Sat, May 18 2013
EU finds time to tell restaurants how to serve olive oil
BRUSSELS - Critics ridiculed European Union bureaucrats on Saturday for taking time off fighting the euro zone's debt crisis to impose strict new rules on how restaurants serve olive oil.
Fri, May 17 2013
Canadian astronaut wrestles with gravity after spaceflight
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida - Back on Earth, Canadian astronaut and cyberspace tweeter Chris Hadfield is getting a rough re-introduction to gravity after a five-month stint aboard the International Space Station, the former commander told reporters during a video webcast from Houston.
Dancer says showgirls dressed as Obama, nuns at Berlusconi party
MILAN - The nightclub dancer at the centre of former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's "bunga bunga" sex trial told a court on Friday that guests at the media tycoon's parties dressed as nuns, nurses and U.S. President Barack Obama.
Idaho man sentenced to seven years for killing zoo monkey
- An Idaho man who admitted to breaking into a Boise zoo last year and killing a monkey was sentenced to seven years in prison on Thursday, court records show.
Los Angeles ranked worst U.S. city for dog attacks on mail carriers
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles has earned the dubious distinction for the second year in a row as the U.S. city with the most dog attacks on mail carriers, the U.S. Postal Service said.
Thu, May 16 2013
From "bunga bunga" to "pianists" - Italy's political slang
ROME - An encyclopaedia of Italian political slang has shone a light on a colourful and Byzantine world where lawmakers and journalists speak a language you won't find in any ordinary dictionary.
Wed, May 15 2013
Parking meter 'Robin Hoods' provoke New Hampshire city's ire
LITTLETON, New Hampshire - In December James Cleaveland made an unusual New Year's resolution: to do all he could to keep police in the city of Keene, New Hampshire, from issuing parking tickets.
Turks see art as good investment but also path to prestige
ISTANBUL - Turkey's contemporary art scene is buzzing. Collectors pay millions for the hottest works at exclusive auctions, high-end galleries are springing up by the dozen, and more and more Turkish artists are holding exhibitions abroad.
U.S. justices play Shakespeare tragedy for laughs
WASHINGTON - U.S. Supreme Court justices on Monday evening sought laughs rather than legal clarity as they weighed a tragic case concerning a despotic Roman general and his overbearing mother.
Robbers target Bieber's South Africa concert, steal $330,000
JOHANNESBURG - Robbers equipped with ropes, hammers and chisels broke into a strong-room at Johannesburg's Soccer City stadium after a Justin Bieber concert and made off with 3 million rand (216,791 pounds) in cash, local media and police said on Monday.
UK Independence Party renews culture wars
The UK Independence Party has burst onto center stage to capture almost a quarter of the votes in local elections in Britain, threatening to upset the stable two-party system in a small part of a political backlash against globalization and interdependence.
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