The French crown jewels and 225 other crates from the Louvre were also on board the first trucks. Another convoy with six trucks left at 2 p.m. From then on, two convoys departed daily from the Louvre ...

At 5 p.m., the French museums received a message they knew would come: start packing. To Rose Valland, a forty-five-year-old French art curator at the Jeu de Paume museum, the previous year felt ...

Paris is the ultimate crown jewel.) Beat the crowds and greet the day at the Eiffel Tower. Arriving early means fewer tourists and a magical golden glow across the Champ de Mars gardens.

The Road to the Roses Rodriguez' connections said the colt had a minor foot bruise -- not enough to take him out of consideration for the Preakness Stakes, the second jewel of the Triple Crown in ...

the second jewel of the Triple Crown in two weeks' time, but enough to pull him out of the Derby field. "You have to be just perfect," Baffert said, according to BloodHorse. "If you're gonna win ...