Sarah Hamilton-Parker Called Cops On Salvation Army Bell Ringers For Being...
New Hampshire resident Sarah Hamilton-Parker called the cops because the constant bell ringing outside her jewelry store drove her nuts. A woman who works in a Portsmouth, N.H., jewelry store is...
View ArticleVisiting Hamburg, Germany
Laura Tanna LETTER FROM LAURA We're about to leave Waldeck Castle on Lake Eder in central Germany. Actually, the lake is a huge reservoir built 1904-11 to provide not drinking water - although it...
View ArticleSteam Without Boiling Water: Scientists Use Sunlight To Produce Power With...
From EarthTechling's Beth Buczynski: Steam can be used to power all sorts of things, and has for centuries. While using steam as a power source is relatively benign for the planet, the process of...
View ArticlePokertox: Botox For Gambler's Poker Face
A cosmetic surgeon in New York is taking a gamble that poker players are going to be the next big growth market for botox. Dr. Jack Berdy has just introduced "Pokertox," a program of Botox and facial...
View ArticlePolice take liaison unit away from Chinatown
The Metropolitan Police Department is moving a liaison unit that works with the city’s Asian community from its longtime home in Chinatown, a quiet change that ignited fears the police chief plans to...
View ArticleDeaths of 5 runaways prompt soul search in China
BEIJING - On the day China unveiled its new leadership in Beijing with promises of a better life for all, five runaway boys seeking shelter and warmth died in a garbage bin in the south. The boys were...
View ArticleEthiopian and local runners share Beijing Marathon titles in chilly wind
BEIJING, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) -- Ethiopian runner Tariku Jufar Robi shrugged off the difficulties posed by cold weather and claimed the title of the men's competition at 2012 Beijing Marathon while local...
View ArticleSwimming Mom Gets Stuck In Pool When Belly Button Ring Gets Caught On Drain
GREELEY, Colo. -- Firefighters in Colorado say a woman's belly button ring became entangled with a drain cover in a shallow splash pool but that she was freed without injury. Authorities say the woman...
View ArticleA passage to capitalism: India, China and Russia are undertaking varying,...
History has a curious way of turning received theories about it on their head. Having reached socialism first, bypassing advanced capitalism, China and Russia are on their reverse passage from...
View ArticleBiz Buzz: Artist opens her own 'art boutique'
When Theresa Stewart Hupp decided to go into business, she found herself in a bit of a quandary. The mother of two and an artist, Hupp wanted to help bring local artists to the general public but she...
View Article36 Hours in Ljubljana, Slovenia
SLOVENIA'S first city, Ljubljana, has its fair share of charming Old World plazas, baroque churches and dramatic castles. But this walkable capital (population 280,000) also has a rich cultural scene...
View ArticleChina praises engineer in aircraft carrier program
BEIJING (AP) — China's government gave hero's praise Monday to a senior engineer on its aircraft carrier program who died of a heart attack after witnessing the first landing of a plane on the ship,...
View ArticleOil rises ahead of China economic data releases
By PAMELA SAMPSON, Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Oil prices rose moderately Friday, clawing back some of the ground lost during a sharp sell-off the day before, as traders awaited a slew of economic...
View ArticleThings to do in Paradise/Downtown Nov. 20-26
In Your Neighborhood A dedication ceremony for the newly renamed Justice Myron E. Leavitt and Jaycee Park is scheduled from 2 to 3 p.m. today at the park at St. Louis and Eastern avenues. Visit...
View ArticlePictures of the Day 11/29
Posted Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012 Previous Next AP Snow-covered trees stand on a meadow in Winterberg, near Zurich, Switzerland, Thursday Nov. 29, 2012. Weather forecasts predict more snowfalls in...
View ArticleChina Home Amid Highway A Symbol Of Resistance
BEIJING -- In the middle of an eastern Chinese city's new main road, rising incongruously from a huge circle in the freshly laid pavement, is a five-story row house with ragged edges. This is the home...
View ArticleRepurposing the past in Hong Kong
Hong Kong is a city where, more often than not, buildings that haven't yet reached their 30th birthday are torn down to make way for gleaming new office towers or public housing high rises. But in...
View ArticlePainting a grim picture in Songzhuang (Beijing Municipal Government)
Three years ago, Dou Jinjun would never have imagined that he would one day be reduced to hawking his artworks outside a bustling open-air antiques market in southern Beijing, hoping to attract a...
View ArticleAP News in Brief at 4:58 a.m. EST
Fiscal cliff offers hint at billions more in defense cuts on top of 10-year, $500B reduction WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans' "fiscal cliff" counteroffer to President Barack Obama hints at...
View ArticleRobert Hohenadel Street Art House: Makeover Angers Neighbors In Cambridge,...
The neighbors of southern Ontario resident Robert Hohenadel are not too pleased with his recent home makeover. The pilot and longtime mural admirer hired local Cambridge street artist Ean Kools to...
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