DESIGNATED DETOUR: Northbound I-17 drivers will be detoured onto the northbound frontage road to SR 74 (Carefree Highway).• Eastbound Loop 303 at I-17 and westbound Sonoran Desert Drive at I-17 also will be closed to allow northbound detour traffic to freely flow through the intersection.• Eastbound Loop 303 drivers will be directed to southbound I-17.• […]

BEAUTIFULLY MODERN ~ Singapore A 30-foot-long, red and yellow cloth dragon with dagger-like white teeth blocked our way as my wife, Shirin, and I strolled down Singapore’s famed Orchard Road, a tree-lined boulevard known for its upscale stores and hotels. Drums beat rhythmically as a dozen men maneuvered the undulating dragon along the broad sidewalk. […]

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER UNVEILS APOLLO 11 ASTRONAUT STATUE, REIMAGINED APOLLO/SATURN V CENTER The Florida summer sun shone down on Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins as media and VIPs gathered for an event at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex’s Apollo/Saturn V Center. Or rather a glimmering, bronze, 7-foot-tall rendition of them. […]