...will close parts of Spanish Harlem and Queens for street fairs as Mexican flags flap from apartment fire escapes and car antennas. Albuquerque honors the day with a Mariachi concert and free cab rides for those who show their love for Mexico with...

A purple coneflower grows in the Backus park. Photos Back | Next Back | Next A butterfly sits on a car antenna near Crosslake. (Photos by Diane McCormack)

...street, with women weeping and people waving portraits of Hafez Assad. Others carried black banners emblazoned, ''Bashar, the hope of millions.'' Black flags hung from balconies and drivers tied black strips of cloth to car antennas.

...a colleague at my office named Carl and someone on the other end of the room asked a question about that person's car antenna one day. "What about Carlos Santana?" I asked. Of course the topic was Carl's antenna. My daughter had a revelation...

CROSSLAKE -- Car antennas and the church doors were adorned with pink ribbons -- Dru Sjodin's favorite color -- as friends and family gathered Friday...

...POOR VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW CAN QUICKLY DISORIENT YOU. STAY WITH YOUR CAR. IF YOU GET STUCK IN THE SNOW RAISE THE CAR ANTENNA AND ATTACH A BRIGHT COLORED CLOTH AND WAIT FOR HELP TO ARRIVE. A REAL LIFESAVER IN THIS SITUATION IS THE CB..OR...