Blog: J.K. Rowling announces new non-Potter novel
Nearly five years after the release of her final "Harry Potter" novel, author J.K. Rowling announced yesterday she will be writing a new book,...
News blog: 65-year-old Massachusetts man receives hands transplant
By Lok Yi ChanRichard Mangino lost his arms below elbows and legs below the knees in 2002. Since then he has been using prostheses to...
Political Blog: Does the GOP have a strategy for the 2012...
In the place of what should be a shoo-in election for the GOP --against an incumbent president whose approval ratings lie somewhere around 50...
Ukrainian revolution as explained by ‘The Hunger Games’
What started it all?The Ukrainian government worked for years to land a trade deal with the European Union. However, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych had a...
Blog: Chinese abuse in schools
Last Wednesday a video surfaced of a teacher in China abusing kintergarten aged children by pushing, shoving and slapping when they could not answer simple...