Top 5 Wacky Warning Labels Identified Each year, a group called the Center for America, which is critical of frivolous lawsits, selects the years top five Wacky Warning Labels. For instance, it once found a stern advisory on a package of rat poison:...
Protesters Converge on Tampa for Republican Convention So far, protesters marching on downtown Tampa's mostly deserted streets are outnumbered by police and news reporters. Police are telling protesters not to cover their faces or engage in threateni...
Where Do the Worlds Poor Live? Most of the worlds poor do not live in poor countries. New research says nearly 80 percent are actually in middle income countries. Two billion poor people those who live on two dollars a day or less live in middle inco...
Record Number of Africans Make Journey to Yemen The number of refugees and migrants crossing from the Horn of Africa into Yemen continues at a record pace. Most of the arrivals are Ethiopian. The U.N. refugee agency says so far this year, nearly 64,0...
Christians Flee Their Homes in Pakistani Capital Shaqila Bibi, a Christian, is packing up. Shes afraid Muslims in her neighborhood will attack her if she stays. We are frightened, said Bibi. They can harm us any time, set us on fire, and the landlord...
Republicans Descend on Tampa, Florida Barbara Denti Pool is decorating the historic Italian Club of Tampa with red elephants, the color and symbol of the Republican Party. We're thrilled, absolutely thrilled, to have everyone here, she said. Denti Po...
Palestinians from Syria Twice Displaced Many of the Palestinian families who have come to Lebanon are staying in the Shatilla refugee camp. Forty-year old Rajaa Hashem, is one of them. She says she feared for the safety of her five children in Damasc...
African Immigrants Talk About Life in Beijing Turay Lamin owns Africa House, the sole restaurant serving pan-African cuisine in Beijing. Although many of Turays staff and friends are new to China, he is not. Turay moved here in 1989 and says China wa...
Experts: Tightening Iran Sanctions Hurts Ordinary Iranians Tehran's refusal to address international concerns about its atomic ambitions has forced the United States and the United Nations to tighten sanctions on Iran. U.S. authorities are investigat...
Paralympians Prep to Step into Spotlight Finding a sport and having the potential to be a champion are particularly important for these athletes. Among them is Georgina Callingham, 21, one of the youngest British Paralympians, who has cerebral palsy....
St. Petersburg Tops Moscow as Russia's Leading Tourist Destination With its waterways and canals, St. Petersburg has long been called the Venice of the North. Now, with visitors outnumbering inhabitants, Russias second-largest city may one day rival...
Courier Delivery Becomes Race Against Clock in 'Premium Rush' On any business day, crossing the street in Manhattan is likely to mean a close encounter with a bicycle courier. They speed from one one end of the city to the other with rush deliveries....
S. Africa Shooting Exposes Miners' Living Conditions The sound of machines at the mine can be heard from the miners' shacks, in the what is called the platinum belt. It is here, 100 kilometers west of South Africa's capital city Pretoria, that 80 per...
Young Americans Turn to Old-Fashioned Domestic Lifestyle Shannon Kline and her daughter Alice are picking the last of the summer harvest from the family's vegetable garden while her husband Geoff Delanoy prepares the soil for their fall crops. Life f...
American Idol Winner Releases New Album Kris Allen agrees that his life has changed since his appearance on American Idol in 2009. [Things have changed] In a good way, said Allen. I am able to make music for a living and I was not able to do that bef...
