s death in Miami felt in Hawaii - Miami Herald
In the coming weeks, Robert Spruiell’s family will spread his ashes on a nine-acre piece of earth where he hoped to retire. The land sits atop a hill, its back to the Kamalo mountains, the rest a stunning view of four Hawaiian islands. This is

In India, one ethnic group fights to be lower on the social ladder - Los Angeles Times
SIKANDARA, INDIA — Sitting in the middle of a highway under a baking hot sun is not Mansingh Burja’s idea of a good time. But it’s the best way, he says, for him and hundreds of fellow protesters to vent their anger over being classified by the