Results tagged “china”

• World economies grow, but surprisingly, China's economy poised to kick everyone's ass.
• FAA says our state-of-the-art air traffic control system is running smoothly (after a large blip earlier this morning).
• South African runner whose gender was questioned will keep medal.

• President Obama’s China agenda
• Obama’s China Town Hall: Smiley faces and happy thoughts?
• Free Aung San Suu Kyi, Obama tells Myanmar PM

• Three Americans share Nobel Prize for medicine
• Iran playing nice?
• Foreign frenemy policy: Obama delays meeting with Dalai Lama

• The next Osama bin Laden?
• Best frenemies forever: China talks smack about U.S. tire duty taxes
• New bin Laden tape surfaces

China rising: US, Beijing, prepare for "G2" summit Pelosi vows passage of healthcare overhaul Bill Moyers: Obama and healthcare execs -- BFFs? More economic indicators: The "Big Mac" exchange rate No more body counts in Afghanistan as mission focus shifts Business Week: "Skilled Immigrants on Why They're Leaving the U.S." MJ's hair to be made into "diamonds", whereabouts of nose still uncertain

• Robert McNamara, Vietnam War architect, dead at 93
• Obama, Medvedev/Putin agree on nuclear cuts
• Obama's Russia visit to bring over $1.5 billion in deals

Monkey pees on a President. (No, really. We can't make this up.) Access to The Google in China is sketchy. This is what happens when you censor. No snarky headline for this "gay exorcism" story; it's disgusting. Two bodies of Flight 447's crew found. So much for voter values, GOP. REALLY, Citibank?! Keepin' it classy, Hal.

• A shocking error in cancer care.
• After seven months, reporter kidnapped by the Taliban manages to escape.
• Supreme Court sides with Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District No. 1 (sort of) in their voting rights case.

Pres. Obama seeks (again) "common ground" with antis Recession threatens child health, safety, education improvements What is it about the green ones? (Industry subtly intrigued by Obama climate plan) Gov. Perry's secession chatter scoring big points against Kay Bailey Uruguay lifts ban on gays in military, crops do not fail Oopsie of the day: Biden reveals location of secret bunker Tasteful, socially beneficial" sex theme park closes in China

Please Vote for Me documents a Model UN-styled event held by a Chinese elementary school to elect a class monitor, a position that (surprise, surprise) is usually appointed by the teacher. The ensuing melee is a Nixon/Stalin-like wheeling and dealing from which, evidently, only one can emerge as "Supreme Leader."

• Deaths reported as plane skids off runway at Madrid airport
• Hua Guofeng, who succeeded China's Chairman Mao, dies at 87
• Obama and his new VP choice to campaign together on Saturday

"Political Pundit" Toby Keith: Black society thinks Obama "talks, acts, and carries himself as a Caucasian." The jobless keep getting joblesser! Unemployment tracking at 6-year high. Favre: When you're a jet you're a jet all the way. China to Bush: Mind your own biz. Typhus in Texas! Madonna, Kirk Watson and Prince Albert walk into a bar... Austin based Whole Foods Market stock loses 17 percent.

The UT School of Architecture announced Wednesday that a group of UT students and faculty will be collaborating with their counterparts at the Chinese capital's Tsinghua University to design a system of urban green retreats, or "pocket parks," in central Beijing.

• An Ohio school has suspended a boy over his mohawk.
• Thought $3.00 was bad?
• Obama HQ in Longview, Texas vandalized.

Foreclosures went up like crazy in January as mortgages readjusted. China, with Olympics looming in the background, is now willing to talk about human rights. More Americans now jump around from religion to religion, survey says. Teenage drivers are lagging in getting licenses.

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Photograph of the Trump Soho by Riccardo Sinti

Presidential Primaries: Hillary and Mitt Romney take Nevada, McCain takes South Carolina.

Having won the Iowa Democratic Primary, U.S. Presidential candidate Barack Obama appears to be rocking and rolling with new momentum. The latest numbers show Obama leading the pack in the New Hampshire Democratic Primary, with Hillary Clinton lagging in second place by a 10 point gap. What's going on here?

A teenage gunman wishing to "go down in style" killed 8 people, then himself, at an Omaha Shopping Mall. Hearings began yesterday in landmark case about whether Guantanamo detainees have a constitutional right to challenge their imprisonment. A portion of the US-Mexico border fence may be put on a wildlife refuge. If you drive by any Austin area high school right after school lets out, you will not be surprised by this. What's worse...

Gerald Ford accused Bill Clinton of being a sex addict. (We think he was just jealous.) A case of Saint Angelinas, gone terribly wrong. Has the Castro had its day? GM, unafraid of espionage, opens research center in China. Apple no longer accepting cash payments for iPhones so they can track who purchases them. Creepy! Welcome back, Owen....

Beginning of the end? First baby boomer files for Social Security. The Rockies are going to the World Series. No, not the Rockettes. The Rockies. The South is thirsty. Not metaphorically. China is, like, the only entity in the world that doesn't love the Dalai Lama. Greenpeace says the iPhone is toxic. Small boys rejoice: a giant new dino has been found in Argentina. Led Zep finally gets with the program....

Britain creates new drug to combat obesity...dog obesity. Dear Abby supports gay marriage. A London judge has found nine lies in Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth, orders disclaimer to air before being played in schools. The Empire State Building will glow green for the end of Ramadan this year. In China, there is a 95-year old woman growing a horn out of her forehead. Houston ISD is thinking of charging students (and their parents)...

Burma continues to adopt China's interpretation of "restraint" when it deals with protests. President Gen. Pervez Musharraf continues to be the bee's knees of Pakistan with the recent ruling from Pakistan's Supreme Court. Jena 6 Defendant Released on Bail. Holy crap! The FDA is understaffed and overwhelmed. Laura Hall's attorney asks to be replaced in order to appear as witness for the defense. If Gov. Rick Perry lives outside Austin city limits, are we...

Delaware State University is locked down after two students were shot there in the wee hours of the morning. Burmese monks have been walking in protest of the dictatorship for four days now. The Justice Department hasn't forgotten DeLay (or his staffers). Military cemetery at Ft. Riley in Kansas is full. The Vatican actually approves of China's pick for bishop of Beijing. In case you were worried: Paddington Bear still eats marmalade. Well, it...

Will Sen. Craig resign today? NY Post uses gay stereotypes in stupid online quiz. Bush to provide advice for sub-prime mortgage holders. Cartoon cops on the beat in China, keeping an eye on those who visit "illegal" sites. But they're so cute! As Homer would say, "Mmm, Bacn." Vivian Cash's memoir comes out this fall. The bra turns 100 this year....

Some Austin restaurants are doing their part to help folks in Sudan and Chad. To help raise funds for the American Jewish World Service's work for the people of Darfur, local restaurants are donating a percentage of their proceeds from today's sales. AJWS provides basic health care, water, therapeutic feeding centers, medicine, activities/programs for children, and education to many of the displaced and traumatized refugees who have been violently forced from their homes and are...

Greece is burning up. Meanwhile, China is simply self-destructing (with a little help from the world). It was about two years ago...remember? Viagra makes people fall in love. With each other, not Viagra. Hopefully. Some guy tried to open the airplane door in midflight. (Probably had a seat next to a two-year-old. Desperate times...) Sam Jackson got mistaken for a homeless guy, but didn't mind. Ang Lee's new movie is too hot for America...

Mid-week malaise got you down? Step inside Stubb’s this evening for a chopped beef sandwich and easy melodies to help your melancholy mood. Singer-songwriter Gary Jules provides a gentle folk sprawl of guitar and hand claps that will help you get over any hump day. A veteran of fine albums such as Greetings From The Side and Trading Snakeoil For Wolftickets, his latest self-titled effort matches their potency by once again lacing his acoustic folk-rock with beautiful, complimentary lyrics. Jules’ resume includes contributions to Donnie Darko (“Mad World” -- a Tears For Fears cover) and Digging To China (“Greetings From The Side”) while his vast and diverse personal experiences only augment his story-telling capabilities. “Falling Awake,” which appears on his new album, was also featured on Grey’s Anatomy.

And you thought you couldn't look any stupider on a tandem bike? It now costs two cents to make one cent. Does that make sense? A man upset with his property tax hike pays his $12,000 bill in change. Fox News is accused of altering Wikipedia articles. Raising a baby until the age of 17 will cost you $290,000 if you make around $75,000 a year. $198,000 if you make $45,000 a year. A...