Charlie Trotter Accused of Selling Bogus $46K Wine
CHICAGO — Award-winning chef Charlie Trotter is being sued by two New York wine collectors who say he sold them a bottle of wine for more than $46,000 that wasn't what it said on the label. The...
View ArticleDinwiddie, Van Der Walt Share Lead in France
SAINT-OMER, France — Robert Dinwiddie shot a 5-under 66 to share the lead with Tjaart Van der Walt of South Africa after the second round of the Saint-Omer Open on Friday. The Englishman had a...
View ArticleChrysler Freezes Pension Plan for 8,000 Employees
Chrysler Group LLC says it is freezing the pension of roughly 8,000 U.S. salaried employees at the end of the year. The U.S. automaker says it is making the move to stay in line with industry trends...
View ArticleExplosions Remind La. That Plants Not Always Safe
By some measures, chemical plants like the sites of separate fatal explosions this week in Louisiana are among the safest manufacturing workplaces in America. That doesn't stop residents and emergency...
View ArticlePoole Wins ARCA Race at Michigan
BROOKLYN, Mich. — Brennan Poole won the ARCA race at Michigan International Speedway on Friday, holding off pole-sitter Ryan Blaney by 0.567 seconds. Poole led for only the last dozen laps of the...
View ArticleOosthuizen Withdraws From US Open With Hip Injury
ARDMORE, Pa. — Louis Oosthuizen has withdrawn from the U.S. Open with a hip injury. The 2010 British Open champion strained a hip flexor while shooting a 5-over 75 in the first round and pulled out...
View ArticleDalai Lama questions impact of Tibetan self-immolations
Spiritual leader says he doubts how much effect the protests have, and urges China to investigate the reasons for them The Dalai Lama in Sydney. Photograph: Greg Wood/AFP/Getty Images Tibetans setting...
View ArticleProtest in China Over Sentence Given to Dissident’s Brother-in-Law
The wife of Liu Xiaobo, the jailed Nobel Peace laureate, has written an open letter to President Xi Jinping to protest the 11-year prison term given to her brother Liu Hui. In the letter, Liu Xiaobo’s...
View Article‘I don’t encourage self-immolations’
Sydney - Tibetans setting themselves on fire to protest against Chinese rule are having little effect on Beijing's policies, exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama said on Thursday, while...
View ArticleTibetan self-immolations having little effect, Dalai Lama says
SYDNEY : Tibetans setting themselves on fire to protest against Chinese rule are having little effect on Beijing’s policies, exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama said on Thursday, while...
View ArticleTibetan self-immolations having little effect‚ Dalai Lama says
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View ArticleUrgently Trying to Get Messages to Audiences
The life of a song doesn’t necessarily end at the conclusion of its recording, or of a live performance of it. Songs have intended ears, targets in their cross hairs. Sometimes, to understand a song,...
View ArticleRefrain from self-immolation, says Tibetan administration
Tweet Dharamsala, June 14 (IANS) The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) Friday appealed to Tibetans to refrain from extreme measures including self-immolation. "We have repeatedly appealed to the...
View ArticleDalai Lama cautions against self-immolations
Tibetans setting themselves on fire to protest against Chinese rule are having little effect on Beijing's policies, exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama said yesterday, while urging China to...
View ArticleBoston Woman Pays $560,000 for 2 Parking Spots
BOSTON — Parking is such a precious commodity in Boston that one woman was willing to pay $560,000 for two off-street spaces near her home. Lisa Blumenthal won the spots in the city's Back Bay...
View ArticleParis Seeks Cultural Exception in EU-US Trade Pact
LUXEMBOURG — France enters a key meeting of European Union trade ministers bent on keeping its cultural life out of forthcoming trans-Atlantic free trade talks, a move that could delay the formal...
View ArticleActress Johansson Sues Over French Book
PARIS — Actress Scarlett Johansson is suing a French publishing house over a novel that uses her name and image and explores the challenges of being beautiful. The JC Lattes publishing house said...
View ArticleOfficer Shot in Marathon Showdown Heads Home
BOSTON — The transit police officer who survived a showdown with the Boston Marathon bombing suspects has been discharged from the hospital. Officer Richard Donohue headed home Friday morning, with...
View ArticleColo. Explosion Levels Home, Causes Minor Injuries
WESTMINSTER, Colo. — Authorities say what appears to be a natural gas explosion in a Denver suburb destroyed one house and damaged several others but caused only minor injuries. Westminster Fire...
View ArticleNun sets herself on fire - and lives
Beijing - A Tibetan nun who set fire to herself to protest against Chinese rule appeared to have survived the self-immolation attempt, a rights group and a media outlet said. The woman set herself...
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