In this Saturday, May 18, 2013 photo distributed by Miura Dolphins, 80-year-old Japanese adventurer Yuichiro Miura, right, is greeted by his friend climber Kenji Kondo while resting at his camp at 6,500 meters (21,325 feet) during his attempt to scale the summit of Mount Everest. According to his management office, Miura plans to accomplish the ascent on Thursday, May 23 to be the world's oldest person to reach the world's highest peak. (AP Photo/Miura Dolphins)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — An 80-year-old Japanese extreme skier who climbed Mount Everest five years ago, but just missed becoming the oldest man to reach the summit, was back on the mountain Wednesday to make another attempt at the title.
Unfortunately for Yuichiro Miura, the 81-year-old Nepalese man who nabbed the record just before he could in ... full story
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Showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and storms could be severe, with pea-sized hail and gusty winds, according to the National Weather Service . Today's high might reach near 85 with a 70 p...
Two men were taken to Floyd Medical Center Wednesday afternoon after two Rome Transit Department buses were involved in an incident at the Midtown Transit Station.
A Goshen minibus collided with th...
AP Interview: Rogge cites need for targeted tests LONDON (AP) — Olympic officials agree that more targeted, out-of-competition testing in high-profile sports is needed to catch the drug cheats who are escaping the net, IOC President Jacques Rogge ...
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STEPHEN WILSON,AP Sports WriterAssociated Press
LAFAYETTE — A pair of lightning delays briefly put the annual LaFayette High School spring game on hold Wednesday afternoon, but after about a half-hour pause, the team took the field to show what it
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Spectators at the sixth annual Rome River Jam music festival at Ridge Ferry Park kept Rome police busy Saturday.
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Police believe two men who have held up the same convenience store twice in two months live in the neighborhood and someone knows who they are.
“If they are not permanent residents, they are stay...
ATLANTA (AP) — A national atheist group said Monday that it will donate its literature for use in cabins and lodges in Georgia's state parks after the governor's recent decision to allow Bibles the...
The tourism industry brought more than $117.2 million dollars into Floyd County in 2011, according to Greater Rome Convention and Visitors Bureau Executive Director Lisa Smith.
And her wish li...