updated 6:38 p.m. ET Aug. 12, 2009 NEW YORK - After a lot of heartbreak, the nation's automakers aren't looking to commit. They're taking small, tentative(试探性的，试验性的) steps to raise production to meet the revived demand for new car...
New Stamps Salute(向...致敬) 1950's TV Show. ...
Soon after 4,000 U.S. marines flooded into Afghanistan's Helmand River Valley on July 2, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar called top Taliban regional commanders together for an urgent briefing. The meeting took place in southwestern Pakistan—...
Report: Disparity (不等，悬殊)between two groups narrowed only slightly since '90s updated 6:36 p.m. ET July 14, 2009 WASHINGTON - Despite unprecedented (史无前例的)efforts to improve minority (少数)achievement in the past decade, the...
The Bellagio's fountain show entertains visitors nightly. In the background is Bally's Las Vegas, left, and Paris Las Vegas, which has a 50-story Eiffel Tower replica in front. Over 37.5 million people visit Las Vegas each year. Lights from p...
China is calling for a global currency to replace the dominant dollar, showing a growing assertiveness(刚毅自信) on revamping(修补) the world economy ahead of next week's London summit on the financial crisis. The surprise proposal by Beijing's cen...
As cresit card companies scramble to collect balances, many Americans who have never missed a credit card payment are now at risk of getting their credit scores smeared(诋毁，诽谤). ...
sardine: 沙丁鱼...
Livescience Staff livescience.com – Wed Dec 31, 2:54 pm ET Whatever you resolve to do differently in 2009, vow also to develop a strategy to make it happen. Otherwise, expect failure. So says John O'Neill, director of Addiction Services...
Researchers at Rice University in Houston have just discovered that there is a particular part of the brain that guides us when choosing words....
The Skills You Need to Be Competitive in Today's Workplace By Dawn Rosenberg McKay, About.com To be competitive in today's work place you must be able to: Listen Well: Good listening skills make you more productive, help y...
Dec. 25, 2008 NEW YORK (Reuters) – The New York Times Co is trying to sell its stake in the holding company of the Boston Red Sox baseball team, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the discussions. The s...
By DAVID CRARY, AP National Writer David Crary, Ap National Writer Dec. 22, 2008 NEW YORK – The epic (超凡脱俗，不同一般的，尤其在范围或规模方面)election that made Barack Obama the first African-American president was the...
Computer Proverbs 1. Home is where you hang your @. 2. The e-mail of the species ( is more deadly than the mail. 3. A journey of a thousand sites begins with a single click. 4. You can’t teach a new mouse old clicks. 5. Great group...
Black Friday comes early As gloomy (令人沮丧的)financial reports continue to pile, many retailers across the nation are offering up holiday specials early....
By MARY VAN HEUKELOM Special to the Register November 23, 2008 When I set out to experience China for six days earlier this year, I hoped to get a flavor of local culture, explore off the beaten path and absorb...
APEC: 亚太经贸合作组织 简称亚太经合组织(The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) 经济寒冬18个月真的就能过去吗？ LIMA, Peru – Pacific Rim nations assured the world Sunday that the global financial crisis can be quelled (消除) in 18 months, but provid...
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By Marshall Brain, HowStuffWorks.com | McClatchy-Tribune November 6, 2008 Barack Obama waives to a crowd of thousands at the XL Center in Hartford. (MICHAEL MCANDREWS / February 4, 2008) With the election over and Barack Obama chosen as the...
Image: Chris Smith, in 2007 a sophomore at Ohio Dominican University, looks at his blog in his dorm room in Columbus, Ohio. Smith has been unafraid to hide his preference for playing baseball over going to class or criticizing professors for assignin...