AP - The two human lungs lay side by side on a display table at the Carnegie Science Center. One looks healthy, the other is shriveled, blackened, polyp-ridden and cancerous. Read more…
AP - Posing for a picture with life-size replicas of the Three Stooges, Gary Lassin smiled but didn't say "cheese." Read more…
AP - The manager of the New Mexico State Fair says this year's fair celebrates what New Mexico has to offer. Read more…
The village of Kuta has changed dramatically since the first modern age travelers drifted in in the early 1970’s. Back then the small gangs running between Jl. Legian and the beach were just sandy tracks, complete with palm trees, cattle and crater sized potholes. Getting to Legian meant going to a completely different village. Nowadays [...] Read more…
The European Union meets in Brussels today after the re-invocation of the Public Emergency Regulations yesterday by Fiji's interim Prime Minister Read more…
Fiji's interim Prime Minister Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama says the emergency regulation "is not here to stay and is not an indication of the interim Read more…
Fiji's Police Commissioner Commodore Esala Teleni has asked the interim Government to review his work contract Read more…
The Public Emergency Regulations invoked yesterday by Fiji's interim Government is bringing swift reactions from other countries Read more…
The Pacific Centre for Public Integrity says the country has gone back to square one with the reintroduction of the Public Emergency Regulations Read more…
New Zealand's Foreign Minister Winston Peters says the move by Fiji's interim administration to bring back the Public Emergency Regulations "is outrageous" Read more…
Fiji Hotel Association President Dixon Seeto hopes the local tourism industry will not suffer as a result of the reintroduction of the Public Emergency Regulation yesterday Read more…
People in Fiji will be paying more for flour and sharp (for 4kg packs and above) from today following increases in cost of raw materials Read more…
The Pacific Centre for Public Integrity has called on Fiji President Ratu Josefa Iloilo to immediately deal with concerns of the independence of the judiciary Read more…
A university lecturer who was abducted and tortured by soldiers in 1990 has been awarded $793,022 as compensation by the High Court Read more…
The former chief executive of Ba Holdings Limited, Isimeli Bose, has been discharged of the charges relating to the mob attack on Rogorogoivuda House in Lautoka last year Read more…
Recent comments by ousted Fiji Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase and his political affiliates have gone beyond just defaming the Fiji military, but have potential to cause instability, say the military Read more…
AP - Denver International Airport needs multifunction equipment that can plow, sweep and blow snow as part of its plan to stay open during heavy storms, a report commissioned by the airport said. Read more…
AP - Fall is the nicest season for rolling down the car windows, taking a drive and enjoying the scenery. Stop along the way to pick pumpkins, visit a winery, or stroll a woodsy trail sparkling with reds and golds. Watch the cranberry harvest in Massachusetts, take a moose tour in Maine or an elk tour in Colorado, or drive the 2,000-mile Great River Road along the Mississippi River. Read more…
AP - Standing behind the long wooden bar in one of two elegant tasting rooms at The Winery at Marjim Manor, Margo Sue Bittner proudly shows off her 28 wines. Read more…
AP - Earlier snowmelts, longer summer droughts and bigger Western wildfires on federal lands are being caused more by "climatic conditions than land management techniques," government investigators conclude. Read more…
AP - A strike by taxi cab drivers Wednesday reduced the number of cruising yellow cabs and increased the waiting time for some riders — although its overall impact on travel in Manhattan and to the regional airports was hard to gauge. Read more…
The 3 islands that sits across the Badung Strait on the SE coast of Bali are Nusa Lembongan, Nusa Ceningan & Nusa Penida. These islands are part of the district of Klungkung and the population are Balinese Hindus. These 3 islands are somewhat impoverished, relying on seaweed farming, cattle and other low-return activities, with tourism [...] Read more…
The return of the public emergency regulation is meant to restrain ousted Fiji Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase and his party executives from destabilising our progress, says Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama Read more…
Fiji's interim Attorney General has rebuffed attempts to discuss the comments or 'rhetoric' made by deposed Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase that has led to the interim administration to invoke the Public Emergency Regulations Read more…
Ousted Fiji Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase says he is not in Suva to try and destabilise the interim regime and will not be intimidated by the army Read more…