Greek Cypriots demolish city's dividing wall

This is a very interesting step for this community; it is the political equivalent of the tear down of the Berlin Wall in 1989. "NICOSIA, Cyprus - Greek Cypriots demolished a wall Friday along the boundary that...

Expensive Mooninites: US Firms Pay $2M for Stunt Scare

The Mooninite flap continues. Glossed over in the mainstream accounts of this event is that the Lite-Brite Mooninites were placed in several cities (Boston, New York, Chicago, Seattle, Los Angeles, and Philadelphia, to my knowledge),  of which only Boston worked itself...

How to overcome the blues in this season of high expectations.

It's that time of year again, when into the dark little month of December we squeeze Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, New Year's Eve, and a myriad of other celebrations...and all the office parties and community gatherings that go with them. Throw into the mix a generous dose of...

You think you know Charity, Brangelina? You don't know Charity

""Madonna's remarks just sound nasty. Angelina thinks the worst part of it all is that Madonna could have used the opportunity to say something that could actually be of benefit to someone." As well as criticising...

Dissecting the Vatican's Ramadan Diplomacy

"That singular Roman dialect known as Vaticanese can sometimes turn so vague as to be incomprehensible. But on Friday, when French Cardinal Paul Poupard presented the Vatican's annual message for the end of Ramadan, there was no doubt about what was meant by the "particular...

Goodwill painting fetches $165,000 (AP)

" PORTLAND, Ore. - A painting dropped off at Goodwill by an anonymous donor sold for $165,002 Thursday during an auction on the organization's Web site. Bidding on the painting, a 1923 watercolor by the American impressionist Frank Weston Benson, started at $10 on Oct. 12....

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