U.S. Approves Plan to Help Citigroup Weather Losses

"Citigroup executives presented a plan to federal officials on Friday evening after a weeklong plunge in the company’s share price threatened to engulf other big banks. In tense, round-the-clock negotiations that stretched until almost midnight on Sunday, it became clear...

Canine hero wins a chance at immortality

Cloning: good thing or bad thing? Read on." Poor old Trakr. Once hailed as a hero, the retired Halifax police dog can no longer use the hind legs that pushed him through the ruins of the World Trade Center as he sniffed for survivors. His hearing has faded and, at 15, his dog...

Work Every Bit as Wild as It Is Woolly

As spring is upon us, many people feel the need to start fresh - a new relationship, a new wardrobe or a new job. Well, if you're considering getting out of the office in time to get a tan, maybe this is...

23 Ways to Celebrate Your Marriage

"When you first met and got hitched, you couldn't stop gushing about married life and how wondrous it was going to be. In fact, the situation was so serious that your best friend, your sister, and even your mother...

A proper farewell for Francys Arsentiev

On May 2, I reported on the story of Ian Woodall's intentions to give final resting peace to Francys Arsentiev, a Colorado climber and mother who perished on Mount Everest in 1998 with her husband Sergei. A touching article came out today in The Rocky Mountain News detailing...

Triclour and country's future

"Triclour and country's future On the morning of Republic Day (26th January 2007) our society hoisted the tricolour Indian Flag. This is Manu (my son) on the right and Ritam (Manu's friend) with our national flag. As a child we used to eagerly wait for this day and used to...

Holocaust archive [with restricted access] tells many new stories

"BAD AROLSEN, Germany - The 21-year-old Russian sat before a clerk of the U.S. Army Judge Advocate's office, describing the furnaces at Auschwitz, the Nazi death camp where he had been a prisoner until a few weeks...

Ed Bradley...Thanks, Ed...

"There are many other reasons to like Ed Bradley. Here's my own personal favorite... A little over a decade ago, I was living in Colorado and I happened to flip on the radio one evening while making supper. I heard this organ and a saxaphone playing off on one another. It...

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