Family Surprises Father 20 Years Later With Funny Photo Re-Creation
One French father had to do a double-take after receiving his family’s birthday present last year. His son, Paul Bugnot, 21, a professional photographer, thought an entertaining gift idea would be to recreate one of their favorite family photos exactly 20 years after the original… Read More »
EmailAmanda Knox: ‘I’d Like to Be Reconsidered as a Person’
In a medieval college town in Italy, two young women, Meredith Kercher and Amanda Knox, arrived for a year abroad, seeking new horizons. Six weeks later, Kercher returned home in a coffin and Knox became a global obsession. Watch Amanda Knox in an exclusive interview… Read More »
Pizza Maker Shortage Hits Italian Pizzerias
Italy’s pizzerias are experiencing a shortage. They have plenty of cheese, dough and pepperoni. What they are lacking are Italian pizza makers. One out of every five managers surveyed for a report by FIPE, an Italian business federation, said that they were forced to hire unskilled… Read More »
Olympic Torch to Go Into Orbit for 2014 Winter Olympics
As planning for the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, kicks into high gear, the biannual Olympic Torch Relay heads to space. Russian astronauts will take the unlighted Olympic torch aboard the International Space Station as part of the relay route. It’s expected that cosmonauts… Read More »
Boston Bombing Shatters Chinese Family’s Dreams for Daughter
Three people were killed, more than 250 people were injured and a city was left reeling as twin bombs detonated at the Boston Marathon last week. Not only was it a tragic event for Boston and America, it reached all the way across the world… Read More »
Maimed African Teen’s Amazing Journey to America
In 2007, Blessing Makwera found a device with wires sticking out of it in his native country of Zimbabwe. Not knowing what the device was, the then-15-year-old placed it in his mouth. It exploded, causing him to lose his jaw, teeth and part of his… Read More »
Israel Accuses Syria of Using Chemical Weapons, ‘Probably Sarin’
JERUSALEM – For the first time Israel has accused the forces of President Bashar al-Assad in Syria of using chemical weapons against rebel forces over the past several months, including “probably sarin,” the deadly nerve agent that is one of the most feared elements in… Read More »
Koreans Slap Bill Gates for ‘Rude’ Handshake
SEOUL, South Korea – The buzz in town today is this photograph of Microsoft founder Bill Gates’ shaking hands with South Korea President Park Geun-hye. Gates, 57, might have not realized it Monday, but a one-hand shake in Korean culture – and also in Asia… Read More »
Taliban Captures Civilians in Downed Chopper
KABUL, Afghanistan – A civilian helicopter made an emergency landing in volatile eastern Afghanistan and insurgents have taken its crew and passengers captive, according to Afghan officials. The aircraft was flying over Logar province close to the Pakistan border when it forced to land during… Read More »
Thatcher Laid To Rest Amid Pomp and Protests
LONDON – Margaret Thatcher, Britain’s first female prime minister who led the country for 11 years, was laid to rest today in a ceremonial funeral with full military honors, the kind normally reserved for senior members of the royal family. Flanked by members of the… Read More »
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