Thanks to Olympics, Beijing gets its Eiffel Tower, of sorts
BEIJING — London has Big Ben, Paris has the Eiffel Tower , San Francisco has the Golden Gate Bridge and now Beijing has an iconic structure that's likely to identify the city forever.
Nations:China France U.S. Australia Activities:2008 Beijing Olympics Source:(McClatchy)
2008-07-20
Jolie and twins slip out of hospital in Nice
PARIS - Angelina Jolie has left the building. Oh, and so have the twins. Before dawn Saturday, the Hollywood superstar and her newborn twins left the French Riviera hospital where she gave birth a week ago, the hospital said in a statement.
Nations:France U.S. People:Angelina Jolie Clint Eastwood Brad Pitt Source:(AP)
2008-07-19
Stocks soar on drop in oil, Wells Fargo report
NEW YORK - Wall Street at least temporarily shrugged off some of its many concerns Wednesday and bounded higher thanks to a drop in oil prices. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 276 points, or 2.5 percent, posting its best daily gain in three months.
Nations:U.S. Germany Japan France Activities:U.S. Markets
2008-07-16
Heavy rains complicate Calif. firefighting efforts
SAN FRANCISCO - Violent thunderstorms brought rain bursts that modestly helped firefighting efforts Sunday, but the downpours also triggered mudslides that complicated California's unfolding wildfire disaster.
Nations:U.S. Source:(AP)
2008-07-13
Yahoo spurns Microsoft again as bad blood boils
SAN FRANCISCO - Yahoo Inc. has rejected Microsoft's latest attempt to buy its online search operations in a "take or leave it" proposal that Yahoo said would have dismantled its Internet franchise.
Nations:U.S. People:Carl Icahn Activities:Microsoft - Yahoo Deal Source:(AP)
2008-07-13
Tired firefighters battle 330 Calif. wildfires
LOS ANGELES - Firefighters got a gift of a mild, mostly windless night and a forecast for similar conditions Sunday as they attempted to protect thousands of Santa Barbara County homes from a huge wildfire, one of more than 300 taxing their energy and resources around the state.
Nations:U.S. People:Arnold Schwarzenegger Source:(AP)
2008-07-06
Entire town of Big Sur, Calif., evacuated for fire
BIG SUR, Calif. - Authorities ordered the remaining residents of this scenic coastal community to leave Wednesday because an out-of-control wildfire, one of hundreds in California, had jumped a fire line and was threatening more homes.
Nations:U.S. People:Arnold Schwarzenegger Activities:2008 California Fire Source:(AP)
2008-07-02
Firefighters in stalemate against Calif. blazes
SAN FRANCISCO - Firefighters in Northern California battled more than a thousand wildfires to a stalemate by Sunday, but forecasters said dangerous conditions would not relent anytime soon.
Nations:U.S. Activities:2008 California Fire Source:(AP)
2008-06-29
Chinese investor pays $2.1M to eat with Buffett
OMAHA, Neb. - A Chinese investment fund manager won the chance to have lunch with billionaire Warren Buffett by bidding $2.1 million in the most expensive charity auction ever held on eBay.
Nations:U.S. Hong Kong People:Warren Buffett
2008-06-28
Wildfire rages around California's scenic Big Sur
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California officials closed a stretch of the state's scenic coastal highway around historic Big Sur on Thursday as a wildfire threatened 500 homes in the remote area known for its contemplative retreats.
Nations:U.S. Activities:2008 California Fire Source:(Reuters)
2008-06-26
Hundreds of fires sparked by rare lightning storm
SAN FRANCISCO - In less than a day, an electrical storm unleashed nearly 8,000 lightning strikes that set more than 800 wildfires across Northern California -- a rare example of "dry lightning" that brought little or no rain but plenty of sparks to the state's parched forests and grasslands.
Nations:U.S. People:Arnold Schwarzenegger Activities:2008 California Fire Source:(AP)
2008-06-24
Lightning sparks 800-plus fires in California
SAN FRANCISCO - Firefighters from neighboring states arrived to help Monday after an "unprecedented" lightning storm sparked more than 800 wildfires, from Big Sur to wine country to Humboldt County.
Nations:U.S. People:Arnold Schwarzenegger Source:(AP)
2008-06-23
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