Let it be known I have nothing against hotel restaurants. In fact, some of the very best European and American ones are located in hotels. Those restaurants are, however, owned by the chefs who run them and not part of the hotel's food and beverage department.

BED-and-breakfasts are starting to man up, doing away with the lace bedspreads and trading high tea for brewskies.

The city will join the ranks of New York, Dallas and Miami when fashionistas gather Sept. 27-Oct. 3 for the event featuring runway shows, internationally known designers and a showcase for area artisans.

Everyone knows that in motor racing, Britain's got talent. After all, the past two years have yielded two British world champions.

People who attend tonight's Light Up Night Downtown can enjoy fireworks and free entertainment, but will find shopping options thinner than in past years.

Bed-and-breakfasts are starting to man up, doing away with the lace bedspreads and trading high tea for brewskies.

Two basketball clubs on Saipan will be representing the CNMI in the 3rd Annual Barrigada MPC Thanksgiving Tournament in Guam.

ALBUQUERQUE - Alamogordo Daily News photographer J.R. Oppenheim, managing editor Michael Johnson, reporter Duane Barbati and associate news editor Elva Osterreich each were honored with several awards Saturday night during the New Mexico Press Association-Associated Press Managing Editors 2009 Better Newspapers Contest.

Bill Hillgrove of the Steelers Radio Network gave voice to the historic moment from Super Bowl XLIII: "And now the burden is on that Steelers offense again. Forty-three seconds to go ... ."

The teams' paths cross at Marriott City Center.